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Regional Workshop of the Caribbean Community Telecenters 20-22 July 2006 Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic
21 May 2006
The Foundation Taiguey to get the support of several institutions to organize a workshop of the Regional Community Telecentres. The 3-day workshop held in Santo Domingo at 20-22 dated July 2006, about 30 actors of the Caribbean Community Telecenters, with the aim of structuring a regional framework for sharing, learning and collective action. But in www.taiguey.org / CTW.
The aim is to contribute to the consolidation of these initiatives as tools for human development of rural communities and / or urban fringe in which to unfold.
The workshop is organized by Foundation Taiguey, with the cooperation and support of Telcentres.org (a project of IDRC, Microsoft and SDC), the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA), the UNESCO regional office, the INDOTEL (government the Dominican Republic) and the consortium CARISNET.org.
Definitions
Wikipedia defines:
A Public telecentre is a place where people can use computers with Internet access and other technologies that help gather information and communicate with others while developing digital skills. Each telecentre is different but they all converge on the use of technology for social and community development, which reduces the isolation, creating contacts, promoting health issues and create economic opportunities. Telecentres exist in almost all over the world and are sometimes known under different names (for example rural knowledge centers, infocentres, technology centers, community centers or community multimedia telecentres school).
In addition we understand the community telecentres as devices to access (shared) of the community to ICT and its services, allowing their potential for human and social development of communities. Telecentres can be owned by the community, government, private business or not, but everyone should have a social mission or objective. They are usually located in poor rural areas or in marginal urban areas, where traditional private operators of the service do not see 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, West Indies 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 of rural communities and / or urban fringe.
Specific Goals:
1. Identify active initiatives in the Caribbean region (of all kinds: 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 addressed by a regional initiative and how;
4. Set the bases and steps for a permanent regional exchange and collaboration.
Participants
or will be invited about 30 people who work directly on initiatives (promoters and managers of telecentres, researchers, donors)
or are seeking priority in the sexes that are involved / as in current operations.
or Priority will be given to the sexes that are pro-activos/as support in the preliminary study.
o The selection criterion of having done with as far as possible, a diverse and balanced sample:
or sectors (private, NGO, government, etc.)
or participants speaking English, French, Spanish, Dutch and
or methodologies, approaches to development and various models of telecentres.
Features of the workshop:
or 3 days in the Dominican Republic
Multilingual or (simultaneous)
Few or presentations in plenary; introductory work of the group that will have facilitation, and every day with specific goals:
or Day 1: Introduction to the Study. Identify common needs and priorities of the players 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 ourselves? Commitments for the next phase.
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