APTN Newsletter: February 2012

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February 2012 Asia Pacific Telecentre Network Featured Event Thailand Declared Next APTN Host Following the Asia-Pacific Telecentre Network (APTN)'s regional planning meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh last December 3, 2011, Thaitelecentre.org was recently declared the next country host of the network. Thaitelecentre.org, which has a very active telecentre movement and receives strong government support through the country's Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, takes over hosting duties from the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA). It assume its role as host effective February 2012. Aside form Thailand, the APTN committee is composed of 5 other core member countries: Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, and the Fiji Islands. APTN is a collaborative  initiative of Philippine Digital Literacy for Women Campaign (PDLWC) is launching the search for 100 Inspiring Stories  The Philippine Digital Literacy for Women Campaign (PDLWC) is launching the search for 100 Inspiring Stories in a bid to inspire countless women with stories of transformation and success. A total of 100 stories from women all over the country will be gathered and recognized before the year ends. Stories can be submitted by any woman, regardless of whether or not she has undergone training through the PDLWC. Stories should be about  women benefiting from the opportunities made possible by digital literacy and whose lives have been transformed for the better by information and communication technology (ICT). Information on the mechanics of submission are outlined in the Campaign Guide. Read MORE  Amazing Thailand The national tourism slogan goes "Thailand-Truly Amazing".  And it's true.  But it's not just tourism in Thailand that fits this bill.  In just a few years the telecentre movement in Thailand has blossomed into something "truly amazing" Thailand is the only country in SE Asia that was neither colonized nor "communized".  The country was spared the liberation struggles that befell much of the region in the 1960's and 70's.  As a consequence, its patterns of development have not been deformed nor confounded by external colonial or ideological systems.  Although Thailand is an "Emerging Market" country, and a mature one at that, its ways of doing things don't fit neatly into anyone's box. The telecentre movement in the country reflects this. It is a coordinated national movement rather than a patchwork of different, unrelated start-ups.  It can be found in every region of the country and takes on different forms to reflect the social markets it serves. Read MORE D.Net Bangladesh Fund Raising Event 2012 D.Net and Volunteers Association for Bangladesh, New Jersey Chapter (VAB.NJ), USA organised the Fund Raising Event titled "Givings to Innovations in Education" to support Computer Literacy (CLP) and Smart Class Room (SCR) Programs, implemented by D.Net. It supports to benefit the underprivileged youth through access to ICT-led education. Dr. Mohammad Farooque and Mrs. Shirin Ali, Volunteers of VAB-NJ, USA and Mr. Ajoy Kumar Bose, Coordinator of the project organize the event. The event was held at La Vita Hall, Lakeshore Hotel, Dhaka on January 09, 2012. Fueled by a few nonresident Bangladeshis' passion and commitment to contribute to their motherland's journey from poverty to prosperity, CLP was started about a year ago with the goal of "Empowering underprivileged youth in Bangladesh through computer literacy". Read MORE APTN Asia-Pacific Telecentre Network (APTN) is a collaborative initiative of the United Nations' Economic and Social Commission for the Asia-Pacific (UN-ESCAP), ICT Agency of Sri Lanka and Telecentre.org. Thailand will be the next country host for the APTN Secretariat and the network will promote innovation and knowledge-sharing among telecentre organizations in the Asia-Pacific region  and it will serve as the focal network or the knowledge hub for communication and information technology in the Asia Pacific region.

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APTN Newsletter- December 2011

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Volume 1- Issue  XVII December  2011 In This Issue News from Strenthening APTN Philippines Bangladesh India APTN is a Collaborative Initiative of    Happy New Year 2012!!!! With the dawn of the New Year 2012 accompanied with full of hopes and possibilities, APTN secretariat would like to thank everyone for their continued support to the secretariat. We wish you all a very happy new year 2012. Cheers! APTN Secretariat Congratulates the Winners of Telecentre Women Campaign  APTN Secretariat congratulates all winners of the Global Search for the 100 Outstanding Telecentre Women Managers, Saiyud Phoonsawat from Thailand in particular, the winner of the Asia- Pacific region. Telecentre Women Campaign is an initiative of Telecentre.org Foundation and ITU which was launched in April, 2011. Read MORE    Asia-Pacific Telecentre Network - Gearing up for 2012 Asia Pacific Telecentre Network (APTN) Secretariat in partnership with Telecentre.org Foundation (TCF) held a meeting on Strengthening the Asia Pacific Telecentre Network recently in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This meeting was held on December 3rd in parallel to eAsia 2011, Asia's primer ICT event held in Dhaka Bangladesh. The meeting offered a unique opportunity for APTN resource persons, telecentre experts, and practitioners to discuss and highlight the important role of APTN. The meeting aimed to discuss and come to a conclusion on how telecentre networks/stakeholders in the Asia Pacific Region can benefit from APTN and contribute to understanding on how resources can be mobilized by overcoming the current operating challenges. It is expected that by strengthening the APTN, the network will be to assist the national and regional telecentre networks in Asia-Pacific and become an access point into knowledge hubs of global knowledge network to provide, develop, organize, share, and disseminate knowledge pertinent to telecentre communities. Read MORE    7th Knowledge Exchange Conference: Self-reliant CeCs for Self-reliant communities in Philippines   The 7th Knowledge Exchange Conference on Community eCenters (KEC 7) marked the successful conclusion of a vision that shaped the CeC landscape of the country and the start of a new journey towards self-reliance. Approximately 350 delegates, the biggest KEC number yet, joined the annual knowledge exchange tradition, held from November 22-23 in Baguio City. This year's theme, Self-reliant CeCs for Self-reliant Communities, was a momentous departure from previous KEC themes of sustainability and celebration. Read MORE  e-Krishok Service scaled up at National Level: Road towards e-Agriculture in Bangladesh On 4th December 2011, Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) had launched "Nationwide Scaling Up of e-Krishok" program aiming to broaden its activities of e-krishok and thus increase the number of beneficiary farmers through ICT (Information and Communication Technology) enabled services. BIID initiated to deliver the e-Krishok service nationwide across 493 Upazilas (Sub-District) of 64 districts to reach 500,000 farmers by 2012. Mr. Muhammad Faruk Khan, MP, the then Honorable Minister of Commerce (now tourism minister), People's Republic of Bangladesh inaugurated the event as chief guest where Mr. Nazrul Islam Khan, Personal Secretary 1 to the Prime Minister, Mr. Carel Richter, Deputy Head of Mission, The Embassy of the kingdom of the Netherlands and other high officials from Prime Minister Office, Agriculture Information Service (AIS) of MoA (Ministry of Agriculture), ACI Limited, Grameenphone (GP) and Katalyst attended the event. Farmers representing six divisions attended the event and shared their experiences. Speakers appreciated this innovative idea to serve the farmers in an efficient manner while the existing extension service is not sufficient enough to cater the demand of farmers.  Read MORE   Farmer Registration Scheme In Common Sevice Centers in India  Farmer Registration is New Scheme under the Project Common Service Center (NICT) Under the supervision of MP Government (Government of India , Department of IT). The Madhya Pradesh Government is going for online registration of farmers to further simplify the procedure of procurement of wheat, paddy and other food grains at support price. With this facility farmers will not have to face any unnecessary problem during the procurement process. They will be intimated in advance on their mobile phones about the dates on which they have to reach the procurement centre to sell their produce. Read MORE   APTN Asia-Pacific Telecentre Network (APTN) is a collaborative initiative of the United Nations' Economic and Social Commission for the Asia-Pacific (UN-ESCAP), ICT Agency of Sri Lanka and Telecentre.org.  APTN Secretariat presently being hosted at ICT Agency (ICTA) Sri Lanka. The network will promote innovation and knowledge-sharing among telecentre organizations in the Asia-Pacific region  and it will serve as the focal network or the knowledge hub for communication and information technology in the Asia Pacific region.

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