Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme <http://www.apdip.net>

The e-primers are very helpful in training and developing some project idea. One of the e-primers was used for a presentation to the Members of the Parliament. Other resources, especially from the International Open Source Network is very helpful for promoting free and open source software in the country. - AA Munir Hasan, Bangladesh (10 November 2007)

I used [APDIP's knowledge resources] for my teaching in Papua New Guinea, specifically for providing material to research students on new technologies and development (telecentres and community media). - Dr. Evangelia Papoutsaki, Unitec, New Zealand (1 November 2007)

The e-Primers are useful sources of information which we have added to our online database of information relating to the use of ICT in education. This database is accessed by educators, researchers and policy makers worldwide. - Ellie Meleisea, UNESCO Bangkok (31 October 2007)

[APDIP] publications ... are valued in our communities. Africa does not have an outlet similar to APDIP which could have helped us provide more backstops to clients. However, we do have many initiatives on the ground. - Pierre Dandjinou, UNDP Senegal (6 September 2007)

[APDIP] has accomplished significant work in the areas of ICT skills development, and the advancement of women with ICT being the catalyst. The work by your organization really intrigues and inspires me. - Debra Brown, Department of Peace Keeping Operations, Special Mission in Liberia (6 September 2007)

I want to thank you very much for the [FOSS: Licensing e-primer] and encourage you to continue publishing such guides.  They are really useful quick references. - Pierre-Paul Lemyre, LexUM - Université de Montréal (5 January 2007)

On behalf of ICTP project (a joint project of UNDP-Uzbekistan and the Government of Uzbekistan), I would like to present our profound respect and compliments to [APDIP] and extend a sincere thank you for taking the time to meet with delegation from Uzbekistan on 19 July 2006 and share your experience in Free/Open Source Software, in particular, and ICT area, in general. We believe that the study tour to Asia-Pacific region would not have been such a success without your organization being part of it. - Sandjar Saidkhodjaev, Project Manager, ICTP Project, Uzbekistan (3 August 2006)

You may be interested to know that the [UNDP-APDIP ICT R&D Grant funded] PFnet project in 2002 directly led to the current project…the EU-funded Distance Learning Centres Project…which shows the value of the work we did with that R & D grant. – David Leeming, Technical Advisor, Solomon Islands People First Network (12 May 2006)

[Following] APDIP’s involvement in the Linux / FOSS workshop recently in [the University of the South Pacific,] … our delegate [is] now running a training workshop for the trainee supervisors of our learning centres. This…is evidence of the direct practical benefits of your programmes. -  David Leeming, Technical Advisor, Solomon Islands People First Network (12 May 2006)

Lots of people in this area don't even know what the internet is. I think the etuktuk is a really good way to introduce and improve our knowledge about information technology and the narrowcasting gives a voice to local people and all of us in the community. - Buddhika Darshana of Kothmale CMC (5 May 2006). The eTUKTUK was officially launched at the Kothmale Community Radio Station on the 29th of April 2006 and is supported by UNESCO in collaboration with MJF Charitable Foundation, Suntel and Pan Asia ICT Research and Development project.

We find the e-Commerce and e-Business [e-Primer] by Zorayda Ruth Andam very useful and informative and thus we would like to incorporate it in our forthcoming executive reference book "Innovation: An Effective e-Business Management Tool." - Arindam Basu, Research Associates, The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (14 April 2006)

We had given the soft copy of [the e-Government e-Primer] to the participants in one of our one-week IAS officers training. This was used as reference material. We now plan to use the material in the e-Gov Champion programme - Piyush Gupta, National Institute for Smart Government, India (16 March 2006)

Those [APDIP] resources will be of immediate use in the dissertations our MSc students will be undertaking – Richard Heeks, Senior Lecturer, Information Systems & Development, Institute for Development Policy & Management, University of Manchester (2 March 2006)

This [Internet Governance e-]primer can be of interest to many, as are the other publications of APDIP - a programme worth of praise for its pro-active role in effective knowledge dissemination. - Michel J. Menou, France (9 December 2005)

I am a lecturer at the Stellenbosch University, South Africa. I present a module on aspects of the Information Society. One of my themes is : e-government. I found your e-primer [on e-Government] on the internet and reckon it to be excellent. May I photocopy parts of this [e-]primer to hand out to my 60 students? - Willem van der Merwe, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (5 November 2005)

Firstly, congratulations on the excellent e-primer series. I am writing to you because I am currently writing a course on ICT for Development, which will form part of a Masters degree in Sustainable Development, offered by distance learning. Our programme has about 800 registered students...I would very much like to include the following material(s) that you have made freely available on your website. - Jon Gregson, Manager: Learning and Development, Distance Learning Programme, Wye Campus, Ashford Imperial College London, United Kingdom (January 2005)

Finally, in some countries, strategic ICT plans have grown out of the symbiotic relationships between government, the private sector and non-profit organizations. See for example, the following e-learning strategy that emerged out of the relationship between Coca-Cola, the UNDP and the local government in Malaysia. - Curriculum from Harvard University's class on Development and Internet (2003)

In March, together with UNDP and Coca-Cola, Malaysia launched "e-learning for life", a pilot project to help local communities bridge the digital divide by bringing e-learning opportunities and ICT training resources to students and teachers. That project stood as an example of how the United Nations and the private sector could support national efforts to build a knowledge-based society. - Malaysia's ambassador, Ambassador Hasmy Agam, to the United Nations stated at 56th General Assembly (2002)

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