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Shipra Sharma 6th Convention of Grameen Gyan Abhiyan (Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge Centre) December 20-21, 2009 (The Inaugural Session)

The MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) organised the 6th Convention of the Grameen Gyan Abhiyan (Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge Centre) at the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) at Pusa Road, New Delhi. This year the focal theme of the convention was: “Rural Knowledge Revolution for Agrarian Prosperity and Sustainable Livelihood Security”. The convention was… Continue

Added by Shipra Sharma on December 23, 2009 at 6:06am — No Comments

Esther Nasikye Africa - are you connected? Telecentre practitioners, here is a chance to have your say!

Is the web your window to the world? Or are you struggling to connect?

BBC News is preparing a series of reports from Africa - asking if the arrival of high speed broadband internet will make any difference to people's daily lives. Are you in Africa?… Continue

Added by Esther Nasikye on September 8, 2009 at 3:00am — No Comments

C.Ashok How e-content helps telecentres to sustainability.......

Please share your valuable ideas, how we can get telecenters to sustainability through e-content? not only the internet usage other than that, what are the ways or methods to get income to telecentres using e-contents. Using offline content we can get income by selling, copying & etc. Continue

Added by C.Ashok on August 17, 2009 at 9:19am — No Comments

Shipra Sharma eIndia is Here Again!!!

eIndia 2009, the fifth one in the series of very popular conferences organised by Centre for Science Development and Media Studies (CSDMS), is scheduled to take place from 25th to 27th August, 2009 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad, India. This conference is co-organised by the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India; and Information Technology & Communication Department, Government of Andhr… Continue

Added by Shipra Sharma on July 22, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

RUMI MALLICK Sustainability of telecentres- Feedback from grassroots NGOs

In a recently concluded capacity building workshop conducted by NASSCOM Foundation ( as a part of the NASSCOM Knowledge Network programme) for NGOs interested to start telecentres, participant’s views on sustainability of services reinstates what previous studies have indicated. Some of the prominent feedback were- ICT Vs non-ICT services at the telecentre Participant grassroots NGOs were of the view that non-ICT services hold equal potential value in the sustainability of telecentres as ICT or… Continue

Added by RUMI MALLICK on July 21, 2009 at 7:05am — No Comments

RUMI MALLICK Training grassroots NGOs to set up and run telecentres

In order to train grassroots NGOs to set-up and run telecentres, NASSCOM Foundation inked up with eleven NGOs with forty participants in a five days capacity building workshop in the state of West Bengal, ( located in the eastern part of India) India. NASSCOM Foundation (NF) partners with a large number of not-for-profit organization (NGOs) and voluntary groups for scaling up telecentres under the NASSCOM Knowledge Network (NKN) programme. A key component of implementing this programme and scali… Continue

Added by RUMI MALLICK on July 21, 2009 at 6:59am — 1 Comment

Sabyasachi Kashyap Government plans an SPV for strengthening telecentres in India

The Government of India is planning to float a new company CSC e-governance Services India Ltd to provide back-end services to the huge network of 1,00,000 telecentres (common service centres), across the country that have sprung up to take IT to rural India. The company, a special purpose vehicle (SPV), being set up by the department of information technology, will be a first of sorts for the government in the IT sector where it has largely avoided venturing except for specialised bodies. Senio… Continue

Added by Sabyasachi Kashyap on June 30, 2009 at 1:23am — No Comments

Martin J. Murillo New humanitarian technologies, Telecentres, Deseases, and the near future

It is well known that most technological advances emerged as a consequence of research and development for military purposes. The Internet and the GPS (Global Positioning System) technologies themselves started as an initiative of DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) [1]. Other technologies such as communication satellites and our beloved microwave oven also came as a result of heavy military resear… Continue

Added by Martin J. Murillo on May 30, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

Raymond Hyma Public Access to ICT Pulled Apart – A peak into the research of exploring the impact

Until now, measuring the impact of public access to ICT in various thematic sectors such as education, health, employment, civic engagement and cultural preservation has been difficult in the absence of a comprehensive effort to develop an appropriate research approach and assessment tools. The Global Impact Study of Public Access to ICT (or Global Impact Study in short) is a complex and multifaceted project that attempts to tackle such a challenge and… Continue

Added by Raymond Hyma on May 20, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Nabil Eid ICTs training for capacity building People with Disabilities

ICTs training for capacity building People with Disabilities ICTs training for capacity building, empowerment and combating poverty among the people with disabilities in their communities. ICTs offer individuals the ability to compensate for special needs to access knowledge by adaptin… Continue

Added by Nabil Eid on May 13, 2009 at 10:21am — No Comments

Catalina Cruz Cuellar Colombia: Online the first training cycle of the National Academy of Telecentres 2009.

The Ministry of Communications through the Access and Social Development, Colnodo, Telecentre.org and Esplai Foundation currently trains about 450 managers and monitors of telecenters, organized into 9 virtual courses offered the first training cycle of 2009 the National Academy of Telec… Continue

Added by Catalina Cruz Cuellar on March 31, 2009 at 4:37pm — No Comments

Jenara Nerenberg A CNN For the Base of the Pyramid?

I am a Writer for NextBillion.net and would love to hear from the Telecentre.org community about the role of Telecentres in giving the poor access to income-generating opportunities, through ICT education and training. Continue

Added by Jenara Nerenberg on February 13, 2009 at 10:47pm — 2 Comments

C.Ashok Contents for Nenasalas (Rural Knowledge Centres and eLibraries)

Now I am working as a Content officer for Nenasalas, I am willing to know more information or Lesson learned form someone how to deploy Online & Offline Content and Services to Nenasalas The e-Sri Lanka program was initiated by ICT Agency with the view of harnessing the benefits of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) towards poverty reduction and growth along with peace building. Nenasalas (Rural Knowledge Centres and eLibraries), that are being set up in the rural areas, are t… Continue

Added by C.Ashok on January 5, 2009 at 12:00am — 2 Comments

Catalina Cruz Cuellar Colombia: Will open new Telecentre Compartel in 2009

It's very satisfying to know that it is planned by the Compartel program of the Ministry of communications open more telecentres throughout the country, where many people will benefit. It was also estimated to reach populations where there is no access to information technology. As framed in the no… Continue

Added by Catalina Cruz Cuellar on December 9, 2008 at 3:35pm — No Comments

Cuchie Echeverria telecentre.org team visits Philippine eCenters

On November 17 and 18, telecentre.org officials headed by Program Manager Florencio Ceballos visited three different telecentres (locally branded as "Community eCenters" or "CeCs") in the Philippines. Accompanying Mr. Ceballos were Ms. Jacqueline Loh, Senior Research Officer of telecentre.org… Continue

Added by Cuchie Echeverria on November 26, 2008 at 5:01am — No Comments

telecentre.org Building sustainability

In a world that keeps changing by the minute, where ICTs are in the core of the changes, telecentres need to stay updated and be able to adapt and incorporate new products and services. With this in mind, telecentre.org will share its knowledge about innovative social enterprise models with professionals involved in corporate social and environmental responsibility from South America and the Caribbean. telecentre.org will participate at the sixth Inter-American… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on November 25, 2008 at 5:30am — No Comments

telecentre.org Telecentres work in Colombia reaches the streets

Two children pose for pictures with telecentre practitioners in a poor neighborhood in Medellín, Colombia. They laugh and make conversation with the visitors. After the pictures are taken they ask “Could you give us the address of the website where you will upload the pictures?” Silvia Caicedo, telecentre.org's Program Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, explained that this anecdote shows how ICTs are now a part of Colombian society, even in the poorest districts of Medellín. This is, i… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on November 25, 2008 at 5:30am — No Comments

akram mohammed ahmed we need to know what is telecentre

Telecentre experiences are limited in sudan , so that we need define to what is , telecentre are public places offering shared access to a range of information and communication services for specific community development purposes. Continue

Added by akram mohammed ahmed on November 23, 2008 at 4:04am — No Comments

Vidyaratha Kissoon "What is a telecentre?" ... SMART Toolkit Training Workshop, St Lucia, 17 Nov to 21 Nov

"What is a telecentre?" was the question asked by one of the participants at the SMART Toolkit training workshop being held in St Lucia, 17 to 21 November. I am the last day in St Lucia to attend the SMART Toolkit training workshops. The SMART Toolkit is an evaluation tool developed for information products, projects and services - and many of these are offered by telecentres. The partners in the toolkit production are CTA, IICD… Continue

Added by Vidyaratha Kissoon on November 21, 2008 at 9:29pm — No Comments

akram mohammed ahmed what is telecentre gate

I m very happy these morning i presented Paper in what is the telecenter gate and the vision and mision of the telecenter in Mena workshop in cairo Continue

Added by akram mohammed ahmed on November 20, 2008 at 4:05am — No Comments

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Md. Rayhanul Islam Ratan replied to Wandila Simon's discussion 'Free and Open Source Software ; challenges and opportunities in telecentres'
thank you for Open source software but i want this softwere in my telecentre please help me.
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Wandila Simon replied to Wandila Simon's discussion 'Free and Open Source Software ; challenges and opportunities in telecentres'
Dear Vidyaratha, I agree with that there is limited software to enable billing . Have you checked all the links that I have provided up here? There must one that has a link to billing software. You can also check the following links : http://www.a…
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Wandila Simon replied to Wandila Simon's discussion 'Free and Open Source Software ; challenges and opportunities in telecentres'
Thanks George for the sharing. You have nicely highlighted on cost-effectiveness of using free and open source software and the need to spend on technical skills to make good use of the software. I agree with you that there should not be completly…
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Vidyaratha Kissoon replied to Wandila Simon's discussion 'Free and Open Source Software ; challenges and opportunities in telecentres'
Dear Wandila thanks for sharing these resources and to open the discussion. I think the problem has been that there is limited software to enable 'billing' , and to manage the time of the user sessions. Apart from those issues, there are FOSS option…
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Hello Bhakta I would like to have more details about this volunteering opportunity. My email address raul.franco@gmail.com I am currently traveling in Asia and would be interested to help and build a better telecentre network across Nepal. I might…
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George Mwika Kayange replied to Wandila Simon's discussion 'Free and Open Source Software ; challenges and opportunities in telecentres'
Thanks Wandila, Seuwandi and others for this important debate. I just want to inform you that this morning i was contributing to another discussion list on Raising Voices, on a different topic entiled "Funders and Citizen Media" and i brought up so…
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Wandila Simon replied to Wandila Simon's discussion 'Free and Open Source Software ; challenges and opportunities in telecentres'
Hello everybody ! Thanks to all of you who are taking part is this discussion. This is really an interesting topic and it has just come at the right time. Lets continue sharing. Wandila
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Wandila Simon replied to Wandila Simon's discussion 'Free and Open Source Software ; challenges and opportunities in telecentres'
Dear Ranabir, Your sharing is an indication of the practical opportunities that free and open source software has , Iam realy impressed with this practical sharing . I hope all telecentre operators having a glance at this have their eye caught . I…
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