Digital Empowerment Foundation, DEF

Gujarat: eNGO Summit held on Saturday, August 2, 2014.

1.     Venue
2.     Organizers
3.     Background
4.     Objective of the workshop
5.     Participant NGOs
6.     Outcome of the workshop
7.     Feedback

Venue:-

Event Name: eNGO Summit- to empower grassroots NGO/CBOs/SHGs with Internet & web technology.
Held on: Saturday, August 2, 2014 (Time:10:00 AM to 6:00 PM)

Venue: Shree jain Mahajanvadi
Opp : Indrabai Park Near Kutchmitra Building, Bhuj Gujarat.

Organizers:-

Organizer: Digital Empowerment Foundation (www.defindia.net)

With the motto of ‘Inform, Communicate and Empower,’ Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) started its journey in the month of December, 2002. Based out of New Delhi and registered as not-for-profit under the “Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, the effort at DEF has been to find sustainable Information Communication Technology (ICT) solutions including digital and new media to address digital divide in under-served and unreached regions and communities. With a non-political approach, it was founded to contribute to an enabling social and economic order in India as well as in developing societies with the need based support of ICT tools and means. With ground work since 2003, DEF has reached over 22 States and 8 countries.

Co- Organizers:- K-Link (www.klink.co.in)

The Genesis of K-Link Foundation lies in collaboration and association that were built after post-earthquake of Gujarat in 2001 with an objective to mainstream ICT into Development sector. And worked as a technical arm of Kutch Nav Nirman Abhiyan since August’2001

Unprecedented gains in advancing human development in recent decades came largely from technological breakthrough. Information and communication technologies (ICT) have led to healthier life, greater social reforms and social freedoms, increased knowledge and more productive livelihoods.

K-Link Foundation is registered as “not for Profit” organization and working to mainstream ICT into Development sector since July 2012.

Supported by: Public Interest Registry (www.pir.org)

As our name implies, we exist to serve the public interest online. Our globally diverse team is committed to providing a stable online platform where everyone has a voice. Based in Reston, Virginia, Public Interest Registry is a not-for profit organization created by the Internet Society (ISOC), originally to manage .org.

Background:-

The eNGO programme, a national movement, is a joint effort of Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and Public Interest Registry (PIR) to make grassroots organisations ICT enabled by providing a web-enabled platform through free website, domain name, and providing capacity building through the eNGO training programme.

The eNGO programme strives to empower more than 3.3 million NGOs and Self Help Groups to create a virtual identity and increase their visibility for national and global outreach. eNGO programme offers websites in any local Indian language.

With this focus, the Interactive Seminar “Internet & web technology for NGOs”, organized by Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and supported by Public Interest Registry with the locally supported by K-Link Foundation, Gujarat on August 2^nd , 2014 was a timely initiative to help the NGOs in understanding about the means they can employ to make themselves visible to and connect with donors globally in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

Objective of eNGO Workshop:-

Maximize adoption of Internet and Digital tools of empowerment for Grassroots organizations.
- Providing free website to all registered NGOs.
- Provide training on the importance of ICT, internet and web tools in the development of NGOs.
- Provide training on the use of the internet, email, and social media tools.
- Take expression of interest for .NGO domain.
- The importance of ENGO programme and the benefits of being in the ENGO network.

Practical Session:-

Mr. Kantisen Shroff as chief guest inaugurated the session and said that Internet has a role to play in promoting the cause of NGOs development and that there are many ways that Internet can help NGOs to promote commerce and business. He said that NGOs need to be encouraged to come to the mainstream of NGOs development through various channels including through the Internet platform. Having websites can help NGOs to leverage multiple gains.

Anand Kumar, Trainer from Digital Empowerment Foundation delivered an introductory speech which included the objectives of eNGO which is to communicate and outreach with the world, raising fund of the organization, establishing partnership and direct linking with other institutions, human resource support, giving voice to local issues and so on and so forth.

Manoj Solanki, from K-Link Foundation has presented the use of various technologies like GIS, MIS and Mobile technology, in context of rural development.

eNGO programme aims to provide a digital or a web space in local languages and/or English to empower grassroots organizations with useful ICT tools to:

Create a web platform for information collection.
To maintain transparency in organization.
Facilitate communication and outreach of their objectives and activities to funder.
Help create market linkages for various communities served by these NGOs.
Increase visibility to national and global audience for wider recognition and connectivity.

Participant List:-

No	Name	Organization Name
1	Bharmal Marvada	Kala Varso
2	Dharmendra R.Prasad	Cohesion Foundation Trust
3	Meena Rajgor	Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangthan
4	Kunvdra Anil Dhirubhai	Rural Agro Research & Development Society
5	Bhimji A Ahir	Saiyere jo sanghathan
6	Monika Sureshbhai Patel	Saiyere jo sanghathan
7	Nikita I gor	Sinchan Educatin society
8	Asha Zala	Sinchan Educatin society
9	Ruchir Purohit	Jeevantirth
10	Sagar Majethiya	Ujjas Mahila Sangathan
11	Sumati S Salunke	Koshish Milap Trust
12	Parth Patel	AKRSP
13	Dasrath Valand	AKRSP
14	Himansu Sompura (Asst.Deepak Prasad)	Shree Navchetan Andhjan Mandal
15	Ramesh S Kshtriya	Inter Rural Development Institute
16	Jayeshbhai Kesarbhai Pusaliya	Sahjeevan
17	Aarati Haube	Sahjeevan
18	Dharmendra Kumar Karan	Yusuf Maherali Center
19	Juneja Mohammad Aslam	SETU
20	Dhaval J Chad	SETU
21	Rahulkumar D Parmar	Parimal Faundation
22	Vinit Kumbharana	ACT
23	Gaurav Parmar	ACT
24	Ravji Siju	Parab
25	Kalyan Dangar	Swadeep Shikshan Vikas Sanstha
26	Raj C Chuhan	Hunnarshala
27	Prajesh Jethwa	Hunnarshala
28	Jantibhai G Patel	Shiv Shakti Kalavani Mandal
29	Navratsinh N Padhiyar	Shree Rang Avdhoot Kelavani Mandal
30	Jinal Shah	Urban Cell – KMVS
31	Kalian Nagshi Gadhvi	Shree Vivekanand Mahila Vikas Federation
32	Natha N Dodiya	UPL-CSR
33	Dinesh Rabari	MARAG
34	Sunil Navnneetlal Trivedi	Anjali
35	Ankit Nitinbhai Gala	KVO Jain Mahajan
36	Mr.Devesh K Gadhavi	The Corbett Foundation
37	Ramnivas bahada	Kutch Nav Nirman Abhiyan
38	Jyotsana Baldevpuri Goswami	Virat Rural Agro Producer Company Limited
39	Raju Chavda	Shree Abdasa Taluka Krishi Avam Pashupalan Vikas Producer Company Limited
40	Urmi Rajeshbhai Dave	Kutch Nav Nirman Abhiyan
41	Iqbal Amad Ganchi	Saiyar Pashupalan Ane Khet Utpadan Producer Company Limited
42	Gautam Shrma	Upaj Producer Company Limited
43	Paresh Kumar Nathalal Kapadi	Shree Mundra Ujas Mahila Kheti Ane Pashupalan Producer Company Limited
44	Karman J Marvada	Samaj Navnirman Trust
45	Sonal Rajnikant Kathwadiya	Anandi
46	Seema Shah	Anandi
47	Nitin Shethia	Vivekanand Rural Development Institute
48	Jayendra Ramanlal Shaah	Jivan Vikas Abhiyan
49	Satya Shetty	KHAMIR
50	Upasna S Mujpara	Anandi
51	Dharaben K Patel	Samaj Navnirman Trust
52	Rinkal Hasmukhbhai Ganatra	Hello Sakhi – KMVS
53	Asif A. Rayama	Media Cell – KMVS
54	Sheetal Buddhbhatti	Tulsi Vidhya Mandir
55	Mr. Rudani	Kutch Nav Nirman Abhiyan
56	Bharat Dodiya	Namak

Outcome of the workshop:

Here 70 NGOs have participated from different district of Gujarat state and 40 organizations registered for website development. And all 70 organisations has Submitted their Expression of Interest for dotNGO domain.

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