Sub-Regional Project: e-Governance and Access to Information for Remote Islands in Niue and Tokelau
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Innovative and dynamic e-governance initiatives will be supported by the UNDP Democratic Governance Thematic Trust Fund (DGTTF), for the Niue and Tokelau governments to help dissipate extreme difficulties in providing public information to citizens living in remote and widely dispersed island settings.
Contact Person(s): Anush Avramenko, UNV/UNITES ICT PRogramme Office anush.avramenko@undp.org
Project Period: 2005
Partner(s): Government of Niue, Government of Tokelau
Development of institutional capacities that provide the platforms for bringing islanders closer to vital information, and empowerment under an e-island framework will be the main objectives.
The project consists of two pilots and will develop sustainable and replicable models of ways to provide access to modern telecommunication facilities and information services in the two countries for:
- Development of indigenous content for Niue
- Removal of barriers to utilizing technologies in Tokelau
Achievements
Niue
- Taoga Niue Website is in place and actively used by all beneficiaries
Tokelau
- Government portal loaded with all Government legislation and Constitution and actively used by all beneficiaries
- Analysis completed and recommendations are given on appropriate ways of establishing inter-atoll teleconferencing facilities in Tokelau
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