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Source: www.lankabusinessonline.com Nov 27, 2009 (LBO) , A trial Sri Lankan commodity trade matching portal using mobile phones to improve marketing of farmer produce will need private sector investment to be sustainable, an official said. Chitra...
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e-Asia 2009 at Colombo, Sri Lanka
December 2, 2009 to December 4, 2009
Asia's premier event on Information and Communication Technologies- e-Asia 2009 Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies(CSDMS), India and Information and Communication Technology Agency, Sri Lanka have joined hands to organise eAsia 200...
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Hi All, This is a fruitful video regarding the ICT and its impact on growth. Good to refer this I guess. Indika
November 21
e-Asia 2009 at Colombo, Sri Lanka
December 2, 2009 to December 4, 2009
Asia's premier event on Information and Communication Technologies- e-Asia 2009 Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies(CSDMS), India and Information and Communication Technology Agency, Sri Lanka have joined hands to organise eAsia 200...
November 21
Ravi Gupta is attending Seuwandi Yapa's event
e-Asia 2009 at Colombo, Sri Lanka
December 2, 2009 to December 4, 2009
Asia's premier event on Information and Communication Technologies- e-Asia 2009 Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies(CSDMS), India and Information and Communication Technology Agency, Sri Lanka have joined hands to organise eAsia 200...
November 18
An event by Seuwandi Yapa was featured
e-Asia 2009 at Colombo, Sri Lanka
December 2, 2009 to December 4, 2009
Asia's premier event on Information and Communication Technologies- e-Asia 2009 Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies(CSDMS), India and Information and Communication Technology Agency, Sri Lanka have joined hands to organise eAsia 200...
November 18
Seuwandi Yapa added a video
The ICT industry has changed the way we live, work, and play. With the advent of wireless technologies, the emerging markets have witnessed a tremendous amou...
November 18
Thanks, Gavash.
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Many thankx to Gavash for sharing this video with telecentre.org :)
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eAsia 2009 Promo
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Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA)
Job Title
Community Facilitator
About Me (biography and organization description)
I Joined as a community facilitator at Information & Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka which hosting Asia Pacific Telecentre Network secretariat.
Areas of interest/expertise and types of services provided:
ICT development activities
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http://www.icta.lk
Blog
http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com
Email (please note that this website is public, including your profile information)
seuwandiy@icta.lk
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seuwandiyapa (skype)
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+94112369099
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No. 160/24, Kirimandala Mawatha
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Colombo 05
Country
Sri Lanka
Region
Asia
Languages (in order of preference):
English, Sinhala and Hindi
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Seuwandi Yapa

Sri Lanka Farmers Connect to Markets on Mobile Phones

Source: www.lankabusinessonline.com

Nov 27, 2009 (LBO) , A trial Sri Lankan commodity trade matching portal using mobile phones to improve marketing of farmer produce will need private sector investment to be sustainable, an official said.
Chitranganie Mubarak, a Senior Programme Head of the Information Communications Technology Agency (ICTA), said the project is part of efforts to use mobile phone and… Continue

Posted on November 27, 2009 at 3:35am —

Seuwandi Yapa

"ICTA deserves Nations's Plaudits"

Source: www.icta.lk

Much of the behind-the-scene work with regard to improvement in various services in the public and private sectors brought about through the use of ICT has been carried out by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA). The country owes to the ICTA a bouquet of praise for this. This was stated by Minister of Science and T… Continue

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 6:40am —

Seuwandi Yapa

Sri Lanka's e-Society Program shines at World Bank's Innovation Fair

Sri Lanka’s e-society program that connects the unconnected rural and disadvantaged communities to the world of information and communication through new technologies drew plaudits at the recent Innovation Fair held at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. The Innovation Fair was organized to draw attention of the top management of the World Bank to creative and fresh approaches in global development programs. The e-Society program was one of the six most distinctive projects from the South… Continue

Posted on November 2, 2009 at 10:07pm —

Seuwandi Yapa

Registrations now open for e-Asia 2009

eASiA2009, Asia's premier ICT event: conference and exhibition which is to be held in Sri Lanka at BMICH, Colombo from 02nd to 4th Dec 2009 is now ready to accept your registrations.
If you are interested in join with us, Please access following URL to register yourself.
http://www.e-asia.org/2009/registration.asp

Read More about e-Asia 2009… Continue

Posted on October 28, 2009 at 12:30am —

Seuwandi Yapa

ICTA assists Microsoft Sri Lanka’s 'Gamata IT' launched in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka

IT revolution in Nivithigala, Sri Lanka

Launched in the national Year of English and Information Technology, Microsoft Sri Lanka in collaboration with Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka has launched groundbreaking “Gamata IT” initiative, a series of activities aimed at taking Information Technology to the most remote rural communities of Sri Lanka, is another step in the Company’s long term journey to making IT accessible to all Sri Lankans. Consid… Continue

Posted on October 27, 2009 at 12:30am —

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At 3:32pm on November 26, 2009, Niranjan Meegammana gave Seuwandi Yapa a gift
For your efforts !
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At 11:30am on November 15, 2009, James Njoroge Gitau gave Seuwandi Yapa a gift
Microphone adds value to what you are doing by mobilizing all Tele-Centres worldwide keep up the good spirit
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At 5:31am on November 15, 2009, ANANTHA KESAVA said…
good photo graphs....... these are showing educationally how teach the childrens.
At 5:27am on November 15, 2009, ANANTHA KESAVA said…
what a great photo graph of helping of handcapped people its great thing of to educationaly learning cumputer. what a great pleasure of me. i join as a one of the member in your community
At 4:55am on November 09, 2009, Dr. Syed Mohammed Anwer gave Seuwandi Yapa a gift
Want to attend e-Asia 2009 Conf
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At 9:27am on October 30, 2009, Mohamed Naazim said…
hai, how are you ,i am naazim from polonnaruwa nenasala,
please join with us.to share your ideas to develope our nenasala centre.
At 10:40am on October 22, 2009, CHARITHA RASANA SENANAYAKA gave Seuwandi Yapa a gift
nice to meet u
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At 7:57am on October 21, 2009, Owino Fredrick gave Seuwandi Yapa a gift
Thanks for your reminder. am happy
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At 2:45am on October 21, 2009, Sandra Nassali gave Seuwandi Yapa a gift
Hello my dear Seu, hope all is well. Jus to wish you a good day :-))) San
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At 9:49am on October 19, 2009, Sameera Wijerathna said…
yes, thx.

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Im a It teacher In anuradhapura sri lanka. i will like to get any trainning prgramm conducted by icta and nenesala becuse i need upgrade my IT knowleghe. i wuld like to kind request for telecentre.org for fulfill my task .thanking you upul nishant...
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Hello Niranjan, thank you. Yes, agreed. But a wiki can give us the tool to move forward and bring along newcomers and grass roots champions who are looking for structure. This structure is to nurture innovation in all of the categories. Looking fo...
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I hope the TCF and community facilitators are taking cue on this thread.
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Niranjan Meegammana added a video
Shilpa Sayura piloted with 20 Telecenters in 2006, Now up-scaled and replicated in 150 Telecenters.
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The output of M&E serves as one among the good inputs to the process of decision-making leading not only to sustainability but also to effectiveness and up-scaling, i.e., expansion in depth and/or breadth.
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I think there are other useful tools aside from M&E that we can use to capture knowledge (experiences, learning, etc). And some of these probably are Profiling, Knowledge Exchange, and Research, or a combination of such tools. I am not fully aware...
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I would just like to share the following diagram that links knowledge to community development. The outputs of M&E and the M&E process itself is knowledge that is useful to the telecentre ecosystem.
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Dear Jan I agree with you on web 2.0 importance in democracy, but a wiki alone can't be the solution for telecenter 2.0 as the new wants are just not knowledge, business, advocacy, entertainment all that matters, we will need a new applications fo...
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Dear Alain This question is being asked by Richard Heeks in his ICT4D 2.0 Paper in a different way, Why donors do not invest in be wells to increase access to water and why they want to invest in ICT4D, an one possible answer he brings in is the i...
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SO I am agreeing with Polly, that the structure of the 5 questions is awkward in a ning to find coherence. Which is why I suggest the wiki, the preeminent web 2.0 mechanism, and one that is is democratic, based on a virtual community of collaborat...
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Jimmy, a TC dedicated bank is a good idea... however, why wouldn't the World Bank and the developing country governments that borrow from the World Bank, fund programs to eradicate the digital divide? In the 90's The World Bank started infoDev... ...
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I deeply agree with you Polly... it would be wonderful if TCF had an endowment then membership fees would not needed... When I approached a big donor recently to consider an endowment for GKP - arguing instant and guaranteed financial sustainabili...
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I am publishing a paper based on Shilpa Sayura in e-ASIA , I will upload it on this site.
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