 JULY 2011 Volume 1- Issue 12 |
| | News from Telecentre.org |  | More prizes have been added to the Global Search for the 100 Outstanding Telecentre Women Managers. The six winners of this the "Most Outstanding Telecentre Women Manager" distinction (one from each region), will each receive a brand-new netbook. So what are you waiting? Submit your nominations now! Download the nomination form and competition guidelines here at the Telecentre Women: Digital Literacy Campaign website. | | |  | ICTO showcases PhilCeC Program for NSTW 2011 |  The Philippine Community eCenter (PhilCeC) program was one of the programs showcased during Expo Science 2011, a science exhibition fair spearheaded in celebration of the 2011 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW). The exhibition was held at the SMX Convention Center from July 27-30.
The NSTW is a celebration of Filipino genius and ingenuity in the field of science and technology. It describes the latest breakthroughs which have been made in the Philippine science community. The exhibition was graced by none other than President Benigno S. Aquino III himself. Read MORE | | | Malaysian Telecentre.org Academy makes its debut |  Source: www.telecentre.org After a year long discussion and planning between stakeholders in Malaysia, Telecentre.org Academy officially made its presence in Malaysia on July 26, 2011 as it held a Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop for the Certificate in Telecentre Management (CTM) course soon to be offered to telecentre managers in Malaysia. The workshop is the result of a multistakeholder partnership between the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) Malaysia, Open University Malaysia (OUM), and Telecentre.org Foundation, and is expected to benefit 100 telecentre managers nationally. The three-day ToT workshop, which is held from the 26th to the 28th of July 2011 at OUM, will instruct 11 trainers in delivering the CTM course to the first two batches of learners. Workshop participants were identified and recruited from recommendations of EPU, OUM, TCF. The ToT workshop is facilitated by the two National Academic Counselors (Ybg Datin Dr Norizan Razak of UKM & Prof Abtar Kaur of OUM). The trainers are Pn. Zarina Bt. Jantan, Norhimah Aziz, Zuraina Harun, Assoc Prof Dr Jalaluddin Abdul Malek, Sharifah Raudhah AlQudsy, Assoc Prof Dr Wan Rozaini Sheik Osman, Prof. Dr. Zulkhairi Md Dahalin, Mr. Nantha Kumar Subramaniam, Lau Siong Hoe, PhD, Mr. Oh Ee Teik, and Ms. Helmi Eda binti Mahmood. Read MORE | |
| | | News from External Resources |
| | Expanding Microsoft software donations to more nonprofits |  Microsoft is making a number of updates to their global software donations program designed to give more nonprofit organizations access to the technology they need, when they need it. Microsoft is currently reaching more than 40,000 organizations around the world each year - translating into over $3.9 billion of donated software since 1998 - but Microsoft knows there's a great opportunity to reach even more nonprofits and communities. The updates to the program are part of their commitment to bring the benefits of software to more nonprofits to support positive social and economic development in local communities around the world. Every day we see first-hand how software is helping nonprofits reduce their costs, boost productivity, raise more funds, and ultimately deliver new and improved services in their local communities. There are a number of updates Microsoft announcing, including... Read MORE | | |
Elaborating on the objectives of Nenasala, the ICTA Chairman Prof. P. W. Epasinghe , said that the objective of the Nenasala was to provide the optimal benefits of ICT to the community. He noted that Nenasala must act as a resource centre to the community and that the services offered by the Nenasala were varied and adapted to the needs of the milieu. These include information on government services and information for farmers and fishermen with regard to livelihoods. They help the youth in the community to find employment opportunities and start self-employment etc.
