[UgaBYTES] KenTlink’s strategic plan workshop summary

[Cleopa Timon Otieno]

Thanks Jean Paul,

I am glad BCTN is progressing and will soon be holding a strategic plan
workshop. The areas you have suggested are great focus points for a start,
and I think the fewer they are the better.

However before all this it would be a good idea to conduct a baseline survey
on the telecentre needs in Burundi, so that your plan is informed and
responds to actual needs of the telecentre community in your country.

Also....

 1. Sensitization of active and potential partners to multiply telecentres
initiatives in Burundi;
Just to stress here that ensuring that your goverment is involved as a major
partner in this journey, since this is where enabling policy will emerge.
Also good will from government will see telecentre networks achieve their
goals in supporting telecentres nationally.

2. Emproving capacities for telecentres practitionners;
This is quite broad and you may need to be more specific, areas such as the
BPO Sector, E-waste management, Telecentre management in general etc
are essential.

All the best, lets read from others as well.

Regards

Cleopa.


2009/10/26 NKURUNZIZA Jean Paul <nkurunziza at bytc.bi>

> 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
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>
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> Secrétaire Général de BYTC
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