this is presentation presented by GDCO Sudan as a partner with gedaref state and as chair of e-government committee (voluntary) in the WeGO meeting in Chengdu china

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Gedaref State and GDCO Partnership
Empowering Digital Inclusion
Workshop Session III: Partnering for Smart and Sharing Cities
Ahmed M. M. Eisa
ahmed22digital@gmail.com
http://www.gadarifstate.gov.sd/
http://gedaref.com/

2.  Gadarif state is eastern Sudan and Gedaref city is its capital with
363,945 inhabitants (269,395 in 2008)
 GMAC is the biggest mechanized rain fed agriculture scheme and It
grows 8 million Feddans (1 Feddan = 1.038acre) mainly sorghum,
sesame, millet, cotton and sunflower.
Gedaref State Sudan
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Gadarif silo the biggest
In Sudan
Traditional & common
houses
Gedaref state
@ eastern Sudan

3.  Gadarif has millions of acres natural grazing (pastures), forestry and
more than 8 million animals(sheep, camels, cows ) and gold.
 Gadarif is the first city to host the information forum and have a
workshop on e-government outside Khartoum (capital of Sudan)
 The first state (2007) to have the elementary school certificate results
live online (electronically)
Gedaref State Sudan
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Deaf & teacher (Dubai)Deaf TelecentreOut Schoolchildren (MOE)

4.  There is a partnership between Gadarif and Eindhoven (Netherlands)
municipalities (cities) since 1985
 Gedaref digital City organization (GDCO) is NGO established through
this partnership.
 GDCO is a win-win PPPP sharing knowledge, experience and best
practice. It is founded in partnership with DSE Netherlands 750
Gedaref digital city organization
GDCO Sudan
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e- India 2007 award e- India 2008 award e- India 2009 award

5.  It is the Chair of Gadarif state e-Government
 winner of 7 international ICT4D awards
 It is part of theTelecentre movement chaired by Microsoft
 founder of 1st Telecentre academy in Africa, Middle East and 13th in
the world (SuNTA)
Gedaref digital city organization
GDCO Sudan
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Sudanese best NGO
ICT award 2011
Best Telecentre album
2011 Philippines
eWorld 2011 award
10.000 US $ award

6. Global Telecentre Movement Network
community.telecentre.org/profile/AHMED://http
Network of 87534 Telecentre in 52 countries, 76 national Telecentre
network and 6 regional networks

7.  These projects are win-win PPPP projects
 e-Agriculture (ministries of agriculture, finance and animal)
 Gedaref university e-infrastructure support & telemedicine
 Connecting people with disability (ministries of welfare, education,
SPEG and Gedaref municipality)
 Out of schoolchildren e-learning pilot project (ministry of education)
 e-Government committee
 Under construction Portable Telecentres
Projects & Best Practices
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http://www.seepcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/gdco-sudan-and-telecentres-
movement-promote-for-ict

8. e-Agriculture
8Gedaref State National Resource e-Map

9.  Establishing Telecentres 4 training and capacity building
http://www.gedaref.com/ADBCP/recov/newone/
 Training 30 agricultural engineers GPS & GIS and other
computer courses
 Developing a software for 10,000 farmers database
 Demarcation of farms geographical coordinate
 Gedaref state national resource e-map (by GMAC)
 Using internet (ICT) for disaster control (Bird Flu and
Ebola)
 Website for crop and animal prices
e-Agriculture Best Practices
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e-Agriculture Best Practices

10.  capacity building and skill development
 Gedaref state natural resource map
 16 agricultural reports in few minutes (crops, rainfall, sowing
date)
 quick transaction between GMAC and farmers
 Solving conflict ( farmers, shepherds and forest)
 Accessibility to crop and animal markets prices
 Uses of ICT for disaster control (bird flu)
 grazing area and water resources detection
Achievements
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11.  Agro-mobile services
 EasyFarmer or cloud computing for low computer skills
or illiterate farmers
 Portable Telecentres to provide integrated e-services
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http://easy123.org/sudan/agro-mobile services Portable Telecentre
Near Future

12. How to provide these services?
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http://gdco-sunta.org/

13.  GDCO appointed by Gedaref state council of
minister to the chair of e-government committee
 An agreement between the MCIT & Sudatel
 a- connecting 50 school Telecentres
 b- Connecting 10 hospital
 d- government building with networking
 e- Connecting Gedaref University
 f- Connecting Gedaref technical college
 Accessibility to Interactive web portal
 An online survey application
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e-Government Committee

14.  120 computer, telemedicine & e-library
units, camera, projectors and laptops
 Better training, capacity building & skill
dev. for medical staff & students online
 Treating sick people online (Sri
Ramachandra Medical University)
Gedaref University Support
(e-Learning & Telemedicine)
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15. Using laptops to connect and solar (green) energy
Drying the resources of illiteracy
Better quality with low cost education
 expected added value services (portable Telecentres)
Solar energy used also for charging mobile to sustain
the Telecentres and increase internet penetration
Out of Schoolchildren
(Pilot)
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17. People with Disability
 GDCO train people with disability free
Provide some of them specially the deaf computers and
laptops to keep at home
Social inclusion through ICT
Deaf are using internet chatting and email instead of sign
language
Five laptops and five projectors with smart boards from
SPEG to start digital classes for deaf 17

18. ICT is not part of the culture and not a priority
Huge digital divide
High cost of broadband and e-infrastructure
Security risk and hackers
Distances and geographical barrier in rural area
Power supply
Challenge
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