[UgaBYTES] telecentre.org Updates - June 2009

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June 2009
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Featured Blog

COMMUNITY
MEDIA OF TANZANIA
WORKSHOP
Felician
Ncheye's blog on 'COMMUNITY MEDIA OF TANZANIA WORKSHOP' was one of the
most interesting blogs of the month. The main objective
of the workshop was to
build capacities by developing skills
in order to help managers to strengthen
the management of their community radio stations. By strengthening the
organization of their community radio stations it is intended to ensure
community "ownership" and content that meets local needs, and develop
relationships and policies in order to consolidate the
network of community
media in Tanzania.
The main focus of the workshop was on organizational Development, particularly,
how do organizations affect success of radio stations, what are the key
principles of community radios and networks, and what are the capacity needs of
community radios.
Read on [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102602078273&s=2009&e=001ufAZUsQvx7qsVkINH62rjsyrDuGW9Bi2o86Ofb5N4qvVuCaVCVsal2hh6vIq8gG4-u2egxjYBi56s_Ky90LNnMyJlX7EKCfpUMzSNM34YVl2O60xpkLw9lcSgvnZ2DKMVl0nMUgU65j5AuCvETZvREDRwExUGssFKlbHavKC7-Rsz_LwOZ0etpOJSpsGtvGC]
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Upcoming Events
July 07:
using ICT for disaster management Pacific
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July 14:
outsourcing and contact centre Uganda 2009
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July 20:
Mobile banking and financial service Africa
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Featured Group
The group 'Agritelecntre'
was one of the most popular groups during the month of June. Membership has
been increased to 65 and most of the members have actively participated to the
discussions carried out within the group.
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Online Resource
Global Software
Piracy Study 2008
Working together,
governments, software companies, and Business Software Alliance
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102602078273&s=2009&e=001ufAZUsQvx7plOf5B6WsD5ycO9j5mCUEugClWdwx6-AbyqWe6Iun4Unoy6HBoC3tc12YqJo265nfTr0fh8ROvz6aOH5sJX41550co61vqBOs8vszvb7tcG9PlpkYkDLkLXX9PW7AyYYrAqarn_gBY-A==](BSA)
are making progress in stopping the illegal theft and use of PC
software products.
But piracy still remains a serious problem in all countries. The key findings
of this study are:
1)Piracy down in many
nations: The rate of personal computer (PC) software piracy
dropped in 2008 in about half (57) of the 110 countries studied, remained the
same in about a third (36), and rose in just 16.
2)Piracy up on a
global basis: However, the worldwide PC software piracy rate rose
for the second year in a row, from 38 percent to 41 percent, largely
because PC shipments grew fastest in high-piracy countries such as
China and India.
3)Dollar losses up: The
retail value of unlicensed software - representing revenue "losses" to
software companies - broke the $50 billion level for the first time in
2008. Worldwide losses grew by 11 percent to $53 billion. Excluding the
effect of exchange rates, losses grew by 5 percent to $50.2 billion.
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Featured Partner

The
Global Alliance
for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (UNGAID), is the
global partnership of telecentre.org. UNGAID
is an initiative approved by the United Nations
Secretary-General in 2006, was launched after comprehensive worldwide
consultations with governments, the private sector, civil society, the
technical and Internet communities and academia.
UNGAID responds to the need and demand for an inclusive global forum and
platform for cross-sectoral policy dialogue on the use of ICT for enhancing the
achievement of internationally agreed development goals, notably reduction of
poverty.
Read more [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102602078273&s=2009&e=001ufAZUsQvx7rThDjo4j2scYR9d54XpEYbOi0oESxvexiU2Gq2iD2GSx62cjEDHWGCrW-KTl7opbKpW0gyaKTH5Io77tQdffxGeX0aOmWdyQWR1hZC4bQzMg==]
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It's our third issue!
In this edition of the telecentre.org updates, we  continue to
highlight the contributions
of members as our way of  giving back to the community.
Hope you enjoy our third issue. As usual, your comments  and
suggestions are most
welcome.
Wishing you all a happy reading experience!
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'telecentre.org' English team concluded its first blog contest
telecentre.org, English team would like to thank all members of the English site
 of
telecentre.org who entered their blogs for the contest. They would
like to convey
their sincere gratitude to the panel of judges, from all parts of the
world for agreeing to participate in the evaluation of the submitted
blogs and for their tremendous support to make this event  a success.
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Telecentre based ICT supported Social
Business and employment opportunity
With the
development of ICT and with effects of globalization, there are lots of social
business and employment opportunities available in the world. Social business
is now expanding very faster in developing countries. Yet, due to the
lack of knowledge
and skills
in ICT and lack of ICT supported resources, communities of the developing
countries constrained in obtaining the benefits of ICT. Addressing this
difficulty, Telecenter movements can play an important role to empower the
urban & rural community. Telecentre managers and operators can contribute
their service in awareness building in ICT supported social business among
people to ensure the sustainability of development. Read more
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102602078273&s=2009&e=001ufAZUsQvx7p1OPTWECnNgR5Zu2PqTgB3y45mj1yWLH0VCL3EPQV_bhFq90APWADVZGmDiqn9dSSAa6psxKP35xFfzxi1sSsVr7DGGv80YGRWJIILskZtMm0dJcsxODHZIJ_a2cLZ9HNaQeHMi2bc-GVpG_smVpUGogbId8ilwuei5rRFlKSTQ719fUNUkcVp]
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Immersion in Design Science as a Wealth-Creation
Strategy Using Web 2.0 in Telecenters
Nowadays,our lifestyle has been greatly influenced due to 'Human
Computer Interactions'
In this era of ICT, people have adopted the advantages of ICT in acquire
profound development in every aspects of their life. One of the areas, which
has vastly gained the advancements of ICT is the area of design. Through the
use of the immersive internet which is characterized by virtual worlds, web 2.0
and serious gaming, designers are now being facilitated to inhabit a design
collaboratively, and co-create before the initial stage of
construction. Read more
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102602078273&s=2009&e=001ufAZUsQvx7r2UcIyrRVlMTScdVNFpI_5H1asIz8ERt9clk4zkJLDhofy18ia5Xrl9Agzi3Cxx2aPLrGlVxTndx0KMOY5lKNmTh1pTcDH9P4gBiOJaQgn5kkMFN9bGE8S8OmRMo7cG6pd1C5E4yIJCY99IF0FF5bLu5akoqxjtMLgfRehP_sBLhPq2kE7UYEn]
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Free Online Courses
There are useful
free online courses available in the internet for telecentre managers
and operators
who are non professionals in fields of project management, website development,
and any other related skills. Those who are interested in utilizing ICTs for
development, the following link will be useful. Read more
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102602078273&s=2009&e=001ufAZUsQvx7qh9jaZROwIyth0sSTeQLZqb1Oqpruy04xrhSaCezMDJunkpwOTz4gGmzet6X1lhc-Qt8fuF5Ynu0yyKfefQ70oQi_W9Q-m8jfbaBAFgcPHCFQcQ7oF9CoQ7dIZwLlj_sJaLpKOX9ruVedPEOkKEF9yBzr6qh_n9HD4pZETLU5OAA==]
Project management
http://www.hyperthot.com/project.htm
http://www.softwareprojects.org/
http://www.prince2.com/
http://www.pmtrainingonline.com/site/1648622/page/853567
Website designing
www.w3schools.com/
www.educationonlineforcomputers.com/training/Free-Web-Development-T...
www.2createawebsite.com/
www.webmastercourse.com/
www.joomla.com
www.webmonkey
www.coolhomepages.com/
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Discussion

Poverty Eradication and Financial Crisis-
Are ICT4D playing a positive role in addressing these issues?
The discussion
"Poverty Eradication and Financial Crisis- Are ICT4D playing a positive role in
addressing these issues?  was one of the
popular and enriching discussions of the month. The discussion has drawn the
attention of the community and encouraged more than thirty replies from
members. The responses received were diverse and varied. Most of the
respondents agreed that ICT4D is playing a positive role in poverty eradication
and financial crisis. Apart from the agreeable responses, most of the
respondents have emphasis the fact that, ICT4D has the capacity to enhance the
quality of their service to the community in many other ways. Read
more [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102602078273&s=2009&e=001ufAZUsQvx7rr5-wFPW2aBkyRmheCzaR6j0Ns-nJmhxvpBtI3dU9IlQLNmrVSHP1p8MwWJOFJYcTdP8EIw6-ojTg4zEBiUWMcWfItQgaeubNR8UkOMPrO_d9AzCFPPtdYtQpkAYWKzTFt_Dpashssbe18FBLzPYKwratnawZvt2e2zDPpPiyrOA==]
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Photos and Videos
'Children Playing with Computers'
This photo was taken from
Dipak Kamal's Photos
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102602078273&s=2009&e=001ufAZUsQvx7pKpINqfsAqK0x0tUUQBBK9oKHjyBmvjuEBB1YZdgNsGIN4IwCFJbnhljvczJ1dfrqJRtYvjLEzWtnX4kxhwzqlHGC9EF21bKd56M0NUQvPqbbz7Gk5wMlMO-cRJsTNlBhInjhcg-bdIWNM9NPfzBZS-CJ_QL4akqeYbP4GcGIlKrPmX-op89Q7JmYWNG-cHlwDfDWuDv1aKwpwkfMPAm0fpXU4zOMZ2OkOV1r44qNkzLoSTakdAIJn]Dipak
Kamal's Photos. This picture depicts a group of children playing with
computers in Computer
Education Center at Paar Khidirpur High School, Aatgharia, Pabna, Bangladesh.
'How
can wireless internet connection be used...'

This video entitled "How can wireless internet connection be used in development
 context? [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102602078273&s=2009&e=001ufAZUsQvx7otH6BijLz9XEKj0o7xcsVtxcnaBCpZn1ipZykQvFnN4mYUTm0DPYbQh4GfDGPRpN_tS0kWVolHLGBkdPXYlmLJ-YcHge-P5yWgKCMnpwAOyj8GgTQS2CDCHe166xjV0SvrvTB87NNjYFmBnJq3GCdefxtFelTJtJo=]How
can wireless
internet connection be used in development context?" uploaded by Partha Sarker
was one of the popular videos in telecentre.org. Viewed over 200 times, this
video depicts dissemination knowledge around Africa
about using wireless network connectivity.
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Announcement

The Top 5 Blogs of The First Blog Contest
The first edition of the blog contest draws to an end
announcing its top five entries. Following members are the winners of the first
blog contest.
Read more [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102602078273&s=2009&e=001ufAZUsQvx7riPwAzK61kt-ZwNPl-6tqy5cPJRpobjLRwJZPvHiFu_zOP3RlscbACsImWjT9kgFuTjUBQ3eW2YvpPDXyIYN3GjyJfFCCTwmFRwo8R7C7VoWEi6ZY7McdYMXDi0d2NslYk6ziYPL-QhbaZma7oVtU4wr9T5AkppbQadaaRLnG8os8SnS3JNhdi]
*How Shilpa Sayura became a Telecenter Sustainability
Tool in Sri Lanka
submitted by Niranjan Meegammana.
*Realistic Path to Sustainability for the Telecentre Champions Group
submitted by Claire Peque Fernandez.
*Can current telecenters reach out to more users by many folds and really
close the digital divides?
submitted by Alan Foo.
*Do not rush! Talk to the community people to find their information requirement

submitted by Fatema Begum Labony.
*E-Agriculture in Bangladesh:
- A spatial skeleton demanding
submitted by Md. Saiful Islam.
*Honey I Unearthed a Gold Mine in Rural India!!!!
submitted by N.Ganga
Vidya.
e-Asia 2009 is to be held in Sri Lanka
e-Asia 2009 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102602078273&s=2009&e=001ufAZUsQvx7rtiJ1JUeVFh0q0R6BHkQ9JzeX6jy7Uh-FkBaxy21Rpz7sDTVDzavtAFQYcHQvJXbi8PZafTBjQJloPD_ETkPnD53cDC1SN4V9PlN4AzfAjcUyA0ECkwwnE9y_EJAqSvNA=],
one of Asia's premier events on Information and
Communication Technologies will be held on 2-4 December 2009 at
Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo, Sri
Lanka. Information and Communication Technology Agency, Sri Lanka has
joined hands to organize e-Asia 2009 conference in order to promote and
support growth of ICT4D, through consultative dialoguing, strategic
planning, knowledge networking and business partnering. Read more
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102602078273&s=2009&e=001ufAZUsQvx7rHr8dqmBK1LyCA7gBFPasZ2qYG3JvrdCUmVTfwDX8mcrAM3SI0K7Ojj-EFnlJWgtylRdKVKcPoD3WI-ax8JqL70RzboPyYPuvIsKQclZu1b-3uCT2ZBoct1CGHySDMfISPq9OpkZr7MstzURHcSQfUtcb4WRmG0C8IeKOH1byR2V74W8w33AHK]
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For inquiries, comments or suggestions regarding this newsletter, please get in
touch with any of the following telecentre.org English Community Facilitators:
Sandra Nassali (snassali at ugabytes.org [mailto:snassali at ugabytes.org])
Cuchie Echeverria (cuchie at foo.ncc.gov.ph [mailto:cuchie at foo.ncc.gov.ph])
Francis Mwathi (mfrancis at ugabytes.org [mailto:mfrancis at ugabytes.org])
Laia Fauro Gual (lfauro at esplai.org [mailto:lfauro at esplai.org])
Munira Morshed Munni (munni at mission2011.net.bd
[mailto:munni at mission2011.net.bd])
Sabyasachi Kashyap (sabyasachi at telecentremagazine.net
[mailto:sabyasachi at telecentremagazine.net])
Seuwandi Yapa (seuwandiy at icta.lk [mailto:seuwandiyapa at gmail.com])

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