Application for Grass Root Fund (Draft #7)
for the
Manaus Community
Development Network
(May 13, 2002)
Formul·rio de Requerimento para a
AssistÍncia para Projetos Comunit·rios
Application Form for
Communitarian Projects Assistance
1. Requerente
Applicant
(1) Nome
do Requerente
Name of the Applicant
FUNDA«ˆO UNIVERSIDADE DO
AMAZONAS/FUNDA«ˆO DE APOIO INSTITUCIONAL RIO-SOLIM¹ES
University of the Amazon
Foundation/ Institutional Research of Rio-Solimoes
(2) EndereÁo
Address
Av. Gal. Rodrigo Oct·vio
Jord“o Ramos, 3000,
CEP 69077-000 ‚ Coroado
I ‚ Manaus ‚ Amazonas
(3) N™mero
do Telefone
Telephone Number
+55-92-647-4063
N™mero do Fax
Fax Number
+55-92-647-4066
(4) Pessoa
Respons·vel
Responsible Person
Principal-Investigator
(Nome)
(Name)
PROFESSOR DOUTOR
ALEXANDRE ALMIR FERREIRA RIVAS
Professor Doctor
Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas
(Cargo)
(Position)
DIRETOR GERAL DO CENTRO
DE CINCIAS DO AMBIENTE
General Director of the
Center of Sciences of the Environment
Center for Environmental
Sciences (CCA)
Universidade Federal do
Amazonas / FundaÁ“o UNI-SOL
Campus Universit·rio
3000Manaus, AM
Brazil 69000
Phone Number: +
55-92-647-4066
Fax Number: +
55-92-647-4066
Co-Principal-Investigator
(Nome)
(Name)
Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D.,
P.E.
(Cargo)
(Position)
President Emeritus and
V.P. for Technology and Coordination of Global University System (GUS)
Chairman, GLObal Systems
Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A. (GLOSAS/USA)
43-23 Colden Street,
#9-L
Flushing, NY 11355-3998
U.S.A.
Phone Number:
+1-718-939-0928
Fax Number:
+1-718-939-0656
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/
(5) Sua
organizaÁ o j· recebeu alguma assistÍncia financeira e ou tÈcnica de governos
estrangeiros, organizaÁ es internacionais ou ONGs? (Em caso afirmativo, favor descrever o conte™do da
assistÍncia)
Has your organization
ever received any financial or technical assistance from foreign governments,
international organizations or NGOs?
If "YES", kindly describe the content of the assistance:
Sim
Yes
A. Received by the University of
Amazona
FundaÁ“o Kellog ‚ EUA :
Projeto Coari, 1989-1990 ‚ US$ 1.000.000,00
Kellog Foundation.
U.S.A.: Coari Design
Banco Mundial ‚ V·rios
projetos
World Bank. Some designs
The Fund for Improvment
of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) ‚ EUA
As Inter-relaÁžes entre
Ambiente, Desenvolvimento EconÙmico e Qualidade de Vida: Uma Vis“o
Interdisciplinar, 2001 ‚ presente. US$ 200.000,00.
The Inter-relations
between Environment, Economic Development and Quality of Life: An
Interdisciplinary Vision, 2001. gift. USS 200,000.00.
B. Received by the University of
Tampere on behalf of Global University System
Workshop and conference
on "Emerging Global Electronic Distance Learning (EGEDL#99)" in
August, 1999 at the University of Tampere <http://www.uta.fi/EGEDL>,
from the InfoDev of the World Bank (US$100,000.00), the United States National
Science Foundation (NSF) (US$50,000), the British Council, the Ministry of
Education of Finland, the Soros Foundation/Open Society Institute, the United
States Information Agency (USIA), and many others.
This event brought
together about 60 decision-makers and leaders in e-learning and telemedicine
from 14 underserved countries who discussed practical solutions for the
implementation of affordable global e-learning across national boundaries. They
brainstormed and the workshop recommended the formation of the following three
interrelated organizations:
1. Global University System (GUS)
(Tm),
2. Global Broadband Internet (GBI),
3. Global Service Trust Fund (GSTF)
(Tm)
The group also
formulated specific pilot projects focused on major regions of the world to
reduce the growing digital divide between information-rich and information-poor
populations, as realizing "education and healthcare for all," at
anywhere, anytime and at any pace. The regional GUSs will be interconnected
with GBI, which will be financed by GSTF. See more at; <http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global
University System/Reference_web_sites.html>.
The proposed project
with this grant application is the continuation of our Tampere event.
(6) Queira
responder as seguintes quest es, conforme a natureza da sua organizaÁ o.
Kindly answer the
following questions to the nature of your organization:
(a) OrganizaÁ
o N o Governamental (ONG)
Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO)
(i) Ano
de FundaÁ o
Year of Establishment
(ii) N™mero
de assistentes(staffs)
Number of assistants
(staffs)
(iii) Propósito da Organizaç o
Purpose of Organization
(iv) Principais
Atividades
Main Activities
(b) Escola
ou Instituto de Pesquisa
School or Research
Institute
FundaÁ“o Universidade do
Amazonas / FundaÁ“o de Apoio Institucional Rio-Solimžes
University of the Amazon
Foundation/ Institutional Research of Rio-Solimoes
(i) Ano
de FundaÁ o
Year of Establishment
12 de junho de 1962
12 of June of 1962
(ii) N™mero
de Professores/Pesquisadores
Number of
Professores/Researchers
Doutores: 174
Doctorates: 174
Mestres: 402
Masters: 402
(iii) N™mero
de Estudantes
Number of Students
Cerca de 28.000 alunos
de graduaÁ“o e 700 de pÛs-graduaÁ“o.
About 28,000
undergraduates and 700 graduate students
(iv) Objeto
da Pesquisa
Object of Research
Por se tratar de uma
Universidade, a instituiÁ“o atua em diversas ·reas de pesquisa. No entanto,
para o fim desta proposta, visa-se atender ý pesquisa e extens“o em tecnologia
e utilizaÁ“o de ferramentas para o ensino e sa™de a dist’ncia aplic·veis
especificamente na Regi“o AmazÙnica.
Being a University, the
institution is diversified in its areas of research. However, this specific
proposal is aimed at using technology as a tool for the applicable education in
distance learning and healthcare focusing on the Amazon region.
(c) Hospital
ou InstituiÁ o MÈdica
Hospital or Medical
Institution
(i) Ano
de FundaÁ o
Year of Establishment
(ii) N™mero
de MÈdicos
Number of Doctors
(iii) N™mero
de Enfermeiras
Number of Nurses
(iv) N™mero
de Leitos
Number of Beds
(v) ServiÁo
mÈdico prestado por seu hospital/instituiÁ o
Medical job given by its
hospital/institution
(d) Governo
Local
Local Government
(i) PopulaÁ
o
Population
(ii) Tamanho
do OrÁamento (Em cada ano Fiscal)
Budget Size (each fiscal
year)
(iii) SituaÁ
o atual e problemas em ·reas sob a jurisdiÁ o do requerente
Current situation and
problems in the area under the jurisdiction of the applicant
(e) InstituicÁ
o Governamental (Departamento)
Governmental Institution
(Department)
(i) N™mero
de pessoas
Number of people
(ii) Autoridade
e obrigaÁ o do requerente
Authority and obligation
of the applicant
Se houver algum
documento ou brochura que apresente sua organizaÁ o, favor anexar a este
formul·rio.
If there are any
documents or brochures that promote your organization, please attach them to
this form.
2. Projeto
Project Details
(1) Nome
do Projeto
Name of the Project
Establishment of Manaus
Community Development Network (MCDN) for E-Learning and E-Healthcare
(2) Local
do Projeto (Inclusive a dist’ncia da cidade conhecida mais prÛxima
Place of the Project
(also the distance to the nearest well-known city.)
Manaus ‚ Amazonas
(3) Objetivos
do Projeto
Objectives of the
Project
This project is to
construct a community development network as connecting non-profit
organizations in the City of Manaus with the use of broadband wireless Internet
units -- see Figure 1.
Figure 1
In the initial phase,
non-profi organizations will be selected among the followings;
Other candidates are;
See Figure 2, 3 and 4.
Figure 3
Figure 4
(4) Linhas
gerais do Projeto
Detailed description of
the Project
We recently submitted a
grant application (US$230,000) to the InfoDev of the World Bank to conduct a
workshop in Manaus in the summer of 2002. (See "Community Development with
E-Learning and E-Healthcare in Amazon, Brazil" -- Grant application
submitted to the InfoDev of the World Bank (1/25/02) at;
The objectives are to
brainstorm on and to form a committee for the planning of necessary
telecommunication configurations, their systems design, feasibility study,
market survey and action plan of implementing the infrastructures, and the
construction of their cost estimates for dish antenna, transceivers and
satellite segments, etc. They are for;
Possible joint projects
with Brazilians, Americans and Canadians will also be discussed and planned on
how to utilize the expected broadband Internet. They are contents development,
teacher and general-public training for digital literacy, English as a Second
Language (ESL), nurse training, etc., for poverty and isolation reductions.
The resultant
comprehensive documents will then be submitted to the Japanese government's
"non-tied cultural aid" grant through appropriate Brazilian
governmental agencies. The total estimated amount could be in the range of
US$15 to 20 million. The Brazilian government has already pledged US$2,800,000
out of this total costs.
See summary slides at;
Global University System
will emulate this project in other developing countries around the world in the
future.
Figure 5
It is expected that
broadband wireless and satellite Internet, available to universities,
elementary, primary and secondary schools and hospitals, will promote the
interaction among young people from different areas of the Amazon Region with
young people from the rest of the world.
As the infrastructure
becomes a reality, there will be a need for the development of contents
(e-learning on environmental education, rational use of the forest, techniques
and methods for implementation of suitable agroforestry activities,
e-healthcare, etc.) and of new uses of the technology (Internet telephony,
distance medical diagnose, access to information, etc.).
In this process, the
Manaus community will become the closest, more capable and culturally
identified with the Amazon region¼s needs and problems. This will be a pilot
project replicable of the activities throughout the region. The replication and
expansion will happen through strong partnership with other institutions in
Manaus and other states of the region. CampusNet Amazonia consortium will play
major role in this initiative because it constitutes the main federal
universities network in the Brazilian Amazonia and it is also active member of
UNIREDE <http://www.unirede.br/>, a
consortium of all public universities in Brazil.
In a second phase, this
effort will contribute to provide the necessary conditions for private
initiatives such that more resources will become available to more needed
communities elsewhere in the region.
So, this project is a
community development approach, firstly connecting non-profit organizations
(elementary, secondary and higher education institutions, libraries, hospitals,
local governmental agencies, and non-profit organizations, etc.) and secondly
with for-profit organizations to have global E-Rate, thus all applicable groups
are inclusive. The more participants can share the cost of expensive digital
satellite trunk line better -- see also Item (6) below. The use of broadband
wireless Internet for the Manaus Community Development Network will make their
participation easy so that the so-called "last-mile" problem to reach
individual end-users can more effectively be solved. (Similar community
development networks will be made later in the cities of main campuses of other
CampusNet participating universities with the "non-tied cultural aid"
of the Japanese government.)
(5) PopulaÁ
o estimada que ser· beneficiada pelo projeto
Estimated population
that would benefit from the project
As populaÁžes
beneficiadas pelo projeto podem ser calculadas em dois momentos.
The population that will
be benefited by the project can be calculated in the following two categories;
População Direta: Cem (100) Professores universitários das Universidades participe do consorcio CampusNet Amazônia, cinqüenta (50) Professores e mil (1000) Alunos do Ensino Fundamental e Médio da Rede Estadual e Municipal de Ensino do Estado do Amazonas, distribuídos remotamente nas seis (6) Zonas Urbanas da cidade de Manaus;
Direct Population: One hundred (100) university professors will participate in the consortium of CampusNet/Amazônia, fifty (50) professors and a thousand (1000) elementary students and middle school students of the State and Municipal Network of Education of the State of Amazon, distributed remotely in the six (6) Urban Zones of the city of Manaus;
População Indireta: Professores e Alunos da Amazônia Internacional, através da transmissão do evento pelo Amazon Sat da Rede Amazônica de rádio e televisão.
Indirect Population: Professors and pupils of Amazônia International, through the transmission of the event for the Amazon Sat of the Amazonian Network of radio and television.
(6) Efeitos
esperados do Projeto (Favor descrever a relaÁ o entre o projeto e o objetivo, e
como o projeto contribuir· para a realizaÁ o do objetivo)
Expected effects of the
project: (Kindly describe the relations between the project and the objectives,
and how the project would contribute to the accomplishment of the objectives)
1. Previous Workshops and
Demonstrations in Manaus
A. 1998 Workshop/Demonstration
A demonstrative
conference on available new technologies for e-learning was held on August 21,
1998 in Manaus. See the following website for more detailed information: <http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/GLH/10-21-98_Manaus_Brazil/Flyer_&_Program_10-3-98.html>
During this event, a
professor at the University of Tokyo described via audio conference with
PowerPoint slides, about his "Medical Information Network by Communication
Satellite for University Hospital (MINCS-UH)" which connects more than two
dozen university hospitals around Japan with two-way, broadband (45 Mbps)
digital satellite channels for medical diagnosis with HDTV. Netmeeting
videoconferences via narrow-band Internet were also made with Houston Community
College and with colleagues in Ukraine.
B. 2000 Workshop/Demonstration
A workshop to show the
usefulness of the Internet as combining new technologies and contents was held
on May 31, and June 1 and 2, 2000 in Manaus. See:
1. <http://lab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop/English/wksp_E.htm>
and
2. <http://tc1.hccs.cc.tx.us/hist/yr00/brazil/>
During this workshop,
telemedicine demonstration with the most advanced echocardiogram diagnosed a
real patient by an expert doctor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, which was televised throughout South America via BRAZILSAT.
These two workshops in
1998 and 2000 showed the possibilities of using cutting-edge telecom
technologies even in the middle of rain forest jungle. They stimulated and
promoted public awareness on e-learning and e-health, and initiated a core
basis for forming the CampusNet coalition.
Each of Amazon TV and
GLOSAS/USA contributed about $80,000 respectively, for the conduct of the above
two workshops.
2. Technical and Economic Benefits
The main focus of the proposed broadband Internet is either or both of satellite and terrestria