Founded by Secretary General Kofi Annan’s United Nations ICT Task Force, the Global e-schools and communities initiative (GeSCI’s) mission is to collaborate with local partners to improve education, empower communities and accelerate socio-economic development, thereby supporting achievement of the MDGs by 2015, through the widespread deployment of ICTs in schools.
GeSCI’s Vision is to catalyse, support and partner with national/regional e-schools initiatives that bring ICTs to large numbers of schools and use ICTs to support effectively educational and community goals.
GeSCI’s strategy is to convene and align key stakeholders across all sectors and levels. Work with them to design effective “end-to-end” approaches incorporating ICT platform, content, user training and support, technical support and evaluation. Raise resources. Provide global services.