Dear Andy and All,<BR><BR>I could not make this time to attend the
Teleceneter meeting. Please bring our support and efforts for all
Telecenter movement. <BR><BR>Any concrete initiative like Working Group
on Telecenter may make the Telecenter movement more effective.<BR><BR>Hoping
all the best and best wisshes for all Telecenter
activists.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Shahid Uddin Akbar<BR>Coordinator<BR>ICT
for Development Program, Bangladesh (ICTDPB)<BR>Dhaka,
Bangladesh<BR><BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">--------- Mensagem Original --------<BR>From:
"Andy Carvin" <ACarvin@edc.org><BR>To: "telecentres@wsis-cs.org"
<telecentres@wsis-cs.org><BR>Subject: [Telecentres] requesting
immediate feedback: telecentres/education statement<BR>Date: 22/02/05
18:44<BR><BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><BR>Hi everyone,<BR><BR>I've
been working with Divina Frau-Meigs and Jane Johnson from the<BR>education
caucus to craft language to be presented in tomorrow morning's<BR>plenary.
As we wrote down our ideas, we realized that much of what we had<BR>to say
was similar to some of the ideas we have discussed on the<BR>telecentres
list.<BR><BR>So I would like to propose that we consider issuing a joint
statement with<BR>the education caucus on areas of agreement regarding the
role of schools,<BR>universities and telecentres in meeting the MDGs. Please
give me feedback<BR>on the following ideas as soon as possible, because our
telecentres meeting<BR>tomorrow afternoon will be too late in the process to
impact the discussion<BR>on financing mechanisms. thanks! -ac<BR><BR>ICTs
are a key tool in achieving universal education, while wired schools<BR>and
non-formal learning institutions such telecenters can play a major
role<BR>in promoting development.<BR><BR>1. When considering financing
mechanisms, do not neglect the role that<BR>schools, universities and
informal educational institutions such as<BR>telecentres an play as a
community hub for building knowledge and<BR>integrating marginalized
communities into the information society.<BR><BR>Schools, libraries and
other institutions are existing infrastructures that<BR>focus on the future
-- the potential of our children and young people.<BR>Young people should be
a priority for accessing these educational ICTs as<BR>they cannot afford to
wait for policymakers; their longterm prosperity is<BR>at stake.<BR><BR>2.
It's not enough to finance infrastructure - professional development
for<BR>educators and curriculum development must also be addressed -
curriculum<BR>that is linguistically and culturally appropriate, including
open<BR>courseware.<BR><BR>3. Multi-purpose access points: schools should be
able to serve as<BR>telecentres, while telecentres can serve as educational
institutions in<BR>themselves<BR><BR>4. Encouraging local/community vested
interest in the success of these<BR>institutions. Community members must
have a true stake in their<BR>technological and educational
development.<BR><BR>5. Promote the development of regional open courseware
initiatives as a<BR>primary means for cultural and linguistic diversity, for
pluralism of<BR>educational formats. These initiatives should be networked
for worldwide<BR>capacity
building.<BR><BR><BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------<BR>Andy
Carvin<BR>Program Director<BR>EDC Center for Media &
Community<BR>acarvin @ edc . org<BR><A class=autolink
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