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December 2006 Blog Posts (6)

My story with ICT4D in SNE

I would like to avail the ample opportunity to introduce myself and my story in our organization. The Studies Centre for Handicapped Research (SCHR) in Syria, Salamieh. We together with my team of volunteers and specialized staff endeavor and strive to improve and upgrade the living conditions and standards of all special needs people in Syria and Middel East- North Africa.

My strategy is to implement specialized computer programs and models to… Continue

Added by Nabil Eid on December 19, 2006 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Cell Phones for Civic Engagement: MobileActive.org

MobileActive is a global network of activists and campaigners using mobile phones for civic action and engagement. Mobile phones have emerged as a way to organize across socio-economic and cultural boundaries. Cell phone campaigns can

* Change election outcomes through get-out-the-vote activities

* Ensure impartial elections through monitoring

* Facilitate collective action to free political prisoners

* Deliver public health services

The MobileActive.org web… Continue

Added by Christine Prefontaine on December 17, 2006 at 12:30am — No Comments

Creating an Information Architecture for Mission 2007 Website: An Exercise full of Arguments, Discussions, and above all, FUN

It was my sixth day at MSSRF (Saturday, 4th November 2006) when I came to know that Partha Sarker (telecentre.org) had arrived from Ottawa and would be visiting the office in the afternoon around 4 pm. When Partha finally arrived, we had an informal meeting with him, where he explained the purpose of his visit and areas of his support to finalise the information architecture of Mission 2007 website.

Senthilkumaran provided a brief introduction to Mission 2007 and the baseline survey that… Continue

Added by Shipra Sharma on December 16, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

First Meeting of Global Stakeholders of Global Telecentre Academy, 28-29 November 2006, New Delhi, India

Recently, on 28-29 November 2006, IDRC's telecentre.org organised a

meeting of its Global Stakeholders to brainstorm the concept of a Global

Telecentre Academy with regional/national foci. The prime objective of

this meeting was to explore the potentialities of creating a global level

institutional framework to take up issues related to training and capacity

building of telecentre managers or knowledge workers across the world. It

was a collaborative event… Continue

Added by Shipra Sharma on December 13, 2006 at 1:30pm — No Comments

ICT4D in SNE

ICT4D Motor Disability Students. The aim of the SCHR-CAI- organization- project is build up knowledge and competence, investigating how ICT can be used to give disabled people a greater chance of an independent life with meaningful work and leisure time and developing opportunities for greater independence, for example how functions in the home could be automated or controlled by people with severe disabilities. We wish to show how ICT can facilitate… Continue

Added by Nabil Eid on December 12, 2006 at 12:00am — No Comments

Middle East and North Africa Telecentre stakeholders’ Consultation Workshop, Cairo Egypt

Middle East and North Africa Telecentre stakeholders’ Consultation Workshop, Cairo Egypt on December 5 –7, 2006 Organized by telecentre.org and ICTDAR. telecentre.org is a collaborative initiative of IDRC, Microsoft Corporation, SDC And facilitated by Institute of Cultural Affairs-Middle East and North Africa

(ICA-MENA)

Objectives:

1. To increase the depth of the telecentre scoping study report on telecentres in North Africa and Middle East

2. To provide… Continue

Added by Nabil Eid on December 11, 2006 at 11:00pm — No Comments