In Section: Telecentres Caribbean
Introducing the draft ACT! Ivate at the Conference of the network of telecentres in Jamaica
13 March 2008
This day on March 13, Yacine Khelladi Executive Coordinator of the Foundation Taiguey, I present the draft of the Caribbean Alliance Telecentre ACT! Ivate to the participants of the first Conference of the network of telecentres in Jamaica (Jamaica Community Center Multimedia Conference) . The objective of the proposed Act! Ivate is to build and sustain the internal mechanisms of the Alliance of the Caribbean Community Telecentres (ACT!) That is seen as a regional framework for sharing and promoting collaboration between telecentres in the Caribbean. The project is scheduled to begin mid-2008 with financial support from telecentre.org The concept of the project is based on the results of the workshop Caribbean Telecentre, to be held in the Dominican Republic in July 2006 with over 60 key players in the region (see http://taiguey.org/CTW. A working group after the workshop described the alliance of Telecentres of the Caribbean (ACT!) and that this project propner put in place the mechanism and organization for its continuity.
The Alliance of telecentres in the Caribbean (ACT!) Has come to promote exchange and cooperation between telecentres in the Caribbean, to consolidate the social impact of the initiatives of telecentres in communities and ensure their sustainability.
This includes:
- facilitate the sharing of knowledge and exchange of information
- facilitate the development of collaborative projects
- provide peer support - to sustain access to technical support to the telecentres in the region
- promote democracy, digital inclusion and the right to report information ea
- promote training for community and the capacity of social transformation in the marginal rural and urban communities
See the paper ACT! Full English:
http://taiguey.org/CTW/doc/CTW-task-force-ACT!-proposal-1-ENG.pdf
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