<<September 24, 1999>>
Dr. Ihor B. Katerniak <ik@litech.net>
Kimberly K. Obbink <kobbink@montana.edu>
Ben I. Haraguchi <haragucb@aren+fox.com>
Prof. Jose Brenes Andre <jbrenes@cariari.ucr.ac.cr>
Alexandre Rivas, Ph.D. <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
John C. Afele, Ph.D <jafele@uoguelph.ca>
(1) Dear Ihor:
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Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I).
I worked on it. My comments and additions are in << >>.
Pls feel free to revise it, and send it back to me in ASCII format.
(2) Dear Chief of Regional Operations:
1. Kim and Ben for Asia/Pacific Region:
2. Jose for Central America Region:
3. Alex for South America Region:
4. John for Africa Region:
As mentioned in my 9/4th msg, pls visit
<http://www.worldbank.org/infodev/projects/form_tex.htm>
for the
proposal form of the InfoDev, and follow Ihor's suit to come
up
your
pilot project proposal which we will include in our report
to the
InfoDev.
Pls process this matter at your earliest convenience. Thanks.
(3) Dear Electronic Colleagues:
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Pls feel free to provide us with your comments.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 15:25:55 +0300
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@www.friends-partners.org>
From: Ihor Katerniak <ik@litech.net>
Subject: Re: Mini-workshop for European operation at Open University
Dear Tak.
Sorry for my late reply, but I was on a long business trip and
yesterday
started work in Ukraine. In the following attachment you can find
the
draft of
our pilot project proposal in the InfoDev format. Some items are
difficult for me to fill in today. Should I make it anyway or
we can
discuss these items during our mini-workshop for European operations
at
Open University.
I am waiting your suggestion and comments.
Thanks for your support,
Ihor
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PROPOSAL FORM
Proposal for infoDev Activity
=============================
BASIC ACTIVITY DATA
===================
4. Participating organizations, with contact information. Include
email
addresses when available. (Note that letters of commitment
may be
required
before award of a grant.)
Lviv Institute of Management, Ukraine
Technology Promotion Center
57 Chornovil Ave.
Lviv 290601 Ukraine
e-mail: ik@litech.net
http://www.lim.lviv.ua/
University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Satamakatu 4A 11
33200 Tampere Finland
e-mail: tapio.varis@uta.fi
http://www.uta.fi/
Open University, UK
Institute of Educational Technology
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
e-mail: P.Lefrere@open.ac.uk
http://www-iet.open.ac.uk/
GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association, U.S.A.
Global University System (GUS)
43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A.
e-mail: utsumi@columbia.edu
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/
5. a. Activity summary: please limit this to HALF A PAGE only.
(1) brief description of proposed activities:
<<Ihor:
I changed the numbering for this ASCII format.>>
The Goals of Electronic Distance Education Development in Ukraine
and
NIS are
to:
1. Create Global University/Ukraine in order to broaden the
scope of
educational services with the implementation of the latest
technologies
and create opportunities to use all possible resources of
worldwide
information network effectively.
2. Install information networks with two-way broadband digital
satellite
channels for TeleMedicine and Distance Learning; connect
Ukraine
and NIS
to the developed countries of the world.
3. Establish partnership relations with educational and medical
institutions in other countries for the two-way international
exchange
of knowledge, professional experience, medical and technical
know-how.
Also, to establish new affordable means (communication platforms)
for
providing development training and assistance. To use of
telecommunication technologies for the development of international
partnerships in both science and business, as well as in
cultural
understanding and exchange (including tourism).
4. Develop a network of centers for technical and informational
support in
all regions of Ukraine and some regions of NIS.
(2) issues to be addressed:
<<Ihor: Pls fill this in reflecting the need of your
localities (and
NIS')
-- this is the most important part.>>
(3) the anticipated outcome:
The main directions of Distance Learning activities:
1. Education.
2. Knowledge transfer and business development.
3. Health Care and telemedicine.
4. Culture and tourism.
5. International workshop and conference on Emerging Global
Electronic
Distance Learning in Ukraine et 2001.
STATISTICAL DATA
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6. infoDev Program Objective? (see guidelines for explanation):
Please choose ONE of the following:
3. Improving education and health.
7. infoDev Strategic Activity? (see guidelines for explanation):
Please choose ONE of the following:
<<Ihor:
Your numbering of this section was in error -- not 3 but 7.
Underlined is for the chosen one.>>
1. Consensus building and awareness raising.
2. Telecommunications reform.
3. Information infrastructure strategies.
4. Pilot projects.
==================
8. Sector of Proposed Activity?:
1. Agriculture/Industry
2. Commerce/Trade
3. Education
============
4. Environment
5. Forum
6. Government
7. Health
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8. Infrastructure
=================
9. Internet Connectivity
========================
<<Ihor:
I added this activity.>>
10. Telecom/Policy
9. Grantee Organization Type?:
1. Academic/Research
====================
2. Non Governmental Organization
================================
3. Private Sector
<<Ihor:
I changed here as above -- private sector will come in the second
(or
later) phase of our project.>>
4. Government
5. Regional and Bilateral Organizations
6. United Nations
7. World Bank Group
10. Geographic Location of Activity? (Specific country, or
region if a
regional project)
European Group: EC, Ukraine and other NIS
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
====================
11. What is the problem or opportunity that this activity addresses?
Now on the verge of the next millennium, processes of economic
globalization
are developing rapidly and are closely connected with science-consuming
high-tech production, knowledge transfer, advanced management
and the
development
of modern telecommunication and information technologies.
The scientific and technological potential in Ukraine and other
NIS
countries,
the great number of well-educated and talented personnel, the
capacity
of
developing countries' markets and the unique opportunities for
the
introduction of investment projects requires intensive use of
telecommunication technologies.
This is important for the development of international partnerships
both
in
science and in business, as well as in cultural understanding,
and
exchange
(including tourism). The priorities in research and development
are
aircraft
and rocket construction, biotechnology and medicine, informational
technologies and new materials. Big international projects such
as Sea
Launch
have successfully demonstrated the value of those technologies.
Nevertheless,
there are many R&D results that are still not commercialized
due to the
lack
of information and experience in business.
The market of modern technology is developing now but there
are only a
few
Ukrainian professional consulting groups experienced in technology
commercialization fields, and they are concentrated in densely
populated
centers such as Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. There is also the need
for a
sustained, countrywide Ukrainian system for technology
commercialization,
distance learning and consulting on the information base of INTERNET
technologies, which is necessary both for scientists and for
entrepreneurs in
technology-oriented businesses.
The slow change of economic systems in the NIS is partially
explained by
a
lack of professionals with market oriented thinking. But in most
cases
business education is not available for talented people in Ukraine
and
the NIS
countries because it is too expensive and there are no existing
credit
mechanisms. A new and different approach to business education
will
help to
train a critical amount of business people, which will guarantee
the
promotion
of the marketing reform in Ukraine and the NIS.
Right now there is a possibility to use the UARNet existing
channels of
satellite connection with the admission capacity of 1M/512Kbps
(Nordudent/Stockholm) for implementing the Ukrainian project.
However,
this
connection is too overloaded today and is not reliable enough
to use it
in
telemedicine. The development of educational, business and cultural
activities together with the TeleMedicine will make it possible
to share
substantial expenses. For instance, transfer of X-ray photographs
with
high
dividing capacity (600-1200dpi) requires broad-band Internet via
digital
satellite channels, which is too expensive.
Business, Medical, and Telecommunication Coalition/Ukraine
The Ukrainian Coalition for Information Infrastructure in Education
and
Health
Care "Business, Medical, and Telecommunication Coalition/Ukraine
(BMTC/UA)"
was created in 1998 by the initiative of Dr. Takeshi Utsumi (Chairman
of
the
GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.,
President of
Global University in the U.S.A.), and Dr. Ihor Katernyak (Director
of
the
Technology Promotion Center-LIM, Ukraine).
Today the Coalition unites representatives from business and
medical
schools,
hospitals, specialized secondary schools, and technical experts
in
telecommunications from various regions of Ukraine as well as
representatives
of the highest authorities and international donor's programs.
The mission of "BMTC/UA" is to promote the ideas
related to the use of
broadband technologies for distance learning, knowledge transfer
and
collaboration through the international partnership in business
and
medicine.
The main tasks of the Coalition are:
* To promote the development of Global Distance Learning and
TeleMedicine;
* To expand partnerships at regional and international levels;
* To establish business contacts with institutions, which are
able to
assist
in maximizing the network capacity and satellite connection;
* To elaborate the pilot project of Electronic Distance Education
Development
in Ukraine and other NIS;
* To seek funds to expand and reach the goals of the project;
* To monitor and assess the results of the project effectiveness.
The local network, management infrastructure and technological
base will
be
provided by the Technology Promotion Center (TPC), which was created
in
April
1996 through collaboration between Philadelphia University City
Science
Center
/UCSC and Lviv Institute of Management, for promoting new technologies
in the
following systems:
* Management through informational assistance and methodological
provision
for project management;
* Education through introduction of innovational methods of education,
development and design of new educational programs for Distance
Learning;
* Production through licensing and small business development;
* Commerce (electronic commerce) and services (tourism) through
the
introduction of multimedia and Internet technologies.
TPC assists universities, schools and businesses in using multimedia,
telecommunications, and networking technologies to enhance their
programs and
services.
The first actual step for Ukraine in the International Coalition
for
Global
Information Infrastructure (GII) in Education and Health Care
was the
participation and presentation of "BMTC/UA" (Dr. I.Katerniak
with
technical
assistance by Dr. A.Saban) "Global Lecture Hall (GLH)"
videoconference
on NEW
TECHNOLOGIES AND DISTANCE EDUCATION from Manaus, Amazona, Brazil
(October 21,
1998) and Emerging Electronic Distance Education (EEDE) in Ukrainian
Interactive Workshops and Demonstrations in Lviv, Ukraine (October
22,
1998).
There was a face-to-face meeting with people from various regions
of
Ukraine
who can benefit most from our next step of development (web-site
is
located at
http://www.uar.net/conference/). It was an extraordinary historical
event;
with panelists located from Tokyo, Japan to Lviv, Ukraine, spanning
almost 18
time zones. BMTC/UA's participation in the Internet Active Conference
has
attracted great interest on the part of business circles in the
U.S.A.,
UK,
Spain, Italy and Germany in adjusting partnership relations in
Distance
Learning development. The conference was sponsored by the Science
and
Technology Management Association (Dr. Yurij Gamota, President).
Hence, today many talented Ukrainian experts are experienced in
Computer-Mediated Multimedia Systems (CMMS) [e.g., ShareVision,
NetMeeting, etc.]
through telecom media [e.g., TCP/IP-oriented Internet, etc.] and
we have
established international relations, which ensure practical
implementation of
broadband technologies for expanding Distance Education in Ukraine.
12. What is the anticipated outcome of the activity? (who will
benefit,
what
type and magnitude of benefits)
(1) Companies: assist growing private business and marketing
reforms by
educational, training and consulting services.
(2) Entrepreneurs and managers: professional development and
establishing
international partnerships.
(3) Sciences and engineers: training in technology commercialization
and
marketing research.
(4) Additional knowledge for the students of secondary schools
and
universities, unemployed people motivated by critical conditions
in
the
labor market of Ukraine (about 350 persons per one workplace
in
some
regions of Ukraine).
(5) DL will give a chance to people with Ukrainian origin living
abroad
to
study different subjects in their native language.
(6) Hospitals and medical schools: telemedicine and knowledge
transfer.
TeleMedicine (3D echocardiography) enables Lviv Specialized
Secondary
School for children with heart diseases to diagnose patients
by
experienced doctors from abroad. Two modern centers of women's
healthcare (which provide breast cancer screening (mammogram)),
and
neonatology services have started providing service. They
are
interested in using asynchronousness method, which does not
need
the
high speed line for sending x-ray photos. It has been envisaged
to
broaden the activity in neonatology in other cities of Ukraine
(Kharkiv,
Kyiv, Odessa, and Donetsk). Accumulated experience and established
contacts in the sphere of Health Care could and should be
used and
disseminated in Ukraine through the system of Electronic
Distance
Education (Interactive Medical Workshops and Conferences)
and
TeleMedicine.
(7) DL can also involve a small rural hospital, whose doctors/nurses
are
able to "attend" consultations conducted by a professor
at a larger
teaching hospital (special and important for Trans-Carpathian
region of
Ukraine).
13. What specific activities will the activity undertake?
(That is,
what will
the activity produce, such as training, databases created, policy
dialogue,
etc. These are the actions that will have the impact described
in
question
11.)
The Goals of Electronic Distance Education Development in Ukraine
and
NIS are:
(1) Create Global University/Ukraine in order to broaden the
scope of
educational services with the implementation of the latest
technologies
and create opportunities to use all possible resources of
worldwide
information network effectively.
(2) Install information networks with two-way broadband digital
satellite
channels for TeleMedicine and Distance Learning; connect
Ukraine to
the
developed countries of the world.
(3) Establish partnership relations with educational and medical
institutions in other countries for the two-way international
exchange
of knowledge, professional experience, medical and technical
know-how.
Also, to establish new affordable means (communication platforms)
for
providing development training and assistance. To use of
telecommunication technologies for the development of international
partnerships in both science and business, as well as in
cultural
understanding and exchange (including tourism).
(4) Develop a network of centers for technical and informational
support in
all regions of Ukraine and some regions of NIS.
The main directions of activities:
(1) Education.
(2) Knowledge transfer and business development.
(3) Health Care and telemedicine.
(4) Culture and tourism.
(5) International workshop and conference on Emerging Global
Electronic
Distance Learning-2001.
(1) Education
A purpose of this project is to explore the educational potential
of the
Internet in Ukraine. Traditional and formal methods of higher
education
have
much merit, but there are many limitations as well. Our hypothesis
is
that
the Internet enables a different kind of learning - more interactive,
less
exclusive, less expensive, more flexible, and perhaps more creative
and
fun.
In the conditions of economic reform in Ukraine, the specialties
related
to
professional development and establishing close international
partnerships are
in greatest demand, such as management of organizations, medicine
and
engineering. But in most cases business education is not available
for
talented people in Ukraine and the NIS countries because it is
too
expensive
and there are no existing credit mechanisms.
Virtual Business School (VBS)
The economic situation in the region and the level of business
education
development are rationale for the creation of the global educational
system
(virtual business school - VBS). The reasons are:
(i) There is always a shortage of real gurus in the field of
business
training and education, and specifically in our region. VBS
will
build a
unique team of trainers and professors.
(ii) The slow change of economic systems in the CEE is partially
explained by
a lack of professionals with market oriented thinking. A
new and
different approach to business education will help to train
a
critical
amount of business people, which will guarantee promotion
of the
marketing reform in Ukraine and the NIS.
(iii) Business education is strongly based on American textbooks,
which
tends
to be too theoretical for use in Ukrainian business schools.
Distance
learning methodology will bring speakers from real businesses
without
removing them from their companies. It will enhance the
writing
of case
studies and textbooks based on local experience.
(iv) People who are really in need of business education are typically
so
busy that almost no other method aside from distance learning
is
convenient for them.
(v) VBS will consolidate all professionals who are really dedicated
to
the
highest standards of business education and market oriented
development.
This gives us a chance to consider VBS not only as an educational
center, but also as a public union for the reformation of
the
existing
economic systems.
(vi) VBS will naturally integrate business people from CEE into
international
partnerships through participation in the same type of programs.
The project is based on an existing network of business schools
in the
CEE.
Resources of five leading business schools (LIM, IMI-Kyiv, Kyiv-Mohyla
Academy, Kyiv Financial Institute and Dnipropetrovsk Business
School)
known as
the "L'viv Initiative" will be used as a base for VBS.
Geographically
they
cover Ukraine from east to west. The business school of Jagellonian
University (Krakow, Poland), Lublin Business School (Poland),
CEU
(Budapest,
Hungary) and Economic University (Prague, Czech) will represent
Central
Europe.
Through cooperation by the group of the five institutes, joint
curriculum and
teaching materials will be developed. Each school will contribute
from
the
strongest parts of its program.
The important role of supervising will be up to the American
universities that
are currently cooperating with LIM and IMI - Wayne State University
and
Carnegie Mellon University. Both American schools have well-developed
systems
for distance learning and will play the role of technical and
methodological
tutors. The telecommunication industry of the CEE countries will
be
evaluated
jointly in relation to instructional delivery.
(2) Knowledge Transfer and Business Development
There is the need for a sustained, countrywide Ukrainian system
for
technology
commercialization, distance learning and consulting on the information
base of
INTERNET technologies which are necessary as for scientists as
for
entrepreneurs from technology oriented businesses. Closer integration
of the
scientific and business communities and the development of
technology-based
small businesses result in the need for additional business knowledge
for
companies in Ukraine's transitional economy.
The question is how international knowledge and experience
can be
successfully
applied in Ukrainian legal and economic environment. Business
Incubation
adapted to Ukrainian conditions is successfully operating in Kyiv
and
Kharkiv
in the framework of the Business Incubator Development Program
(BID/USAID)
(http://www.itri.loyola.edu/BID/) and is expanding its activities
to
other
cities. Availability of teleconference and web-based learning
technologies,
and well-developed information networks can assist in establishing
partnerships and in business growth in Ukraine, and may become
the
foundation
for the development of such projects as Cyber Business Incubator
(distance-learning and consulting, information support and electronic
commerce) in
partnership with BID. The Cyber Business Incubator can extend
its
development
to the hinterlands.
BID manager staff presented the Cyber Business Incubator concepts
at the
13th
International Conference of the National Business Incubator Association
(NBIA)
in Chicago, USA on March 22, 1999 and to the UN Economic Commission
for
Europe
in Geneva, Switzerland on June 3-6,1999.
Tele-conferencing technologies will permit clients to organize
conferences
involving venture capital, multimedia meetings of shareholders,
which
are of
special interest in Ukraine today during the processes of privatization
and
post-privatizational management.
(3) Health Care and Telemedicine
This direction of the Coalition's activities is guided by the
regional
office
of American International Health Alliance at L'viv Institute of
Management,
L'viv Regional Clinical Hospital, L'viv Railway Clinical Hospital,
the
Specialized Secondary School for children with heart diseases,
L'viv
Medical
University, Galytska (regional) Psychiatric Association, and the
Association
of Private Medicine, which has its departments in all regions
of
Ukraine. Two
modern centers of women's healthcare (which provide breast cancer
screening
(mammogram), and neonatology services have begun providing service.
The
expansion and broadening of the activity in neonatology in other
cities
of
Ukraine (Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odessa, and Donetsk) has been planned.
Accumulated experience and established contacts in the sphere
of Health
Care
could and should be used and disseminated in Ukraine through the
system
of
Electronic Distance Education (Interactive Medical Workshops and
Conferences)
and telemedicine.
The Health Care Activity has been mainly focused on medical
diagnosis,
consulting, data transfer (e.g., EKGs, X-rays, heart sounds) and
some
medical
education programs. Today telemedicine can apply telecommunications
and
medical technologies to support information exchange between a
physician
and a
patient or between two physicians in geographically separated
locations
and to
facilitate the exchange of information for medical, healthcare,
research
and
educational purposes.
The Internet enables us to practice telemedicine and it can
be of equal
potential value for more developed and newly developing economies.
The
growth
of Internet access and use now means that patients, medical
professionals and
organizations can jointly benefit from the available information
and
support.
The Internet can be used for:
* medical information access;
* medical training;
* health care and support for patients;
* remote diagnosis and consulting;
* emergency/epidemic support;
* preventative care education.
Immediate access to medical databases
Health care institutions in Ukraine can use computer systems to
store
their
medical records and databases electronically. Doctors can retrieve
information about their patients when it is necessary, print out
prescriptions
to their patients and keep their electronic records.
Tele-consultation and training
The telemedicine network will offer an opportunity for consulting
between
doctors and other medical professionals in health care (via telephone,
email,
videoconferencing, etc.). Distance education can also involve
a small
rural
hospital, whose doctors/nurses are able to "attend"
consultations
conducted by
a professor at a larger teaching hospital (special and important
for
Trans-Carpathian region of Ukraine).
Telemedicine services are able to offer an opportunity for training
and
education. It is also apparent for us that an efficient and effective
health
care infrastructure requires not only access to expertise, but
it should
also
provide health care professionals and the public with medical
training
programs focused on prevention of illnesses, hygiene, and other
basic
requirements for a physically healthy society.
Although much of the more sophisticated technologies such as
virtual
reality
are still expensive, the cost of some technologies is dropping,
so that
telemedicine will become more affordable to more people, regions
and
countries
than ever before.
In the present critical conditions of economic transformation
and budget
deficit, we have identified the necessity to develop managerial
skills
in the
system of health care and its reformation. L'viv Institute of
Management
arranges seminars and workshops for managers and doctors of medical
institutions in Health Care Management, Privatization in accordance
with
the
acting legislation and exchange of experience on the regular basis.
Telemedicine has many social and economic benefits; it can
generate new
sources of revenues for service providers and equipment suppliers
and
can
optimize the use of available human and capital resources in Ukraine.
Such
applications as telemedicine should be of interest to telecom
operators
since
they generate additional traffic over existing networks and offer
the
opportunity to extend limited networks.
The impact of telemedicine on health care structures in Ukraine
can be
significant. It also raises regulatory issues concerning legality,
liability,
confidentiality, competition, etc.
(4) Culture and Tourism
Ukraine is approaching the top 20 most visited countries in the
world.
In
spite of the complicated economic situation Ukraine finds itself
in, the
tourism sector reported a profit in 1998, returning Hr 3.2bn to
the
state
budget (according to State Tourism Committee, Feb. 17, 1999).
L'viv is
a city
of outstanding monuments of architecture and works of art.
Last year (1998) the ensemble of the historical center of L'viv
was
inscribed
on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Cities. A great number of
foreigners are
eager to visit L'viv (both for business and pleasure) and it is
essential for
them to better know the city facilities. Virtual City-L'viv Project
may
be of
great help for them in finding all necessary information and in
giving
the
general vision of the city. So, using the up-to-date possibilities
of
information technologies we can start implementing the "Virtual
City-L'viv"
Project with 3 dimensional (3D) rotating image of glittering cathedrals,
picture galleries, museums, the opera theater, hotels, restaurants,
business
centers, etc. The web can be made in HTML and VRML techniques
and
therefore
being available worldwide via the Internet.
(5) International Workshop and Conference on Emerging Global
Electronic
Distance Learning-2001, Ukraine
For promoting distance education, tele-healthcare and tele-medicine
in
Ukraine
and the NIS, we propose the organization of a conference and
demonstration
workshop on Emerging Global Electronic Distance Learning-in May
2001 in
Ukraine. During the workshop we will present existing low-cost
teleconferencing technologies, fully functional, all-HTML web
course
delivery
platforms and advanced web-teaching materials. The goals of the
conference
will be to introduce the global university system, to discuss
the role
of
telecommunications in the global information society and to promote
in
Ukraine
and the NIS the role of Broadband INTERNET technologies in the
future of
global tele-education.
We plan to have a small workshop at Open University to prepare
for this
workshop/conference in 2001, and if possible, to construct more
detailed
plan
for Europe Group, e.g., feasibility study, design of infra- and
administrative
structure, selection of coursewares, etc. Expected results: (a)
Outline
of
programs of the workshop/conference in 2001 in Ukraine, (b) Fund
raising
proposal for the workshop/conference in 2001, (c) Detailed pilot
project
(or
Concept Development") proposal of Europe Group for major
funding.
14. What type of inputs, such as human and financial resources,
facilities,
etc. will be required for these activities?
<<Ihor:
(1) Infrastructure: (i) satellite earth station, (ii) microwave
network,
(iii) fixed wireless broadband Internet, (iv) Internet
routers
and
servers, (v) system engineers, etc.
(2) Content Development: (i) instructors, (ii) programmers,
(iii)
teacher
trainers, (iv) facilitators, etc.
(3) Administrators: (i) accountants, (ii) financiers, (ii)
supervisors,
(iii) librarians, etc.
Pls add any others.>>
15. Why is this set of activities a cost effective method of
achieving
the
outcome described in question 12? Is there a lower cost method?
<<Ihor:
The proposed activities provide the lowest cost effective method
to
promote
the use of advanced broadband Internet for the benefits of societies
in
Ukraine and NIS. The wireless Internet requires (i) less regulations,
(ii)
less initial investments, and (iii) less operating costs. DL
and
telemedicine can thus provide (i) more flexibility, (ii) more
enhanced
contents, (iii) more accessibility.
Pls add any others.>>
16. Why would this activity be important for the rest of society?
Does
it
represent a general solution to the problem discussed in question
11?
Are its
activities replicable? How will other groups be able to utilize
the
experience of this activity?
<<Ihor:
This activity is a community development approach, firstly with
non-profit
organizations and secondly with for-profit organizations, thus
all
applicable groups are inclusive. This activity is to be a model
replicable
to other localities and regions, as leading the use of the advanced
Internet in various sectors of societies. The higher educational
institution selected in the locality will have the broadband
Internet
satellite earth-station, and will become the major Internet
Service
Provider (ISP) to the local community of non-profit organizations.
The
higher education institution will then provide teacher training
to
secondary and elementary schools, and also act as facilitators
and
technical supporters to other non-profit organizations.
Pls add any others.>>
ACTIVITY OPERATIONS
===================
17. What are the specific deliverables to infoDev from this activity?
<<Ihor:
(i) Formation of project teams,
(ii) Strategy of joint fund raising for the projects,
(iii) Direction for collaboratively furthering global electronic
distance education,
(iv) Conference report for public dissemination,
(v) Final Report to infoDev.
I took the above from
<http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Tampere_Conference/Excerpt_frm_Agreement/Excerpt_frm_Agreement.html>.
If you can think of any others, pls add.>>
18. How will the activity be sustained following the end of
infoDev
grant
funding, both institutionally and financially?
<<Ihor:
(i) This activity will be sustained by a regional and local
coalition
member of the Global University System.
(ii) For-profit commercial industrial organizations will
be invited
into the local community gradually in the second (or
later)
phase
of this pilot project in such a way that they will undertake
major
portion of financial burden of this venture.
Pls add any others.>>
19. What are the major risks to the success of this activity,
and how
will
they be mitigated?
<<Ihor:
(i) Government regulations on the establishment of broadband
Internet
infrastructure:
We plan to mitigate this risk as focusing and emphasizing
on
humanitarian purposes of distance learning and telemedicine,
with
implementation of the broadband Internet in non-profit
organizations in the first phase, e.g., higher, secondary
and
elementary educational institutions, hospitals, libraries,
local
governmental agencies, etc.
(ii) Disintegration of local coalition:
We plan to mitigate this risk as providing the members
of
coalition with flexible, open, and equal information,
collaboration and standings.
Pls add any others.>>
20. How will activities and outcomes be measured, and evaluated?
Include
plans and schedule for measuring and evaluating impact.
<<Ihor:
(i) Measurements of activities:
Internet usage rates, growth rates of web sites, course
wares,
outreach students, number of occurrences of telemedicine
events,
etc.
(ii) Evaluation of outcomes:
Acceptance of this venture by local community members,
increase of
outreach students with distance learning methodology,
acceptance
of telemedicine by local community, etc.
Pls add any others.>>
21. How will ownership and control of physical or intellectual
assets of
the
activity be determined? Please certify that infoDev will have
title to
all
intellectual property produced using grant funds.
<<Ihor:
This subject will be determined on a case-by-case basis along
with
the
formation of local coalition members.
Pls add any others.>>
PROPONENT DATA
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26. Resumes of proposed staff
USA.
Takeshi Utsumi
GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association, U.S.A.
Global University System (GUS)
Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., is Chairman of the GLObal Systems
Analysis
and
Simulation Association in the USA (GLOSAS/USA) and President of
the
Global
(electronic) University (GU/USA) System (a divisional activity
of
GLOSAS/USA).
He is the 1994 Laureate of Lord Perry Award for the Excellence
in
Distance
Education. His public service has included political work for
the
deregulation of global telecommunications and the use of e-mail
through
ARPANET, Telenet and the Internet; working to extend American
university
courses to the Third World; the conduct of innovative distance
teaching
trials
with "Global Lecture Hall(GLH)" multipoint-to-multipoint
multimedia
interactive videoconferences using hybrid technologies; and lectures,
consultation and research in process control, management science,
systems
science and engineering at the University of Michigan, the University
of
Pennsylvania, M.I.T. and many universities, governmental agencies
and
large
firms in Japan and other countries.
Highlights among his more than 150 related scientific papers
and books
are
presentations at the Summer Computer Simulation Conferences (which
he
created
and named) and the Society for Computer Simulation International.
He is
a
member of various scientific and professional groups, including
the
Chemists
Club (New York, NY); Columbia University Seminar on Computers,
Man and
Society
(New York, NY); Fulbright Association (Washington, D.C.); International
Center
for Integrative Studies (ICIS) (New York, NY); and the Society
of
Satellite
Professionals International (Washington, D.C.).
He received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Polytechnic
University
in New York and his M.S.in Ch.E. from Montana State University,
after
studying
at the University of Nebraska under a Fulbright scholarship.
His
professional
experience in simulation and optimization of petrochemical and
refinery
processes was gained at Mitsubishi Research Institute, Tokyo;
Stone &
Webster
Engineering Corp., Boston; Mobil Oil Corporation and Shell Chemical
Company,
New York; and Asahi Chemical Industry, Inc., Tokyo.
EU.
Tapio Varis
University of Tampere
Tampere, Finland
Tapio Varis is currently Professor and Chair of Media Culture
and
Communication Education at the University of Tampere Finland (Journalism
and
Mass Communication and Department of Teacher Education), consultant
on
new
learning technologies for the Finnish Ministry of Education and
advisor
to
several international organizations. In 1996-97, he was UNESCO
Chair of
Communication Studies at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona,
Spain.
He has
also been a faculty member of the European Peace University, the
University of
Art and Design in Helsinki and Communication and Media Scholar
at the
University of Helsinki.
Tapio Varis is a former Rector of the University for Peace
in Costa Rica
and
Professor of Media Studies in the University of Lapland, Finland.
He has
published approximately 200 scientific contributions, the latest
being
Media
of the Knowledge Age, published by Helsinki University Press 1995
(in
Finnish). He is listed in Who's Who in the World (1984 &
1995) and Men
of
Achievement (1986 & 1995).
Paul Lefrere
Open University
Milton Keynes, U.K.
<<Ihor:
Pls obtain his vitae and add here.>>
Ukraine.
Ihor Katernyak, Ph.D.
Lviv Institute of Management
Technology Promotion Center
Lviv, Ukraine
In-country Project Manager.
Currently Director of the Technology Promotion Center-LIM (technology
commercialization, technology based small business assistance,
project
management consulting, design of educational programs for distance
learning
and training in teleconference techniques) and Project Management
Course
lecturer at the Lviv Institute of Management and International
Management
Institute (IMI-Kyiv). He is Director for Development of the Business
Incubator Development Program in Ukraine BID/USAID responsible
for
expanding
the technology business incubator network in Ukraine and strategy
of
sustainability. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics from
Lviv
State
University and an MBA from Lviv Institute of Management. He also
took
business courses and was an intern at Wayne State University in
Detroit,
MI,
University City Seance Center in Philadelphia and Loyola College,
Maryland.
He has extensive experience in technology transfer, business consulting
and
project development, and has worked at several USAID and TACIS
sponsored
programs. Dr. Katerniak is an initiator of creation of "Business,
Medical,
and Telecommunication Coalition/Ukraine" for Electronic Distance
Education
Development in Ukraine.
Alexander Saban, Ph.D.
Leviv Medical University
Lviv, Ukraine
Currently Chair of Medical Informatics at Lviv Medical University,
Ukraine,
Head of the Laboratory for Information Technologies and Computer
Networks of
the Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Lviv, Ukraine, Manager
of
UARNet,
Ukrainian Academic and Research Network. Head of Management of
the
International Telecommunication Center Foundation (ITC KS-NET)
and
International Renaissance Foundation representative to ITC management.
Ukrainian representative to CEENet and TERENA. Consultant to
Ukrainian
Parliament. From the previous experience: consultant to UN Internet
project
in Ukraine, consultant to joint UN-government networking project
in
Uzbekistan, expert to Internet Programs of the International Renaissance
Foundation and Eurasia Foundation.
Serhii Gvozdiov, Ph.D.
Lviv Institute of Management
Lviv, Ukraine
Dr. Serhii Gvozdiov is currently Director of Academic Programs
at Lviv
Institute of Management, Director of MBA program. He is Local
Director
of the
Tacis project in Academic development at Lviv Institute of Management
in
cooperation with Business School of Torino University (Italy),
Munich
Consulting Company OWZ (Germany), International Management Institute
(Kyiv)
and European Foundation of Management Development (EFMD). Dr.
Gvozdiov
teaches Theory of Management and Operations Management. By him
were
developed
and conducted the training programs in Total Quality Management
and Team
Working for local companies. At the current time Dr. Gvozdiov
manages
development of distance learning programs at LIM.
Mr. Mykola Tomyn
Lviv Institute of Management
Lviv, Ukraine
Technical Expert,
Currently Information Manager of the Technology Promotion Center-LIM
(technology commercialization, technology based small business
assistance,
project management consulting, design of educational programs
for
distance
learning and training in teleconference techniques) and Internet
Expert
of the
Lviv Institute of Management (Center of Information Technology).
He is
the
member of the initiative group on emerging and development of
the
Ukrainian
Global (electronic) University, and Internet Consultant to Galytska
Psychiatric Association. He holds a Master in Physics and Mathematics
degree
from Lviv State University, and an MBA from Lviv Institute of
Management. He
has successfully completed the Distance Learning Internship Program
at
the
University Television Center of Wayne State University, Detroit,
MI.
>From the
previous experience: Administrative Assistant of the Interactive
Workshop and
Conference "Emerging Electronic Distance Education in Ukraine".
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List of Distribution
Dr. Ihor B. Katerniak
Director
Technology Promotion Center
Lviv Institute of Management
57, 700-ritcha Lvova Str., Room 706
290 601 Lviv
UKRAINE
Tel: +380-322-52 2681
Fax: +380-322-52 4463
ik@litech.net
http://www.uar.net/conference/
http://www.lim.lviv.ua/english/de/
Kimberly K. Obbink
Director
Burns Telecommunications Center
128 EPS Building,
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717-3860
USA
Tel: +1-406-994 6550
Fax: +1-406-994 7856
kobbink@montana.edu
Ben I. Haraguchi
President
Foundation for the Support of the United Nations (FSUN)
809 United Nations Plaza, Suite 1200
New York, NY 10017
USA
Tel: +1-212-986 8114
Fax: +1-212-986 8131
bharaguchi@fsun.org
haragucb@aren+fox.com
http://www.fsun.org
Prof. Jose Brenes Andre
President of Consta Rica Fulbright Association
Escuela de Fisica
Universidad de Costa Rica
San Pedro
COSTA RICA
Tel: +506-207-5019
Fax: +506-225-5511
jbrenes@cariari.ucr.ac.cr
Alexandre Rivas, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences
University of Amazonas - Brazil
C.D. 4208, Manaus 69053-140
BRAZIL
+55-92-635 32 33
+55-92-237 22 24
alex_mau@argo.com.br
http://www.argo.com.br/~alex_mau/alex.htm
John C. Afele, Ph.D
Program Director
The Indigenous African Perspective on Sustainable Livelihoods
Department of Plant Agriculture
Crop Science Division
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
Canada N1G 2W1
Telephone:(Bus)1-519-824-4120 ext 3934/8164
(Home) 1-519-831-4862
Fax: 1-519-763-8933
JAFELE@plant.uoguelph.ca
jafele@uoguelph.ca
Chair, Grants & Research Committe,
Ghana Computer Literacy and Distance Education project
< http://www.ghaclad.org >
Member of Africa TeleHealth Consorutium
< http://ccen.uccb.ns.ca/nairobi >
Member, IT for Development Working Group
Council for Tropical and Sub-Tropical Agriculture, Germany
< http://www.dainet.de/gil >
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA
*
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.)
*
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education
*
* Founder of CAADE
*
* (Consortium for Affordable and Accessible Distance Education)
*
* President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination
of *
* Global University System (GUS)
*
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A.
*
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer
email) *
* Email: utsumi@columbia.edu; Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676
*
* http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/
*
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