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The MDGs (Millennium Development
Goals) are a major United Nations Initiative with profound
global impact (see www.un.org/millenniumgoals/). The use of
information and communications technologies (ICT) to advance the
core MDG priority areas is an effective tool to speed up and
strengthen development efforts.
Discussions in the UN-GAID (Global Alliance for ICT Development)
Conference at Monterrey, Mexico (Sept 2-4, 2009), resulted in
launching of the eNabler Project in 2010. The initial focus of
the eNabler Project was to accelerate the pace of Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) through ICT. However, the eNabler
evolved into a “one-stop shop” with a pool of informational plus
econsulting resources which could be useful for all actors (ICT
and non-ICT) involved in development.
The most active resource of the eNabler Project is a computer
aided planning environment called SPACE (Strategic Planning,
Architecture, Acquisition, Controls & Education) that has
matured into a powerful spinoff of the eNabler Project. SPACE
supports the entire Learn -Plan-Do-Check cycle and quickly
produces highly detailed plans based on best practices for a
wide range of ICT services that are customized for the chosen
country/region.
A working prototype of SPACE (previously known as Strategic
Planner) has been demonstrated at UN-GAID conferences in Geneva
(May 2010), Riyadh (July 2010), Bahrain (August 2010), New York
(September 2010), and Abu Dhabi (December 2010) with strong
support from more than 100 countries and international
organizations such as the World Bank, World Health Organization
(WHO), Red Cross, UNESCO, Microsoft and WITSA (Worldwide IT
Services Alliance). SPACE has also been presented at the
International Conference on Least Development Countries in
Istanbul (May 2011), Annual Conference in Bahrain (May 2011),
and e-Democracy Conference in Macedonia (October 2011). SPACE
has gone beyond MDGs and is currently being used in 20+
eGovernment as well as eBusiness initiatives globally. It is
also supporting graduate courses in ICT Planning and
Architectures, and helping a Certificate Program for Government
CIOs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
For more information please visit:
www.enabler4mdg.org |
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