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BORN
Bangladesh Online Research Network |
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BDResearch.org - country's first website of its kind - is an online knowledge center containing huge research information on Bangladesh and many other offerings to facilitate research activity. It is actually the official website of BORN (Bangladesh Online Research Network) - a program initiated by D.Net -Development Research Network. More |
Website: http://www.bdresearch.org |
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Gunijan
Building a Proud Heritage |
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What are we leaving as inheritance for our new generation? This is an eternal question at all the turning points of our
history. As a nation we need sources of inspiration, which are those people who serve our motherland with their
creative mind and devotion to ideals of peace, humanity and social justice. The "Gunijan" initiative is for presenting
through the Internet the best products of our soil, who inspire us through their writings, words, scientific and artistic works and other creative pursuits. We hope that the universally accessible information on our best people will inspire
the new generations to show their best as patriots of our motherland.
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Pallitathya
Sustainable Rural Livelihood Information Network |
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With the advent of information and communication technology (ICT) revolution, there have been
numerous initiatives across the globe to use these technologies for poverty alleviation and holistic
socio-economic development. While there have been isolated stories of innovative efforts, a
sustainable model for cost-effective use of ICTs in a rural environment is yet to emerge. One
major problem in earlier efforts is that they have mostly not dealt with all major components of
such a model – some have emphasized too much on establishing a “telecenter”, but not enough
on the “infomediary” (i.e. the person who works as an interface between an ICT tool and rural
end-users), while some other efforts have focused too much on issues of connectivity, but not
enough on understanding service requirements at the rural level and developing livelihood
contents suitable for an environment, where many of the end-users are not very educated. More |
| Website: http://www.pallitathya.org |
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BOBIN
Bangladesh Online Business Information Network |
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BOBIN aims at providing business information to multi-stakeholders home and abroad on a sustainable basis. BOBIN provides information for SMEs to get institutional and business development support offered by various organizations. BOBIN invites all business organizations for win-win collaboration. |
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Website: http://www.bobin.biz |
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Abolombon
Empowering People through Improved Access to Information
on Governance and Human Rights |
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The access to information on governance and human rights issues by the rural poor has several dimensions: lack of awareness about their rights, lack of awareness related to the role and
obligations of government institutions functioning at grass-root level, lack of availability of information
related to legal support, inadequate legal references for legal aid, among others.
The Abolombon is designed to improve access to legal information on governance and human
rights issues for rural people using various ICT-based channels. The scope of governance in this
project is limited within the “local governance” only. More |
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Website: http://www.abolombon.org |
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Help line
Bringing Knowledge and Information for the Poor A Call Away
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Pallitathya Help-line is another project under Pallitathya Programme, which provides villagers a set of mobile phone numbers to make a specific query on any livelihood matters or to send some urgent information to D.Net for further action. The call is answered by a specialist at the ‘help-desk’ located at D.Net’s headquarter. At present D.Net provides ‘help-line’ services in four villages of Nilphamari, Bagerhat, Netrokona and Noakahli districts. There are four bare-foot women mobile-phone operators who work as infomediary.
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CLP
Computer Literacy Program for Underprivileged Youth |
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The prime motto of the programme is to bridge digital divide among urban and rural children and youth in terms of computer skills. To build a knowledge society, as announced in the national Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy of Bangladesh, the country needs its young generation to be educated and acquainted with the state of the art knowledge of ICT. Bangladesh is trying to catch up, with the assistance of many government and private initiatives to make ICT work for disadvantaged people of the country. In developing a base for skilled ICT professionals, Children and youth in rural areas rarely get a chance to learn the use of computers and other ICTs, and thus do not know how this modern technology can be utilized to benefit their rural livelihood and future career. The “Computer Literacy Program” (CLP) intended to facilitate ace to knowledge of ICTs be the rural disadvantaged people, particularly children and youth. More |
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http://www.vabonline.org/vabnj
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| ICT for Human Resource Development (ICT4HRD) |
Under ICT for Human Resource Development (ICT4HRD) program, D.Net conduct training and other human resource development program for different stakeholders. D.Net has conducted a course on "e-Government and e-Commerce" for government officials. Besides D.Net is running "Computer Literacy Program" to increase computer literacy among under-privileged youth of rural Bangladesh. |
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| Research and Development |
Under Research and Development program D.Net conduct different research and consultancy work for promotion of different sectors. D.Net has conducted research for government, non-government organization, private sector, donor agencies etc. Details of the D.Net's contribution under this program can be found under publication button. |
