The Intersection of Policy and Education
ISOC has an unprecedented opportunity to bring additional value to the ICT-related development agenda around the globe. With, among other things, new leadership at the ITU, national development program work starting for the next WTDC in 2010, ISOC's role in the Global Alliance, the development focus of the IGF, and an opportunity to work more locally through ISOC's Bureaus and Chapters, the opportunities for a new voice in development and capacity building and impactful policy work has never been greater.
At the core of this program is the close cooperation of the Policy and Education pillars in the "intersect" areas where there is both a clear technical educational and policy shaping aspect to a particular issue. Understanding how technology and enabling environments can bring economic benefit to the developing world is logical extension of our existing policy and education activities. ISOC's Chapters, Regional Bureaus, Regional Policy Advisory Groups, are well placed to be able to guide ISOC's work in this respect.
We anticipate working closely with the Education pillar on "roadmap" and tool kit type approaches. Three areas have been identified as likely for development-focused project work:
- Multilingualism and local content
- Security
- Access
