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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/

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

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

3Deaf & teacher (Dubai)Deaf Telecentre Out Schoolchildren (MOE)

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

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

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

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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e-Agriculture

8Gedaref State National Resource e-Map

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

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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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

How to provide these services?

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http://gdco-sunta.org/

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

eGOV

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e-Government Committee

120 computer, telemedicine & e-libraryunits, camera, projectors and laptops

Better training, capacity building & skilldev. for medical staff & students online

Treating sick people online (SriRamachandra Medical University)

Gedaref University Support(e-Learning & Telemedicine)

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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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People with Disability

GDCO train people with disability free

Provide some of them specially the deaf computers andlaptops to keep at home

Social inclusion through ICT

Deaf are using internet chatting and email instead of signlanguage

Five laptops and five projectors with smart boards fromSPEG to start digital classes for deaf 17

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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