Building sustainable ICT based products and services

Selected projects in 2007


Title    Project Reporting and Training Portal
Duration    June 2007 - July 2007
Location    Delhi / India, Cologne / Germany
Project Objectives
To design an easy to handle web based project reporting system as part of a large scale capacity building programme; to set up a web based training database and project Intranet; to train staff in web based content management and establish quality assurance procedures for project documentation.
Scope and Results
An electronic system for documentation of a large scale human resources development programme on spacial environmental planning and environmental management was introduced to the Ministry of Environment in India; a fast and efficient set up methodology was applied in order to rapidly document and maintain several hundred courses on environmental management; the course content is now maintained by the project stakeholders themselves, who are distributed all over India.
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The Human Resource Development Portal
http://www.hrdp-net.in

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Title    Project Documentation Portal (English / Arabic)
Duration    December 2006 - June 2007
Location    Cairo, Egypt
Project Objectives
To establish electronic work procedures for efficient project monitoring and electronic documentation of project progress; to develop a methodology for fast electronic documentation of capacity building projects; to perform a series of hands-on workshops in a public sector organisation on electronic documentation and online reporting; to set up a content management system for simultaneous self-publishing of Left-to-Right and Right-to-Left language content (English/Arabic);
Scope and Results
The content management system for left-to-right and-right-to-left language content was built in parallel to a series of three hands-on authoring workshops with project representatives; the new project portal addresses the needs of extensive project documentation towards the customer and the demand for performance improvement in a network of governmental and non-governmental institutions; a project Intranet was built containing all project reports of a large scale governmental programme for social development.
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Title    eLearning Awareness Seminars
Client    Kenyatta University, Nairobi / Kenya
Duration    January 2007 - May 2007
Project Objectives
To run a series of awareness and capacity building lectures about „eLearning Service Development“ at academic and vocational training institutions in Kenyan regional centers up-country, in anticipation and as part of the forthcoming Pan-African annual "eLearning Africa 2007" conference in Nairobi http://www.eLearning-Africa.com
Scope and Results
The lectures have been taking place in February and March in Nairobi at the "Water Institute" of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the "Kenya Technical Teachers College", as well as at the centers of the Kenyatta University "Institute of Open Learning" in Nakuru, Nyeri and Mombasa. More than 250 Kenyans participated, half of them academic staff and half of them students. The lectures have been appreciated by all concerned and by all attendees, and a lively debate and „questions and answers“ took place at each location. The lectures consisted of a PowerPoint presentation, a structured discussion and a 15 pages Paper on “eLearning Competence Centers – the organisational framework for sustainable eLearning Services”, to be published in the “Staff and Educational Development International” journal in its March 2007 issue.
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Kenyatta University „Institute of Open Learning Center“ in Mombasa, 10 March 2007

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Kenyatta University „Institute of Open Learning Center“ in Nyeri, 3 March 2007

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Kenyatta University „Institute of Open Learning Center“ in Nakuru, 24 February 2007

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Kenyatta University, 23 February 2007

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Kenya Technical Teacher Training College, 22 February, 2007


 
Title    Bid Management for a public sector ICT infrastructure tender
Client    International Industry Consortium
Duration    December 2006, January 2007
Location    East Africa
Project Objectives
To assess the risk of a fixed price ICT infrastructure solution delivered by an international industry and public sector consortium in Eastern Africa; to manage the bidding process on behalf of the main contractor; to design the capacity building component as part of the consortium´s services; to plan the 4 years project on behalf of the main contractor; to harmonize the stakeholder´s interests
Scope and Results
Project budget for phase 1 (4 years) is approx. 12 Million USD; a roll-out at a larger scale after 4 years has been piloted. The capacity building components comprise approx. 25% of the project budget. The consortium´s stakeholder come from national and international IT industry (system integrators, software engineering companies, hardware providers), IT and management training providers, public sector institutions (e.g. Ministries). As a result a strong capacity building and change management component had been designed, a project implementation team had been formed (a core team of approx. 15 international long term experts), a project master plan had been developed, costs and profitability had been calculated.

 
Title    Web-based Portal for Progress Reporting and Monitoring of 15 Construction Sites
Client    Ministry of Capacity Building, GTZ International Services
Duration    October 2006 - January 2007
Location    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Project Objectives
To analyse and improve electronic work processes in a decentralized and large scale construction project; to establish and introduce a web based project reporting and monitoring system based on open source technologies (free of license costs); to design efficient electronic documentation work-flows on-site in the departments for construction planning and corporate communications; to manage the change process and monitor quality of documentation during the change phase.
Scope and Results
The Reporting and Monitoring Portal addresses the need for efficient electronic work-flows and progress documentation at 15 university construction sites in Ethiopia during five years (2005 - 2010, construction investment approx. EUR 240 Million); the portal has been approved by the Ethiopian Ministry of Capacity Building as the main instrument for documentation and reporting in this large scale construction project; the documentation of the construction progress is fully managed by national construction and corporate communication experts; new electronic work processes and the technology solution have been developed and introduced on-site.
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Construction portal:
http://www.ucbp-ethiopia.com/

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The portal implementation team

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