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telecentre.org telecentre.org Academy gets ready to train 10.000 telecentre workers

During 2010 and 2011 more than 10,000 telecentre workers will be able to gain knowledge and professional training through an eLearning system with standardized curricula developed by the telecentre.org Academy and endorsed by a number of open universities around the world. In the first step towards this effort, a "write-shop" is being organized in Singapore from 2-5 June 2009, where ten subject matter specialists from eight countries are expected to gather and, together, create a global certifi… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on May 28, 2009 at 2:13pm — No Comments

telecentre.org Latin America and the Caribbean telecentres move towards a united voice

The ability of telecentres to promote development through public access to information and communications technologies in Latin America and the Caribbean recently got a major boost. At the Telecentre Leaders Forum (TLF) in Brasilia, Brazil, more than 50 participants, drawn from key organizations and institutions that represent over 6,000 telecentres and nearly 20 million users, agreed to begin work to form a regional organization to strengthen the impact of grassroots telecentres across Latin Am… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on May 28, 2009 at 2:10pm — No Comments

telecentre.org telecentre.org English-language site crosses 1000 member mark while participation increases daily across all language sites

The English-language community of telecentre.org has crossed the 1000 member mark in fewer than 6 months and it keeps on growing. The rapid rise in membership reflects both the community's commitment to the telecentre movement and the value of what telecentre.org provides: a place to share information on all things telecentre and to seek help through the various online features including blogs, forums, groups, online events, and photo and video sharing. The younger Spanish-language site also hit… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on May 28, 2009 at 2:04pm — No Comments

telecentre.org Lithuania´s contribution to the groundbreaking Global Impact Study Research Project

Over the past year, Lithuanian researchers have criss-crossed the country, taking the scientific pulse of public access centres to information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Eastern European nation. Together with researchers in Bangladesh and Chile, they have just completed the first phase of a groundbreaking research project aimed at assessing the impact of public access to ICT on development. The Global Impact Study of Public Access to Information and Communication Technology is a… Continue

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telecentre.org Check out Telecentre Magazine latest issue

This issue features an interview with agriculture scientist and the father of the Green Revolution in India M S Swaminathan, an article about Networking the Latin American Telecentre Movement, a report from the First National Nenasala Convention in Sri Lanka: One Event, Multiple Outcomes, A Telecentre Debate: Are Telecentres Effective Tools for Financial Inclusion?, among many other interesting articles which deal with telecentres around the globe.… Continue

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telecentre.org The Public Access Study first findings

telecentre.org is closely collaborating with the Center for Information & Society (CIS) at the University of Washington (UW) in managing a large global project that aims to assess systematically the impact of publicly accessible venues to ICTs in developing and emerging countries. This project, co-funded by IDRC and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, recently completed its first phase in which the project generated an inventory and taxonomy of telecentre venues, as well as a series of… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on January 29, 2009 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

telecentre.org The Asia-Pacific Telecentre Network: a result of telecentre.org and UN Economic Commissions working together

The Asia-Pacific Telecentre Network (APTN) a collaborative initiative of telecentre.org and the United Nations' Economic and Social Commission for the Asia-Pacific (UN-ESCAP) was officially launched at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok on 19 November 2008, during a side event of the First Session of the Committee on ICT of ESCAP. The network will promote innovation and knowledge-sharing amongst Telecentre organizations in the Asia-Pacific region where Telecentres are growing expon… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on January 29, 2009 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments

telecentre.org Spanish website is now live!

The new telecentre.org website is now available in Spanish. It will soon be followed by sites in French and Arabic. telecentre.org's online communities highlight the people and organizations that make up the global telecentre movement, facilitate peer-to-peer support, and demonstrate the breadth and depth of public-access computing initiatives around the world. Communit… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on November 25, 2008 at 6:00am — No Comments

telecentre.org Telecentre-Europe Network goes official

The Telecentre-Europe network keeps growing and pushing the movement forward and now is ready to have its official launch. The announcement will take place at the e-Inclusion Ministerial Conference in Vienna, Austria, which will take place from November 30 to December 2. The 2008 e-Inclusion Ministerial Conference will showcase the best of e-Inclusion initiatives and shape t… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on November 25, 2008 at 6:00am — 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

telecentre.org telecentre-europe network successes

The telecentre-europe network Steering Committee met from September 11-14 in Timisoara, Romania, to talk about membership, services, knowledge sharing, and how to promote connections and collaboration among members. The committee conducted a progress review and began the development of a new strategic plan to strengthen network-building efforts. What they've accomplished so far is amazing, so we'd like to share some of it with you • Imp… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on September 30, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

telecentre.org telecentre.org research project presented to the World Library and Information Congress

telecentre.org, in partnership with the Center for Information & Society at the University of Washington Information School, is managing a research initiative that will — for the first time — measure the impact of public access to information and communication technology (ICTs) across the world. Investigating the Social and Economic Impact of Public Access to Information and Communication Technology (IPAI) is a five-year, CAD $7.2-million… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on September 8, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments

telecentre.org Supporting telecentre networks around the world

As part of our efforts to support telecentre networks around the world, we recently launched several new projects. In Chile, telecentre.org is supporting the Asociación de Telecentros Activos de Chile (ATACH) in their efforts strengthen their operational capacity, create a formal institutional structure, deliver new services, and expand its membership. Since its launch in 2001, ATACH has been at the forefront of Chile's telecentre movement, coordinating the… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on September 8, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments

telecentre.org Colombia: A small project with big results

In Colombia, as in many countries in Latin America, the telecentre landscape is characterized by the co-existence of different models with little coordination or interaction among them. These include telecentres established by a massive national government program (Compartel), by local government initiatives (Cali, Medellín, Manizales), by private companies (Empresa de teléfonos de Bogotá), and by NGOs and non-profit organizations (Colnodo, Universidad Autónoma del Cauca). Each model has its adv… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on August 26, 2008 at 11:05am — No Comments

telecentre.org telecentre.org joins UNESCO's Open Training Platform

telecentre.org has joined UNESCO's Open Training Platform (OTP), an online collaborative space to share learning materials and promote their use and re-use for non-commercial purposes. The OTP brings together materials from all UN agencies and over 750 other development institutions, from multilateral donors to community-based organizations. As an OTP partner, telecentre.org will contribute its Academy resources to th… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on July 1, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

telecentre.org Bangladesh Telecentre Network helps government to improve national ICT policy

The Bangladesh Telecentre Network (BTN), a telecentre.org partner network, was formally invited by the Government of Bangladesh to join the National Information and Technology (ICT) Policy review committee. The current policy was adopted in 2002 and BTN will join representatives from different segments of society to review and update it. Also on the committee is the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), Bangladesh Telegraph and Te… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on July 1, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

telecentre.org Telecentre by motorcycle: A modern missionary in rural Peru

Luis Caceres, a young engineer from the Asociación Especializada para el Desarrollo Sostenible (AEDES), drives his motorcycle high into the mountains, armed only with his passion to teach and a laptop. Since 2001, Luis has been bringing ICTs to rural populations in the La Union province, in Peru's Cotahuasi region. When he began his training trips computers, and especially the Internet, were far away from people's reality. After hundreds of… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on July 1, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

telecentre.org From Schools to telecentres: OLPC reaches Uruguayan telecentres

The Uruguayan network of telecentres RUTELCO_ telecentre.org partner in this country_ will collaborate with the Uruguayan government to implement the national One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative intended to reach every single child in public schools and now also every single telecentre in the country. Recently RUTELCO signed an agreement with OLPC representatives and the Uruguayan gover… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on June 17, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

telecentre.org Networking telecentres to empowering communities in Egypt

telecentre.org is excited to announce the approval of the Empowering Communities through Telecentre Networking project that will create a Central IT Club Entity (CITCE) in Egypt. This two-year project will support current efforts by the Government of Egypt through the ICT Trust Fund and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to develop a vibrant telecentre community. The initiative will provide coordinated support to all forms of telecentre activities in Egypt including on-demand help… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on June 17, 2008 at 6:00pm — 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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