It seems as if women are underrepresented or may contribute less in debates such as these. These are some of the reasons why we need a gender perspective. One important strategy will to strengthen women's voluntary and community organisations, many of whom weer already pioneering the use of communication technologies and networks, she said. Market power will not make a true and efficient on-line public service. Let's consider the education system.
Drastic effort is needed on the training of teachers.
Furthermore problems of widespread access in society will not be solved by waiting for the telecom market to lower the prices, he said. Mirta Galesic of the Institute for Consumer and Social Research in Croatia, said that in Croatia, as in other developing countries, the main reason for not using the Internet is cost. The cost of a computer alone is around five times the average monthly wage. Efforts should be taken to ensure that the Internet is freely available in every school and public library of even the smaller settlements. But many Croatian people, including decision-makers, still can't see the potential of the Internet.