(Click on "community report" above to download a copy of the report.)
 CLIQ is reaching the end of its project life. We have conducted dissemination workshops in each research area, in order to:
* give participants a copy of the community report
* thank them for making the research possible
* provide participation certificates, and
* get participants' messages to government, their telecentre and to CLIQ (given their experience of participating in the project).
Other more academic papers will be available on through this site, shortly.
BACKGROUND TO CLIQ
 Can ICTs (particularly computers) improve the well-being of poorer people living in under-resourced communities, if they are supported with needs-based training and use?
CLIQ is a participatory action research project being implemented by the School of Development Studies (SDS) at the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) with research funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF) and research support from the Norwegian Institute for Urban & Regional Planning (NIBR) which has funding from the National Research Council of Norway.
Fieldwork on this project was undertaken from June 2008 until May 2010. We are now in the process of writing up the results. The first
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CLIQ: Background Information
Although Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been shown to promote economic growth, the linkages between ICTs and the promotion of individual or community well-being remain uncertain. Analysis has focused on macro-economic, governance and sectoral relationships rather than on micro-economic and social outcomes. In particular, the specific information needs of communities and groups within communities are poorly understood or even disregarded.
The Digital Hub Strategy for KwaZulu-Natal (July 2007) notes how the ‘one size fits all’ approach to stand-alone telecentres has not been effective in the recent past. Using case studies from KwaZulu-Natal, CLIQ investigates how and to what extent the use of ICT systems can change the well-being of people living in under-resourced communities, if these are tailored to their needs. For more background information you can download the original research proposal.
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