Large Initiative Planner Summary Report

Setting the stage

The following table shows a more detailed view of the services needed to support the three stages. in terms of the eNabler capabilities.

Service Types	Stage 1
Capacity Building Services Needed	Basic ICT literacy training (e.g., using the Internet, email, word processing)
Learning Capabilities Needed	MDG Matrix, Meta Portal
ICT services	Basic Internet Access
Vertical services (informational)	Entrepreneurial, education, health
Vertical services (transactional)
Composite services (Horizontal)
Administrative Services (Funding, Capacity building, Awareness)	Funding Capacity building

Legend: Yellow indicates the Repositories
Support Needed Orange indicates Planner Capabilities Needed

You should rely heavily on good (smart) people and processes to compensate for lack of smart technologies

Prioritization

Selected Services

Services	Status	Actions
Business Intelligence (BI) Service*	Found	View it
Food Distribution in Supply Chains*	Not found
Customer Services*	Not found
Distance Learning	Found	View it
Logistics Services	Not found

Decision Table

Avoid	Investigate

None yet	None yet
Don't care	Must-do

None yet	Administrative Services / Business Intelligence (BI) Service* Agriculture / Food Distribution in Supply Chains* Economic Development / Customer Services* Education / Distance Learning Transportation and Logistics / Logistics Services

BENEFITS OF DEPLOYING THIS SERVICE
Revenues generated		None
Economic development		None
Poverty reduction		None
Improved public service		None
Social benefits		None
Improvements in participation		None
Improvements in transparency		None
Improvements in accountability		None
Improvements in democratization		None

COST NEEDED TO DEPLOY THIS SERVICE
Cost of implementation		None
Time needed to implement		None
Legal and political issues to be resolved		None
Cultural mismatch		None

RECOMMENDED STRATEGY

Should be Done Whenever Possible

Strengths		Weaknesses

Advantages (proposition, Capabilities, Competitive)	None	Disadvantages (proposition, Capabilities, Competitive)	None
Financial reserves, likely returns	None	Own known vulnerabilities	None
Innovative aspects	None	Cash-flow, start-up cash-drain	None
Price, value, quality	None	Continuity, supply chain robustness	None
Cultural, attitudinal, behavioural	None	Effects on core activities, distraction	None
Management cover, succession	None	Morale, commitment, leadership	None


Opportunities		Threats

Market creation and development	None	Effects (Political, Legislative, Environmental)	None
Industry or lifestyle trends	None	Market demand	None
Global influences	None	Sustaining internal capabilities	None
Business and product development	None	Obstacles faced	None
Information and research	None
Volumes, production, economies	None


RECOMMENDED STRATEGY Worth Pursuing

Administrative Services

Financial Resource Planner

The detailed plans generated by the Planner, especially the Consolidated Report, can be used to support applications for financial support. Financing of government projects consists of three major sources:

Loans: Many organizations give loans to developing countries. Here is a list:

World Bank
Islamic Bank
International Monetary Fund
www.globalclearinghouse.org - clearing house for financial aid
http://www.kiva.org/
Other sources (loans for developing countries)??

Aid: Developing countries can receive aid from several organizations such as the following:

Aid Management Program (http://www.developmentgateway.org/programs/amp/) A very good side for aid
UNICEF
UNESCO
USAID (www.usaid.org)
Others??

Internal Investment: Many countries invest their own revenues to support important development projects. Guidelines are typically published by the said governments for investment proposals.

Public Awareness

A variety of approaches, such as the following, can be used for marketing and public awareness:

Door to Door
Media (newspapers, radio, TV, text messages, web advertising)
Mobile van (around city, weekly advertisements)
Competitions (in colleges and schools to raise awareness and extract good ides)

Capacity Building:

According to Wikipedia, Capacity building often refers to strengthening the skills, competencies and abilities of people and communities in developing societies so they can overcome the causes of their exclusion and suffering. Typical capabilities typically include:

Business strategies and processes
Applications and services needed to support the business strategies and processes
Computing platforms
Networks
Security of all of the above
Customer support of all the above

Depending on the scope of the initiative, different capabilities from this list may be needed and thus may impact staff needed to support the initiative.

Cloud computing and outsourcing can greatly reduce the staff and training needed (human resources) to develop, offer and support services.