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Community Development by Means of TeleCenters Study Case: Romania Presented by Dragoş Sălăgeanu

Towards an Information Society for All: Better lives, better communities British Council, Bucharest, 14-15 October 2004. Community Development by Means of TeleCenters Study Case: Romania Presented by Dragoş Sălăgeanu.

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Community Development by Means of TeleCenters Study Case: Romania Presented by Dragoş Sălăgeanu

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  1. Towards an Information Society for All: Better lives, better communitiesBritish Council, Bucharest, 14-15 October 2004 Community Development by Means of TeleCenters Study Case: Romania Presented by Dragoş Sălăgeanu

  2. Telecenter • Telecottage • Telehouse • Telehaz • Teledom • TeleCentru • Phone shops • Multipurpose Community Telecenter • Teleworkhouse •Cyber Café’s • Basic Telecenter • TeleCenter • Telework • MCT • A new perspective in approaching Community Development, throughout the world

  3. Subject overview Subject name:Telecottage/Telecenter/Teleworkhouse Age:19 Dimension:Global Implementing actors:Governments, International Organizations, Financial Institutions, Corporations, NGO’s Beneficiaries: Millionsof people Location:Rural / remote areas

  4. Achievements of the TeleCenter concept: 1. A major application of Informational Technology in Rural Community Development 2. Focus on all the aspects of Community Life, such as: cohesion, communication, heritage, economy, knowledge, politics, community norms and values 3. Large-scale implementation of development models

  5. TeleCenters in Romania – categories 1.Time of set up: 1.1.Old ones (1999 - 2001) 1.2.New ones (2002-present) 2. Implementation Policy: 2.1.Supply-side policy 2.2.Demand-side policy   3.Source of initiative: 3.1.Local community 3.2.Policymakers (CRA, CREST, RITI) 3.3. Other initiative (local authorities, NGO) 4.Governing structures: 4.1.Policymakers 4.2.Local community 4.3.Local institutions 5.Services provided: 5.1. Basic (access to information and communication, copy machine) 5.2. Specific (social, educational, health care, economic)

  6. Achievements in Romania • Over 30 Telecenters opened by 3 policymakers and several independent local governments and NGO’s • Over 200.000 hours of computer access provided every year • Quality of life improvement for thousands of people • Providing an important presence of the civil society in the Romanian rural landscape • Assisting hundreds of public institutions in their reform • Providing a priceless input of knowledge on community level

  7. What went wrong? What could still go wrong? • Difficulties encountered by the policymakers • Difficulties encountered by founders • Difficulties encountered by the communities • Difficulties encountered by the local / central government • Technical implementation difficulties • Network difficulties

  8. What will happen next?

  9. ContactsPolicymakers:Center for Rural Assistance, Timisoara (CRA)www.rural-center.orgCREST, Satu Marewww.crest.roRomanian Informational Technology Initiative (RITI)www.riti-internews.roRomanian TeleCenter Websitewww.telecentru.roSpeaker:Dragoş Sălăgeanudsalageanu@lead.ro

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