Section: Networking & Events , Caribbean Telecentres
Regional Workshop of the Caribbean Community Telecentres July 20-22 2006 Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic
May 21, 2006
Taiguey Foundation to get the support of several institutions to organize a regional workshop of community telecentres. The 3-day workshop meeting in Santo Domingo as of July 20 to 22, 2006, to around 30 players from the Caribbean Community Telecentres, with the objective of structuring a regional framework for exchange, learning and collective action. But in www.taiguey.org / CTW .
The objective is to contribute to the consolidation of these initiatives as a tool for human development in rural communities and / or urban fringe in which operate.
The workshop is organized by Taiguey Foundation with the collaboration and support of Telcentres.org (a project of IDRC, SDC and Microsoft), the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA), the UNESCO regional office, INDOTEL (government the Dominican Republic) and the consortium CARISNET.org.
Definitions
Is defined in Wikipedia:
A telecentre is a public place where people can use computers with access to the Internet and other technologies to help gather information and communicate with others while they develop digital skills. Each telecentre is different, but all converging on the use of technology for social and community development, reducing isolation, create contacts, promoting health issues and create economic opportunities. Telecentres exist in almost all the world and are sometimes known under different names (eg rural knowledge centers, information centers, community technology centers, multimedia centers or telecenters school).
In addition we understand community telecentres as access devices (shared) of the ICT community and its services, enabling to exploit its potential for human development and social communities. Telecentres can be owned by the community, government, private business or not, but everyone should have a social mission or purpose. They are generally located in poor rural areas or in marginal urban areas, where private operators do not see traditional service benefit in providing access to ICTs.
Caribbean countries and territories considered: Antigua, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Guyana, French Guyana, Grenada, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, USVI.
Main objective:
Contribute to the consolidation of the Caribbean Community Telecentres (see definition below) as a tool for human development in rural communities and / or urban slums.
Specific Objectives:
1. Identify initiatives operating in the Caribbean (all types: NGOs, academic, private, government, throughout the Caribbean)
2. Identify and analyze together the challenges and needs of these initiatives
3. Collectively identify what could be treated by a regional initiative and how;
4. Set the scene and the steps to follow for a permanent regional structure of exchange and collaboration.
Participants
or will be invited about 30 people working directly in initiatives (telecentre practitioners, managers, researchers, donors)
o Priority will search the / as who are involved / as in current operations.
Priority will be given or the / os are pro-activos/as to support the preliminary study.
o The selection criteria have performed with, as far as possible, a diverse and balanced sample:
or sectors (private, NGOs, government, etc..)
or English-speaking participants, French, Spanish and Dutch
or methodologies, development approaches and different models of telecentres.
Features of the workshop:
or 3 full days in the Dominican Republic
or Multilingual (simultaneous translation)
Few or plenary presentations, introductory work with group facilitation to tell, and each day with specific goals:
o Day 1: Presentation of the Study. Identify common needs and priorities of the actors in the field;
or Day 2: Other networks, experiences. What can be treated collectively and regionally?
or Day 3: Next Steps. How do we organize? Commitments for the next phase.
But in www.taiguey.org / CTW .
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