[liberationtech] US State Dept Discourages Using Technology to Promote Democracy, Human Rights, and Citizen Engagement in Ukraine?

[Shava Nerad]

Evgeny got to them. ;)

More seriously, does anyone have digital divide info - cultural and
financial - on Ukraine?  Tech is not the solution for all cultures.

Beer is the correct solution for some.  A thousand cups of tea for others.

Maybe State knows something we don't?

Like:

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INTERNET
Ukraine suffers digital divide - study
Tuesday 22 March 2011 | 15:40 CET | News
There is still a significant difference in household internet access across
Ukraine, according to a study by GfK Ukraine. Internet penetration was just
12 percent in rural areas in Q4 2010, reports BizLigaNet. The figure rises
to 25 percent in towns with a population below 50,000 and 38 percent of
households in cities with more than 500,000 residents.

http://www.telecompaper.com/news/ukraine-suffers-digital-divide-study--793094

yrs,
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Shava Nerad
shava23 at gmail.com
On Mar 21, 2013 3:04 PM, "Yosem Companys" <companys at stanford.edu> wrote:

> Fostering Civic Engagement in Ukraine (approximately $500,000
> available): DRL’s objective is to support the role of civil society in
> policy formation and enhancing accountability and responsiveness of
> government officials in Ukraine. The program will support civil
> society to foster an inclusive and participatory democratic system of
> government and hold politicians and public officials more accountable
> to constituents. In order to foster more unity among civil society
> efforts, the program should support post-election advocacy on areas of
> policy formation and implementation such as ongoing efforts related to
> elections and election law reform; freedom of assembly legislation;
> and/or reversing legislation restricting the rights of vulnerable or
> marginalized populations. The program should also examine how well
> existing laws are implemented and help civil society ensure that
> citizens can use official institutions and mechanisms to exercise
> their rights. Program activities could include, but are not limited
> to: support for activities to encourage debate and advocacy by
> citizens and civil society organizations, small grants to civil
> society for monitoring and/or advocacy activities, creating regional
> civil society partnerships to increase civil society unity on advocacy
> efforts, or connecting Ukrainian civil society with their counterparts
> in one or more countries in the region through NGO-to-NGO exchanges
> and mentoring in order to take advantage of shared post-communist and
> transition experiences. Successful proposals will demonstrate a strong
> knowledge of civil society in Ukraine and an established ability to
> work with regional civil society groups.
>
> DRL strongly discourages health, technology, or science- related
> projects unless they have an explicit component related to the
> requested program objectives listed above.
>
> http://www.state.gov/j/drl/p/206488.htm
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