Hivos Impact Study Component 1 Documents

• Hivos Brochure - Towards an Inclusive Information Society: Reflections on and beyond the World Summit on the Information Society, 2006

• Internet Freedom of Expression under Fire: In case of doubt, burn your hard disk. A Hivos report by Florentine van Lookeren Campagne, 2006.

• People Unlimited - Abstract Hivos Business Plan, 2006. English Dutch

• Hivos Matrixes of Sectors - Annex to Business Plan, 2006.

• Evaluation Report of the Women's Information Technology Transfer (WITT), 2006.

• Hivos Annual Reports 2004 and 2005 - ICT4D Paragraphs

• Making Civil Voices Heard: A Summary of Hivos' MIC for Development Programme
  Access to information and communication resources can improve the position of the poor and stimulate development. In 2005, Hivos launched a new programme focusing on Media, Information and Communication (MIC). This programme stimulates a free flow of information, supporting opportunities for networking and knowledge sharing. Simultaneously, the programme supports the creation of public and democratic spaces for political debate and participation. In short: Hivos aims to contribute to an inclusive information society.

• MIC Programme Matrix Summary

• Making Civil Voices Heard: Media, Information and Communication for Development Programme, April 2005.
  The Media, Information and Communication for Development (MIC) programme will empower citizens in developing countries – especially the poor and marginalized and their organisations – to express their voices and make them heard. The programme will enable access to information and communication resources that can help improve livelihoods and stimulate other development opportunities. The programme will also open up and broaden opportunities for a free flow of information, for networking and sharing knowledge and for public and democratic spaces for political debate and participation. Making Civil Voices Heard is divided in 5 main components and respective purposes.

• Case Study - Telecentres, 2005.

• Hivos Project Summaries, 2005.

• Informe de la evaluacion externa de ALAI - Version final. An evaluation of ALAI (Spanish), December 2005.

• Programme Evaluation - Access for All: Equal Opprotunities in Cyberspace, August 2004. Evaluation of policy and action programme, Hivos and ICT. Gerd Junne and Miep Lenoir in cooperation with German Escobar. External programme evaluation of the first ICT4D Hivos-programme "Access for All" . The evaluation focuses on the mainstreaming of the attention for ICT in the five development sectors on which Hivos concentrates and on the effectiveness of the six instruments of the programme. One objective of the evaluation has been to provide input for an update of the ICT policy and action programme.

• Evaluation Report - Access for All: Equal Opportunities in Cyberspace, A case study on the use of ICT for networking activities, Ecuador. April, 2004. German Escobar.

• Civil Voices on a Global Stage - Hivos Policy Paper, 2002.
  In this new policy paper, Hivos indicates how it positions itself and what this means for the direction of its activities. The paper reflects a shift in focus of Hivos’ policy from an emphasis mainly on activities in the South, to a more balanced range of interrelated activities in the South & East and the North, both internationally and in The Netherlands. This shift is not due to an abrupt or recent change of policy, but is the result of the process of programme development of the past years. As such, the paper stands for both continuity and innovation, two aspects of ‘quality’ Hivos feels comfortable with. As innovation also implies room for the unforeseen, Hivos prefers to keep some space and rather indicate the main direction and contours of its strategy than going into a high level of detail. Other documents will fulfil the need of operationalisation and specification.

• Previous Programme: Access for All, 2000. On February third, 2000, “Access for All: Equal Opportunities in Cyberspace” was offically approved of by the Board of Hivos. This paper isn’t a “traditional” policypaper, but a policy and action programme. It describes both the context and the general policy outline for Hivos and concrete targets and strategies. These targets are formulated for . During the period ICT will be considered a policy priority, because of its relevance for Hivos. Besides, ICT is of crosscutting importance for all sectors and regions Hivos works in. For that reason ICT will be “mainstreamed” - integrated as much as possible within the regular programme.