[UgaBYTES] Telecentre Leaders Workshop organized by KenTel to be held on the 20th & 21st August 2009

[Daniel Richard Methusela]

Hi

Is there any registration form for Telecentre leaders who would like to
attend the Workshop?

Regards

Daniel Methusela
Kibengwe Telecentre
Tanzania


> KenTel, an idea conceptualized by various telecentre leaders who attended
> and participated in Telecentre Leaders Forums held in Kamplala – E. Africa
> and Benin – W.Africa way back in 2006/7 is indeed an effort of IDRC
> through
> telecentre.org and Ugabytes Initiative to encourage the growth and
> development of telecenters across Africa for effective, efficient and
> equitable information access and service delivery to diverse communities
> that telecentres serve.
>
> Through a grant from IDRC (telecentre.org) managed by Ugabytes Initiative,
> KenTel has been able to officially register as a non profit company
> limited
> by guarantee, the certificate of incorporation was released on the 15th of
> July 2009 by the registrar of companies. The official name is now Kenya
> Telecentres Link given that a search at the Registrars’ office revealed
> that
> the previous name Kenya Telecentres Network and its acronym KenTel were
> already taken. The acronym is now KenTLink.
>
> A three year strategic plan is also in its final stages of development
> which
> will be shared during the workshop. This current status will see KenTel
> undertake its mandate more effectively in future and even reach more
> telecentres. It should be noted that telecentres are growing at a high
> rate
> in Kenya today with key government and non-government organizations
> initiating them. Some of these include the Kenya ICT Board, Kenya Data
> Network, UNDP, Kenya ICT Network, KenDat – Kenya Network for Dissemination
> of Agricultural Technologies, Forest Action Network (FAN) and ALIN – Arid
> Lands Information Network Forest Action Network (FAN) among many others.
>
> We have also planned for a two day workshop on the 20th and 21st of August
> this year. It will bring together telecentre leaders, practitioners and
> staff mainly to share and learn from each other.
>
> The workshop agenda shall include among others:
> -    Updates on KenTel.
> -    Dissemination of a 3 year strategic plan.
> -    Discussion on the opportunities presented to telecentres by the high
> bandwidth from the fiber optic cable and the BPO sector. Among others
>
> We hope that at the end of this workshop, individual telecentres will be
> able to understand, learn and be part of KenTel wide core objective.
>
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