Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 13:16:28 +0400
Hi guys
Thx Ish for sharing the article :)
I think you guys are missing something very important. The conference was a
reflexion among Indian Ocean Islands in order to coordinate effort for a
better connectivity.
The Estonian ambassador was there as a guest to in order to share its
country experience on open data model for government and business not to
impose any foreign model to the region.
My felling after the conference is that, if we want to have a better
connectivity at a reasonable price we have to collaborate with others
countries in the region as Mauritius does not have alone the critical mass
to lower down prices.
Actually, they came up with five possible scenarios and this was only the
kick start of what is about to come but we may have to wait 2020 inorder to
get a descent high speed connection ...
Have a good weekend
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On 3 May 2015 at 12:04, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
> Hi Vincent, Ish,
> At 13:23 02-05-2015, vincent pollet wrote:
>
>> two weeks ago I attended the E-COI meeting in le meridien. The objectif
>> was to get a better connectivity
>>
>
> Thanks for sharing the article. I'll also comment on the blog article
> from Ish.
>
> There is the following: "L’idée d’ouvrir dans la région une e-Governance
> Academy en collaboration avec l’e-Governance Academy estonienne a emporté
> l’adhésion des participants". Having another academy will not help improve
> internet connectivity in Mauritius.
>
> Estonia is taken as an example. Is Mauritius similar to Estonia? Did
> anyone compare the two countries or is this the usual "copy and paste"
> approach to technology questions?
>
> There was the following: "la question pertinente, selon les experts,
> serait « quel devrait être le coût du mégabits à supporter entre les Etats
> ? »" The answer was not even related to the question.
>
> What research and development has there been? Is research about copying
> and pasting stuff or copying what has been done in other countries?
>
> Ish used the Government Web Portal as an example and commented as follows:
> "The portal comprises of a forum, chat rooms, media galleries etc, but are
> any of those effectively used?" There is even a blog section [1]. Those
> features have never been used.
>
> Will things which require a lot of care and money and that give little
> profit or enjoyment have any impact on "l'economie numérique"?
>
> At 21:54 02-05-2015, Ish Sookun wrote:
>
>> I read in the article, the Estonian Ambassador extended its country's
>> help for an e-Governance Academy. Therefore, once again I would imply that
>> our Government is more interested in taking "ICT related" templates from
>> other countries rather than studying its own culture & needs, and then act
>> accordingly.
>>
>
> Yes.
>
> Sorry to say, but I have seen recently how a bunch of people who would
>> not understand technicalities, were put in front to take decisions. Estonia
>> has a different culture
>>
>
> Will people take good decisions if they do not understand the
> technicalities of what was put in front of them?
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
> 1. http://www.govmu.org/English/Blogs/Pages/default.aspx
>
>
>
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