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Telework @ Telecenters
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Dear Community,One issue we face in many communities where telecenteres are present is the lack of job opportunities and the limited possibilities for income generation. Many see the telecenters as a…Continue
Tags: generation, income, disability, telecenters, telework
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jan Herder Sep 3, 2010.
Inlcusive telecenters - Tools and software for people with disabilities
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Dear Telecenter community,We are in the process of developing a toolkit for using in telecenters so we can guide the administrators on how to provide services for people with disabilities and to…Continue
Tags: colombia, makaia, america, latin, telecenters
Started this discussion. Last reply by angela maria gonima lopez Mar 30, 2010.
profile of a telecenter administrator
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We are currently working on writting what we think is the telecenter admininstrator´s profile. Is just something that we will use as a guide because it may vary a lot based on the telecenter type and…Continue
Tags: administrator, profile
Started this discussion. Last reply by Catalina Escobar Mar 16, 2010.
How to generate income at the Telecenter?
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Dear members of the community,I am opening this forum hoping to get your ideas on the issue of how to generate income at the telecenter. I don´t mean for the telecenter directly, but for the poeople…Continue
Tags: work, rural, colombia, income
Started this discussion. Last reply by Claire Peque Fernandez Oct 2, 2009.
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Catalina Escobar replied to kamolrat's discussion Flavor of the Month for November: Telecentre and Its Role to Facilitate any kind of Community Social Enterprise Activities"Dear Kamolrat, thanks for moderating this fascinating topic. In Makaia (www.makaia.org), we have always belived that this is the way to go, that Telecenters need to work under Social Enterprise models and we have been doing this since 2007. In…"
Catalina Escobar commented on Vida Gabe's blog post Makaia recognized for work with PWDs"thanks Vida for posting this, we are very proud of this. Catalina"
Seu Yapa commented on Catalina Escobar's blog post Call for Expressions of Interest for case studies of Mobile use at the Base of the Pyramid"Call for Expressions of Interest for case studies of Mobile use at the Base of the Pyramid
Published: 21 September 2011 | Close Date: 10 October 2011
This request for expressions of interest (EOI) concerns research and production of five case…"
Catalina Escobar posted a blog postCall for Expressions of Interest for case studies of Mobile use at the Base of the Pyramid
This might be interesting to many of you:http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.759.htmlSee More
Catalina Escobar's blog post was featuredTelecentre Women - Ines Copete, ICT trainer from Makaia in Chocó, finalist in the “Prevention, gender and ICT” contest
Inés Copete, Telecenter Administrator and ICT Trainer participated in the “Prevention, gender and ICT” contest with the proposal “Celebration and reenactment of the International Day of Non-violence Against Women and Girls, using ICT, in Nuqui – Choco”, with which she placed as a finalist.Chocó is one of the poorest states in Colombia and is locatedin the pacific coast. Inés is a great example of the role of women in the fostering the use of ICT. All the information is here:…See More
Catalina Escobar posted a blog postTelecentre Women - Ines Copete, ICT trainer from Makaia in Chocó, finalist in the “Prevention, gender and ICT” contest
Inés Copete, Telecenter Administrator and ICT Trainer participated in the “Prevention, gender and ICT” contest with the proposal “Celebration and reenactment of the International Day of Non-violence Against Women and Girls, using ICT, in Nuqui – Choco”, with which she placed as a finalist.Chocó is one of the poorest states in Colombia and is locatedin the pacific coast. Inés is a great example of the role of women in the fostering the use of ICT. All the information is here:…See More
Catalina Escobar might attend Seu Yapa's event3rd Global Forum on Telecentres at Santiago Chile
April 5, 2011 to April 7, 2011
The Global Forumon Telecentres is a bi-annual event that aims to provide a platform for sharingknowledge among members of the global telecentre movement and all the differentactors and organizations working towards the achievement of social developmentthrough the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Withinthis framework, the Forum promotes the exchange of innovative ideas, bestpractices, development projects, research results from the different sectors ofsociety to make use…See More
Jan Herder replied to Catalina Escobar's discussion Telework @ Telecenters"Hello--consider crowd sourcing as a possibility. Amazon has a prominent one--Mechanical Turk
A search for crowd sourcing will reveal other opportunities. This market is expected to be $9 billion USD this year. if you are seeking financial…"
Niranjan Meegammana replied to Catalina Escobar's discussion Telework @ Telecenters"Hi
this kind of work is known as BPO (Business Process Outsourcing). The kind of work involve mostl
-data entry
-print to e media
- content development
etc.
I know some TCs who made money from these services. They are multi level BPOs. which mean…"
Catalina Escobar's discussion was featuredTelework @ Telecenters
Dear Community,One issue we face in many communities where telecenteres are present is the lack of job opportunities and the limited possibilities for income generation. Many see the telecenters as a window to the world and new opportunities. The idea of telework at telecenters has started to emerge as a strong possibility for income generation thanks to ICTs. We would like to know if there are any sites where people can find telework opportunities, like a telework marketplace? or how have…See More
Catalina Escobar posted a discussionTelework @ Telecenters
Dear Community,One issue we face in many communities where telecenteres are present is the lack of job opportunities and the limited possibilities for income generation. Many see the telecenters as a window to the world and new opportunities. The idea of telework at telecenters has started to emerge as a strong possibility for income generation thanks to ICTs. We would like to know if there are any sites where people can find telework opportunities, like a telework marketplace? or how have…See More
Catalina Escobar replied to Miguel Raimilla's discussion Very interesting article: Nonprofits Review Technology Failures within Non-profits in the group Social Enterprise / Social Entrepreneur"Miguel,
Thanks for sharing this! we should definetely learn from the failures and even host a Telecenter FailFaire! we will learn a lot!
Catalina"
Catalina Escobar replied to Seu Yapa's discussion How to Create a Successful Telecenter?"Dear all,
We believe that the way to create a successful telecenter is through Social Entrepreneurship. We promote this mythology among telecenters and ideally we start working with them before, during and after they have the computers. Because…"
Catalina Escobar replied to Cuchie Echeverria's discussion LAST CALL FOR DEMOS - ICTD2010 London in the group Awards/Grants Opportunities"Hi Cuchie!
are there any formats to follow?
let me know
Thanks
catalina"
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- Catalina has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Universidad EAFIT in Medellín (Colombia) as well as an MBA from The George Washington University (with a full scholarship granted by the school). She has experience in the international and private sectors, in Colombia and abroad. She worked in Commerce One, an internet consulting company; and for six years worked with the World Bank managing web related projects that promote collaboration and knowledge sharing. Initially, at the Development Gateway and later on the World´s Bank Intranet. She has also been a consultant for the IADB (Inter-American Development Bank) on the topic of Telecenters. After living for 7 years in the U.S. and France, she returned to Colombia in 2006 to start-up and manage Makaia.
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Catalina Escobar's Blog
Call for Expressions of Interest for case studies of Mobile use at the Base of the Pyramid
This might be interesting to many of you:
http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.759.html
http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.759.html
Posted on October 4, 2011 at 2:59am — 1 Comment
Telecentre Women - Ines Copete, ICT trainer from Makaia in Chocó, finalist in the “Prevention, gender and ICT” contest
Inés Copete, Telecenter Administrator and ICT Trainer participated in the “Prevention, gender and ICT” contest with the proposal “Celebration and reenactment of the International Day of Non-violence Against Women and Girls, using ICT, in Nuqui – Choco”, with which she placed as a finalist.
Chocó is one of the poorest states in Colombia and is locatedin the pacific coast. Inés is a great example of the role of women in the fostering the use of ICT.
All the information…
ContinuePosted on February 3, 2011 at 4:59am
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 7:45pm on September 25, 2011,
Md. Kalif Khan said… - I am just your fan, I like your activities.
- At 11:19pm on April 05, 2010, SYEDA FATEMA KHATUN gave Catalina Escobar a gift…
- At 9:16pm on September 26, 2009,
Mijan Chy said… - Dear friend
Take my cordially love . I am Bangladeshi and a computer engineer After my graduation I have setup an organization in our rural area for computer teaching and all necessary information I am giving by internet . Our people is poor they can not bear expanse of this project basically this is a rural ICT project .Now I need some fund for this project otherwise this project will be closed . If you possible pls help me anyway .
Mijan
Bangladesh
- At 1:01pm on August 31, 2009,
DR. SYED MD. ZAINUL ABEDIN said… - Hi Catalina,
May I request you to join the two groups of TELECENTRE:1.Gender and Telecentre and 2.Agritelecentre.I hope that your contributions will enhance the social network.
Regards,
Zainul
- At 11:13am on August 27, 2009, Seu Yapa said…
- Hi Catalina!
Welcome to the telecentre.org community!
Kindly check out the Getting Started guide for some important information on how to use this site.
Should you have questions or need any help around here, please contact me or any of the Community Facilitators.
I would like to invite you to the latest Photo Contest as well.
Best!
Seuwandi
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