New Website: Telecentre.org (for Community Technology Centers)
Posted by on January 20, 2006
[ed note: telecentres are also known as community technology centers (CTCs)]
Launch of http://telecentre.org to strengthen the global telecentre movement
Tunis, 17 November – At the World Summit on the Information Society, Canada’s International Development Research Centre, Microsoft Corporation and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, announced the launch of http://telecentre.org, a CAN$21 million collaborative initiative that will strengthen the capacity of tens of thousands of community-based telecentres around the world. A first round of social investments is being made in telecentre networks in India, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Mozambique, South Africa, Chile, and the Americas. Investments will also be made in the Non-profit Enterprise and Sustainability Team and TakingITGlobal, two organizations that will play a key role in providing support services to telecentre networks. More here
http://about.takingitglobal.org/d/media/releases?view=102
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