Facilitate Fast & Self-propelled: Return To Society Onno W. Purbo A Common Indonesian Sabbatical Leave at IDRC

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Disclaimer.. I am a trained Engineer, not an economist nor a social scientist I tend to simplify things & may be wrong Some thought may be too extreme Consider this as an on going research work

Acknowledgment.. Thank you CERN & IDRC Thank you to my friends Basuki Suhardiman, Donny BU, Bona, Donny, Adi, Noor etc.. Who _voluntarily_ work hard to help the community.

Basic Prinsiples Consume  Produce Supply Driven  Demand Driven Public  Private Community / Mass Education is the key strategic element.

Indonesia 1993 Internet UsersFew CybercafeNone Schools on InternetNone ICT booksFew ICT MagazineFew

After 10+ Years … 4+ Million Indonesian Internet Users WiFi outdoor installations CyberCafes schools on the Internet Community Radio 20+ Magazine Hundreds Books Title Hundreds Local Authors

Who Done It? Mostly community based.. Not much gov’t funding & support No World Bank, no IMF funding Mostly self-finance

Keywords for Success Education! Education! Education.. Encourage knowledge producer Knowledge Sharing To Make Things Difficult No Money, Self-Finance.. Sustainable Process Bottom up Community based Development

Some Real Examples

The solution should.. Aim for highest impact at lowest possible overhead if possible self- finance sustainable processes.

Guerrilla Telco Warfare.. Basic Strategies: Community Education! Education! knowledge transfer, copyleft. Go for many small but interconnected network. Self-finance, sustainable  independent community based telecommunication infrastructure. Don’t worry it’ll take 10+ years to see the impact..

Community Based WiFi + VoIP Infrastructure

Two (2) Main Technologies WiFi – for outdoor usage! VoIP

Main Features “Low Cost” US$ / WiFi node. US$10-50 / phone line (dep on config) Operating cost US$400/16-60 line/ month Many Open Source

Grass Root Movement

Education is Key!

Comp. Lab. For Street Kids Source: Donny BU

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We do more.. Run free talks on Internet at schools Facilitate Open Source Communities Currently schools on Internet high schools in Indonesia Mostly Self-Finance Some support Vocational School Director MoE Investment US$2000-US$4000/school 50 cents/student/month – RoI ~1 Year Movement WiFi City WAN for School in 20 Cities. Million Indonesian Future Generation ICT Literate  Self-Finance

The Big Picture

Knowledge Cycle

How? … Free distribution in CDROM Free copy of USB Harddrive ~7Gbyte Join 100+ Internet mailing lists 600 s / day Publish 40+ Title of Books Give talks, seminars, workshops 3-4 talks / week, 2-3 cities / week.

Tacit Knowledge Sharing Facilitate Generation Local Knowledge Supply Created by Demand The beauty: No Prior Content / Knowledge Incidentally Create Local Content/Knowledge Massive Community Education process All self-finance process

Supply Created By Demand

What you can do.. Education! Education! Education.. Encourage knowledge producer in local lang. Facilitate Knowledge Sharing Replication & Scaling up process through word-of- mouth / tacit knowledge exchange. Make Sure Stop Gov’t Repressive Actions Liberate community radios & TV Liberate WiFi bands & VoIP for community infrastructure. Note that most implementation & operations may be community based + self-finance

The catch.. Partnership with Informal (sometimes underground) Visionary Leaders in the country / area. WARNING: It would be difficult to find one through formal channels.