[gu-l] (02/05/02) URGENT REQUEST for the InfoDev application of our Amazon
project
Tak Utsumi
utsumi@columbia.edu
Tue, 5 Feb 2002 20:44:58 +0000 (GMT)
<<February 5, 2002>>
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Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Dr. Jackson Colares da Silva <jcolares@hotmail.com>
Prof. Dr. Roberto Andrea Mueller <rmueller@mail.ufv.br>
Steve McCarty <steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp>
Dear E-Colleagues:
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(1) Pls visit "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;
http://www.friends-
partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/InfoDev_Application/InfoDev_Prop_Final_Web/Main_Proposal.htm
(2) This grant, if approved, is to hold an international workshop to
brainstorm on and to form a committee for the deployment of broadband
Internet in Amazon, Brazil, with CampusNet via satellite and the
community development networks with wireless units. This is a
community development approach with the involvements of all schools,
libraries, hospitals, local governments, non- and profit-organizations
to have global E-Rate. Joint contents development, teacher and
general-public training for digital literacy will also be discussed
for poverty and isolation reductions. The resultant comprehensive
documents will be submitted to the Japanese government's "non-tied
cultural aid." Global University System will emulate this project in
other developing countries around the world in the future.
(3) This application is a result of a long and hard effort to promote
sustainable development in Amazonia.
For the construction of this application, Alex diligently, faithfully
and tenaciously performed his substantial effort as following my
initial suggestion made at the closing remark of our workshop on
"Emerging Global Electronic Distance Learning (EGEDL#99)" in August,
1999 at the University of Tampere, Finland <http://www.uta.fi/EGEDL>,
which was financially supported by the InfoDev, the US National
Science Foundation and many others.
(4) Alex and I also express our sincere gratitude to Jackson (particularly
on the construction of APPENDIX I), Roberto and Steve (for the
translations of APPENDICES I and II), and many other colleagues who
contributed to this project proposal so far -- sorry I could not list
them here, since this msg gets too long.
URGENT REQUESTS:
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(5) ATTACHMENT I below is the list of appendices and ATTACHMENT II the
list of Prospective Joint Programs and Projects.
As you see in Item #5 of the main application, the InfoDev recommend
us to submit the letters of commitment by the participating
organizations. However, because of time constraints, we could not get
them.
Therefore, I would greatly appreciate it if you can kindly send your
brief email msg (cc to me) indicating your commitments to participate
in this project to;
infoDev Work Program Administrator
The World Bank
1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20433
Phone: (202) 458-5153
Fax: (202) 522-3186
E-mail: infodev@worldbank.org
http://www.infodev.org/
According to the staff of the InfoDev, the announcement of their
preliminary evaluation will be made on February 15th, 2002, if the
submitted application will be evaluated further for the final decision
which is to be announced on March 15th.
Dear Everybody:
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Pls cross all of your fingers!!
Subsequently, I would appreciate it if you can immediately take your
action of sending them your email msg, say, at the latest, by February
10th.
Pls do this at your earliest convenience, especially if you can
find your name in the materials of ATTACHMENTs I and II
(particularly in APPENDICES IX to XI of the former).
To find your name, pls visit the web mentioned above, and
click those APPENDICES.
Dear E-Colleagues:
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Even if your name is not listed in them, and if you are willing
to help and support this project (and other following ones of
our Global University System in the near future), pls do the
same to make this important project to grow strong and
consistently.
Thanks in advance.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
List of APPENDICES
APPENDIX I CampusNet Amazonia
Approved by the Brazilian Government with a pledged US$2,800,000 fund
and under Implementation (Total about US$10 million to be distributed
among six federal Universities in the Brazilian Amazonia: Amazonas,
Pará, Acre, Rondônia, Roraima and Amapá.)
APPENDIX II Nucleus for Technology in Distance Education and Tele
-medicine (NATESD)
Document presenting principles and guidelines for the use of Internet
and other technological tools.
APPENDIX III Protocol of CampusNet Amazonia Consortium
A consortium formed by Federal Universities of Amazonas, Pará, Acre,
Rondônia, Roraima and Amapá. This document formalizes the creation of
a virtual campus in order to promote development in Amazonia through
e-learning and e-health.
APPENDIX IV Manaus Community Development Network
A star type network linking initially Federal University of Amazonas,
Amazonia Network Foundation (the main regional TV network), two
state's primary and secondary schools, two municipality's primary and
secondary schools, Natural Science Museum (created and run by the
Japanese community in Manaus), Josefina de Mello primary and secondary
school (a Japanese community school in Manaus), and Getulio Vargas
Foundation branch in Manaus (ISAE). (Hemocentro do Amazonas - HEMOAM
[Amazonas State Blood Center] is to be added in the configuration
diagram later.)
APPENDIX V GLOSAS Projects for Closing Digital Divide
Paper published in InterMedia of International Institute of
Communications (IIC) (April, 2001)
APPENDIX VI Synopsis of Global University System (GUS)
APPENDIX VII Diagram of Global Broadband Internet (GBI)
APPENDIX VIII Proposal for Creating the Global Service Trust Fund (GSTF)
APPENDIX IX Prospective Joint Programs and Projects
APPENDIX X List of Participants
APPENDIX XI Resumes
APPENDIX XII Budget
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ATTACHMENT II
Prospective Joint Programs and Projects
At the workshop, we will brainstorm how to configure and incorporate
following prospective joint programs and projects in relation with Amazonian
Core of Technologies for Distance Education and Healthcare (NATESD) which is
described in APPENDIX II.
1. The Environment, Economic Development and Quality of Life Nexus: An
Interdisciplinary Approach to Undergraduate and Graduate Education
2. Global Seminar Project
3. Man And Biosphere (MAB) Program
4. Corporate Training with English as a Second Language (ESL) Program
5. Smart Community Approach
6. E-healthcare Education
Project 1. Education of Health Professionals in Informatics
Project 2. Application Software for Public Health Nursing Practice
7. Telecom Infrastructure Systems Design
A. Hyperdynamics Corporation
B. EcoSage and SkyStream
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Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences
Director Centro de Ciencias do Ambiente e Professor da Economia
University of Amazonas - Brazil
Centro de Ci=EAncias do Ambiente
Av. General Rodrigo Otavio Jordao Ramos 3000
Bairro do Coroado - Campus Universitario
C.P. 4208, Manaus, AM 69053-140
BRAZIL
Tel/Fax.: +55 92 647.4066 or +55-92-644-2384
Cel: +55-92-9988.9121 (from 7:30am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday)
alex_mau@argo.com.br
http://www.argo.com.br/~alex_mau/alex.htm
http://lab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop/English/wksp_E.htm
http://ab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop --
The international workshop home page on Technology and Distance
Education for Sustainable Development of the Amazonia
http://www.fua.br/~cna/ -- CampusNet
http://www.fua.br/campusnet-am/index.htm -- CampusNet
Dr. Jackson Colares da Silva
Coordinator of CampusNet Amazonia
Campus Universitario
Centro de Ciencias do Ambiente
Manaus - AM - Brasil
69000-000
Tel/fax:+ 55 92 647.4066 / 647.4063
jcolares@hotmail.com
http://www.fua.br/~cna/ -- CampusNet
Prof. Dr. Roberto Andrea Mueller
Full time Chemistry Professor
University Counsellor
Departamento de Quimica
Universidade Federal de Vicosa
CEP 36571-000 - Vicosa
Minas Gerais - Brasil
Tel: (031)899-3057
FAX: (031)899-3065
rmueller@mail.ufv.br
http://www.lehigh.edu/~jlma/poly/poly.html -- for rotation of Bucky ball.
http://www.tele.ed.nom.br/teleeduci.html
http://www.ufv.br/deq/teleduc/labori.html
Steve McCarty
Professor, Kagawa Junior College
President, World Association for Online Education (WAOE):
Residence: 3717-33 Nii, Kokubunji, Kagawa 769-0101 JAPAN
Tel: +81-877-49-8041 (office, direct); Fax: +81-877-49-5252
E-mail: steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp, mccarty@mail.goo.ne.jp
Website Map: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/
In Japanese: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/
http://www.waoe.org/president/index.html
http://www.waoe.org/steve/index.html
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/projects-j.html -- about
GUS
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