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Localisation of Telecentre.org Academy Courses in Malaysia |
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Telecentre.org Academy is gearing up to introduce the Telecentre Management course to initially one hundred (100) Malaysian telecentre managers in 2011 through its partnership with the Open University Malaysia (OUM) and the Economic Planning Unit, Government of Malaysia. In early February, Telecentre.org Foundation entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with OUM, for introducing its telecentre management courses in Malaysia. This localized telecentre management course is fully sponsored by the Prime Minister's Department in Malaysia and Telecentre.org Academy is confident that this effort will be a huge success in future days to come. |
3rd Global Forum on Telecentres |
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The Global Forum on 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 of the relevant and meaningful ICTs for development. Also,the Forum provides a venue to learn about emerging technologies that contributeto overcoming poverty.
This event willbe hosted in Santiago Chile from 5 to 7 April 2011 to promote the role oftelecentres as community resources that facilitate employment, productivity andcommunity empowerment. |
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In Philippines: CICT, PhilCeCNet to launch digital literacy campaign for women |
 On March 2, the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) will mark the beginning of its participation to the global campaign for women empowerment, spearheaded by the telecentre.org, with the launch of the year-long Philippine Digital Literacy Campaign for Women at the UPOU headquarters Los Baños, Laguna, from 11:30 am to 12:00 nn. The campaign, which will be implemented by the Commission together with its partners, the Philippine Community eCenter Network (PhilCeCNet) and the telecentre.org Foundation, will be an on-going crusade to train and equip women from the poor and marginalized communities with basic ICT skills and proficiencies - functional digital literacy - which will allow them to explore and reach their highest potential as women in the digital information age. Expected to be the highlight of the launch is the presentation of the campaign champions - individuals who will serve as the main driving force behind the campaign, bringing it down to the grassroots women in local communities. Aside from the champions, the launch will also officially kick off the search for women like Myrna Padilla, whose life was changed for the better by ICT, to serve as the face of the digital literacy campaign as women ambassadors. |
In Sri Lanka:'President launches computerised issue of birth certificates at 'Deyata Kirula 2011' |
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa handed over the first computerised birth certificate to a Moneragala resident at the ICTA exhibition stall. Minister of Telecommunication and IT Ranjith Siyambalapitiya is also in the picture. |
In the sidelines of the 'Deyata Kirula' 2011 (National Development Exhibition) in Buttala, Sri Lanka, President Mahinda Rajapaksa launched the computerised issue of birth certificates project, thus enabling thousands of people in the Moneragala District to get their certificates with ease.
With Information & Communication Technology Agency (ICTA)'s internationally acclaimed Birth Marriage & Death (BMD) Certificate project going live in Moneragala from 04th February, the people of the Moneragala District are able to get certified copies of the birth, marriage and death certificates they require within five minutes. Thanks to this kick-off, BMD relevant to anyone in the District could be obtained with hither-to-unknown ease irrespective of the Divisional Secretariat or Grama Niladhari Division in the District he belongs to.
"Within two months we have computerised the birth certificates of the entire Moneragala District totalling almost 600,000," ICTA CEO Reshan Dewapura says. |
In Bangladesh: National Digital Innovation Awards 2011 |
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Launching Ceremony of the National Digital Innovation Award 2011 held on 30th January, 2011. |
The "National Digital Innovation Award 2011" is top award in the field of ICT for Development in Bangladesh. It isbeing organized second time in Bangladesh. First time, in 2011 the name of the award was "E-content and ICT for Development Award 2010". This is a public-private partnership initiative. D.Net, a not-for-profit ICT4D social enterprise jointly with Ministry of Science and ICT organizes this annual contest. This time, Access to Information Programme at Prime Minister's Office is the principal partner, which raises the prestige of the award further. Leading daily English newspaper The Daily Star and Bangla daily Prothom Alo are the organizing partners of the award contest. The organization of the award is designed in a way that gradually implementation responsibility will be transferred to the Access to Information Programme. The winners of the award are eligible for the final selection for World SummitAward contest. The next World Summit Award contest will be held in summer 2011, where selected winners will be nominated for World Summit Award contest. |
In Malaysia: Malaysia continues IT literacy push through training centres |
The Rural and Regional Development Ministry continues to equip the rural community with Medan Infodesa (MIDs) or IT centres and ICT training.
Under the MID programme, launched in 2002, each rural district will have an MID complete with computer and Internet facilities.
The number of computers in each telecentre varies from two to 20, depending on the size of the local community being served.
Zarina Jantan, the Principal Assistant Secretary of Community Empowerment and Infodesa Division of MRRD told FutureGov Asia Pacific that 142 MIDs were already in operation.
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