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 obtained support from several institutions to organize a Regional Workshop Community Telecentres. The 3-day workshop meeting in Santo Domingo as of July 20 to 22, 2006, to around 30 players in the Caribbean Community Telecentres, in order to structure a regional framework for exchange, 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 in rural communities and / or in marginal urban areas that operate.
The workshop is organized by Foundation Taiguey, with the cooperation 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
In Wikipedia it is defined:
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 converge on the use of technology for social and community development, reducing isolation, bridging the digital divide, promoting health issues and create economic opportunities. Telecentres exist in almost all the world and are sometimes known under different names (such as rural knowledge centers, infocentres, community technology centers, community centers or telecenters multimedia school).
Furthermore, we understand the community telecentres as access devices (shared) of the ICT community and its services, enabling their potential for human development and social communities. Telecentres can be owned by the community, government, private business or not, but everyone must have a social mission or objective. They are usually located in poor rural areas or in marginal urban areas, where traditional private service operators 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 Guiana, Grenada, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, USVI.
Goal:
Contributing to the consolidation of the Caribbean Community Telecentres (see definition below) as a tool for human development in rural communities and / or urban fringe.
Specific Objectives:
1. Identify active initiatives in the Caribbean (all types including NGOs, academic, private, government, throughout the Caribbean)
2. Collectively identify and analyze the challenges and needs of these initiatives
3. Collectively identify what could be handled by a regional initiative and how;
4. Set the scene and the steps to follow for a permanent regional structure for exchange and cooperation.
Participants
or will be invited about 30 people working directly on initiatives (practitioners, managers of call centers, researchers, donors)
o Prioritize seek sex who are involved / as in ongoing operations.
o give priority to the / os are pro-activos/as to support the preliminary study.
o The selection criteria have to undertake, as far as possible, a diverse and balanced sample:
or sectors (private, NGOs, government, etc..)
or English-speaking participants, French, Spanish and Netherlands
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 that counted group facilitation, and every day with specific goals:
or 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 addressed collectively and regionally?
or Day 3: Next Steps. How do you organize? Commitments for the next phase.
But in www.taiguey.org / CTW .
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