Jun 09 2010
ICT for Development Workers
Development workers are jacks of all trades – part small business adviser, part marketing and communications guru, and part fundraiser – and knowing the right questions to ask and where to signpost organisations to is crucial to building the capacity of organisations they work.
With a squeeze on charitable on and statutory funding, development workers have a crucial role to play in showing voluntary and community organisations where to go for quality ICT help and support.
It’s a significant challenge as Lasa’s own research tells us that whilst 90% of our respondents rate computers and the Internet as “vital” or “fairly important”, 55% lacked an ICT budget; 65% didn’t back-up data on a regular basis, 40% had zero computers networked and 33% said their staff didn’t have access to networked computers or email.
NAVCA also recognises the problem and recently commissioned us to deliver a one day ICT workshop as part of its SKILD programme for development workers. Common issues that development workers need to signpost groups to include funding ICT, databases, websites, managing ICT, trouble-shooting and technical support. You can download the workshop from Slideshare.
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