Payal Malik, Senior Research Fellow, will speak on universal service policies based on LIRNEasia research to the participants of the 3rd Annual Connecting Rural Communities Asia Forum to be held from 23-25 June 2009 in New Delhi, India. The event is expected to attract stakeholders, policy makers and executives from across the ICT sector with the shared goal of shaping future of rural connectivity.
The organizers hope to be discuss:
- How can governments best support the creation of self-sustaining rural connectivity initiatives that benefit local people?
- Step-by-step practical guidance on overcoming the most pressing technical challenges
- Developing a world-class telecentre rural development programme
- Progress on delivering the promise of the United Services Obligation Fund
- Realising the benefits of greater rural connectivity though the delivery of E-services
- Mapping the future need for connectivity: Identifying choke points in the delivery network
- Training and empowering rural populations to make full use of the potential inherent in greater connectivity
More information is available on the official website: http://www.events.cto.int/default.aspx?event=CRCIndia09
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