Telecentre.org
Telecenters have been a major source for telecom activity and for bridging the digital divide in developing countries. I came across a group called Telecentre.org which is focussed on helping communities and telecenters.
In their own words Telecentre.org is a community of people and organizations committed increasing the social and economic impact of telecentres around the world. I ran a search on Pakistan and saw some interesting articles from the past couple of years. I’ll mention one story here about Pakistan Telecenter Initiative or PTI. As it is described on the site, PTI is a Civil Society Group carrying forward dialogues and actions in support of Pakistan’s upcoming massive rural Telecenter movement. This is interesting information which I was not aware of
Read on to learn a bit more about Telecenter.org, taken from the ‘About’ section of their site.
We work together to create the resources telecentres need to succeed:
Locally relevant content and services Support and learning opportunities Networks that help telecentre activists connect to each other
With these things in hand, tens of thousands of telecentres will be in a better position to enrich the communities they serve. The telecentre.org community includes grassroots activists, national telecentre networks, content and service providers, governments, and organizations who fund telecentre activities . Initial efforts to convene and resource this community were led by a consortium of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Microsoft, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). These partners continue to invest in the efforts described above.
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