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Global Development, ICT4D, Education for All

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Global development has the mission to promote social change and renewal in developing countries on a scientific basis. For this purpose the paper presents a concept for creating five good circles for society building of poor communities. This concept is further elaborated and discussed in terms of sustainability development and sustainable information systems. For one of the good circles “active learning”, we illustrate how a deliberate use of tools for ICT4D (ICT for Development) can support special education for needy children and exposed mothers. Our knowledge interest is to set up professional training spaces, called Community Children Academy Spaces (CAS), grounded on an Education for All (EFA) perspective for social inclusion of poor people in civil societies.

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  1. Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

    Anders G. Nilsson

  2. Universal Child Welfare Foundation (UCWF), Karlstad, Sweden

    Thérèse H. Nilsson

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  1. Monash University, Caaulfield East, Victoria, Australia

    Henry Linger

  2. Monash University, Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia

    Julie Fisher

  3. Box Hill Institute, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia

    Andrew Barnden

  4. National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    Chris Barry

  5. National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    Michael Lang

  6. City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR

    Christoph Schneider

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Nilsson, A.G., Nilsson, T.H. (2013). Global Development, ICT4D, Education for All. In: Linger, H., Fisher, J., Barnden, A., Barry, C., Lang, M., Schneider, C. (eds) Building Sustainable Information Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7540-8_26

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