Catalysing creation and exchange of local content: Uganda

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Background and context:

In 2001 and 2002, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) commissioned the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) and OneWorld International (OWI) to examine issues associated with the generation and exchange of local content. DFID and the Canadian government funded the project, which has been executed by OWI, IICD and a network of partner organisations.

Local content refers to locally owned and adapted knowledge of a community and the project was aimed at supporting efforts by poor people in developing countries to create and exchange useful, potentially wealth-generating content via ICTs.

In Uganda, I-Network implemented the project. Natalie Kimbugwe, the programme coordinator at I-Network says five projects received funding under the one-year project. The organisations were Schoolnet Uganda, Radio Apach Women's Voices project, Community Organisation for Empowerment of Young People (COFEY) in Uganda, the Centre for Development Alternatives (CEDA) and ThinkQuest.