Comments on: How can we bring a Web 2.0 sensibility to international development work? http://shannonturlington.com/2009/05/30/how-can-we-bring-a-web-2-0-sensibility-to-international-development-work/ I write to get it out of my head. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Shannon http://shannonturlington.com/2009/05/30/how-can-we-bring-a-web-2-0-sensibility-to-international-development-work/#comment-907 Shannon Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:29:37 +0000 http://shannonturlington.com/?p=631#comment-907 Giulio, Thank you for commenting. I will read the manifesto, and it is nice to see the World Bank thinking about such issues. Giulio, Thank you for commenting. I will read the manifesto, and it is nice to see the World Bank thinking about such issues.

]]> By: giulio quaggiotto http://shannonturlington.com/2009/05/30/how-can-we-bring-a-web-2-0-sensibility-to-international-development-work/#comment-906 giulio quaggiotto Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:00:55 +0000 http://shannonturlington.com/?p=631#comment-906 Hi Shannon, I agree, this requires a fundamental shift in mindset. It is about learning to "get out of the way", as you put it very well. But I think there's also something more - it is about embracing compexity. You might have seen IISD report (http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2009/social_net_gov.pdf) on the implications of web 2.0 on the governance of the development sector. My favuorite quote: "if you believe that sustainable development is a largely logical process achieved through planning and government policy-making, social networking sites do not fundamentally alter the dynamics of the political landscape." To answer your question on how can we bring a Web 2.0 sensibility to international development, you might want to check out the Development 2.0 manifesto - still in draft form - at http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2009/05/a-development-20-manifesto.html. Would love to get your views on it. Cheers, Giulio Hi Shannon,
I agree, this requires a fundamental shift in mindset. It is about learning to “get out of the way”, as you put it very well. But I think there’s also something more – it is about embracing compexity. You might have seen IISD report (http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2009/social_net_gov.pdf)
on the implications of web 2.0 on the governance of the development sector. My favuorite quote: “if you believe that sustainable development is a largely logical process achieved through planning and government policy-making, social networking sites do not fundamentally alter the dynamics of the political landscape.”

To answer your question on how can we bring a Web 2.0 sensibility to international development, you might want to check out the Development 2.0 manifesto – still in draft form – at http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2009/05/a-development-20-manifesto.html. Would love to get your views on it.

Cheers,

Giulio

]]> By: Dykki http://shannonturlington.com/2009/05/30/how-can-we-bring-a-web-2-0-sensibility-to-international-development-work/#comment-899 Dykki Sat, 30 May 2009 14:04:41 +0000 http://shannonturlington.com/?p=631#comment-899 Yes! Let's do that! I'm going to see what can be done about and with OPEN to do exactly that. Yes! Let’s do that! I’m going to see what can be done about and with OPEN to do exactly that.

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