Shahid Uddin Akbar's Page

My organization

Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID)

Website

http://www.biid.org.bd

Address

House No. B165, Road No. 23, Mohakhali DOHS, Dhaka 1206, Bangladesh

What we do as an organization (100-word description)

Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) is a distinct initiative to support development and promotion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based services in Bangladesh. The distinction of BIID lies in clear identification of ICT market development opportunities through continuous knowledge management, innovation and development.

My function in the organization

Chief Executive Officer

What ICT or e-Skill training programs does your organization offer?

Training for Telecentre Practitioners

Other services and activities:

BIID has taken initiative bring the benefits of ICT to the farmers community in different location in Bangladesh through e-Krishok, an ICT based knowledge sharing network of farmers. It is evident that limited access of farmers to relevant information and services makes them suffer productivity constraints and vulnerable to crop related diseases. Also farmers lack marketing and input related issues, which will be addressed by e-Krishok initiative

Number of telecentres linked to my organization

600

Target groups

Farmers, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Students, Youth and Women

Partners: (other NGOs)

BTN, Katalyst

Partners: (private sector)

Grameen Phone, Zanala Bangladesh

Partners: (government)

Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD)

How we contribute to the network

Best practices/Success stories, Training materials, Evaluation tools/methodologies, Research, Business and management training for NGOs

Other ways of contributing to the network (please describe):

Business Model development for Telecenter Practitioners

How you got in touch with this social network site?

Somebody pointed it to me, I searched it through the web

My personal areas of interest or expertise

Sharing knowledge and experiences of field on different model of telecentres and sustainability of such projects. e-Governance at local level is another interest.