universal service fund for connected education: european experience
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Usage of Universal Service Fund for connected eLearning
Denis Gudym,
Government Affairs Manager in Russia and CIS countries,
Intel Corporation
Moldova ICT Summit, May 18, 2011 2011
Month, Day 2011
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Most countries have a Universal Service Fund and have
all their Telecommunications industries pay a part of their
net earnings into it. USF is then used to enable a
baseline level of telecommunications services to every
resident of a country
Traditionally these funds have been used for basic voice
service (e.g. payphone shared by many). However,
we’re increasingly seeing governments apply these
funds towards data + voice, or even connected services,
for various applications from telecenters to healthcare to
education.
Universal Service Fund (USF) for Data, Not Just Voice
Case study: Turkey
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Turkey legislation
Objective: to ensure the provision of universal service obligation
• Law No.5369 on the Provision of Universal Service
(Official Gazette : 25.06.2005)
• By-Law on the Rules and Procedures on the Collection of
the Universal Service Revenues and the Financing of the
Expenditures (Official Gazette : 29.06.2006)
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Financing of universal service fund
• 2% of the authorization charges granted to Telecommunications Authority,
• 1% of the annual net sales of operators, except GSM operators,
• 10% of the share that GSM operators paid to the Treasury,
• 20% of the administrative fines incurred by Telecommunications Authority,
• 20% of the amount remained after all expenditure of Telecommunications Authority.
- The revenues of universal service are collected under a special account named “Universal Service Fund”.
- ICT Ministry is responsible from the Universal Service Policies, Fund and applications.
- If these fund do not cover the expenditures of the universal service obligation, Ministry of Finance shall allocate the required appropriation.
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Scope of the universal service
• Fixed telephone services,
• Public pay phone,
• Telephone directory services to be provided in the printed
or electronic media,
• Emergency call services,
• Basic internet services,
• Transportation services to regions where transportation can only be made by navigation and communication services related to emergency and safety in the sea,
• Services for the widesread usage of information technologies including computer literacy,
• Digital broadcasting services (DVB-T,DVB-S,DVB-C), using different broadcast environment, over terrestrial digital transmitters covering all residential areas in Turkey.
• Digitizing the printed documents and information of public institution/organizations by transferring to electronic environment for e-government services (added in 2010).
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Projects
- Public Internet Access Centres (3000).
- Connection of all schools with broadband.
- Rural Area Connectivity (WiMAX based telephony/internet).
- ICT Classes at 21.000 schools.
- Computer supported Science Laboratory at 1333 school.
- Project for Blind people “Seeing Eye”
- FATIH Project
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Annual USF Revenues
2005: 67 Million US Dollar
2006: 310 Million US Dollar
2007: 385 Million US Dollar
2008: 347 Million US Dollar
2009: 376 Million US Dollar
2010: 390 Million US Dollar
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Project Objective: • Developing ICT usage skills of teachers and
students Project Scope • Deploying ICT devices in classrooms
• Internet Connection • Notebook • Projector
• 42.000 schools, 620.000 classrooms
• 3-years investment timeframe
• 2010 – High Schools • 2011 – Secondary Schools • 2012 – Primary Schools
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F@TİH
Project
Teacher Training
Developing Secure, Manageable and Measurable
ICT Usage
Developing and Providing e-Content
Completing Hardware and Software Infrastructure
Adopting Education Curriculum for effective ICT Usage
$1.1B Budget
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Success Factors
- The active involvement of all stakeholders – administrations, industry, academia, and civil society is essential.
- 2003: e-transformation Turkey Project; all individual studies have been gathered under an umbrella project (2003-2004 action plan was including the regulations for Universal Service)
- Universal Service Law, 2005.
- Demo applications to show the benefits of ICT in education and broadband connectivity, other influencer efforts (using media effectively)
- High level meetings with Prime Minister, Ministers of Education and ICT for education programs.
- Convincing Prime Minister and other Ministers for national education transformation project and well defined targets.
- Need to influence both MoE and MICT and provide coordination between them.
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Kocaeli Municipality 1:1 eLearning Initiative
Definition Vision & Targets
• Kocaeli Municipality is going to distribute “CMPC
/Miller Point” to all 5th grade students at the province in
each education year with its own initiative.
• Datateknik (LOEM) has won the tender and going to
implement the education model in Kocaeli.
• All public schools in the city, totally 369 schools, will
be covered by this program.
• 26587 units CMPC will be distributed to students ito
the 5th grade students until the end of 2009.
• The prime minister of Turkey is expected to attend the
launch event on the third week of November.
• This is the first and the unique program applied by
local government institution in Turkey.
The vision of the program is “Be a contemporary
municipality by implementing 1:1 Learning Model in
Kocaeli and giving students chance to achieve 21st
Century skill set.”
Targets
• Launch 1:1 eLearning usage model based on
classroom/home usage in Kocaeli.
• Students’ access to quality education from anywhere.
• Accelerate student-centered learning in Kocaeli
region
•Increase students’ performance, motivation, and
engagement.
• Facilitate teachers’ task to stimulate learning and
interaction.
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Execution & Training Opportunities & Expectations
• Students are going to collaborate, exchange
information and work with e-Learning material
• Teachers are going to monitor classroom activity,
supplement and extend their lectures with interactive
material.
• On December 2009, there will be training section to
more than 1000 teachers in the Kocaeli province.
• Each year training will be provided on 1o1 education
and project-based learning subjects; and CMPC
education stack usage model.
• Training will be 3 days and 20 hours for each teacher.
• Intel Teach program which is already active in Kocaeli
province will be extended to include the teachers of all
schools during the course of the implementation.
• Influence other municipalities in implementing 1o1 e-
learning model by providing high-quality education to
more students
• Demonstrate feasibility/benefits of e-learning model
within context of Turkey to government stakeholders ,
private schools and influencers .
Kocaeli Municipality 1:1 eLearning Initiative
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Case studies: Portugal, Romania, Spain
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Leading uses of USF for Broadband
Country Description
Turkey Subsidize BB + PC for Teachers (620,000)
Nigeria Accelerate BB in State Capitals, train educators, subsidize CMPCs
Malaysia Subsidize BB + PC to students and underserved population in Malaysia
Pakistan BB Coverage – 100k to 1.5M BB subs in 2010, build out rural PC centers
Chile BB Coverage - 1% to 90% coverage in rural areas
Morocco SMB government sponsored program
Romania Build out of 600 telecenters
Portugal Subsidize of NBs + 3G from spectrum auction
Vietnam BB Coverage to villages & WiMAX pilots
India BB Coverage / BB Subsidy / PC Subsidy / WiMAX Subsidy
Colombia BB Coverage to 4k public institutions with 4.7M people impacted
Ecuador Subsidize BB to schools & teachers. Purchase 33k PCs for schools.
Poland Internet Tax Deduction - deduction of services fees up to ~$250/year
$6B+ invested in the last 3 years on ICT
programs impacting 320M+ people/SMB
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Portugal - IT Investment to grow GDP
Objectives 2008 2010 Goal
Internet Usage 38% 60% Additional 2.2M new Users
BB Penetration 13% 50%
Student per PC 9:1 2:1 550k PC by 2010
Teacher ICT 8% 90% 150K
• National ICT plan by Prime Minister
• $400M 3G License fees to subsidies PC + BB
• Build kids laptops, Export Education Solutions
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Success factors
- Started with a national technology plan
– (Plano Technologico)
– Comms, Edu Ministries and Intel
- Investment in comprehensive education program that improves education through new technology, software and educational content, training and support.
- Create a local sustainable economic model that generates jobs and trade opportunities
- Form Partnerships that lower costs and utilize the experience and resources of both public and Private sectors
- Innovated funding model – 3G license
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Romania Education Transformation
Launched EURO
PC: shared access
program for rural
areas
200EURO vouchers towards
a new PC for students
60.000 teachers
trained by 2010
Intel “Unwire Romanian
Universities” Program serves over
300,000 students
One-to-One
eLearning with
Classmate PC
Opening spectrum for WiMAX wireless
connectivity
World class educational
content – AeL (SIVECO)
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Spain
• Announced by President on May, 12th.
• Part of the government stimulus plan
• Objective: Knowledge base economy
• Implementation start on September 2009
• Initial Target: 5th grade students (420K)
Escuela 2.0 = School 2.0
Thank You
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