[UgaBYTES] August 2008 PhilCeCNet Newsline

[Maria Teresa Magadia Camba]

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   [1]Sections Events Join the Philippine Community eCenter Network
   (PhilCeCNet) Visit the PhilCeC Portal Contact Us CICT holds workshop
   on competency standard development The Commission on Information and
   Communications Technology, in partnership with the Philippine CeC
   Network (PhilCeCNet) and telecentre.org, conducted a workshop on the
   Development of the National Competency Standard for Community eCenter
   (CeC) Knowledge Workers (NCS-CeCs).   The workshop, which culminates a
   series of Focus Group Discussion, aimed to finalize the required
   knowledge and skills of CeC knowledge workers, identify the
   performance indicators for each skills set in the standard, as well as
   outline the implementation and adoption process. The standard for CeC
   knowledge workers defines the fundamental set of knowledge and skills
   required to assist and empower urban and rural communities to utilize
   information and communication technologies (ICT) for their access to
   basic social services and economic activities.  The adoption of this
   standard would ensure an effective integration of technology in
   computing and communication skills among remote and/or disadvantaged
   groups. Read more Top Stories Bato Community eCenter UPOU, AIJC bag
   telecentre.org academy Curriculum Commons Grant The University of the
   Philippines Open University (UPOU) and the Asian Institute of
   Journalism and Communications (AIJC),  active members of the
   Philippine Community eCenter Network and the CeC Academy,  are among
   thirteen institutions chosen as recipients of the telecentre.org
   Curriculum Commons Grant. The grant  is intended for improving the
   quality and standard of grassroots knowledge workers commonly referred
   to as telecenter (locally branded as Community eCenter or CeC)
   managers. The grant was announced during the inaugural address of D.
   Purandeswari, India's Minister of State for Higher Education, at the
   eINDIA 2008 Conference held last July 29 to 31 in Pragati Maidan, New
   Delhi. According to Dr. Basheerhamad Shadrach, Lead Program Officer
   for the telecentre.org academy initiative, the grant announcement made
   by the Honorable Minister was well received by telecenter
   organizations across the world, with more than thirty proposals coming
   from four continents submitted. Read more tPCA Charter ratified The
   charter of the telecentre.org-Philippine CeC Academy (tPCA), the
   consortium of capability-building institutions involved in the
   delivery of ICT for Development and CeC-related training programs, was
   ratified on Wednesday, August 6, during a special meeting of the
   academy's founding partners at the CICT-NCC Building in Diliman,
   Quezon City. With the charter in place, the tPCA can now focus on
   carrying out its mission of guaranteeing "the availability of highly
   competent knowledge workers for CeCs through collaboration of
   institutions unified by a shared purpose to optimize resources and
   ensure knowledge sharing in order to deliver continuous and relevant
   capability-building programs, research, certification and advocacy
   thereby enhancing productivity and sustainability of CeCs in the
   country". The tPCA shall lead in the professionalization of knowledge
   workers for CeCs primarily by developing and making available
   capability building programs and post-baccalaureate degree courses for
   CeC knowledge workers in coordination and in collaboration with its
   accredited members, developing and implementing an accreditation
   system and standards for courses to be offered by its members, and
   certifying to the proficiency of individual CeC knowledge workers on
   specific competencies required for specific jobs. Read more
   telecentre.org-Philippine CeC Academy Charter August 2008 Strategic
   Roadmap of the Philippine Community eCenter Program 2008-2010

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