Finalists

Education

Information Dissemination and Equal Access (IDEA) Project

  • Country
  • Russian Federation
  • Brief description
  • IDEA brings Internet technology and free Microsoft training courses to underserved communities and populations throughout Russia in the form of community-based IDEA Computer Centers, each of which is a partnership involving a local organization and stakeholders as well as Project Harmony's expertise and oversight.

Shilpa Sayura Project - Digital Self Learning for remote, rural students lacking educational resources and teachers

  • Country
  • Sri Lanka
  • Brief description


  • Shilpa Sayura means Sea of Knowledge, Winner of i4D award at e India 2007 and Stockholm Challange GKP Award at Gk3 KUL, Malysaiais is a Local language Digital Learning system with interactive content based on National Curriculum of Sri Lanka for The Handicapped Students in Remote, Rural communities to improve self learning capacity to prepare for National Examinations while enhancing the Nenasala Tele Center utilization through participative development of multi stake holders in the government and private sector, community organisations of volunteer professionals involving educational institutions, experienced teachers, software and content developers, tele center operators, educational experts, media and processional groups initiated by e fusion pvt ltd with a grant of Rs. 5 million received from ICTA e-SDI programme under e Sri Lanka Project.

TOPIC64 - National network of E-learning centers in 64 provinces of Vietnam

  • Country
  • Vietnam
  • Brief description
  • TOPIC64 is developing a national system of sustainable and locally adaptable e-learning centers that targets 100,000 degree students and hundreds of thousands of other trainees in the next 5 years. During 2006-2007 to date, the project has trained 10,446 students in its 64 member centers, 40% of whom free of charge, 474 teachers, benefited 70,692 other students in 426 affiliate centers, and helped 15/64 members reach economic sustainability. The project involves a 7-party public-private-partnership including Microsoft, USAID, Qualcomm, EVN Telecom, Hewlett-Packard, Vietnam government agencies, and is run by CRC-TOPIC Business Incubator of Hanoi University of Technology. In 2006, the project was selected by Development Gateway Award into the 7 finalists from 160 ICT project worldwide, and the organization recognized by World Bank InfoDev program among the 4 global best practices from 62 incubators worldwide.