[UgaBYTES] what is telecentre.org

[ahmed digital]

*telecentre.org: We are…*

One global community of more than *200 networks* and
organizations that work with *80,000 grassroots telecentres*

Spread over *70 countries*
reaching *40,000,000 telecentre users*
One virtual community with *3000 + online members* interacting in
English, Spanish, French and Arabic.

*We Have…*

Held *100 face-to-face events* for people and organizations
involved in telecentres to *share, learn, innovate and grow*

Helped produce and share content and services that local communities
want for *development* and telecentres need for *sustainability*

Stocked our community websites with the
world’s *largest collection of photos and videos* and its
*most complete resources* on all things telecentre

Created the telecentre.org Academy to provide
professional development training that improves telecentre performance.

Worked in *20 developing countries* to build research capacity
We put our research to work in the service of the telecentre movement

*Influenced public policy* and used our brand to leverage more than
*$3 million* to make telecentres *stronger, more sustainable and more
numerous.*

*We Will…*

Train *one million knowledge workers* by the year 2015.
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AHMED M. M. EISA

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http://www.gedaref.com/
http://sudantelecentreacademy.org
http://www.dse.nl/~gedaref/archief.htm
http://knowledgenets.net/gedaref/
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Gedaref digital city organization (GDCO) is a nongovernmental and nonprofit
organization (Gedaref Sudan), it is part of the Telecentres movement where
it is using ICT for community development.  GDCO is the winner of
information for development award  i4d 2007 awards (e-India 2007) for the
inclusion of the disabled, GDCO is the winner of i4d 2008 awards for the
best innovations at the grassroots Telecentres and the winner of i4d 2009
for the initiatives of civil society for development for the e-agriculture
project and other e-services.... it the founder of the first telecentre
academy in Africa and middle east and the thirteen in world ... The Digital
City of Eindhoven (DSE) Netherlands,  the well-known partner of GDCO in
Netherlands donated 750 computers and more than ten projects were
established using ICT for community development and one of them is
e-agriculture.