1 / 19

TELECENTERS IN 2005

TELECENTERS IN 2005. ROYAL D. COLLE CORNELL UNIVERSITY APEC Telecenter Training Camp January 24-29, 2005. INTERNATIONAL EVENTS. Millennium Development Goals World Summit on the Information Society. A Changing Agriculture. Decision-making Global market Information has value

heddie
Download Presentation

TELECENTERS IN 2005

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. TELECENTERS IN 2005 ROYAL D. COLLE CORNELL UNIVERSITY APEC Telecenter Training Camp January 24-29, 2005

  2. INTERNATIONAL EVENTS • Millennium Development Goals • World Summit on the Information Society

  3. A Changing Agriculture • Decision-making • Global market • Information has value • Reduced extension

  4. PUBLIC ACCESS CENTERS:A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT • Information and communication contribute to development • ICT accelerates and extends the impact of communication • Shared access = a viable strategy • Telecenters are a major shared access

  5. ITU LAUNCHES MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY TELECENTER INITIATIVE IN AFRICA 20 African Countries to be Focus of Project that will Empower Women January 10, 2005

  6. TIRUCHI, APRIL 3 . A pilot project, implemented by the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) to take the fruits of information technology to rural people, has been successfully absorbed by the local community. • The Village Information Centre (VIC) at Kuzhumani in Tiruchi district, set up two years ago and run by the TANUVAS since then, has been entrusted to a VIC Management Committee.

  7. SOYBEANS AND THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE • E-Choupal • Computer in farmer’s home • Shared “tailored” information • The farmer's oath • 1,700 in Madya Pradesh • 3,000 in India -- wheat • Beyond agriculture

  8. TELECENTERS AS A DIGITAL BRIDGE • Information on markets (Peanut buyers in Tongnan)

  9. What telecenters need… • Research • Local & relevant content • Training • Community awareness • Human resources

  10. ISSUES IN BUILDING SUSTAINABLE DEMAND-DRIVEN TELECENTERS • National policy • Groups of telecenters

  11. "The mindset of an isolated telecenter must be overcome."

  12. ISSUES IN BUILDING SUSTAINABLE DEMAND-DRIVEN TELECENTERS • National policy • Groups of telecenters • Practical and continuous research • Relevance to the community

  13. ISSUES IN BUILDING SUSTAINABLE DEMAND-DRIVEN TELECENTERS

  14. Training stakeholders • Strategic participation • Telecenter champions • Business plans • Build partnerships

  15. UNIVERSITIES AS TELECENTER PARTNERS • Community research skills • Local and external science based knowledge • Training capacity • Human resources

  16. UNIVERSITY TELECENTER MODELS • University-based telecenter • University–administered community telecenter • University-incubated telecenter • Community-based university-supported telecenter

  17. BUILDING THE “eREADINESS” OF UNIVERSITIES FOR ICT4D • ICT facilities • ICTAcademic programs • Outreach Policies • Human resources • ICT Posture ICT

  18. DEALING WITH THE ISSUES: HANDBOOK FOR TELECENTERS STAFFS http://ip.cals.cornell.edu/commdev/handbook.cfm

More Related