Mozilla is a non-profit with a mission to make the web more open, and they believe learning and education play a huge role in accomplishing that. They're spearheading a global Maker Party campaign from June 15 to September 15 that is all about spreading digital literacy and celebrating the amazing things we can make and do thanks to the web. They are looking for local leaders (technologists, educators, government officials, volunteers, parents, etc.) to host community…

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World Pulse and Telecentre.org Foundation (TCF) have recently entered into a partnership agreement that intends to support the digital empowerment of grassroots women worldwide. The agreement, which was finalized last April 22, 2013, aims to equip women with digital literacy skills and enable…

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It’s time to show your support once again for the outstanding players in the telecentre movement. Several telecentre projects have been nominated for the World Summit on Information Society Project Prizes 2013–including Telecentre.org Foundation’s own Telecentre Women: Digital Literacy Campaign–and we need your votes to win!…

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Last February 2012, Telecentre.org Foundation (TCF) brought to you the first article in the Telecentre Chronicles with Amazing Thailand, written by TCF Board of Trustees Vice-Chair, Richard Fuchs. In this second installment of the series, we bring to you the story of another telecentre, this time in Batangas, Philippines. Click below to play the video and watch the story of Malvar Community…

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Telecentre Women Digital Literacy Campaign Contest: Help us achieve the goal of training 1 million women by the year-end 2012!

Calling all partners! Telecentre.org Foundation (TCF) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are hosting a contest (“Contest”) to award ICT equipment to the telecentre that trains the most  number of women to become…

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After weeks of public voting and much deliberation by our judges, Telecentre.org Foundation is pleased to announce that we have the results from the Global Search competition to determine the Most Outstanding Telecentre Women Managers. Here are the winners for each region:

• Africa: Alima Traore (Mali)
• Asia-Pacific: Saiyud…

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A total of 102,461 women around the world have received training in digital literacy from partners of the Telecentre Women: Digital Literacy Campaign, the global initiative led by the ITU and Telecentre.org Foundation. Since the campaign’s launch in Chile last April 7, 2011, the campaign has garnered interest from various regions around the world, gathering support from partners in 65 countries, 6 regional telecentre networks, and the private sector such as Intel. Director of Operations Tess…

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Ninety-two (92%) of the rural population will be connected through the government's plan called "Connected Chile", which illuminates 338 points of the region, so "it is essential to provide tools for producers to use this technology for their businesses,"  Alvaro Cruzat, Secretary of Agriculture said at the launch of…

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UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT is a new section where we share with you inspiring stories of Telecentre.org members and partners through brief interviews. In the second article under this series, we share the story of Makaia Asesoría Internacional, a non-profit organization committed to the social and economic…

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The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) of Thailand together with the Research Center of Communication and Development Knowledge Management (CCDKM), and Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) working for Thaitelecentre.org, recently announced its intention to train 100,000 Thai women as part of its contribution to the Telecentre Women: Digital Literacy Campaign. The commitment is, thus far, the highest training pledge received under the…

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On June 27, the Philippines commenced its Lead Training of Trainers at the CICT-NCC Building in Diliman, Quezon City. The training workshop, which is organized by the Philippine Commission on Information and Communication Technology (CICT) together with the Philippine Community eCenter Network…

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Secretary General Dr. Hamadoun Toure of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) led the call for partners to the Telecentre Women Campaign yesterday, June 21, at the Opening Session of the Asia Pacific Regional Forum on Digital Inclusion For All held at the Suntec Convention Center in Singapore. The session was attended by around 100 ITU members from the government and the private sector, including 14 Ministers/Heads of Information and Communications…

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Telecentre leaders from close to 40 nations gathered last April 5-7, 2011 to attend the 3rd Global Forum on Telecentres at the Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistal-GAM in Santiago, Chile. The forum, which has been held in Tunisia and Malaysia in previous years, is a bi-annual event that aims to provide a platform for sharing knowledge among members of the global… Continue