Mapping Community’s Asset to Enhance the Effectiveness of ICT Programs

Abstract

In the effort of bridging a digital divide in Indonesia, the government has designed and applied ICT programs (e.g. telephone and internet), including the Universal Service Obligation (USO). The target that wants to be achieved by these ICT programs is to open the accessibilities in the districts where their communities have not gotten ICT services yet. By this program, the government hopes that the penetration of the ICT can be increased in order that all walks of life can use and exploit the ICT to develop their life quality and prosperity. However, in the reality, these programs have not been running well so that they have not been able to give the benefits and the significant alterations. Even, of all the programs that have been run, some of them do not continue any more. Therefore, the implementation of the ICT programs needs to be evaluated in order to improve and increase its effectiveness.