{"id":27,"date":"2021-09-16T10:20:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T10:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/licot-waso.com\/facil-ict\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2022-11-30T11:48:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T11:48:18","slug":"about-facil-ict","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/licot-waso.com\/facil-ict\/","title":{"rendered":"About FACIL-ICT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At a glance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project<\/strong>: Facilitating the interaction between citizens and local governments through information and communication technology (FACIL-ICT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Term:<\/strong>&nbsp;06 | 2021 \u2013 05 | 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Implemented by<\/strong>: Center for Planning and Evaluation of Social Services (ZPE) \u2502University of Siegen (Germany)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Funded by:<\/strong>&nbsp;Engagement Global NRW \/ German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Objectives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The main objective of the project is to promote the use of ICTs to enhance civic participation in the decision-making process and public service delivery at the local level. Thus, to recommend the appropriate digital tool to serve a two-way communication link between local government service providers and the people in the local communities to enhance opportunities for civic participation in local decision-making and implementation processes in the fields of health and social welfare. Specific objectives of the project will include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Conduct a systematic review of the scientific discourse and the state of research as well as a legislation and policy review on the subject at global (UN), regional (African Union), sub-regional (West-Africa \/ ECOWAS) and national (Republic of Ghana) level.<\/li><li>Collect data on the interaction between citizens and local governments in general and through Information and Communication Technology in two study districts.<\/li><li>Develop concrete possibilities for the use of ICTs tool in the field of social welfare and health services in dispersed rural communities in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri and Suhum municipalities in Ghana.<\/li><li>Enhance the development of ICT tools to disseminate information in relation to health and social welfare services more broadly to rural communities.<\/li><li>Create awareness and jointly developed and pilot approaches in the use of ICT tools for inclusive communication and decision-making processes in the social and health services.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a glance Project: Facilitating the interaction between citizens and local governments through information and communication technology (FACIL-ICT) Term:&nbsp;06 | 2021 \u2013 05 | 2023 Implemented by: Center for Planning and Evaluation of Social Services (ZPE) \u2502University of Siegen (Germany) Funded by:&nbsp;Engagement Global NRW \/ German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Objectives The main objective of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/licot-waso.com\/facil-ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/licot-waso.com\/facil-ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/licot-waso.com\/facil-ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/licot-waso.com\/facil-ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/licot-waso.com\/facil-ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/licot-waso.com\/facil-ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523,"href":"https:\/\/licot-waso.com\/facil-ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/licot-waso.com\/facil-ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}