The list of SCN users using Dial-Up access to the SCN
nod and provided with full list of SCN services.
6. The possible funding sources are listed below. Mark
off all possible ways of funding and organisations that take part in support
of your project. Show the share holdings of every participant.
|
Organisations
|
Recent value of funding
|
Prospective
value of funding
|
Percentage
ratio
|
| NGO |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Government |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Local administration |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Grants |
$ 23940 - first year
$ 9924 - second year |
$ 5007 |
17% |
| Own fund |
$ 59302 - first year
$ 21798 - second year |
$ 23585 |
80% |
| Payment for services |
0 |
$ 1000 |
3% |
| Private donations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7. What is the present state of your project? (Your
comments - about 1 page)
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Full activity (describe it.
The full value activity is carried out on the project
according the working plan:
Creation of regional information resources; computer technology
and Internet training; providing of Internet access; providing of access
to complex computer technique on the base of Internet classes; telephone
consulting support of SCN users; providing of access to complex (specific)
software on the base of Internet classes; providing of free disk space
for placing of user's informational resources; sending of information about
project activity and recent state of SCN through the mailing lists; creating
of personal Web-resources; announcement poster on SCN server; strategic
planning of the SCN activity, cooperation with consortium partner (including
the Internet providers), popularization
of the idea of SCN in mass media; using of the Internet technologies for
improving of interconnection NGO, authorities and business; using of Internet
technologies for strengthening of influence of NGO on local community.
-
We provide all kinds of services, but for limited number
of users (what kinds of services, what kinds of users?)
In SCN project scopes the services are provided for all
categories of users but the priorities underlying the SCN ideology are
taking into account. The priority of categories is: non-government non-profit
organizations, then government (municipal) institutions and structures,
then private persons and commercial structures.
-
We provide the services to everybody, but the number
of services is limited (what kinds of services, what kinds of users?)
In SCN project scopes the services are provided for all
categories of users but the priorities underlying the SCN ideology are
taking into account. The priority of categories is: non-government non-profit
organizations, then government (municipal) institutions and structures,
then private persons and commercial structures.
-
Services promised by project are not realized (show
the list of the causes preventing the realization of the services stipulated
for)
All services promised by project are realized.
-
Do charged services take place in the scope of SCN
project? (If they do, describe them please.)
At present moment the charged services are not provided
in the scope of SCN project. . In connection with more intensive users'
work through the SCN server the adaptable system of traffic payment is
to be introduced. Several variants and among them the following are discussed:
First variant: limited traffic - 30 (or 50) hours
per month with blocking after limit expiration till the next month beginning.
This variant is imperfect because of the users could hardly know their
statistics and will find the reason of Internet disconnection for a long
time. Besides the system is not intellectual enough and access blocking
should be carried out manually by the system administrator
Second variant. Limited traffic - 30 (or 50) hours
of free access per month and automatically charging of the extra traffic.
The rate size will be counted and corrected. But it will be less than of
commercial Internet providers one.
8. The main goal of civic networking is the development
of local community. To what extent objectives listed below were the aim
of your civic networking? And what impact did they make upon your community?
(Comments are necessary).
DECLARED AND REALIZABLE AIMS AND OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT
"SAMARA CIVIC NETWORK"IN 1998 - 2000.
| |
Aims and objectives of the project
|
Declared
Objectives
|
The main objective in 1998-2000.
|
The minor aim realised to a certain extent in 1998-2000.
|
Is not the aim but is realised to a certain extent
in 1998-2000.
|
| 1. |
Improve the providing of
the social service through the Internet |
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
| 2. |
Increase the interest for
local culture |
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
| 3. |
Improve the participation
of the population in political life. |
|
|
|
Yes
|
| 4. |
Increase employment |
|
|
|
Yes
|
| 5. |
Popularise the economical
development of the city, region, and country. |
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
| 6. |
Provide the telecommunication
needs. |
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
| 7. |
Improve the public health
service. |
|
|
Yes
|
|
| 8. |
Improve the efficiency of
the interconnection of the local authorities with local people. |
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
| 9. |
Promote the culture development
of the local population |
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
| 10. |
Extend the education possibilities. |
|
|
Yes
|
|
| 11. |
Promote the co-ordination
of the regional information services. |
|
|
Yes
|
|
| 12. |
Establish the contacts and
partnership with other regions. with |
|
|
Yes
|
|
Commentary:
Points 1 and 12.
The idea of priority work with non-government and non-profit
organisations of Samara underlies the SCN ideology for 1998-2000 period.
The main objective of any NGO is to provide social needs of members and
special groups, which the organisation activity is aimed to. Thus improving
the information support (Internet, e-mail) and skills of an NGO member
we can improve information supply both of members and organisation aiming
group.
Two years monitoring of the project indicates the real
improvement of information supply of organisation members and aiming groups,
increasing of service index. It should be noted that the most of organisation
use the Internet connection not as possibility for providing new types
of social service directly through the Net but as an additional tool for
improvement of existing (in traditional form) service. For example, establishing
of partnership, network connection with similar organisations in Russia
and abroad, information exchange etc.
Points 2 and 9.
The main goal of the project is to increase the interest
to local culture and main part of the information resources placed on the
server promotes this goal achievement. The history and culture of Samara
region (http://www.civnet.samara.ru/samara_region/samara_cd/index.html),
The history and culture of the nations living in Samara region, (http://www.civnet.samara.ru/infcent/mirror/proekt/index.htm).
The history and the present of religion confessions of Samara region (http://www.civnet.samara.ru/
~povolzje/arxkarta/index.htm). Full-scale Internet magazines "Samara
region. Ethnoth and culture" and "ethnic environment of the multinational
region" http://www.civnet.samara.ru/infcent/mirror/proekt/journal/index.htm)
etc.
Point 3.
Improvement of the population participation in political
life did not belong to the project objectives. More over political parties
and movements are not the aiming group of this project (and most of other
grants initiated by foreigner granting funds). In fact the placing on the
server such sites as "The budget of Samara region"(http://www.civnet.samara.ru/~povolzje/budget/),
site of governor of Samara region (http://www.titov. samara.ru/index-r.html),
site of Samara province duma (http://www.duma.sam-reg.ru/) promotes the
people participation in political life. The most bright example of using
SCN was an election campaign of local authorities when NGO of Samara region
nominated more than 10 their leaders for election in local Legislative
Assemblies. And 5 representatives of NGO were elected (1 in Samara, 1 in
Tolgatty, 3 in Syzran).
Point 4.
Employment increasing occurs probably indirectly both
through placing the information about job searching on SCN server and though
direct searching vacancies in Net. One case was fixed when one member of
Luteran commune took a job of computer operator after train courses "Computer
literacy" and "Internet from zero" of HECA �Povolzje� .
Point 7.
The improvement of public health service was not the
main goal of the project but it take place though activity those organizations
as Samara charitable fund of medical amd social support of children and
teenagers "Right heart". Address: E-mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.bowling.samara.ru/fond/;
Association of wheelchair invalids "Desnitsa" E-mail: [email protected],
URL: http://www.civnet.samara.ru/~desnica;
Samara region assiciation of psychotherapists and applied psychologists,
Address: E-mail: [email protected];
Public organisation of dispersed sclerosis invalids, Address: E-mail: [email protected];
Samara region branch of Russia Child Fund, E-mail:URL: http://www.civnet.samara.ru/users/hp/ddff/index.htm;
Samara region public organization "Association of social support of disabled
children", Address: E-mail: [email protected].
The improvement of public health service is the priority
aim of the listed organizations those are active participants of SCN. Meeting
the information needs of these organizations we can directly effect the
quality of health service for certain population groups even small for
today.
Point 8.
Increasing the efficiency of interconnection between
local government and population takes place first of all through the mutual
information exchange of two sectors - legislative and executive on one
hand and social-organized in NGO on the other hand (though the "Information
agency of non-profit organizations of Samara region" http://www.civnet.samara.ru/infagen/index.html).
The governor (http://www.titov.samara.ru/index-r.html),
and mayor Limansky (http://www. limansky.ru)
sites created in last year promote this interconnection. Both sites give
the possibility to write directly to governor and mayor (and the same about
sites of Duma and administration). The numerous cases of direct contacts
through e-mail are known. The other connection lines are mentioned in commentary
to the point 3.
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