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<DIV><SPAN class=750415513-13102004>Hannah,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=750415513-13102004>Thank you for the informative and detailed
descriptions of the 3 pilot ICT projects of Reflect. It certainly
highlights the diverse functions of telecenters tailored to meet the particular
needs of a specific region. I will include it in the information I am
compiling.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=750415513-13102004>Elizabeth</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=750415513-13102004>Dr. Elizabeth Carll<BR>Focal Point
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<DIV><SPAN class=531305301-29092004>International Society for Traumatic Stress
Studies;<BR>Chair Media/ICT Working Group,<BR>NGO Committee on Mental Health,
New York<BR>Tel: 1-631-754-2424<BR>Fax: 1-631-754-5032<BR><A
href="mailto:ecarll@optonline.net"><FONT
color=#000000>ecarll@optonline.net</FONT></A></SPAN></DIV></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Hannah Beardon
[mailto:HannahB@actionaid.org]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 13, 2004
8:52 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Elizabeth Carll, PhD<BR><B>Cc:</B>
telecentres@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [SPAM] - RE: [Telecentres] Re:
Basic Telecentre Items/ICT Definition - Email found in
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<P>Sorry to be so out of synch, I am going through unread messages a bunch at
a time after being away for a couple of weeks...<BR><BR>I think that it is
right to have examlpes of what is expected from telecentres by their users or
designers/ managers... In the Reflect ICTs project we took as a starting
point the capacity of groups or communities to analyse their communication
needs, practices and gaps, and from there was established what a telecentre to
serve that group or community might do (and look like).<BR><BR>In each of the
three pilots the process has been similar in facilitating the needs analysis,
but the resulting 'telecentres' (actually mostly more amorphous than that -
called 'communications systems') are all very different. Here a very
brief summary of what the three teams came up with (I should mention that all
three pilots are linked to Reflect, an approach to adult learning and
empowerment which is structured around facilitated groups in villages -
www.reflect-action.org to find out more!):<BR><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><STRONG>Uganda:</STRONG> <EM>Reflect</EM>
participants want good information on agricultural practices and services,
control over land, marketing advice and credit facilities.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A breakdown of information needs
shows differences in priorities between men, women, young and old.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Women tended to focus on their rights
and their reproductive health, especially how to cope with HIV. In particular
participants asked for a databank to be elaborated with information on herbs
used to fight opportunistic infections. Men were generally more concerned with
their income. According to male <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Reflect</I> participants, disease is a
product of poverty.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">The Uganda
system is based around a central resource centre with a full-time coordinator
to help develop materials and coordinate information exchange, and a technical
assistant to look after the equipment and provide technical training and
assistance, in a more typical telecentre model. This is mostly
because the infrastructure and policy environment allows. The centre
will also develop a databank of traditional medicines and their applications,
act as a training centre and undertake pro-poor advocacy with information
providers and policy makers on the development and information needs of poor
people. Equipment includes internet-connected computers, digital cameras and
world space receivers. Airtime is also being purchased for radio
programmes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P></SPAN></SPAN><STRONG>Burundi:</STRONG> For the community of Ruyigi, just
coming out of war, reliable information can mean life or death and is
considered very important. In particular, Reflect participants want the
'telecentre' to provide: experiences from elsewhere to stimulate debates
on peace, reconciliation and development; information for
income-generation; information on donors for development work; information on
relevant government commitments and rights; governance, land policies, and
local government institutions during the reintegration period.<BR><BR>The
system aims primarily to strengthen participation in an existing community
newsletter, Ejo, which has correspondents drawn from Reflect groups and
is widely distributed (even to refugee camps in Tanzania and other
provinces)and trusted. The project will provide a new Information
Officer to source relevant and requested information, translate and distribute
it as necessary, manage equipment and run training. Equipment will
include video, to capture and share information and record debates, songs,
story-telling and theatre; radio, for which programmes will be developed based
on analysis by Reflect groups; newspapers and leaflets. Although electricity,
transport and telecommunications infrastructure are not reliable for the area,
a computer-training centre will be set up in Ruyigi Town to provide training
and access for facilitators and project staff as well as general internet café
style services. This will enable the communities to diversify the
information available and also spread awareness of the internet, allowing
future strategies for its adoption and appropriation. Staff will also
ensure a strong link between local issues and national -level advocacy
and between development planners, communities and policy makers. </P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT size=3><STRONG>India (Orissa):</STRONG> R<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">eflect</I> participants wish to be better
informed about their rights and available benefits and schemes, to ensure food
security and to mitigate the causes of migration, including agricultural
practices, water conservation and seasonal employment opportunities. Finally,
they wish to push for more transparency in governance.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>The system they
have developed looks at access to information as a matter of both the <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">capacity</SPAN> of the poor and the <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">responsibility</SPAN> of the government at
different levels. The structure of the system mirrors the structure of local
government, with resource centres, people and management committees at
village, block and district levels.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Recognising
the importance of verbal communication, the system will work to make
facilitators better informed and supported. Electronic media, such as video,
audio and television, will be stored at district level and available to use by
all <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Reflect</I> circles on request.
Internet will be used where available (in the offices of some partner
organisations) to feed information into the system. At village level, resource
centres will hold materials developed by <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Reflect</I> groups and collected locally,
including newspapers and letters, posters, leaflets and booklets, cassettes,
pictures and so on, and a radio set for each circle.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Methods of sharing and disseminating
information include cultural performances, a quarterly newsletter based on
issues arising from circle analysis, weekly radio programmes organised
centrally in partnership with the local FM station, occasional television
programmes, audio and video recordings.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: telecentres-bounces@wsis-cs.org [<A
href="mailto:telecentres-bounces@wsis-cs.org">mailto:telecentres-bounces@wsis-cs.org</A>]
On Behalf Of Elizabeth Carll, PhD<BR>Sent: 04 October 2004 05:16<BR>To:
telecentres@wsis-cs.org<BR>Subject: [SPAM] - RE: [Telecentres] Re: Basic
Telecentre Items/ICT Definition - Email found in subject<BR><BR>Joel,<BR><BR>I
certainly agree with your suggestion as to identifying what telecenters are
used for, which brings us almost full circle to my initial request for people
to list telecenters they are involved with, their function and how these
relate to the WSIS Declaration. However, it appears that most are not
interested in posting this information, as only Toby has done so to
date.<BR><BR>I have pasted Toby's brief summary below, again, for other
peoples reference, should you be inclined to submit this information and code
it to the table of Contents/sections of WSIS Declaration, which is pasted at
the bottom. It is simpler for each person to describe and code their own
information than for one or two of us to have to undertake that as an
additional project.<BR><BR>If everyone submits this information, I can compile
the information and draft a paragraph in conjunction with Joel developing a
matrix from the purpose indicated for each of the various
telecenters.<BR><BR>Elizabeth<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
Toby Beresford [<A
href="mailto:toby.beresford@microaid.net">mailto:toby.beresford@microaid.net</A>]<BR>Sent:
Thursday, September 30, 2004 5:00 AM<BR>To: Elizabeth Carll, PhD<BR>Subject:
Re: [Telecentres] Content areas - application to telecentres<BR><BR><BR>Hi
Elizabeth<BR><BR>For MicroAid the following two categories are most applicable
to our 40 current online centres in UK, Indonesia and
elsewhere.<BR><BR><BR>2.1.1 Poverty
Eradication X<BR>MicroAid online centres
help community based organisations to plan and execute micro-projects targeted
at (and usually suggested by!) specific low-income individuals within
the community.<BR><BR><BR>2.1.8 Development of Sustainable and Community-based
ICT Solutions X MicroAid online centres are designed to provide tools for
commuity based organisations to raise funds to pay for the online centre and
to fund micro-projects themselves - empowering them to be sustainable and
self-financing.<BR><BR>Good luck!<BR><BR>Toby<BR><BR><BR>"Shaping Information
Societies for Human Needs"<BR>Civil Society Declaration to the World Summit on
the Information Society<BR><BR>TABLE OF CONTENTS<BR>1. A VISIONARY
SOCIETY-<BR>2. CORE PRINCIPLES AND CHALLENGES<BR><BR>2.1 Social Justice and
People-Centered Sustainable Development<BR>2.1.1 Poverty Eradication<BR>2.1.2
Global Citizenship<BR>2.1.3 Gender
Justice<BR> 2.1.4 Importance of
Youth<BR>2.1.5 Access to Information and the Means of Communication<BR>2.1.6
Access to Health Information<BR>2.1.7 Basic Literacy<BR>2.1.8 Development of
Sustainable and Community-based ICT Solutions<BR>2.1.9 Conflict
Situations<BR><BR>2.2 Centrality of Human Rights<BR>2.2.1 Freedom of
Expression<BR>2.2.2 Right to Privacy<BR>2.2.3 Right to Participate in Public
Affairs<BR>2.2.4 Workers' Rights<BR>2.2.5 Rights of Indigenous
Peoples<BR>2.2.6 Women's Rights<BR>2.2.7 Rights of the Child<BR>2.2.8 Rights
of Persons with Disabilities<BR>2.2.9 Regulation and the Rule of
Law<BR><BR>2.3 Culture, Knowledge and Public Domain<BR>2.3.1 Cultural
and Linguistic Diversity<BR>
2.3.1.1 Capacity Building and
Education<BR>
2.3.1.2
Language<BR>
2.3.1.3 International Law and
Regulation<BR>2.3.2 Media<BR>
2.3.2.1 The Role of the Media<BR>
2.3.2.2 Community Media<BR>2.3.3 Public Domain of Global
Knowledge<BR> 2.3.3.1 Indigenous
Peoples' Knowledge<BR> 2.3.3.2
Copyright, Patents and
Trademarks<BR> 2.3.3.3
Software<BR> 2.3.3.4
Research<BR><BR>2.4 Enabling Environment<BR>2.4.1 Ethical
Dimensions<BR>2.4.2 Democratic and Accountable Governance<BR>2.4.3
Infrastructure and Access<BR>2.4.4 Financing and Infrastructure<BR>2.4.5 Human
Development - Education and Training<BR>2.4.6 Information Generation and
Knowledge Development<BR>2.4.7 Global Governance of ICT and
Communications<BR><BR>3. CONCLUSION<BR><BR><BR>Elizabeth<BR><BR>Dr. Elizabeth
Carll<BR>Focal Point<BR>International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Chair Media/ICT Working Group, NGO Committee on Mental Health, New
York<BR>Tel: 1-631-754-2424<BR>Fax:
1-631-754-5032<BR>ecarll@optonline.net<BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: telecentres-bounces@wsis-cs.org<BR>[<A
href="mailto:telecentres-bounces@wsis-cs.org">mailto:telecentres-bounces@wsis-cs.org</A>]On
Behalf Of Joel Galgana<BR>Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 11:36 PM<BR>To:
telecentres@wsis-cs.org<BR>Subject: [Telecentres] Re: Basic Telecentre
Items/ICT Definition<BR><BR><BR><<<I humbly propose that we identify
first WHAT the telecenters would be used for, maybe coming up with matrix of
categories of telecenters, and based on the various applications / objectives,
THEN focus on the
details.>>><BR><BR>-Joel<BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>"For
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