[NZIRF] FW: [gaia] Internet Inclusion Report: Gap Mapping Working Group

[William Liu]

Thanks Arjuna for calling this and I love to share with NZIRFers to see if can form a sub-group here to draw our NZ ‘Gap Map’ then…;-)

Anyone is interested on this, please? ☺

Cheers Will
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From: gaia [mailto:gaia-bounces at irtf.org] On Behalf Of Arjuna Sathiaseelan
Sent: Tuesday, 18 October 2016 8:31 AM
To: gaia <gaia at irtf.org<mailto:gaia at irtf.org>>
Subject: [gaia] Internet Inclusion Report: Gap Mapping Working Group

This will be of interest to many here...

The Gap Mapping Initiative is intended to serve as a guide to those who wish to stay informed, create, invest, and take action to speed the growth of human potential through Internet connectivity: Connect to Thrive.

The Gap Mapping Initiative will visualize the gaps keeping the next billion and a half people from getting meaningful value from Internet connectivity - by region (hence map). It will identify regions' current conditions, the inhabitant's goals and the best potential pathways to success for each region. Organizations with resources will then have visibility into where investments have the highest likelihood of the largest impact.

As simply getting a connection to the Internet is not enough, our first step will be to agree on a definition of "Meaningful Connectivity". Connectivity must provide enough positive value to be sustainable and measuring that value requires a clear definition. And as "meaningful" is also in the eye of the beholder, we will float a small, exploratory survey of underserved to ensure our results are in line with their aspirations as well as our ambitions. We want to get the language right.

We also intend to survey funders (governments/banks/philanthropists, etc.) to find out what information they wish to rely on to make judicious, investment risk analyses. Our intermediate goal is to come up with a minimum viable Gap Map prototype to show to potential consumers for feedback. We intend to learn by doing.

If you are interested in any of the above, please email me at jim [at] PeopleCentered.net now so we can take the first steps together.


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Arjuna Sathiaseelan
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