About IGADD

The Habibie Center (THC) is the Secretariat for IGADD's operations in Indonesia. The Jakarta-based think tank was founded by a technologically astute former president of Indonesia named B.J. Habibie. THC is the secretariat for IGADD's economic model. Its Center for Democratization and Socialization of Technology, led by Dr. Ilham A. Habibie, runs IGADD as one of its founding partners. THC also contributes to the framework of IGADD through a concept called Democracy 2.0. That notion suggests that fundamental principles of democracy must be reinterpreted in light of the new interactive learning that is made possible by technologies. It refers to extending the “user revolution” to the mass of citizens of emerging markets through broadband.

While THC serves as the secretariat for IGADD, it is composed of several partner institutions: founding partners plus a larger group of operational partners, members and sponsors, each of which has a role to play in the implementation of the IGADD Model.

Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) is the leading technological university in Indonesia and the partner of IGADD to reach out to the entire higher education sector. ITB is one of the global powerhouses in the formulation of rural technologies, under the guidance of Dr. Armein Langi, who is ITB's point person for IGADD. ITB is bringing its expertise in research, curriculum, management and community service to IGADD and introducing IGADD to dozens of other Indonesian universities through the Rector Forum.

DigitalDivide.org is the official communications vehicle for IGADD. Soon DD.org will develop an Indonesian portal, in English as well as Bahasa, to engage students, alumni and other IT literate Indonesians in the solutions needed to achieve IGADD's goals.

Republic of Indonesia Department of Communications and Informatics (Depkominfo) is the government's ICT ministry, which oversees telecom regulation as well as serving as the secretariat for the government's National ICT Council. In its strategic partnership with IGADD, Kominfo has asked IGADD to develop an investment policy that promotes “meaningful broadband” for Indonesia.

Other partners and sponsors can be identified by clicking here.

 

 

THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
An introduction to the situation and issues
FALLACIES
Seven misconceptions about the Digital Divide
TRUTHS
Nine truths about
the Digital Divide
HISTORY
A decade of efforts
to close the Divide
GOVERNMENTS
Why governments alone can't close the Divide
PRIVATE SECTOR
Why corporations and entrepreneurs can't close the Divide
HARVARD/MIT
How these universities generated the ideas behind our model
WIRELESS
Why cellular alliances in Asia are the basis for our model
FUNDING
Where the money for our model will come from
STAKEHOLDERS
How each type of stakeholder can anchor our model
MEANINGFUL BROADBAND
Emerging markets need broadband that fits the context of users