PREVIOUS PROJECTS

  • Asian Development Bank - Tonle Sap Technology for Enhanced Productivity – Cambodia, 2010
  • UNDP Asia‐Pacific Regional Center Bangkok: Adviser for the Regional Initiative for Communication for Empowerment of Asia's Indigenous Peoples, 2009.
  • UNDP Regional Centre Bangkok: E‐Inclusion Advisor and Coordinator for Asia's Indigenous Peoples Initiative, 2008. 
  • APEC: Proposal for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation - Digital Opportunity Centre E‐commerce for Community‐Based Tourism in Papua New Guinea.
  • SNV: E‐commerce for Community‐Based Tourism (e‐CBT) in Sapa, Viet Nam. Pre‐feasibility study with SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation) 2005.
  • UNDP Vietnam: Project Support to the Public Administration Reform Programme in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Viet Nam; Monitoring Research on Rural Pilot Telecentres, 2004.
  • World Bank: Study on Increasing ICT Access in Rural and Peri‐urban Areas of Nepal for the Ministry of Information & Communications. World Bank, 2004.
  • UNDP Indonesia: UNDP & the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS). Partnership Towards Information and Communication Technologies for Human Development and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia, 2004.
  • UN HABITAT: United Nations Human Settlements Programme. Assessing the Feasibility of ICT as a Development Instrument for Rural‐Urban Linkages in Nepal, 2003.
  • UNCTAD‐UNDP: Global Programme for Globalization, Liberalization and Sustainable Human Development.  eLangViet.net; e Vietnamese Village.  Sustainable Human development through the Grassroots Using Information and Communication Technologies in Rural and Mountainous Areas of Viet Nam, 2003.
  • UNDP Viet Nam: Pilot Project on ICTs For Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation In Viet Nam. Feasibility Mission, 2003.
  • Rural ICTs for Community‐Based Tourism, with An Giang University, Viet Nam, 2003.
  • UNDP: Feasibility study into the use of ICTs by Village Development Committees in Syangja District of Nepal.  UNDP South Asia Poverty Alleviation Programme, 2002.
       
       
  • External Evaluation of the Project for Indigenous Voices in Asia for the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, 2014-5
  • UNDP Bangladesh; Team Leader – Mid Term Evaluation of the Access to Information – II Programme , 2015
  • ​UNDP Vietnam: Quality Assurance Consultant: Final External Assessment of "Pilot Development of Rural Telecentres at Commune Level"  2009
  • USAID: Impact Assessment for the Last Mile Initiative Activity in Vietnam. Supporting Digital Opportunities Objectives within USAID Mission Programs 2008.
  • IDRC: Project Evaluation: Connecting people and organisations for rural development through multipurpose community telecentres in selected Philippine Barangays; a learning evaluation, 2002.
                   

  • UNDP Workshop on e‐Inclusion and Media for Indigenous Peoples, Bario, Sarawak, Malaysia, 6–8 December 2007
  • Global Knowledge Partnership - East Asia Regional Meeting. Manila, Philippines, 15–16 January 2007.
  • Asian Development Bank. Rural e‐Development in Asia and the Pacific, 2006.
  • "Bridging the Digital Divide - Access, Adoption, Value." United Nations Development Programme, Malaysia, and the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister's Office, Government of Malaysia. Policy dialogue in Kuala Lumpur, 5th December 2006.
  • e‐Sri Lanka: Pre‐Feasibility Study by Asian Encounters on the application of e‐Community Based Tourism for the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka, 2006.
  • Policies, Programmes and Projects for e‐inclusion.  Meeting of Eminent Experts in Preparation for the Third Ministerial Conference on Space Technology Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, 2007, 3–4 August 2006, Bangkok. UNESCAP: Information, Communication and Space Technology Division, 2006.
  • UNDP Malaysia: A National Strategic Framework for Bridging the Digital Divide.  United Nations Development Programme, Malaysia, and the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister's Office, Government of Malaysia. May 2005 to April 2006.
  • UNESCAP: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Expert Group Meeting on Government Policies and Strategies on Information and Communication Technology for Rural Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific Region, 2003.
  • World Bank: Telecentre Program Development and Assessment. e‐Sri Lanka Development Project, 2003.
  • UNDP Viet Nam: Viet Nam National Consultations on ICT for Development First Roundtable: Paving the Road for Viet Nam's Digital Strategy: ICT for rural Poverty Alleviation, 2003.
  • UNDP Viet Nam: Conceptualizing ICTs for rural development with UNDP and the Vietnamese Government. ICT Assessment Methodology for Viet Nam, 2003.
  • UNESCAP: Government Policies and Strategies on ICT for Rural Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific Region: Review and Analysis. For the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2002.
  • Asia‐Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) Workshop for UNDP ICT Programme Officers/Focal Points in Asia‐Pacific. ICT and Poverty Alleviation: A Proposed Framework, 2002.
  • UNESCO: The Regional Consultation Meeting on the Preservation of Digital Heritage for Asia and the Pacific, National Library of Australia, Canberra.  Digital Heritage of Rural Communities in the Developing World, 2002.
  • UNDP Nepal: ICTs for Development Programme Design, 2002.
                        

                          
  • ITU Asia Pacific Centres of Excellence - Facilitator and Key Speaker for Executive Training Workshop on Innovative Applications for Rural Broadband Community, 16-18 April 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation - Digital Opportunity Centres (APEC-ADOC) Workshop presentation and moderator ,July 10-12 2012, Taipei, Taiwan ICT Development & Innovation Growth: Opportunities and Issues.
  • ITU Asia Pacific Centres of Excellence - Facilitator for Training Workshop on Sustainability and Telecentres, 23-25 May 2011, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Information and Communication Technologies for Poverty Reduction and Rural Development: Dhaka University,Bangladesh, 2011.
  • Contemporary Issues on ICT4D: Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development, 2011.
  • ICTs for Poverty Reduction and Rural Development: i) Principles, Practice and Policies; ii) . Case Studies, Contemporary Issues and Current Research: Chinese Agricultural University, 2010.
  • ICTs for Poverty Reduction and Rural Development: Current Issues and Research Opportunities: Centre of Excellence in Rural Informatics, University Malaysia Sarawak, 2010.
  • ITU Asia‐Pacific Centre of Excellence For Rural ICT Development at Universiti Utara Malaysia. Training workshop On Improving Rural Development Through Telecentres: Key Success Factors. 26 April to 28 April Penang, Malaysia,2010
  • Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. The Centre for Learning Innovation and Quality (CLIQ), Information and Communication Technologies for Poverty Reduction and Rural Development in Asia, 11 September, 2009.
  • APWINC: ICT e‐Business Expert Economic Empowerment of Small Farmers (rural women) in Asia through Green Cooperative Entrepreneurship Asia Pacific Women's Information Network Center (APWINC), 2008
  • e‐Inclusion and Media for Asia's Indigenous Peoples at the 3rd Global Knowledge Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11–13 December 2007 
  • The First e‐Bario Knowledge Fair and UNDP Workshop on e‐Inclusion and Media for Indigenous Peoples, Bario, Sarawak, Malaysia, 6–8 December 2007
  • Rural ICT Development - Reaching The Unreached In The Globalization Era. Keynote presentation at the Rural ICT Development Conference 2007 (RICTD '07) Executive Development Center (EDC), UUM, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia, 21 November.
  • Telecentre Evaluation in the Malaysian Context, presented at the 5th International Conference on IT in Asia, 10–12 July 2007, Hilton Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
  • UNESCAP: Community e‐Centres: from Pilots to National Programmes; Implications for e‐Learning and Knowledge Sharing. UNESCAP Regional Workshop on Knowledge Sharing through Community‐based E‐Learning Facilities in Rural Areas, Xining, China, June 11–13, 2007.
  • Stories from e‐Bario.  Living the Information Society. Renaissance Hotel, Makati City, Philippines.  April 23–24, 2007.
  • e‐Community‐Based Tourism. 1st UNCTAD Asia Pacific E‐Tourism Conference, 13–14 March 2007, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • APCICT: ICT Capacity Building for Remote Communities. Asian and Pacific Regional Forum on ICT Capacity Building The Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT), Incheon, Republic of Korea 5–6 March 2007.
  • Telecentres for National e‐Inclusion in Malaysia. Asian Telecentre Forum 2007. e‐Asia Conference, Putrajaya International Convention Centre, Malaysia, 6–8 February, 2007.
  • 3rd Knowledge Exchange Conference for Community e‐Centres. 27–29 September 2006 at the Cebu White Sands of Maribago Beach Resort, in Mactan, Cebu, Philippines.  Presentation on Malaysia's National Strategic Framework for Bridging the Digital Divide.
  • National Seminar on Emerging Opportunities in Andaman & Nicobar Islands - Post Tsunami Context, 2006.
  • UNESCAP: International Workshop on Entrepreneurship and E‐business Development for Women (for Rural Poverty Alleviation), UNESCAP, Seoul, 3–8 July 2006.  E‐business Applications at Community E‐Centers in Rural Areas, 2006.
  • Global Knowledge Partnership: Panel presentation on Social Enterprise at the International Forum, "Creating Prosperity through Innovation: ICT at Work in Development, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8–9 May 2006.
  • UNESCAP: Resource person; Regional Meeting on "Effective Design and Delivery of Rural Community ICT Services", at the  Malaysian National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN), Kuala Lumpur from 28 to 30 November 2005.
  • UNESCAP: E‐Commerce for Community Based Tourism: e‐CBT. Presentation to The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).  Subregional Workshop on E‐business Development Services for Enterprise Support Agencies, Hanoi, 17–19 August 2005.
  • Rural ICTs: Scaling up the Successes.  Presentation to a Seminar on Leveraging Private Investment for Rural ICT Development, 5–7 July 2005, Chiang Rai, Thailand, jointly organised by the Asia‐Pacific Telecommunity and the World Bank.
  • APEC: Telecenter Training Camp, January 24 to 29, 2005, Taipei. APEC Telecenter Development Program under the APEC Digital Opportunity Center. Building Telecenter Services &  Innovations for Telecenter Sustainability.
  • Presentation and panel discussion, The Internet via Satellite for Poverty Reduction, Satcom Asia 2004. Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong
  • Presentation on Rural Telecentres; International Experts Forum on Universal Access to Telecommunications, Lima, Peru. Followed by a site visit to two rural telecentres in Combayo and Llacanura, 2003.
  • UNDP China: International Workshop on the Models of Poverty Alleviation through Information and Communication Technologies - Challenge and Prospective of Bridging Digital Divide in China Rural Areas, 2002.
  • UNFAO: Asian Regional Consultation on  Rural Women in the Knowledge Society:  ICTs for Rural Development: An Asian Perspective.  UN Food and Agricultural Organization, 2002.
  • ITU: Chairman/Moderator: Benefits To Citizens And Society: Internet For Development. International Telecommunications Union - Telecom Asia 2002, Hong Kong, 2002.
  • UN: Asian Regional UN ICT Task Force Network Conference New Delhi.  Understanding the Relationship Between ICTs and Development.  Observations from the Field, 2002.
  • The E‐rural Symposium on ICTs for Rural Development. Malaysia, 2002.
             
                 
  • ICTs for Governance and Poverty Alleviation: Scaling up the Successes. A Study of ICT Projects in India.  Presented at the  Indian Telecentre Forum, Delhi 23–25 August, 2006.
  • PANOS: E‐Bario - A Telecentre in the Remote Interior of Borneo.  Commissioned Study for the PANOS Institute London, 2002.
  • e‐SilkRoad. Exploring E‐commerce in the Isolated Communities of Western China and Central Asia that were Formerly Part of the Silk Road, 2002.