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Caribbean Community Telecenters
Regional Workshop

July 20-22, 2006
Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic

Main objective:

To contribute to the strengthening of the Caribbean Telecenters (see definition ) initiatives as a tool for the human development of the rural and/or urban marginal communities.

Specific Objectives:

1.      Identify and map the active initiatives in the region (either NGO, academy, private of government driven, all Caribbean)

2.      Identify and analyze collectively the main challenges and needs of these initiatives

3.      Identify collectively which could be addressed collectively by a regional initiative and how

4.      Set the bases and steps for a permanent regional network of exchange and collaboration.

Participants

• Will be invited 25-30 practitioners (telecentre promoters and managers, researchers, donors, but all involved in operations).
•  Participants will be selected targeting practitioners with dynamic and ongoing Community Telecenters initiatives.
• Preference will be given to those who are proactive in answering the survey for the study
• The selection will be made considering as much as possible a balanced and representative mix of
  • Sectors (private, NGO, and Government sectors)
  • Languages ( English, French, Spanish, and Dutch speaking participant)
  • Developmental approaches to telecenters and models
    

Workshop characteristics:

• 3 full days, in the Dominican Republic;
• Multilingual (simultaneous translation)
• Few introductive plenary presentations and group work with facilitation towards specific objectives:

• Day 1: Survey presentation. Identifying common needs and priorities of the Caribbean Community Telecenters,
• Day 2: Other Networks, experiences. What can be addressed collectively and regionally?
• Day 3: Next steps. And how we organize. Follow up Commitments.