Background:

The Sustainable Development Networking Program (SDNP) is a global catalytic initiative launched by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in response to Agenda 21, which articulated the need for improved information dissemination to support sustainable development. The program is geared towards facilitating communication between users and suppliers of sustainable development information in developing countries.

Bangladesh is intensely reliant on environmental and natural resources. Some times Natural calamity seriously wrinkled the natural resource base of the country, which could have serious adverse impact on output, income and employment.  Efforts are being made to address these issues by the Government, donors, political parties, NGOs and other advocacy groups. The Government has been giving some attention to this sector. Among others it has approved the National Environment Management Action Plan (NEMAP) in 1996. Sustainable environment Management Programme (SEMP) is an out come of NEMAP in Bangladesh.

SDNP in Bangladesh is acting as a non-profitable organization that affianced in network development programme for environment awareness, education, health care and countryside development projects in the rural areas of Bangladesh. SDNP defines as its community mission to contribute to national development by providing services in (1) information and communication technology and (2) Internet connectivity to rural communities for the enhancement of delivery of education, health care and livelihood programs of government agencies, multi-lateral and other concerned institutions.

SDNP has a vision to become the largest non-profit sector network related to Sustainable environment awareness programmes development in Bangladesh. Presently SDNP is implementing Point to point and point to multipoint radio link wireless connectivity to develop the proposed nationwide data backbone that can act as a pipeline for ISPs, government agencies, and corporations.

The main function of this service is to provide users ready access to the information super-highway at a minimal cost. Soon SDNP is accessible to implement a Point to Multipoint satellite technology to provide nation wide disaster management and establish an effective and cheaper communication between the costal areas where rapid communication is not yet easily available. To support communication in costal regions, applications in Internet access, virtual private networks, distance education, digital media streaming, tele-medicine corporate intranet and extranets, video conferencing, multicasting, and other IP-based services, SDNP is initiating the way of connecting communities.

The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) is the implementing agency for two of the 26 components in SEMP - The Policy Analysis Studies which falls under the Policy and Institutions Sub-Program, and the Sustainable Development Network (SDN) falls under the Awareness and Advocacy Sub-Program.

One of the strategies for promoting Awareness and Advocacy is enabling easy access to information and knowledge. To effectively implement such a strategy, the Sustainable Development Network (SDN) aims to capitalize on the revolution in electronic communications and provide a new set of tools to achieve sustainable human development through a sharing of vital information, experience and expertise both within the country and globally.

To date UNDP has assisted several countries, including China, Indonesia, Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Angola, Chad, Tunisia, Poland, Bolivia, Guatemala, and the Honduras, in setting up pilot SDNs.

The objective of the Sustainable Development Network Project (SDNP) is to create an appropriate tool - the SDN - for achieving and facilitating exchange of information/knowledge among development partners, academia, policy makers and the civil society, both national and international, in order to design and implement unique plans for sustainable development in Bangladesh.

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Goal

• Information Dissemination and Knowledge Networking in Bangladesh
  Knowledge Management for Sustainable Development

Objective:

• Enhance participation of stake holders in e-governance
• Awareness and skill development in online information sharing and knowledge networking
• Database, Information & online resource sharing
• Institutionalize long term sustainability plan at community level

• Whole geographical region of Bangladesh and any affairs related to Bangladesh
• SEMP Secretariat and components
• Line ministries/ Policy makers Line ministries
• Development partners
• community leaders, civil society, official donor communities, local government officials, municipal offices
• non-government organizations, private sectors, investors, professional bodies, chambers
• academics and academic institutes, press clubs, medical institutes, public libraries, and individuals.

Project Activities (Interventions)

• Design, Development and Hosting of Websites (SIAs and non SIAs)
• E-mail and Internet Connectivity (SIAs and non SIAs)
• Knowledge Management (e-group, newsletter, web pages, CDs, databases and brochures)
• Database Development (Dynamically distributed databases on sustainable development)
• Observance of National/International Days/Events (On development issues through websitedevelopment & web hosting)
• Capacity building (SIAs and non SIAs)
• ICT Training

• Sustainable Information Networking for Grass root development
• Widespread sharing of Information, data and knowledge among development partners
• Abbreviate the digital divide between internet reached and un-reached at community level
• Raise the level of ICT usages among project participants

• SDNP Success Stories

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