Maldives

Bridging the Digital Divide in Isolated Areas
An International UN Volunteer (IUNV), funded by the Japanese Trust Fund, coordinated the establishment of IT centers on ten islands of the Maldives and gave technical support and management advice to the ICT centers. This was part of the ongoing UNDP Project and its parallel UNV SVF Project for Atoll Development for Sustainable Livelihood to help bridge the digital divide in remote and isolated islands. In addition, the IUNV developed ICT awareness programmes at the national level to support an IT policy development exercise.

 

Guidance for Telecenters
From August 2002 to 2003, an International UN Volunteer (IUNV) from Nepal assisted in formulating national ICT policy. He gave guidance on business plan formulation for community telecenters by exploring income-generating activities and diversification of industries, with the purpose of making the telecenters sustainable. In addition, he helped develop the framework of the Digitally Empowered Development of Island Communities of Maldives, funded by the UNDP Trust Fund.