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This is our English-language community. We also have a Spanish site, and will soon launch communities in French and Arabic.
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This is our English-language community. We also have a Spanish site, and will soon launch communities in French and Arabic.
Communauté Francophone
Comunidad Español
Groups
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Telecentre for Disabilities
19 members
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ICT4D
4 members
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GENDER AND TELECENTRE
32 members
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Social Investors
Partners
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Events
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JIbon O Alokchittre Gunijan
January 6, 2009 at 9am to January 10, 2009 at 8pm – Bangladesh
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Fourth Knowledge Fair
January 24, 2009 at 9am to January 25, 2009 at 6pm – Bangladesh
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International Federation for Information Processing IFIP
March 26, 2009 at 6pm to March 28, 2009 at 6pm – UAE
Features & Highlights
telecentre.org English Community Breaks the 500 Mark!
We're thrilled to report as of December 10, 2008, the telecentre.org English community website has more than 500 members. Take a moment to browse through the profiles and get to know your community. More...Just Concluded: Francophone Telecentre Leaders Forum at Bamako, Mali
telecentre.org in partnership with Afriklinks is organizing 'Francophone Telecentre Leaders Forum' at Bamako, Mali from the 2nd till 4th of December, 2008. This event also supported by USAID and the French Cooperation, is going to gather many telecentre practionners, managers, researchers and other social investors in the region and will discuss issues related to their services and the network. Read more about the event and Read the content contributed by the participants .Telecentre-Europe Network goes official
The Telecentre-Europe network keeps growing and pushing the movement forward and now is ready to have its official launch. The announcement will take place at the e-Inclusion Ministerial Conference in Vienna, Austria, which will take place from November 30 to December 2. More...Forum
Rural communication: Is there still a need for telecentres now that there are mobile phones? 21 Replies
Started by Sandra Nassali in Telecentre Issues: Sustainability, Research, Networks. Last reply by Sandra Nassali 1 day ago.
Chasing the sustainability mirage: (social/ small) entrepreneur vs local organisation led telecentres 14 Replies
Started by Shipra Sharma in Telecentre Issues: Sustainability, Research, Networks. Last reply by Shipra Sharma Dec. 24, 2008.
Community Blogs
Uganda embraces E Health
It is a new year and most of us have new hopes, dreams and objectives for our lives, families, communities, countries, name it! For Uganda, a new dream is being realized i.e. E Health.
Officials in Uganda Communications Commission, Ministries of Information and Communication Technology along side the Health Ministry have drafted a policy that suggests that the country will move toward using e-health solutions such as distance learning (for health specialists), telemedicine and drug information… Continue
Posted by Sandra Nassali on January 6, 2009 at 6:00am — 2 Comments
Contents for Nenasalas (Rural Knowledge Centres and eLibraries)
Now I am working as a Content officer for Nenasalas, I am willing to know more information or Lesson learned form someone how to deploy Online & Offline Content and Services to Nenasalas
The e-Sri Lanka program was initiated by ICT Agency with the view of harnessing the benefits of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) towards poverty reduction and growth along with peace building. Nenasalas (Rural Knowledge Centres and eLibraries), that are being set up in the rural areas, are t… Continue
Business Networking
Business networking is a marketing method by which business opportunities are created through networks of like-minded business people. There are several prominent business networking organizations that create models of networking activity that, when followed, allow the business person to build new business relationship and generate business opportunities at the same time.
Many business people contend business networking is a more cost-effective method of generating new business than advertising… Continue
Posted by Moataz A. Shaarawy on December 25, 2008 at 9:55pm
A Bit More Than A Telecentre: oneVillage Foundation's Open Digital Villages (ODiVs)
Current Activities and Focus
Currently efforts are focused on the Winneba Open Digital Village (WODiV) which in central coastal region of Ghana between the capital Accra and resort town of Cape Coast. WODiV currently acts as the prototype and flagship of this movement. With the direction of Open Source Software, Open Hardware and appropriate ICT devices research and adoption rapidly emerging, we are positioning ourselves to integrate these ICT services to enable rapid growth in the communities… Continue
Posted by Jacob Baiden Odame on December 18, 2008 at 5:00am
UN Launches E-Learning Initiative
A new UN e-learning initiative, launched on December 6th in Berlin, will offer developing countries opportunities to draw upon a rich array of training and capacity-building resources.
Sixteen UN agencies, meeting at a forum organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) during Online Educa Berlin, agreed to establish UNeLearn – a UN-wide network on technology-supported learning to share information and expertise, and to collaborate on the sustained deployment of e-learning.
The… Continue
Posted by Francis Mwathi on December 18, 2008 at 5:22am
Global News & Blogs
From workplace courses to global conversations
13 Aug 2008, Article by Nancy White and Josien Kapma about the future of organizational learning: "from workplace courses to global conversations". It was published in the Dutch magazine "Leren in Organisaties". The KM4dev community is featured in the article.KM4D Journal call for papers: Collaborative learning: the role of organisational knowledge management strategies
18 Aug 2008, This issue of the KM4D journal aims to showcase studies of knowledge management for development strategies, and how these facilitate and catalyse reciprocal learning among different types of development organisations -- NGOs, bilateral and multilateral organisations, community-based organisations, etc -- in different locations, both North and South.KPA: A Framework to Increase Success of Anti-Poverty Projects
08 Sep 2008, "The Knowledge for Poverty Alleviation (KPA) framework is a development model that is built on two recent, powerful development paradigms, Knowledge-Based Management and Sustainable Development. The KPA framework was initially proposed by CCLFI.Philippines, a leading knowledge-based management and organizational learning advocacy and service provider in the Philippines, and is now being applied by the Peace and Equity Foundation, which is a leading loan and grant-giving institution in the Philippines. Developing the KPA framework is a collaborative work in progress."Knowledge "Share Fair", 20 – 22 January 2009
23 Sep 2008, Bioversity International, the CGIAR ICT-KM program, FAO, IFAD and WFP are jointly organizing a 3-day event entitled Knowledge "Share Fair" for Agricultural Development and Food Security to be held at FAO Headquarters on 20 – 22 January 2009.Web Tastings: a blog about KM for agriculture and rural development
06 Oct 2008, Web Tastings is a blog about Web 2.0 and knowledge management for agriculture and rural development which reflects on the usefulness and impact of the social web and its tools and approaches on development cooperation. You will also find reviews of tools, books, events and other noteworthy news.Knowledge Creation for Development course (10-12 December 2008)
23 Oct 2008, "Knowledge has become one of the key factors for the success of an organisation. In many organisations, the knowledge gained through daily activities is untapped and gets lost when people leave. The value of knowledge in an organisation grows when it is shared between its staff. But how can you create conditions and systems that foster knowledge creation and its use in day-to-day activities? MDF Training & Consultancy has developed this course to help you improve performances of your organisation by effective use of shared knowledge."“NO TRAVEL REQUIRED”: Useful Guidelines for Online Events
14 Nov 2008, "This handy booklet will provide you with some guidelines and information to prepare and run a large online event, be it a meeting, a conference or a seminar. The recommendations in the following pages are the result of experiences gained from a number of CGIAR online events run by the Gender & Diversity Program and the ICT-KM Program."Measuring Knowledge in the World Economies: KAM 2008 Booklet
26 Nov 2008, The Knowledge Assessment Methodology (KAM) is an interactive benchmarking tool created by the World Bank's Knowledge for Development Program to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities they face in making the transition to the knowledge-based economy.Ofok Human Development Initiative
07 Dec 2008, Ofok Human Development Initiative: Ofok’s dedication to ICT (Information and Communications Technology) development and entrepreneurship ensures that today’s young people become the leaders of tomorrow by attaining the right leadership skills and the latest knowledge of technology. Through our Human Development Initiative, we invite all NGOs and educational institutions to join us in making this vision a reality. Click on the title for more information or hereInnovation in ICT for Human Development Cooperation 2.0
17 Dec 2008, COOPERATION 2.0 is an international space for meeting, reflecting and building awareness about the need to promote and integrate the use of ICT in development policies, programmes and projects. In its first edition, it tried to set a national and international reference for ICT and networked Development Cooperation. It facilitated the exchange of experiences among cooperation agents to generate greater knowledge about ICT applications in the work of Cooperation, granting visibility to experiences under way.ICTs are changing the way the government does business for people
The United Nation's e-Government Survey 2008 presents an assessment of governments in enhancing public service delivery while improving the efficiency ...Does IT application cause government reforms?
Focussing on the use of information technology (IT) in the US, this paper argues that IT remains a useful instrument of incremental administrative change, ...Does e-government erode the nation state?
Since the 1990's, a transnational e-government agenda has emerged resulting from strategic initiatives taken by a number of leading countries, multinational ...Engaging with the Google generation
This paper brings together proceedings of a workshop on 'Engaging with the Google generation'. It explores how latest internet, web and related ...ICT potential remains largely unexploited in Africa
In an increasingly globalised world, where information technology has become one of the key determinants of growth, many African countries are facing ...Managerial and political challenges for e-government
Taking a critical look at the state of the e-government across the globe, this paper shows that the main challenge for e-government lies in managerial ...E-government improves service delivery in India
Over the last decade various Indian states have implemented a number of e-government projects but there has not been any systematic study to assess their ...Can the Internet promote increased political participation?
This paper is on the social and political consequences of the rise of knowledge society, in particular the capacity of the Internet for strengthening ...E-government should support bureaucracy rather than reducing it
E-government policies when designed along the line of New Public Management (NPM) ideology are aimed at reforming the organisation of the public administration, ...Youth from Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Innovate and Collaborate to Resolve Development Challenges
Thirteen youth organizations from Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus received $232,000 in grants on April 4, 2008, from a World Bank led initiative supporting innovative development projects. The organizations are the winners of Youth Development Marketplace (DM) 2008, a competitive grant program of the World Bank.Quick Links
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