Civil society and ICT governance: Hubs, spaces and sites for civil society engagement in ICT4G issues

This paper will examine the issues which civil society is engaged with regard to ICT for governance. The paper will also discuss how civil society organization; particularly cases from the Philippines have addressed ICT for governance issues through activities, processes, and mechanisms, and advoc...

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Main Author: Hecita, Ian Jayson R.
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:faculty_research-80852022-10-18T03:44:41Z Civil society and ICT governance: Hubs, spaces and sites for civil society engagement in ICT4G issues Hecita, Ian Jayson R. This paper will examine the issues which civil society is engaged with regard to ICT for governance. The paper will also discuss how civil society organization; particularly cases from the Philippines have addressed ICT for governance issues through activities, processes, and mechanisms, and advocacies. This study asserts that the role of civil society in ICT for governance can be appreciated by its ability to foster public opinion and locate policy issues. As a site for public discourse, civil society is well positioned to mobilize citizen support to promote JCT These interventions can take the form of generating public awareness about JCT, crafting JCT action plans for sustainable development, advancing good governance, and cooperating with reformers both sides of the public- private divide to enhance development outcomes. Over the past few years, civil society organizations in the Philippines were able to implement programs and projects needed to encourage the utility of JCT for good governance. However the initiatives have not been fully documented and widely circulated. There is a need to convert these cases of citizen participation and civil society engagements into knowledge products that can be used to maximize the benefits of the use of ICT to social development. 2006-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/7406 Faculty Research Work Animo Repository Civil society—Information technology—Philippines Civil society—Technological innovations—Philippines Sociology
institution De La Salle University
building De La Salle University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
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topic Civil society—Information technology—Philippines
Civil society—Technological innovations—Philippines
Sociology
spellingShingle Civil society—Information technology—Philippines
Civil society—Technological innovations—Philippines
Sociology
Hecita, Ian Jayson R.
Civil society and ICT governance: Hubs, spaces and sites for civil society engagement in ICT4G issues
description This paper will examine the issues which civil society is engaged with regard to ICT for governance. The paper will also discuss how civil society organization; particularly cases from the Philippines have addressed ICT for governance issues through activities, processes, and mechanisms, and advocacies. This study asserts that the role of civil society in ICT for governance can be appreciated by its ability to foster public opinion and locate policy issues. As a site for public discourse, civil society is well positioned to mobilize citizen support to promote JCT These interventions can take the form of generating public awareness about JCT, crafting JCT action plans for sustainable development, advancing good governance, and cooperating with reformers both sides of the public- private divide to enhance development outcomes. Over the past few years, civil society organizations in the Philippines were able to implement programs and projects needed to encourage the utility of JCT for good governance. However the initiatives have not been fully documented and widely circulated. There is a need to convert these cases of citizen participation and civil society engagements into knowledge products that can be used to maximize the benefits of the use of ICT to social development.
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author Hecita, Ian Jayson R.
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title Civil society and ICT governance: Hubs, spaces and sites for civil society engagement in ICT4G issues
title_short Civil society and ICT governance: Hubs, spaces and sites for civil society engagement in ICT4G issues
title_full Civil society and ICT governance: Hubs, spaces and sites for civil society engagement in ICT4G issues
title_fullStr Civil society and ICT governance: Hubs, spaces and sites for civil society engagement in ICT4G issues
title_full_unstemmed Civil society and ICT governance: Hubs, spaces and sites for civil society engagement in ICT4G issues
title_sort civil society and ict governance: hubs, spaces and sites for civil society engagement in ict4g issues
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publishDate 2006
url https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/7406
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