1. Getting beyond the Global Digital Divide: A Reality Check, Progress Report and Workshop Introduction Thomas Ruddy, Workshop Co-Chair Solothurn University of Applied Sciences, Olten

2. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch2 Workshop Overview Recent changes on the international scene and their effects on digital divide programs What the big players have been doing and say should be done What our speakers‘ organizations are doing, and what we think should be done

3. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch3 The Story of Ali and his Crank-up Radio

4. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch4 Ali heard about McDonald‘s hamburgers and Levi‘s jeans.

5. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch5 Ali‘s friend replies: “Ali, those are all lies:” [materialism, enlightenment ideals of freedom of expression, democracy, education, human rights]

6. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch6 Ali‘s Friend “Ali, You are part of our collective metaphysical phantasy...“ [only a small part]

7. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch7 Ali‘s Friend “...and I am your hero.“

8. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch8 Globalization issues: Envy, globalization backlash How can we reconcile: the differing levels of cultural sophistication (“readiness“) among nations with the current pervasion of our economic /technical globalization everywhere?

9. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch9 The global digital divide SIA applied to int‘l co-op on ICT reveals social problem called global digital divide 1 bn “haves“ 5 billion“have-nots“

10. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch10 2000 = “the year of the digital divide“ per http://www.globalcentres.org the global study group (G-8) the global gateway (World Bank) the international special fund (IFC/Softbank) the private sector (http://www.digitaldividends.org) 2001 = beginning of the “War on Terrorism“

11. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch11 What lies “beyond the digital divide“? An older civilization divide? An even more fundamental human-rights divide? Declaration of Universal (?) Human Rights Speakers involved in countries: Malaysia - GKP (Indonesia), with Islamic fundamentalists in population Tunisia - ITU World Summit 2003/ 2005 Japan - two speakers Philippines - special guest

12. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch12 Data security issues Philippine hackers Swiss TV series “CyberCrime“

13. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch13 Data security issues The digital divide may become a moat around a fortress “protecting“ the “haves“ (privacy?)...... from the “have-nots“ ? (French fossé = moat)

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15. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch15 Action Plan of the G-8's DOT Force 2001 included per Sir N. Bayne, G8 Research Group:

16. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch16 World Summit on the Info. Society 2003 should focus on per ITU:

17. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch17 Priority work areas Of course education is important. But how much education can we provide? How fast? Needed as preparation for economic/ technical globalization.

18. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch18 Websites http://www.hsw.fhso.ch/ruddy/ Workshop_2.htm http://www.hsw.fhso.ch/ruddy/ chrono.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ infosoc4all/

19. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch19 Tripartite partnerships Most speakers‘ organizations are partnerships. Work in such a partnership is done by: government, private sector civil society None is able to solve the global digital divide alone.

20. thomas.ruddy@fhso.ch20 Conflicting partners? But partners have different interests. Can the partnerships deal better internally with the conflicts of interest among partners than partners could deal with the conflicts by themselves?