Section: Networking & Events , Caribbean Telecentres
Regional Workshop of the Caribbean Community Telecentres July 20-22, 2006 Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic
May 21, 2006
The Foundation Taiguey obtained support from various 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 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 urban fringe where to 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
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 developing digital skills. Each telecentre is different but all converging on the use of technology for social and community development, reducing isolation, make contacts, promote health issues and create economic opportunities. Telecentres exist in almost all the world and are sometimes known under different names (eg rural knowledge centers, telecentres, community technology centers, community multimedia centers or school telecenters).
In addition we understand community telecentres as access devices (shared) of the ICT community and its services, allowing to exploit its potential for human development and social communities. Call centers may 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 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, 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 areas.
Specific Objectives:
1. Identify active initiatives 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 foundations and 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.
or selection criterion of having carried out with, as far as possible, a different sample and balanced:
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 to the work of group facilitation count on, and every 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 you organize? Commitments for the next phase.
But in www.taiguey.org / CTW .
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