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Philosophy

Approach to social / political/ economical / environmental situation (local/global)
“The main reference to the term “knowledge society” may be a release from the epistemic constraints of figuring ourselves an eternally developing nation with an export-oriented client economy, to one which invests its intellectual and technological capital towards its own future growth. A knowledge society, then, is the effective use of its gamut of superstrutural resources for the improvement and transformation of its own infrastructure ”.

Should any part of South Asia become successful in achieving such an empirical and epistemic shift, it might eventually serve as model for other emerging economies around the world.

Consciousness in its field of intervention
They believe that ICTs represent an unprecedented opportunity to make new knowledge, services, and opportunities available in underserved areas. Both urban and rural citizen consumer may benefit from ICTs by receiving:

•  enhanced access to information and communication across large distances

•  improved access to governmental and quasi-governmental resources and services

•  new credit and financial services available through palmtops and information kioska

•  new opportunities to design, manufacture and market their products throught internet or intranet systems

•  more and better education through computer or about computer or both

•  superior medical advice, diagnosis or knowledge in thei own locality.

In the long term, rural ICT projects could prove to be the most effective means of driving change in rural areas: socially , by ensuring equal access for disprivileged groups, economically : by creating new kinds of work and financial transaction, and politically : by improving the quality, speed, and sensitivity of the state apparatus to the needs of local citizen-consumer.

Response mechanisms adopted (if any) and in witch field

To build new knowledge societies, they seek a new pattern of interaction between the different estates of our society, so as to maximally utilize their respective expertise and abilities.
They feel that we will need:
•  Well funded centers of research into technology, media and the social sciences where new ideas and new models of development, governance, policy and business can be generated
•  Venture capital funds and new hybrid public-private corporate entities directed towards the development of social and human infrastructure
•  Authoritative and responsible civil society organizations that work with, rather than either against or in parallel with the state and private sectors