Empowering Indonesian civil society through ICTs Shita Laksmi Director, ad interim, Hivos Regional Office, Southeast Asia

Structure of the presentation About Hivos Briefly about the mandate Stories from the ground Discussion

Hivos, in brief Hivos, the Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation, wants to contribute to a fair, free and sustainable world. Together with local organisations in developing countries, Hivos strives for a world in which all citizens – both men and women – have equal access to resources and opportunities for development. Hivos programs: Rights and Citizenship, Expression and Engagement and Green Entrepreurship

The mandate, in ICT ICT seen as part as strengthening the platform for the free expression of ideas about development of democratic and plural society  Strategic Use of ICT

The way we work -Scanning initiatives -Partnership (financial support, cooperation, advocacy) -Tailor made technical assistance -Facilitating, networking

Stories from the ground ICT and Social Media iGQg

Stories from the ground Jalin Merapi Jalin Merapi is an integrated information system in response to the Merapi eruption. Integrated: community radio, phone, SMS, twitter, facebook, instant messenger

The web

Jalin Merapi Significant components of Jalin Merapi -Shared values -Community radio stations -800 volunteers -Coordinated efforts -Mobile infrastructures, connectivity and social media

Stories from the ground ICT Trajectories Trajectory: this program offers long term capacity building activities. ICT Trajectories which focus on three different points: Information Management, Communication Strategy and Technology

ICT Trajectories LKIS: Lembaga Kajian Islam dan Transformasi Sosial -Identity -Brought up the need to have systemized way of communication -Programs: -Scale up the web -Database management

Discussion ICTs, whether it is Internet or social media is influencing the way civil society organizations works The term ‘strategic use’ (and use the technology without reservation)

Discussion Difficult to scale up  tailor made approach is unique The engagement, the relevance are important variable for success

Thank you Terimakasih March 2011