TIGblogs - Group - telecentre.org http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us Titulo: The Participative Citizen http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/315525 Description: Citizenship is a constantly changing and contested notion
within which three core aspects can be identified: rights, duties and
participation: ï‚· The citizen with rights is the citizen as service
user accessing public services either offline or online through
electronic service delivery. ï‚· The citizen with duties is the citizen
paying taxes or voting in elections, who may be using electronic tools
to do so, for example online voting or online tax returns. ï‚· The
participative citizen is one who actively engages in political life
through a variety of mechanisms including public discussion and
debate. In the context of participation, the administration can learn
from the citizen and vice versa in an environment of mutual
enrichment. This is increasingly being facilitated through online
tools and mechanisms such as online consultations and online
petitions, although there are associated concerns about the extent to
which such activities widen representative participation, or amplify
existing participation.
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________________________]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:35:00 EST http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/315525 7.15 3.357.153.35 Copyright and digital divide in Mexico http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/301961 Actualmente en México se descargan más de 50 millones de canciones por semanas por medio de redes P2P, más de 17 millones de éstas descargas se realizan en cybercafés (La Jornada, 4/12/07) . Por esta razón, la Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonograma y Videograma (www.amprofon.org.mx) y el Instituito Mexicano de la Propiedad Intelectual (www.impi.gob.mx) han arremetido leglamente con 30 demandas de carácter civil contra cybercafés de la Ciudad de México.

Es impoisble imaginar una política más erronea en el ataque a la piratería que demandar leglamente kioskos de Internet. En palabras de Fernando Hernández, director general de AMPROFON, "Efectivamente le dimos al centro del problema de la piratería por Internet, que son aquellos jóvenes con poco poder adquisitivo que tienen que acudir a un establecimiento a hacer sus tares, pero vemos que lo que hacen es violar la ley autoral". (La Joranada, op.cit) La solución para el Sr. Herrandez es cerrar el cyber donde estos jóvenes hacen la tarea. Preferible abonar a la brecha digital a que los Stone Temple Pilots, los Kings of Leon o Paulina Rubio pierdan millones en regalias. ¿En verdad son los cybercafés responsables de las redes de pirateria, por cierto P2P? ¿Qué sigue, la incautación de PCs caseras? ¿cuántas garantías individuales y derechos humanos viola esta medida?

Si los señores de AMPROFON y el IMPi están tan preocupados por el copyright les recomiendo se suban al metro. Muchos de los discos quemado (que no todos son pirata) son vendidos en el metro del D.F. por organizaciones de invidentes o discapacitados. ¿los deberian encarcelar en defensa de Thalia? Por si las dudas, (es irónico) yo solo compro discos quemados con canciones que tienen más de 30 años, entreo otros de Dámaso Pérez Prado.

El IMPI en su página anuncia la medida e invita al navegante a calificarla en linea. Todos deberiamos accesar (www.impi.gob.mx) y votarla como una mala política.
]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:25:00 EST http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/301961 16.3333333 -96.616.3333333-96.6 Communities of Practice and virtual learning communities: benefits, barriers and success factors http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/274325 A virtual Community of Practice (CoP) is a network of individuals who share a domain of interest about which they communicate online. The practitioners share resources (for example experiences, problems and solutions, tools, methodologies). Such communication results in the improvement of the knowledge of each participant in the community and contributes to the development of the knowledge within the domain.
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]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:11:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/274325 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 Tanzania Telecentre Network launched http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/273393 The Tanzania Telecentre Network was launched at a meeting on 25 -27 October 2007 in Mwanza, Tanzania. Over 27 participants most from telecentres attended the meeting. The workshop was supported by the International Institute for Communication and Development, SwopNet and UgaBYTES.

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]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/273393 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 Farmers take to Internet surfing during leisure http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/273357
SYANGJA, Oct 19 - Farmers here in Mayatari VDC of Syangja have grown a curious interest. After a long day#39;s labor, many farmers here spend time at the village Community Information Center surfing the information superhighway.
Jagat Bahadur KC, one among such farmers who has become fond of information technology lately, quips, quot;Though I am a farmer by occupation, how can I stay detached from information technology in this age?quot;

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]]> Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/273357 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 Mobile Pricing Benchmarks in Latin America http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/272289 ]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/272289 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 Strengthening the Telecentre Movement in Tanzania http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/271669 The East Africa Telecentre Leaders Forum (EATLF) discussions have started bearing fruits. The Tanzania Telecentre Network will be launched during a workshop on 25 - 27 October 2007. It was the decision of the second EATLF in October 2006 that countries form National telecentre networks. In February 2007, the Kenya Network of Telecentres (Kentel) was formed and this week will see the birth of the Tanzanian Network.
The Tanzania network aims:
To provide a platform for telecentres leaders to exchange ideas and knowledge on rural development.

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]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/271669 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 NESsT leads discussion on Social Enterprise for telecentres http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/271663 The online session of the East Africa Telecentre Leaders Forum (EATLF), is focusing on social enterprise and how to sustain telecentres. The discussion is lead by NESsT social enterprise director, Loic Comolli. NESsT  has for the past two years partnered with the International Development Research Center (IDRC) and telecentre.org to increase the sustainability of telecentres and their networks around the world.

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]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/271663 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 Weekly News Roundup - Africa October 19 http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/270165 Six Kenyan Schools connect to Internet
Technology services company Africa Online has launched an ICT driven corporate social responsibility programme that will see six schools get 20 computers each and an Internet connectivity in the next 12 months.

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]]> Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/270165 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 UgaBYTES Conducts Management Training for 12 telecentres http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/270113 17th October: UgaBYTES held a management training workshop at Buganda telecentre. Over 30 participants from 12 telecentres attended the training. The telecentre managers from the districts of Kampala, Wakiso, Mukono and Mpigi attended the lively and rich sessions. The workshop handled four topic issues that is;
customer care- the dos and don’ts of good customer care; how to make a customer come back for telecentre services tomorrow

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]]> Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/270113 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 Chasquinet Foundation wins two Global Junior Challenge Awards http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/269763 Over 600 projects from 80 countries participated in the Global Junior Challenge Award but only 102 of them reached the final round. The Fundazione Mondo Digitale (Digital World Foundation) a non-profit organization founded by the Municipality of Rome and six major ICT companies, organizes the Global Junior Challenge Award every two years .

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]]> Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/269763 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 4th East African Telecentre Leaders Forum http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/269765 The fourth East African Telecentre Leaders Forum (EA-TLF) is slated for October 22nd – November 9th 2007 in Kampala, Uganda. The event to be hosted by UgaBYTES Initiative is to run in two phases; the online session on the UgaBYTES mailing list from October 22- 2 November 2007 and the face-to face session from 8th-9th November 2007 in Kampala. The theme for the sessions is; ‘Social Enterprise: Finding new solutions to sustaining telecentres’.

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]]> Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/269765 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 4th East Africa Telecentre Leaders Forum http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/270167 The fourth East African Telecentre Leaders Forum (EA-TLF) is slated for October 22nd – November 9th 2007 in Kampala, Uganda. The event to be hosted by UgaBYTES Initiative is to run in two phases; the online session on the UgaBYTES mailing list from October 22- 2 November 2007 and the face-to face session from 8th-9th November 2007 in Kampala. The theme for the sessions is; ‘Social Enterprise: Finding new solutions to sustaining telecentres’.

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]]> Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/270167 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 Four South Asian Countries Agree to ICT Connectivity http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/269767

Senior officials from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal have agreed to collaborate on a subregional information communication technology (ICT) project to improve connectivity among the four countries.


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]]> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/269767 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 TESIS EN SOCIOLOGÍA SOBRE TELECENTROS EN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/268589 Hola,


 Quería compartir con ustedes mi tesis de grado correspondiente a la carrera de sociología de la Facultad de Ciencias Socieles de la Universidad de la República, de Uruguay.


El título de la tesis es el siguiente: quot;DESIGUALDADES SOCIALES EN LA SOCIEDAD DE LA INFORMACIÓN Y EL CONOCIMIENTO: El rol de los telecentros en Montevideo: ¿estimulando interactuantes?quot;


Saludos,


                  Soc. Montserrat Zunini Martínez

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]]> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 08:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/268589 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 Weekly news roundup - Asia, 08 October 2007 http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/267423 * World Bank says India needs to focus more on Ramp;D
* Rural knowledge centers has helped to increase the ICT literacy in Sri Lanka
* PFNet to provide e-mail access for rural centers across the Solomons islands
* BSNL to invite tenders for setting up 50K WiMax kiosks
* UN launches new #39;e-Agriculture#39; platform to support rural development
* Indian IT Minister to focus on rural connectivity
* KOICA#39;s development assistance to Nepal
* Malaysian budget to boost broadband reach

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]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/267423 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 3 reasons for blessed unrest http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/262705 I#39;ve been sideways referencing Paul Hawken#39;s Blessed Unrest in every blog posting, presentation and conversation I#39;ve had for the last month. However, I haven#39;t really said anything specific on this page about #39;why this is such a great book#39;. Here are three reasons:

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]]> Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/262705 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 HIVOS starts supporting telecentres to create content http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/262503 HIVOS has started supporting telecentres in accumulating and documenting content from communities. Relevant Content has been one of the prime challenges to telecentres. For many years, the telecentre community has not thought that the potential linkage of telecentres to focused organizations would address this challenge. Through UgaBYTES Initiative, telecentres are gathering and documenting relevant content from their respective communities to bridge the gap.

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]]> Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/262503 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 HIVOS supporting telecentres to create content http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/262579 HIVOS has started supporting telecentres in accumulating and documenting content from communities. Relevant Content has been one of the prime challenges to telecentres. For many years, the telecentre community has not thought that the potential linkage of telecentres to focused organizations would address this challenge. Through UgaBYTES Initiative, telecentres are gathering and documenting relevant content from their respective communities to bridge the gap.

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]]> Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/262579 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 Sengerema telecentre receives 220 computers for rural communities http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/262707 SENGEREMA Telecentre in Tanzania received 220 computers to increase and improve the access of ICT tools. The computers are part of the August consignment of 200 P3 desktops and 20 P3 Laptops from Jireh Technology Solutions - Texas USA.

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]]> Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/262707 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 The Ethiopian Information and Communication Technology Development Agency (EICTDA) http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/262263 ]]> Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/262263 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 UNESCAP networks telecentres to benefit the poor http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/262265 The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) is to establish a regional knowledge network of telecentres to empower the poor, disadvantaged communities and women in particular. UNESCAP hopes to network and transform selected telecentres into knowledge hubs of global knowledge networks to provide, develop, organize, share and disseminate knowledge pertinent to those communities.

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]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/262265 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 A telecentre connects to internet via a mobile phone http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/261985 As from 17th January 2006 a new business venture opened in Fultola, an area of Bogra town, in Bangladesh. At first sight, it looks like a standard Internet cafe - a one-room quot;commercial unitquot; which opens onto a bustling street; four screens each with a keyboard and mouse; customers browsing the Web and reading email. But look inside and you find that this quot;Community Information Centrequot; (CIC) is radically different from a typical Internet cafe.

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]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/261985 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 UDS transforms communities through information sharing http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/261983 Samuel Bandobera had dropped out of high school due to lack of school fees. He later managed to join a cheaper school. But in 2001 when Uganda Development  Services (UDS) opened up a resource centre, Bandobera utilized the UDS library during the evenings and school holidays. In 2002 when Bandobera sat the final A’level exams he emerged the best in the impoverished Kamuli District. He is currently studying pharmacy at Makerere University.

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]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:10:00 EDT http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/261983 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 Taking computers to rural India http://www.tigblog.org/group/telecentre/post/261937 Kalyan, a thickly-forested village located in western Indian state of Maharashtra, did not have a telephone connection until about six years ago. Then one day in 2001, the village#39;s only secondary school received a computer as a gift. The students, who had never even heard of a computer, were visibly excited. When a girl student, Shraddha Dimble, was asked to key in her name, she sweated and fumbled nervously and took a good five minutes to do so.

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