[UgaBYTES] KenTlink’s strategic plan workshop summary

[NKURUNZIZA Jean Paul]

Hello Cleopa !

It's nice you have done this work !

Us at BCTN ( Burundi Community Telecentre Network), are also planing to
organise such a workshop. We are going to be supported by CTA.
We are thinking about the main strategic axes of action. Now we have
identified those :
1. Sensitization of active and potential partners to multiply telecentres
initiatives in Burundi;
2. Emproving capacities for telecentres practitionners;
3. Partnering with other organisations in content creation for rural
development.
4. Promotion of the use of alternative sources of energies ( power) in
rural telecentres.

We are asking you to contribute by suggesting any other axe of action you
think would be relevant to our strategic plan.

Thanks a lot for your in put !

> Kenya Telecentres link hosted a strategic plan workshop in Ugunja’s
> Camunya
> Hotel on the 20th and 21st August 2009. Participants were drawn from
> telecentres across the country and were mainly managers. The main agenda
> was
> to discuss the strategic plan, updates from KenTlink and other networks
> present (Ugabytes and KenDat), bloging and mailing list participation.
> Thereafter the members shared their experiences, what they do in their
> various Telecentres and the challenges they encounter. In doing this they
> would learn from others members sharing and advice too on how to go about
> some of the challenges.
> The activities were, setting up, running of resource centers, information
> collection and dissemination to the community members benefited them and
> the
> nation at large, besides that other telecentres were involved with various
> development programmes within the communities they are based. The resource
> centre provide opportunities for community members in to hold meetings,
> get
> trainings  on ICT, agriculture environmental issues, human rights
> advocacy,
> education programmes and infrastructure among others. Some of the
> challenges
> mentioned ranged from inadequate funds, lack of skills, equipment,
> connectivity problems, and poor coordination among others.
> Being the main agenda of the day, the strategic plan was not to be
> wholesomely adapted as it was, this forum was to help sharpen, nourish and
> enrich the document. Branding KenTlinks was discussed as part of the plan;
> this included the logo, slogan, values, vision mission and objectives.
> Kentel’s registration and change of name prompted discussions and
> clarifications. Having had Kentel as the name for the past two years in
> various areas including the website, it would be very costly to change it
> now therefore participants agreed that they would retain the KenTel
> acronym
> but have KenTlink as the name because acronyms are never registered. The
> members agreed uninonimously that the document was good needed few
> amendments which were basically repackaging and reorganizing the document.
> A
> small committee was formed to look at the areas together with consultant.
> On the way forward, all members were to register on KenTlink’s mailing for
> online discussions, the participants agreed to also forward their profiles
> to be posted on the KenTlink website. Participants were expected to blog
> on
> the KenTlink’s website having been trained on that. Once the strategic
> plan
> is ready in two weeks time, it would published and shared with members and
> partners to further market KenTlink. KenTlink will also organize for a
> partners/donors forum and have the strategic plan document launched in
> Nairobi.
>
> KenTlink extends their sincere thanks to IDRC, Telecentre.org and Ugabytes
> Initiative for their endless support which has enabled KenTlink to be what
> it is upto now. KenTlink also acknowledges the support from its host UCRC.
>
> --
> Cleopa Timon Otieno
> www.ugunja.org , www.kenyatelecentres.org
> P.O.Box 330-40606, Ugunja
> Cell: +254-720-950-220
> skype: timonson1
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>


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NKURUNZIZA Jean Paul
Président du Réseau des Télécentres Communautaires  du Burundi
Secrétaire Général de BYTC
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