TAD Consortium September 1998 Information Update 1

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CONTENTS
TAD friends
Additions to Technology Enhanced Learning Resources site
SA Statistics on Access
Note from ISPA
White Paper on Broadcasting URL
Press Release
PDM (Partnerships for Development Models)
The Education With Enterprise Trust (EWET)

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Dear TAD friends,

Here are the latest snippets of information from around the world. I hope

you find them useful.

Two people have noted that TAD messages are coming through to them as long

sentences, without properly formatted paragraphs. I have set up an

alternative

list in a different e-mail package to deal with this problem, so if it

afflicting you, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will switch your

name to the new list.

Regards

Neil Butcher

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The following additions have recently been made to the Technology Enhanced

These site has forms for rating technology use by staff and differnet age

groups of children. The form was developed by library media specialists and

teacher od the Bellinghan Public Schools (Bellingham WA)who based it upon

the Mankato Scale first developed by the Mankato (Minnesota) Public Schools

to measure the growth of staff technology skills. Visited on 28/8/98

McKenzie, editor of "From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal",

mckenzie@fromnowon.org. It gives a fairly detailed explanaition of what to

expect for ten United States of America sites on the use of technology for

education. Sites featured include:Web66; US Department of Education,

Classroom Connect and the Institute for Learning Technologies. Visited on

28/8/98.

Educational Broadcaster's sites around the world. Part of the SAIDE research

for the SABC, has focused on international broadcasters' use of new

technologies to support education and ediucational broadcasters. Links to

Links to South African policy and discussion documents relevant to

Technology Enhanced Learning have been added to the South African links site

documents, green and white papers on Education, Broadcasting,

Telecommunications and related fields are now linked from here. The full

SAIDE work in progress. The first five chapters of the SAIDE research on the

implementation plans for the SABC school-based services are now available

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SA STATISTICS ON SERVICE AND ACCESS TO TELECOMMS

Provided by Peter Benjamin (Universal Service Agency)

We are pleased to be able to report that Peter will be providing a regular

information update, which will go out to TAD Consortium members

The October 1995 Household Survey conducted by Central Statistical Service

contains a lot of information on access and use of telephone. (Statistical

release P0317, their question 6.9).

Sadly it is 3 years old data, but it is the most recent data set available

(the 1996 Census data won't be available for another 3 months or so).

>From the data given you can work out numbers for what we would call Access

and Service:

Service: Percentage of people who have a phone (either cellular, fixed or

both) in the dwelling where they live.

Access: Percentage of people who are within 5 km of an available phone.

There actually is a lot of data, including those with access through a

neighbour, at a communal phone or at a shop or clinic. And the distance to a

phone (if there is not one in the dwelling) is divided into less than 100m;

100 - 200m, 20m - 1km; 1 km - 5km; 5km - 10km; 10km or more.

This data is broken down by province, Urban and Non-Urban, and by `race

group' (African, Coloured, Indian / Asian, White).

The main results from analysing this data are as follows:

SERVICE: ALL URBAN Non-URBAN

Overall 32.2 48.4 7.5

Free State 6.2

Northern Prov 12.7 47.9 5.6

Eastern Cape 18.1 36.7 3.8

North-West 18.6 35.1 2.6

Mpumalanga 20.3 42.6 7.4

KZN 29.4 51.1 6.6

Northern Cape 29.4 35.3 18.9

Gauteng 51.4 52.2 39.3

Western Cape 53.3 59.4 19.6

ALL URBAN Non-URBAN

Overall 32.2 48.4 7.5

African 13.6 25.4 2.9

Coloured 37.2 44.5 8.9

Indian / Asian 74.2 74.7 62.7

White 84.9 84.6 87.4

ACCESS: ALL URBAN Non-URBAN

Overall 82.7 97.2 60.6

Northern Prov 63.7 96.5 57.0

Eastern Cape 65.3 95.3 42.2

North-West 73.0 91.6 55.2

Mpumalanga 74.4 90.6 65.1

Free State 75.8

KZN 80.3 97.7 62.0

Northern Cape 93.8 98.5 85.2

Gauteng 97.7 98.5 86.6

Western Cape 99.3 99.4 98.4

ALL URBAN Non-URBAN

Overall 82.7 97.2 60.6

African 74.9 95.3 56.8

Coloured 97.8 99.1 92.9

Indian / Asian 99.2 99.2 98.3

White 99.4 99.5 98.6

Personally, the figure for Service is more or less what I expected. Overall

around a third, but in some areas very low - for Non-Urban Africans in the

Eastern Cape it is 1.5%, and in the Northern Cape for the same group it is

0.6%.

However, I am surprised at how high the figures for Access turn out. 83%

overall, with a split of 97% in Urban areas and 61% in Non-Urban. The lowest

(statistically significant) figure for Access is 39% for Non-Urban Africans

in the Eastern Cape. These are the figures that the Telecentres project of

the Universal Service Agency (and others) will improve. Perhaps the task of

getting telephone access to all in SA is smaller than we thought.

If you would like the Excel spreadsheet I have developed on this, which will

allow you to extract different breakdowns, email me and I will send it (it

is 90 kb big).

Yours sincerely,

Peter Benjamin

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A note from the Internet Service Providers Association of South Africa

One of the most frequently asked questions I get asked, is which ISPs have

local dial-in points close to me? We have compiled a list of ISPA member

ISPs, their contacts details, and the area codes (and access number in some

cases) where they operate.

We will be updating this resource regularly, and plan to expand these pages

dramatically over the next few months. If anyone has suggestions as to what

they would like to see there, please contact me.

Regards

Lawrence Edwards

lawrence@hivemind.net

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The Department of Communications' White Paper on Broadcasting is no longer

in draft on the WWW. The full paper, dated the 4 June 1998, can be accessed

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Press Release

25 August 1998 - For immediate release

Human rights radio programme exchange launched on Internet

The worldwide Internet partnership OneWorld Online today announced the

launch of a new service which offers the broadcasting community a unique

opportunity to take part in radio programme exchanges across the globe.

In a launch timed to co-incide with the Seventh World Conference of

Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) in Milan, the 'OneWorld Radio News

public service radio broadcasters around the world access to a new and

diverse library of programmes about human rights and sustainable development

issues.

The service makes use of the latest in Internet technology, using a

high-tech database to allow broadcasters to upload, download and keyword

search the multi-lingual programming through an ordinary Web browser.

RealAudio 5.0 is being used to 'encode' radio programmes into a size small

enough for Internet dissemination.

The OneWorld Radio News Service is building on a year's worth of success in

pilot form, during which time a network of 80 stations was built up - with

downloads being carried out on a daily basis. The programme exchange is free

to use, and extensive help information is kept on the site for broadcasters

unfamiliar with the new technology. Essential notes and background

information (such as presenter introduction suggestions and transcripts) are

kept with programmes - again to facilitate use by broadcasters.

Mark Lynas, editor of OneWorld Online and co-ordinator of the Radio Service,

said: "There is an urgent need among broadcasters and civil society across

the world to exchange radio programming about vital social and environmental

justice issues. Old technology - like the post or the telephone - is letting

them down, and we're hoping to use the power of the Internet to plug this

gap."

NOTES FOR EDITORS: 1. OneWorld Online is a worldwide Internet partnership of

300 NGOs and media organisations, whose mission is to promote sustainable

development and human rights by harnessing the democratic potential of the

Internet.

2. Contact OneWorld by telephone on + 44 1494 481301 or fax + 44 1494

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Prof Sibusiso Bhengu will launch PDM (Partnerships for Development Models)

as a national South African Program on Sunday 27 September 1998, at 09H00 at

the ESKOM Conference Centre in Midrand - between Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Partnerships for Development Models - PDM:

The Art of Creating Value through Partnering.

"We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality,

tied in a single garment of destiny.

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."

Martin Luther King

At the end of 1996 EWET (Education With Enterprise Trust) a South African

NGO and not-for-profit organisation initiated the development of the

Partnerships for Development Models - PDM programme. The aim of PDM is to

facilitate the establishment and operations of Local Partnerships or LPs as

a partnership between the Public Sector, Private Sector and Civil Society in

a city or town - for the LP to attain socio-economical development

objectives as determined by the partnership's stakeholders.

What do we mean by Partnership: The usual understanding of partnership was

(still is to a large extend) that it represent a clearly defined legal

contract that spells out the risks, financial obligations and quantified

outputs to be attained. Managerial responsibility for operations is normally

allocated to one of the partners. EWET learned that this narrow

understanding of a partnership lacks the dynamic action, cooperation, and

mutual learning that is required for the partnership to be strategic. Most

of the current efforts are spend on setting up the partnership with little

or no effort allocated to the open-ended growth and development of the

partnership.

EWET realised that our operational definition of the word partnership should

cater for a high level of uncertainty and ambiguity; the manner in which the

partnership attains socio-economic development objectives, and the way in

which partners capture it cannot be determined beforehand; the partner

relationship will evolve in ways that are hard to predict; today's allay may

be tomorrow's rival, or might even be a current rival in some other area;

managing the partnership over time will usually be more important than

crafting the initial formal design; initial agreements have less to do with

success than does adaptability to change.

Pathways to a Winning Town - the PDM approach: When the Public Sector,

Private Sector and Civil Society of a city or town decide to pursue shared

objectives through a partnership approach, they start a journey. A journey

that will take them on some roads that will always be under construction.

Different roads could be followed on this journey. Roads with unexpected

twists and turns. All lying and wait for the first time traveller. Having

travelled this road many times, EWET will be able to guide you and offer

timely advice. To point out potential pitfalls. To help smooth your way.

Thus we offer you our services as travelling companions. Suggesting the

following eight paths as the route that will get you well on your way

towards a successfully operating Local Partnership in your city or town. You

decide whether you want to follow any of the eight paths, which of the eight

paths you want to follow and in which sequence.

The Project Champion/s Path: The successful initiation of a Local

Partnership is dependent on a person/s from amongst the residents from the

city or town to champion the initiative. This person/s usually exhibits a

number of entrepreneurial characteristics: is a pro-active "doer,"

optimistic by nature and refuse to let obstacles get in their way, has a

passion for the well being of others, is a born salesperson and leader. One

of the core responsibilities of the champion is to broaden the ownership of

the Local Partnership amongst fellow residents with a focus on Local

Government Councillors and employees, business people and, community

leaders.

The Steering Committee Path: The Steering Committee leads the Local

Partnership initiative up until a Board of Directors is in place (Board

elected at the Leadership Convention - below). The Steering Committee

clarifies the precise need on the basis of which the partnership is to be

initiated. Once the initial need/s is identified, that need is usually

expressed via an agreed slogan, such as "A winning town by 2010." The

members also determine which partnership model will be most responsive to

their needs. Lobbying support and broadening the shared ownership base of

the Local Partnership, represents a further important activity of the

Steering Committee Members.

The Founding Donor/s Path: All the efforts up until the LP employs staff is

usually on a voluntary basis. This "sweat equity" gives the parties involved

leverage to negotiate with potential funders for "seed funding" for

activities that will incur costs. The first investor/s will be called the

"founding donor/s." Some founding donors will support the LP due to them

believing in the cause to be served by the LP. Other donors will invest for

the purpose of securing a return on investment such as for marketing the

donor. The founding donor/s often provides some form of institutional

support to the LP as well.

The Leadership Convention Path: The Leadership Convention takes the form of

a big formal meeting that involves key representatives from Business, Local

Government and Community leaders - who are involved on invitation only. A

well organised and presented Convention usually achieves results in one

meeting that could otherwise take months or even years. Participants agree

on: the major challenges that their city or town are faced with; priority

projects; agreement on legal documents for the registration of the Local

Partnership; selection of a name for the partnership and election of

representatives from the various constituencies to the Board.

The Project Delivery Path: Expectations on action from the LP after the

Leadership Convention will be high amongst residents. Some projects will

require from the LP to go through the five project life cycles of

conceptualisation, definition, final design and development, operations and

divestment - which is time consuming. This could result in expectations

turning into frustrations. The immediate need is therefore for a high-impact

and low-cost project. EWET's Youth Enterprise Society (YES) programme: a

school based, club movement that develops the entrepreneurial abilities of

grade 9, 10 and 11 pupils through a community based and action learning

approach - is amongst the options available to the LP.

The Institutional Development Path: The LP as an organisation, decides on

the institutional capacity that will be required from the LP to execute it's

mandate. Some of the important issues to decide on and execute relates to:

legal registration, setting up systems and infrastructure, the business

plan, as well as staffing. Thorough development of institutional capacity on

aspects such a "Fund-Accounting" system is essential towards making the LP

"fundable." Many of the major funding organisations utilise a grading system

such as "high risk" or "low risk" in assessing the fund-ability of applicant

organisations.

The path towards the capacitation of parties involved: The LP operates

within the same environment as any business and the public sector. This

environment might even be more challenging because it is within the

"development sector" where resources are scarce and the "owners" or

stakeholders are very diverse. Reporting is "upwards," downwards" and

"sideways." Bottom line for the LP does not only relate to finances. These

challenges require from the people involved in the LP to be equipped with

competencies that are on par with those competencies that are essential to a

business for its success. EWET facilitates the development of these

competencies within the LP through giving attention to team learning,

personal mastery, mental models, systems thinking and shared vision. Once

gained, LP Board Members usually find the competencies transferable to the

situation of their full-time employment.

The path for Planning the future: With Henry Mintzberg's 1994 book "The Rise

and Fall of Strategic Planning" representing current appreciation of

traditionally available Strategical Planning interventions - EWET applies

the Future Search Conferencing method of Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff.

Future Search Conferencing assist LPs together with stakeholder

representatives (a group of between 60 to 70 people) to work towards gaining

common ground and shared responsibility in reviewing the past, exploring the

present, creating ideal future scenarios, identifying common ground and

setting action plans. This is done over a two and a half-day period. Some

South African Local Authorities apply Future Search Conferencing within the

context of their execution of their Integrative Development Planning

process.

As in August 1998, PDM is being applied in the following South African

cities or towns: Pietersburg, Klerksdorp, Nelspruit, Orlando, Barkley West,

De Aar, Worcester, Riversdal, George, Graaff-Reinet, Bergville, Franfort,

Tweeling, Harrismith, Phuthaditjhaba, Bethlehem, Fouriesburg, Theunissen,

Senekal, Marquard, Ficksburg, Clocolan, ThabaNchu and Ladybrand.

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The Education With Enterprise Trust (EWET) a not-for-profit organisation

offers the Youth Enterprise Society (YES) programme; Partnerships for

Development Models (PDM) services; Business Assistance Service (BAS) for

existing and emerging entrepreneurs as well as a "Learning Enterprise" - the

YES Print & Copy Shop. Contact EWET by post - PO Box 150, 49c Stuart Street,

Harrismith, 9880, Free State, South Africa; Tel. (058) 623-0104/0649/0123 or

Fax (058) 623-0107/0118; e-mail ewet@wn.apc.org; EWET project staff

contacting details - Zini Mchunu: Tel (082) 465-3573, e-mail zini@yes.co.za;

Mamahase Mosheshe: Tel. (082) 465-3574, e-mail: mamahase@yes.co.za; Thandi

Monoang: Tel (082) 465-3575, e-mail: thandi@yes.co.za; Jan Grobbelaar: Tel

(082) 465-3577, e-mail: jan@yes.co.za; Zanele Sithole: Tel. (082) 465-3576,

e-mail: zanele@yes.co.za; and Du Toit de Wet: Tel (083) 263-2453, e-mail:

dutoit@yes.co.za. EWET's registrations - Trust no. 5961/92, Section 18A ref.

18/9/2/11/1064, Fundraising n

o. 077002850009.

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