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Bev, thanks for sharing this - it brings me back to the summit and the energy.
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A new book entitled "SUTURING THE DIGITAL GASH: A European transnational project" has been published and it is available for download on this site (telecentre.org) thanks to the kind contribution of Gabriel Rissola from the Fundació Ciutat de Vil...
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A new book entitled "SUTURING THE DIGITAL GASH: A European transnational project" has been published and it is available for download on this site (telecentre.org) thanks to the kind contribution of Gabriel Rissola from the Fundació Ciutat de Vil...
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A new book looking at the experience of telecentres in Europe


A new book entitled "SUTURING THE DIGITAL GASH: A European transnational project" has been published and it is available for download on this site (telecentre.org) thanks to the kind contribution of Gabriel Rissola from the Fundació Ciutat de Viladecans. The link to the book is below.… Continue

Posted on March 19, 2009 at 11:30pm —

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The book "Wireless Networking in the Developing World" is now available

Last October, 2008: The WNDW team announced the release of the third Spanish translation of Wireless Networking in the Developing World. This is the latest contribution to the growing collection of WNDW translations, which also include English, Arabic, French, and Italian.

In the developing world, one book can often be equivalent to a library. Access to books is difficult where there are few libraries or book stores, and there is often little money to pay for them. By releasing this book for fr… Continue

Posted on January 14, 2009 at 1:04pm —

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The Future of Google Book Search

Some of you may have already heard that Google finally reached an agreement with authors and publishers (settling in court for over $125 million) to be able to expand their Google Books service. Now they will start to offer their still in copyright scanned books for purchase (out-of-copyright books are free). For now this agreement is only binding in the US.

The implications of this agreement are important to people who cannot normally access prohibitively expensive books. Students, researchers… Continue

Posted on December 22, 2008 at 2:30pm —

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Publication of practical guide to computer recycling

UNESCO is launching a free practical guide to computer recycling for entrepreneurs and project sponsors, on the occasion of a conference on Digital Solidarity being held in Lyon (France). UNESCO's partners in this project are the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), French consultants Tic Ethic, non-governmental organizations, Emmaüs Solidarité Ouagadougou and Ateliers du Bocage, along with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

The publication of th… Continue

Posted on December 3, 2008 at 2:42pm —

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Free courses offered by the IADB

The IADB is offering, on a temporary basis, courses on Monitoring and Evaluation for projects and Logical Framework. The courses are available on CD format and can be requested from the IADB website.
These CDs will be available on this site until December 31, 2008.

Follow this link to obtain them: Free IADB courses

Posted on November 8, 2008 at 8:59pm —

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At 11:35am on October 2, 2008, Partha Sarker said…
Silviajii, need some basic information (what, when, where) on your photos. If possible, please organize those in an album. Please see our discussion on photo/video here: http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2086278%3ATopic%3A5725

Best wishes,

Partha
At 7:29pm on October 1, 2008, Valter Cegal said…
Hello Silvia,

We need to talk again.
Please send me an email message so that we can organize a call for next week.
Thanks, Valter
At 12:54pm on October 1, 2008, Angélica María Rojas Muñoz said…
Hola Silvia, espero te encuentres muy bien, ¿me puedes enviar el mail de contacto de Melinda Bandalaira? necesito enviarle un texto sobre el curriculum de la academia y no la encuentro en la comunidad del blog.

Gracias!!
Angélica Rojas
Chile
At 4:05am on September 30, 2008, Marta Mans said…
Hola!! Bueno, este comentario para ti y para Agustín...Encontré un aviso en mi móbil que decía: agustin silvia, salvando la galaxia, la parodia, la butaca.
No sé si es un mensaje en clave, quizás tu y Agustín podéis ayudarme, yo sé que eran dos cosas las que tenía que responderme Agustín pero que tú también sabías...
:)

un beso!

Marta
PD este es el mensaje más raro que por ahora tienes en tus comentarios
At 10:22am on September 11, 2008, José Avando Souza Sales said…
Hola silvia,

Muchas gracias por invitarme a hacer parte de su red.
Usted estará en Barcelona para la reunión de Academia de Telecentros??

Saludos,

Avando.
At 11:22am on September 10, 2008, Silvia Caicedo said…
Duele tenerla asi y si no tengo tiempo ... si, claro nos vemos luego - muyr pronto!!
At 11:08am on September 10, 2008, Marta Mans said…
jeje lo sé...ahora ya está..y creo que mi foto es quizás un poco seria jiji.Oye tu página está trabajada, muy bien, tendré que ponerme pero no tengo tiempo!un abrazo y hasta bien pronto!

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Silvia Caicedo works as a Program Officer with telecentre.org. Her responsibilities include programming and project development for Latin America and the Caribbean in for telecentre.org.

telecentre.org is a global community of people and organizations committed to increasing the social and economic impact of grassroots telecentres. Learn more about telecentre.org in the “About” section of this website.

Silvia has worked in the international development field since 1997. Her knowledge and experience cover many areas: ICTs for development, online and F2F facilitation, organizational change, monitoring and evaluation, gender issues in ICTs, natural resources management, echohealth, and water quality monitoring.

She developed and implemented the AQUAtox project, an International School Network on Water Toxicity, which now is managed by the PanAmerican Health Organization. For more detailed information about the project visit: http://www.cepis.org.pe/aquatox/

Her academic training cuts across a number of disciplines at recognized universities in Canada and abroad (Ecuador). Fields include: Teacher’s Training, Education and Languages (B.Ed); International Development, Sociology and Gender Analysis (B.A & M.A). Master’s degree focused on the gender, cultural and relational changes taking place in Newfoundland in the wake of the cod crisis.
Areas of interest/expertise and types of services provided:
ICTs for development, online and F2F facilitation, organizational change, monitoring and evaluation, gender issues in ICTs, natural resources management, echohealth, and water quality monitoring.
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