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The Container Project in Jamaica - emancipatory technology

The Container Project in Jamaica: A vision of technology that puts communities first

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Added by Alliance Caribbean Telecentres on November 3, 2011 at 1:01pm — No Comments

Web 2.0 Learning Opportunity, CARDI-ECLAC-CTA, 14-18 November 2011, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

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Web 2.0 Learning Opportunity, CARDI-ECLAC-CTA, 14-18 November 2011, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

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Added by Alliance Caribbean Telecentres on October 24, 2011 at 8:04am — No Comments

presentation and proceedings of the Workshop and Prize-giving Ceremony " TELECENTRES, BRIDGES TO AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN” Dominican Republic, 28-29 April 2011

" TELECENTRES, BRIDGES TO AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN”

Workshop and Prize-giving Ceremony

Dominican Republic, 28-29 April 2011

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Added by Alliance Caribbean Telecentres on June 22, 2011 at 7:58am — No Comments

job offer TELECENTRE ADMINISTRATOR (Multi-Purpose Community in TT

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Government Human Resource Services Company Limited

Government Human Resource Services Company Limited

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Added by Alliance Caribbean Telecentres on June 22, 2011 at 7:30am — No Comments

Results of the contest "Telecentres, bridges to rural development in the Caribbean"

Contest "Telecentres, bridges to rural development in the Caribbean"

Contest results

In partnership with Fundación Taigüey, the…

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Added by Alliance Caribbean Telecentres on March 27, 2011 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Adds in the resource's center.

Hi all

Nine new documents :

- Rural Development with ICTs in Nepal: Integrating National Policy with Grassroots Resourcefulness

- Social Impact and Diffusion of Telecenter Use: A Study from the Sustainable Access in Rural India Project

- Gender and public access computing: an international perspective

- The Socio-Economic Impact of ICTs in Rural Iran

- E-Gram Project – A Public Service Telecentre Initiative of the Government of Gujarat

- Women's Economic… Continue

Added by Rafik Abdesselam on January 24, 2011 at 12:16pm — No Comments

New entries in the resources's center

Hello

5 new documents :

1-1 in Education Current practice, international comparative research evidence and policy implications

Small grants that made big changes for women in agriculture

Making the Connection: Scaling telecenters for development

Reaching the unreached : Community based Village Knowledge Centres & Village Resource Centres

Can Technology End Poverty?

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Added by Rafik Abdesselam on December 7, 2010 at 1:09pm — No Comments

Can Technology End Poverty?

from http://www.bostonreview.net/BR35.6/toyama.php

A ten-year-old boy named Dhyaneshwar looked up for approval after carefully typing the word “Alaska” into a PC.

“Bahut acchaa!” I cheered—“very good.”

It was April, 2004, and I was visiting a “telecenter” in the tiny village of Retawadi, three hours from Mumbai. The small, dirt-floored room, lit only by an open aluminum doorway, was bare

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Added by Rafik Abdesselam on November 25, 2010 at 4:07pm — No Comments

Contest: Operators challenging technologies

Contest: Operators challenging technologies

The Operator Assistance Network of Telecentres-Tinkuy has organized the competition for managers of telecentres in Latin America and the Caribbean, "Operators challenging technologies." This competition aims to highlight the leadership skills of telecentre practitioners across the region. Interested parties may participate with their blogs until Monday 20 September.

I. Objectives of the contest:

The blog contest organized by… Continue

Added by Yacine Khelladi on September 15, 2010 at 5:29pm — No Comments

Jeffrey Town Farmers' Association, St. Mary, Jamaica - August 2010 Bulletin

From: Ayanna Samuels

For your information!

Jeffrey Town Farmers' Association, St. Mary, Jamaica - August 2010 Bulletin

Congrats to the Jeffrey Town Farmers' Association for their continued
hard work!

Thanks,
-Ayanna

Added by Alliance Caribbean Telecentres on September 5, 2010 at 10:53am — No Comments

Jamaica benefitting in media and ICT from UNESCO

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Jamaica benefitting in media and ICT from UNESCO

Luke Douglas

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

COMMUNITY radio stations and multimedia…

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Added by Alliance Caribbean Telecentres on July 22, 2010 at 10:51am — No Comments

UNESCO launches Mobile Multimedia Unit for internally displaced persons in Haiti

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UNESCO launches Mobile Multimedia Unit for internally displaced persons in Haiti

28-06-2010 (Port-au-Prince)…

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Added by Alliance Caribbean Telecentres on July 2, 2010 at 4:37pm — No Comments

(JAMAICA) Rural schools boosting performance with ICT

(JAMAICA) Rural schools boosting performance with ICT

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100630/news/news9.html

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Camille Hutchinson, a business educator at the Mile Gully High School in Manchester, assists a student as she uses the AutoSkills software. The software assists struggling students to develop reading skills. -… Continue

Added by Yacine Khelladi on July 2, 2010 at 4:29pm — No Comments

THE TOCO DECLARATION (UNESCO-sponsored, 2nd consultation conference of the Caribbean Community Multimedia Centres CMC meeting)

THE TOCO DECLARATION

We, the participants attending the UNESCO-sponsored, 2nd consultation conference of the Caribbean Community Multimedia Centres for sustainable development of remote, rural and marginalized communities of the Caribbean, held in Port-of Spain and Toco, Trinidad and Tobago from March 10 -12, 2010, hereby agree to the following amendments to the Paramaribo declaration of October… Continue

Added by Alliance Caribbean Telecentres on April 26, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Belize: Esperanza Village now has access to Internet

Belize: Esperanza Village now has access to Internet

Friday, 23.04.2010, 09:14am (GMT-6)

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http://www.reporter.bz/index.php?mod=article&cat=General&article=4273

By Adolph Lucas - Staff Reporter

Eager students in Esperanza explore the Internet.

An upgraded Information Com-munication and Technology (ICT) Centre will provide computer and internet… Continue

Added by Alliance Caribbean Telecentres on April 26, 2010 at 8:28am — No Comments

Multi-purpose telecentre opened in San Juan (T&T)

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Multi-purpose telecentre opened in San Juan

Friday 29th January, 2010

A newly refurbished community based multi-purpose telecentre has been opened in San Juan.

Minister of Social Development Dr. Amery Browne says this is one of the many initiatives adopted by the Ministry to eradicate poverty and empower citizens in different… Continue

Added by Yacine Khelladi on February 8, 2010 at 11:11am — No Comments

12 Words You Can Never Say in the Office If you're old enough to understand the reference in this headline -- George Carlin, anyone? -- then you're old enough to need a refresher course when it…

12 Words You Can Never Say in the Office

If you're old enough to understand the reference in this headline -- George Carlin, anyone? -- then you're old enough to need a refresher course when it comes to talking about technology.

We've put together a list of outdated tech terms, phrases that you shouldn't be using at work anymore because they will make you seem old. This is especially true if you're looking for a new job. For example, on an interview, you should be talking… Continue

Added by Samuel Buchanan on August 26, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Proposal wirting workshop

On AUGUST 17 -20, 2009 the ASSOCIATION OF DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES (ADA) in association with UNDP GEF/SGP & UWI Social Welfare Training Centre (SWTC) held a short course - "Capacity Building for Project Cycle Management I" focusing on Basic proposal writing.

I was only able to participate in a few sessions, which I found quite informative and helpful to the current work I have been doing. A phrase that was repeated quiet often by one of the presenters is to "Inspect what you… Continue

Added by Zelris Lawrence on August 19, 2009 at 11:43pm — No Comments