Talk to UK DFID BSD directorate on the local web and emerging web 2.0 projects in the developing world

1. William Perrin TAL DfID BSD Retreat 25 November 2009 William Perrin - william@talkaboutlocal.org Talk About Local (West Midlands) Ltd http://talkaboutlocal.org

5. Abandoned cars and weekly arson Bingfield Park, Rufford Street 2002 Gas cylinders often in cars for extra ooomph Pics – Mark Bailey

6. Stolen moped Grand Prixs c2002 Bingfield Park Kings Cross Most Saturdays when Arsenal at home End with traditional moped bonfire Pics – Mark Bailey

7. The ‘Crackavan’ Rufford Street c2002 Pics – Mark Bailey

8. Caledonian Ward Safer Neighbourhood Panel North King Cross Environmental Taskforce West Area Committee West Area Planning Committee CYP Management committee Kings Cross Development Forum Gifford, Rufford and Randells Residents Association Team Cally Sparkplug Management Committee Planning Applications (dozens) ....but found huge information burden mostly from council and local public services Set up simple website to manage all the information on my terms Got stuck in to these local exercises over several years........ ‘ Strategic plans’ - many

9. www.kingscrossenvironment.com over 700 articles Four volunteer writers – aged 40-65 Small number of authors Campaigns, information, wildlife, events etc

11. Stoke-on-Trent www.pitsnpots.co.uk Campaigning, challenging style Reflects local frustration at political scene 3 writers, 28,000 comments on local politics Wordpress site £20 a month

12. www.harringayonline.com Nearly 2,000 members Green Lanes Chatty informal feel Wide range of local issues £15 month

13. Very small town ning Chatty informal feel Wide range of local issues Over 50 members Free

14. Team of 5 people 400 pv a day Thousands of articles Village population 500 Wordpress.com C£10/month

15. Maneno – Africa-specific publishing platform Low or variable bandwidth Community translates articles into common languages

16. White African Excellent round up of Africa tech Erik Hersman (Kenya, Sudan, USA) Also Afrigadget

17. Loose meet ups of people interested in modern web tech in Africa Excellent networking, London based

18. Bamako, MALI

19. 3.5 million members ’ 14 million actions’ 17 languages

22. mzalendo Theyworkforyou in Kenya - 2007 But without a Parliament website to scrape....

23. Kenya budget tracking Txt interface Superior to any UK product

26. William Perrin TAL Happy to talk [email_address] Talk About Local (West Midlands) Ltd http://talkaboutlocal.org