PanAsia R&D Grants Programme Application Form The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Tanglin P O Box 101, Singapore 912404 This application form is to be submitted along with a full project proposal and complete budget. Date: September 30, 1999 I IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATION Name of Organization submitting the proposal: Isis International-Manila Contact Person/Designation: Susanna George, Executive Director Permanent Address: 3 Marunong Street, Barangay Central, Diliman, Quezon City Country: Philippines Mailing Address: (if different from permanent) Country: Telephone: 632 - 435 3405 ; 632 - 435 3408 Fax: 632 - 924 1065 E-Mail: Isis@isiswomen.org URL: www.isiswomen.org ; www.jca.apc.org/aworc/ II PROJECT INFORMATION Title of Proposed Project: Asian Women's Resource Exchange: A Strategy for Electronic Resource Sharing Country/Region where the project will take place: Asia Duration of Project: From 2000 Jan To 2000 Dec Total Number of Months:12 Abstract of Project Proposal AWORC is an Internet-based women's information service and network in Asia. It is an initiative geared towards developing cooperative approaches and partnerships in increasing access and exploring applications of new information and communication technologies (ICT) for women's empowerment. This network aims to help expand existing regional networks in the women's movement, promote electronic resource sharing and build a regional information service that will support various women's advocacies specifically those that are very critical for the women in our region. These include lobbying and awareness raising campaigns towards poverty alleviation, promotion of women's human rights and over-all women's empowerment as articulated in the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA). The two-year project seeks to provide avenues for women to develop skills in using new information and communication technologies to enhance their areas of work and to use Internet facilities to provide greater access to information, analyses and resources to various sectors of women for solidarity building, strengthening gender analyses, and developing partnerships with other key actors. During the span of this project, most activities of the project will center around the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) Review exercise and the processes leading up to it. Besides strengthening the capacities of women's organizations and networks in this region to participate more actively in the review process, it will also encourage synchronized lobbying of the national machinery by national women's groups, and "onsite" information dissemination the highlights of the Review. Project Objectives: General Objectives 1. To develop cooperative approaches and partnerships in increasing access and exploring applications of new ICT for women's empowerment. 2. To build sustainable electronic resource sharing amongst women's organizations that support and strengthen existing networks within the women's movement in the region. 3. To develop resources that strengthen women and gender analyses of critical concerns of women regionally and globally. 4. To build a regional information service that will support critical advocacies of the women's movement in our region such as campaigns towards poverty alleviation, promotion of women's human rights and over-all women's empowerment as articulated in the BPFA. 5. To promote net literacy and electronic networking within the women's movement in Asia and build the capacity of women's organizations in the region in the overall application of ICT to enhance their work with women. Specific Objectives 1. To provide a venue for the participation of women's groups in the region in the Five -Year Review of the implementation of the BPFA of Action through the use of new electronic information tools. 2. To train women in electronic networking, developing electronic resources and services and in the overall application of ICT. 3. To provide increased access to new ICT to women's organizations with limited resources. 4. To conduct a five year review on the status of women and information technology in Asia towards producing a report and policy recommendations to the UN Beijing Plus Five Review Conference scheduled in June, 2000. 5. To develop mechanisms for the interface of two different communications mediums - specifically of radio with new information technologies -- through an Internet-based News Digest Service. III PARTNERS Partner Organization(s): Please list all partner organizations involved in this project. Organizations from countries outside Asia submitting proposals must be affiliated with a "lead" organization from the region. Partner Organizations: Organization (1) Organization (2) Asian Pacific Women's Information Network Contact Person/Designation: Kio Chung Kim Address: Chung-Pa Dong, 2Ka, 53-12 Yong-San Ku, Seoul, 140-742 Korea Telephone: 822-7109886, 9186 Fax: 822-7109896 E-Mail: Kiockim@sookmyung.ac.kr IV PROJECT BUDGET Philippine Pesos (Cad$1 = P27.50) Canadian Dollars Amount of request Grant: 2,062,500.00 75,000.00 Contribution by: Implementing Organization: 1,699,500.00 61,800.00 Partner Organization(s): (1) (2) Submit by E-Mail to ApplyRnD@pan.idrc.org.sg PROJECT PROPOSAL Introduction As the world enters a new millennium, women face new challenges in an era characterized by profound changes in how we communicate and how we produce, use and distribute information. ICT have made it possible for individuals, communities, nations and regions to interact and to share information and to communicate on a global level and scale and with a speed and ease that was unimaginable just a decade ago. If used critically and democratically, these technologies can be potentially powerful tools not only for economic development but also for promoting commonly held values of peace, justice and equality, including gender equality. Most Asian countries are now part of this global information and communication exchange. Experts' estimate that ten years from now, 70% of those on the Internet will be people living outside the United States. While the region's online population grows rapidly, women's presence in this new communicational space lags behind. Access to the ICT, especially the Internet, is particularly difficult for women in poorer and less urbanized areas where telecommunications infrastructures are poor. The problem lies not only in access to technology but also involves factors related to lack of equipment and other resources, absence of skills and training and language accessibility. Under these circumstances, addressing the inequities in access and use of computer information and communications technologies for women becomes critical for our empowerment and economic development. A survey conducted by the Association for Progressive Communication Women's Networking Support Program (APC-WNSP) in 1996, with Isis International-Manila as the regional focal point for Asia, found that despite economic and social obstacles, women are taking great strides in adopting electronic communications. This increased communication and sharing of knowledge has broadened the scope of online participation creating more equitable global women's forum online. Since then, a growing number of women's organizations has begun using these technologies for information, communication, advocacy and networking, despite limited opportunities to gain skills required to better utilize these technologies. At the same time, more women are discovering the value of these new technologies to support economic livelihoods and development. The APC WNSP survey polled women in 36 countries including five from Asia. It shows that more and more women are using E-mail, conferencing, mailing lists and web sites. Women are no longer just receivers or end-users of online information. Women are working hard to create relevant and useful resources for, by and about women. Women's resource, information and documentation centers along with other women's organizations that have long been active in repackaging and disseminating information about women's issues through print, radio and audio-visual means are increasingly venturing into the use of electronic networking to expand their reach. Women in the South, in particular, repackaged "offline" information into electronic formats to share widely with women online. Isis International-Manila also conducted a research and training project on women's radio programming Asia and the Pacific. Based on our initial research of 25 women's radio programs in 10 countries, there is a great deal of interest in an Internet-based women's news and information service among women working in radio. As pointed out by women broadcasters we interviewed for the research, next to funding, the lack of information is the most common problem that they face. The findings of the research identified the need for training on developing a news digest service that will make use of the Internet as its key distribution channel. Apart from the basics of Internet navigation and home page establishment, skills are also lacking in electronically linking with other national and international news services. Project Rationale AWORC is a project that has far reaching benefits to the women's movement regionally and globally. It will help expand existing regional networks in the women's movement, promote electronic resource sharing and build a regional information service that will support various women's advocacies specifically those that are very critical for the women in our region such as campaigns towards poverty alleviation, promotion of women's human rights and over-all women's empowerment as articulated in the BPFA. The project seeks to empower and equip individual women by developing skills using ICT. AWORC resulted from a workshop organized by Isis International-Manila on 20-23 April 1998 to explore strategies for electronic resource sharing and networking among women's information and resource centers in the region. It is part of our continued effort to develop empowering information and communication models that strengthen the women's movement in our region. Project Holder Isis International-Manila * Organizational goals Isis International-Manila moves information globally, to women and groups advancing women's rights, analyses and leadership, with special attention to Asia and the Pacific. Isis International-Manila links women around common concerns and advocacy toward challenging the patriarchal and elitist domination of ideas, information, communications and media. It is an organization with a 25-year history of involvement in developing empowering information and communication models and networks for women. In the last five years, Isis International-Manila strengthened further strengthened its capacity to provide access, training and mechanisms for women's participation in information and communication technologies through a concerted effort to engage with emerging information technologies. * Brief organizational history and on-going activities Established in Rome, Italy in 1974, to provide women with information and communication channels, and now based in Manila, Philippines since 1991. Isis International-Manila strengthens south-south and south-north linkages to enhance the capacity of the global women's movement to address old and new issues amidst a rapidly changing and complex environment. Isis International-Manila has a number of on-going activities: 1. Two regular publications: Women in Action, a magazine about women's issues, ideas, experiences, organizing activities and resources published three times a year; and Women Envision, a monthly publication (in print and electronically) providing the latest on women's issues and campaigns, conferences, training and other women's events worldwide and regionally 2. Isis International-Manila maintains information resources and electronic databases, and provides library services to people and organizations internationally 3. Isis International-Manila maintains a web site and e-mail conferences providing up-to-date information to people worldwide and provides links to other sites and women's organizations in the region 4. Isis International-Manila trains women in various information and communication skills such as resource center operations, electronic networking and web site development and radio broadcasting through its internship program and formal training programs. 5. Isis International-Manila promotes feminist analyses, perspectives, research and experiences through print and other forms of media and supports the development of women's skills in various aspects of publishing and media work (e.g., resource center development, e-mail and Internet training, radio, etc.). 6. Isis International-Manila links women for face-to-face exchange of perspectives and experiences to address common concerns, to share skills in cooperative learning, and to formulate strategies and alternatives for the women's movement. The following are some recent examples: a. Workshop on Strategies for Electronic Resource Sharing: Isis International-Manila brought together representatives from six women's information centers from Korea, Japan, Malaysia and the Philippines in April 1998 which resulted in the formation of AWORC. b. Asian Caucus: Isis International-Manila was instrumental in gathering the Asian Caucus during the 41st Session of the UN CSW meeting and was asked to serve as the secretariat of the Asian Caucus during the 42nd Session in order to channel information and communications within the region. In November 1998, Isis International-Manila organized a meeting of the Asian Caucus to prepare the 43rd session of the UN CSW meeting in March 1999 including regional activities towards the Five Year Review of the implementation of the BPFA. c. Research and Training Project on Women's Radio Programming in Asia and the Pacific: This is a three year project , which commenced in 1996, that examines how women's groups in the region make use of radio as a communication tool and consequently as a tool for empowerment. Moreover, it aims to upgrade the skills of women working in radio and develop concrete strategies to promote sustainability of women's radio projects in the region. One major component of the training is the workshop on developing an Internet-based News Digest Service that links this traditional medium of mass communication with the new information technologies. d. The Bahay ni Isis (House of Isis) which opened in October 1997 serves as a women's center which includes computer, communication and conferencing facilities and equipment for training workshops. AWORC members As of November 1998, AWORC has 11 member organizations from six countries: Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center (AJWRC), Japan Asia-Pacific Women's Information Network Center (APWINC), Korea The Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking Support Program (APC-WNSP) Asia Pacific Research and Resource Organization for Women (ARROW), Malaysia Asia-Pacific Women's Lawyers for Development (APWLD), Thailand College of Social Work and Community Development Library (CSWCD), Philippines Isis International-Manila (Philippines) -- Coordinator, AWORC, Philippines Institute for Women's Studies (IWS), Philippines JCA-NET, Technical Coordinator, AWORC, Japan Korean Women's Development Institute (KWDI), Korea Women's Information and Research Center, WIRC (Mongolia) Two organizations provide training and networking support for the project. These are JCA-NET, an online-communications organization and the Association for Progressive Communication Women's Networking Support Program (APC-WNSP). Partner Organization APWINC, a center that promotes ICT for women in Asia Pacific based at the Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul will provide the training facilities for the program. The Sookmyung Women's University currently holds the UNESCO Chair Project on communication technology for women. Project Summary Project components 1. A web site containing online information about activities, positions and analyses along the 12 critical areas of concern of the BPFA and its implementation in Asia and; 2. A training program of women's information providers and organizations in developing an Internet-based women's services; 3. A five-year review of the status of women and information technology in Asia towards producing a report and recommendations to the UN Beijing Plus Five Review Conference scheduled in June, 2000. Project Status Soon after the workshop held in Manila in April 1998, AWORC built its web site and uploaded it in July. Information in the web site includes a profile of participating organizations and a pilot multi-lingual search mechanism for its database. AWORC expanded its outreach throughout 1998 through its involvement in the following forums and conferences: 1. Know How Conference on the World of Women's Information in Amsterdam (August 22-26, 1998), where it was acknowledged as an innovative model for resource sharing among women's information centers. 2. East Asian Women's Forum in Mongolia (August, 1998) where it conducted an on-site electronic network training 3. AWORC also participated in an international symposium and regional consultation on women's status and communications technologies in Seoul in November, 1998. 4. AWORC launched its Beijing+5 section in March 1999. The site highlights resources and information on the BPFA Review in the Asia Pacific Region. 5. AWORC held the Asian Women's Electronic Network Training (WENT '99) (June 21-26, 1999) in Seoul, Korea. WENT '99 trained 23 women representing organizations involved in the Five-Year Review of the (BPFA) in using Internet-based communication tools to disseminate information on the review. 6. AWORC has conducted on-site reporting during the major meetings and events leading up to Women 2000, including the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Meeting last March 1999. During the Asia Pacific Women 2000 NGO Symposium (August 27 - September 4, 1999) held in Thailand, AWORC set up a Public Internet and E-mail Access Center for the participants, and was able to provide on-line on-site reports. Project Coordination and Personnel A project coordinating committee will be formed consisting of member organizations of AWORC. A project coordinator will be assigned to the project and a full time project associate will be hired. AWORC member organizations are electronically linked through an electronic mailing list which also serves as a venue for coordination of plans and activities. Objectives General Objectives 1. To develop cooperative approaches and partnerships in increasing access and exploring applications of new ICT for women's empowerment. 2. To build sustainable electronic resource sharing amongst women's organizations that support and strengthen existing networks within the women's movement in the region. 3. To develop resources that strengthen women and gender analyses of critical concerns of women regionally and globally. 4. To build a regional information service that will support critical advocacies of the women's movement in our region such as campaigns towards poverty alleviation, promotion of women's human rights and over-all women's empowerment as articulated in the BPFA. 5. To promote net literacy and electronic networking within the women's movement in Asia and build the capacity of women's organizations in the region in the overall application of ICT to enhance their work with women. Specific Objectives 1. To provide a venue for the participation of women's groups in the region in the Five -Year Review of the implementation of the BPFA of Action through the use of new electronic information tools. 2. To train women in electronic networking, developing electronic resources and services and in the overall application of ICT. 3. To provide increased access to new ICT to women's organizations with limited resources. 4. To conduct a five year review on the status of women and information technology in Asia towards producing a report and policy recommendations to the UN Beijing Plus Five Review Conference scheduled in June, 2000. 5. To develop mechanisms for the interface of two different communications mediums - specifically of radio with new information technologies -- through an Internet-based News Digest Service. Strategy Building an AWORC web site As an Internet based information service and network, one of AWORC's main strategies is to build a web site containing multi-lingual resources and databases highlighting contemporary and critical issues of women in the region. The information in the web site will be searchable through the continuous development a multi-lingual search mechanism. AWORC will pay special attention to bringing offline information online and inter-linking online resources about women's issues and the women's movement in Asia. It will also serve as a communication channel among women's organizations in this region in support of their advocacies. Capacity building of women in the region Capacity building is a key strategy towards increasing the participation of women's organizations in AWORC. Capacity building will include technical training of participating organizations in the overall use ICT for information sharing and networking. Technical expertise and support will be provided by JCA-NET, APC WNSP, APWINC and Isis International-Manila. Developing issue-based and content-based networks AWORC will develop issue-based and content-based networks on specific issues and advocacies along the 12 critical areas of concern in the BPFA. These electronic networks will provide virtual spaces for existing networks in the region in support of their advocacies. 1. The AWORC web site as an information Strategy for the Five Year Review of the Beijing Platform At the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Meeting in 1999, consultations concerning the conduct of the five-year review of the BPFA will commence. These consultations are in preparation for the CSW session in March 2000, and the UN Special Session on Beijing Plus Five in June 2000. The Special Session on Beijing Plus Five will include a review of governmental actions towards implementation of the BPFA. In order to contribute to the regional women's movement's five-year review of the BPFA, AWORC is building a site that will host information on local, national and regional review activities and provide a communication channel for women's organizations in the region involved in the review process. In the lead up to the Special Session on Beijing Plus Five in June 2000, the site can be developed as an authoritative source of information for women's campaigns, positions and analyses in relation to the implementation of the BPFA in the region. As women's organizations become involved in the review of the Platform for Action, the site will serve as an information focal point for the regional review process. Offline information disseminated through newsletters, magazines, and other printed forms can be translated for the web site. As the site grows, it can also be used as a communication and networking channel among organizations working on various aspects of the review process in Asia. AWORC will also link up with relevant electronic mailing lists that are also taking up issues defined in the BPFA and help other networks set up electronic equivalents of their networks. 2. On-Site Training on using ICT for women's advocacies In addition, AWORC will provide on-site training on ICT for advocacy in relevant women's regional conferences and meetings as well as other opportunities and key areas to be identified in the course of the project. Conducting research on the status of women and information technology in the region The research component of this project will focus on a five year review on the status of women and information technology in Asia towards producing a report and policy recommendations to the UN Beijing Plus Five Review Conference scheduled in June, 2000. The findings of this research will help identify the information and communication needs and gaps of women in the region which will also be valuable in determining the developmental direction for AWORC. Activities Web Site Development 1. Developing the AWORC database and its multi-lingual search mechanism 1. This requires the continuous contribution of information and resources from participating organizations to build up the database and the multi-lingual search mechanism to make the information on the web site searchable. Currently resources are in English, Korean and Japanese. Other languages will be identified depending on the capabilities of participating organizations. 2. Building a major section on the regional women's movement's involvement in the five year review of the BPFA This constitutes monthly updating of the web site with information on activities and events; reports and analyses from women's organizations and networks involved in the Beijing Review process. Information will be organized along the 12 critical areas of concern as defined by the Beijing Platform. This section will also host of campaigns by Asian women's organizations and networks. 3. Building resources about the women's movement in the region This will be done through the gradual compilation of a directory of women's organizations and by providing links to web sites, mailing lists, 'listservs' and other electronic resources of women's organizations in the region. 4. Expanding the project's pool of technical resource experts A team consisting of technically trained women from the participating organizations will be formed to provide the technical know-how and support for the project. This team will continuously be enlarged to include more women through the project's training component. Capacity Building Generally, capacity building geared towards training women in the overall use of ICT for information sharing and networking is the key to increasing the participation and sustaining the interest and motivation of women's organizations in AWORC. To address the lack of reliable local technical support which is a common barrier identified by women's groups, follow-up support activities will be provided online (and through phone and fax) to trainees. 1. Conducting training workshops to develop online information on contemporary issues of women These training workshops are meant to train women from various Asian countries to develop and produce information for the web site and will ensure that women's organizations are directly involved in its production and design. Women's organizations will be trained on Internet usage, web site development and the application and use of the AWORC search mechanism for databases. The training will be hosted by APWINC at the Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul, Korea, which has computer and Internet training facilities. Trainers will be provided by JCA-NET, Isis International-Manila, APWINC, APC-WNSP and by other AWORC organizations to be identified. 2. Conducting an Internet training workshop for women radio broadcasters. A training workshop for women's radio broadcasters for the development an Internet-based News Digest Service will be held. A module for developing an Internet-based news digest service will be conducted during the women broadcasters training conference that is also being organized by Isis International-Manila. This component is a step to link radio with the new information technologies. Five-year review on the status of women and information technology in the region. The five-year review will be conducted through a face-to-face consultation and a survey over the AWORC web site. 1. Organizing a regional consultation on reviewing the status of women and ICT The consultation of women's organizations in the region will be held in March,2000. The consultation will draw lessons from the experiences of the women's movement in the region in the last five years and develop policy recommendations that will be presented during the UN Beijing Plus Five Review Conference scheduled in June, 2000. The findings of this review will help identify the information and communication needs and gaps of women in the region which will also be valuable in determining the developmental direction for AWORC. 2. Conducting a survey and online conference through the web site. A survey designed to collect information about women's use, experiences, and specific needs in relation to ICT will be conducted through the AWORC web site. An online email conference will also be set up to provide a forum for exchange of ideas and to stimulate discussion among women's organizations involved in ICT around issues pertinent to the review. Anticipated Outcomes Specifically, the outcomes of the project will be: 1. A web site which will contain multi-lingual resources and databases highlighting contemporary and critical issues of women in the region. 2. A network of women trained in Asia trained in utilizing and developing Internet-based information services. 3. An electronic network of women's information providers and centers, communications organizations and other women's organizations. 4. A training module on Internet usage, web site development and electronic networking and an on-site training tool box containing a compilation of training materials for women. 5. A regional information service backed up by a regional network information on activities and events; reports and analyses from women's organizations and networks involved in the Beijing Review process. Information will be organized along the 12 critical areas of concern as defined by the Beijing Platform. 6. A five-year report and recommendations on the status of women and ICT in the region. 7. A pilot Internet-based News Digest Service for women's radio programs in the region. Anticipated Risks The major anticipated risk in the implementation of the project can be technical problems that occur from the breakdown of essential computer equipment. This can be avoided by ensuring constant and professional maintenance. Another possible risk is losing the project's technical experts to the booming information technology commercial sector. It is therefore essential to expand the project's pool of technical experts through training. Assessment Indicators Monitoring and evaluation of the project will be done in a number of ways. 1. An online feedback mechanism that will help evaluate usefulness of the information in the web site will be incorporated. 2. An on-line evaluation of the project that will be directed at ensuring the sustainability of AWORC and electronic networking in the region will be conducted at the end of the project. A report of the findings of the evaluation will be written and made available in the web and in print. 3. Meetings of the project coordinating committee to evaluate the project and finalize activity report. Timeline AWORC, as a project, began immediately after the workshop held in Manila in April 1998. During this period AWORC managed to develop and maintain a pilot web site, expand the number of participating organizations, promote AWORC at important international venues such as the Know How Conference on the World of Women's Information in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (August 22-26, 1998) and conduct an on-site electronic network training during the East Asian Women's Forum in Mongolia (August, 1998). AWORC also participated in an international symposium and regional consultation on women's status and communications technologies in Seoul, Korea in November, 1998. The network, through Isis International-Manila, also collaborated with the Asian Caucus to develop plans for the establishment of a an Internet-based information service for the five year review of the BPFA. This initial phase has laid the foundation for a two-year project from January 1999 - January 2000. (January - December 2000) Month Monthly updating of the web site with information on activities and events; reports and analyses of NGOs, government bodies and international agencies; information about organizations and networks involved in the Beijing Review process. January - December Redesigning website interface to develop a distributed publishing environment January - April Preparation of preliminary report on women and ICT based on regional consultation and information collected online survey and online conference discussions January Regional consultation meeting for the five year review of the status of women and ICT March Training workshop for Internet based radio news digest service for women March Usability testing of new website interface March -May Revision of pilot multi-lingual search mechanism March-July Preparation of final women and ICT report and uploading on AWORC website/distribution to individuals and organizations concerned May Participation during the UN Beijing Plus Five Conference; providing information support services through online reporting Conference activities for the web site; presentation of final report on women and ICT during the UN Beijing Plus Five Conference scheduled in June, 2000 (New York) June Uploading of UN Beijing Plus Five Conference; information about follow-up activities and networks July - December Collection and uploading of new data for multilingual database August- December Regional project evaluation meeting and training workshop by coordinating committee and other participating organizations; December BUDGET Items Budgetary Requirements Philippine Pesos Canadian dollars Philippine Pesos Canadian dollars 1. Website development a. Monthly updating of the web site with information on activities and events, reports and analyses for the Beijing Review process and general updating of website - communications support for participating organizations at $500 x 20 organizations 275,000.00 10,000.00 - translation support for participating organizations at $500 x 20 organizations 275,000.00 10,000.00 b. Technical assistance - web programmer at $1,000 per month x 12 months 330,000.00 12,000.00 - web master at $1000 per month x 12 months 330,000.00 12,000.00 - software programs Sub-total 880,000.00 32,000.00 330,000.00 12,000.00 2. Capacity building a. Regional training workshop - Seoul (5 days) - airfare for 25 participants at an average of $750 each 550,000.00 20,000.00 - food and accommodations at $100 x 25 x 5 343,750.00 12,500.00 - venue rental and equipment use at $500 x 5 68,750.00 2,500.00 - local travel and communications cost 41,250.00 1,500.00 - honoraria for 4 trainers 110,000.00 4,000.00 - training kits, supplies and other materials 27,500.00 1,000.00 b. Training Workshop for Internet News Digest for Radio - airfare at $1000for 2 trainers x 2 workshops 110,000.00 4,000.00 - honorarium for 2 trainers 55,000.00 2,000.00 - training kits, supplies and materials at $50 x 60 kits 82,500.00 3,000.00 Sub-total 247,500.00 9,000.00 1,141,250.00 41,500.00 3. Status of women and ICT- 5 year review a. Five-year review report - writing and editing 110,000.00 4,000.00 - printing of 100 copies at $30 per copy 82,500.00 3,000.00 b. Participation in UN Beijing Plus Five Conference - New York (7 days) - airfare for 2 participants at $2,500 each 137,500.00 5,000.00 - accommodations for 2 participants at $100 x 7 days 38,500.00 1,400.00 - per diem for two participants at $100 x 7 days 38,500.00 1,400.00 - communications costs for online reporting at $100 x 7 days 19,250.00 700.00 - supplies and materials 13,750.00 500.00 Sub-total 440,000.00 16,000.00 4. Project coordination and administrative support - Salary of project coordinator (1,500.00 x 12 months) 495,000.00 18,000.00 - Connectivity and communications cost 96,250.00 3,500.00 - Facilities, equipment use and office space at $400 per month x 24 months 132,000.00 4,800.00 Sub-total 495,000.00 18,000.00 228,250.00 8,300.00 Year total 2,062,500.00 $75,000.00 1,699,500.00 $61,800.00