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NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR TC.ORG
Following an extensive search among several highly qualified candidates, Telecentre.org Foundation is pleased to announce that Miguel Raimilla has been selected as Telecentre.org Foundation's newest Executive Director. Miguel, a Chilean native based in California, is a Social Entrepreneur and the founder of several multinational/multicultural initiatives linked with youth, social development, and social enterprise throughout Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the United States.
APTN congratulate new executive director and wish him all the very best in the future.
ONLINE LIBRARY
A new and improved online library is on its way to serve telecentre.org members very soon. Before it officially open its services, Telecentre.org needs your help. If you have any resources on ICT for Development that you would like to sharewith the online library, please email the resources to library@telecentre.org Materials can be in any format (pdf, doc, mpeg, avi, etc) and in anay language. Kindly make sure you have permission to share this materials. |
|  Training Workshops for Nenasala Operators in Sri Lanka
Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), the implementing agency for the Nenasala project has launched the training Workshops for Nenasala Operators for the year of 2011. The e-Sri Lanka initiative harnesses the benefits of information and communication technology and takes its dividends to every village, every citizen and every business including government in order to reduce poverty and enable growth. ICTA has addressed the information infrastructure deficiencies in rural areas by establishing rural multi-service platforms that are made available through ICT facility access centers known as Nenasala (Wisdom Outlet). Over 600 Nenasala centers across the island have been established and these centers are operated by community based organizations, religious institutions and individuals. The overall objective of these training workshops is to improve the skills and knowledge of Nenasala Operators 3 major areas: (i) Personal Computer Hardware, (ii) Local Area Networking and (iii) Content and Services to operate Nenasala sustainably by providing services to communities in areas of better access to knowledge and business opportunities. Read MORE | | |
|  Basic Computer Literacy Training for municipal employees in Philippines
A total of 32 municipal employees, composed of 15 men and 17 women, attended the two-day Basic Computer Literacy training under the Philippine Digital Literacy for Women Campaign (PDLWC) held from September 6-7. Using the Intel Easy Steps modules on MS Office applications and Introduction to the Internet, participants, composed of LGU employees and residents, and most of whom were beginners, found the Intel Teach program comprehensive and easy to follow. Simple tutorials on Internet surfing, search and email were likewise discussed by Claire Fernandez, IT Coordinator for Region 8. |
 Telemedicine project to assist flood stricken districts in Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani chaired 25th meeting of Board of Directors of Universal Service Fund (USF) as Minister-Information Technology, at Prime Minister's House recently and the meeting approved projects budget of Rs.9.9 billion for Financial Year 2001-12 including initiation of USF pilot Project to set-up telemedicine networks iaround Rawalpindi, Karachi and Multan. Jinnah Post graduate medical center, Karachi, Nishtar Medical College Multan and Holy Family hospital Rawalpindi will be connected with 12 remote sites to set up three telemedicine networks. Each of these remote sites will provide facilities of digital stethoscope, digital derma-scope, portable ultrasound, digital ECG and customized telemedicine software to the patients at their hometowns including consultations with the specialists sitting in the three main hospitals.
The Prime Minister directed USF that in addition to the proposed cities in Sindh, of Badin, Thatta, Dadu and Nausheroferoz, flood stricken districts like Nawabshah, Mirpur khas, Umerkot and Sanghar should also be included in the telemedicine network, immediately. Similarly he directed to include cities of Bahawalpur, Rahimyar Khan, Rajanpur, DG Khan, Qadirpur, Shuja'abad Mianwali and Kharian to the 12 cities initially planned. He also directed that as soon as USF Fiber cable islaid in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, similar Tele-medicine projects should be started there also. Read MORE |
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