In line with the new CEW-IT Project under EU and OxfamNovib aimed at ‘citizen’s manifesto in action: building a social contract between citizens and their leaders , there is need for deployment of modern information Technologies to facilitate information knowledge sharing between citizens and their leaders.
In light of the above, RIC-NET kicked off her role of setting up data centres and conducting trainings in ICT to enable effective use of the technology in reporting governance issues concerning citizens and welfare.
The trainings were conducted on 21st and 22nd November 2011 in Eastern Uganda -Soroti at PAC (Public affairs centre) offices, and in northern Uganda –Gulu at ACORD (Agency for Coorperation and Research in Development.
The trainings started with a brief over view of Uchaguzi- Uganda (ww.uchaguzi.co.ug). UCHAGUZI is a collaborative initiative of CEW-IT (Citizen’s Election Watch – IT) HIVOS, and OxfamNOVIB.
UCHAGUZI is a platform that is built on simple technology USHAHIDI’s web and mobile-based software, enabling citizens to extend their role and responsibility to actively engage in the protection of democracy while ensuring that government as the provider of electoral services actively responds to their demands in near time.
RIC-NET ED took members in training of E-platforms that is blogs, skype, twitter as well as citizen voice. The participants were impressed by the skills they gained and many of them were able to upload information on the blog and creating personal blogs, the most interesting part was Skype as everyone took the chance to chat and make free calls to their colleagues.
The ICTO took members thru maintenance tips, he highlighted on the importance of Repair and maintenance. He highlighted common computer problems such as viruses, Dust, Power surges, Water/ food stuffs, the participants were also given tips on how to keep their computers safe one of which was to make sure that the computers are scanned regularly, and back up the data on external drives.
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