DOT-COMments Articles by Intervention: Telecenters
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Title: eCenters Pilot Project One Year Anniversary - Innovations for Sustainability and Impact
Issue: June 2006, Issue 16
DOT: DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: In 2005, the eCenters project began with a simple premise - to empower rural residents in Kyrgyzstan by connecting them to high-speed Internet and knowledge skills training. A year after the launch of the project, the eCenters are showing great promise.
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Title: A Unique ICT Development Project in Cambodia: Provincial Business e-Learning
Issue: December 2005, Issue 14
DOT: DOT: dot-GOV
Summary: Cambodia is a country undergoing rapid changes, including a keen demand for access to higher education among rural youth. The major centers for post-secondary school education are mainly located in the capital city, Phnom Penh. Although recently there has been a proliferation of private universities these programs are lecture-based and require students to attend regular scheduled classes. Distance education and/or independent study options are hard to find in government or private universities. To jump-start on-line learning in rural areas, The Asia Foundation (TAF) (www.asiafoundation.org) proposed using as an access point for virtual learning five Community Information Centers (CICs) created by USAID in all Cambodian provinces.
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Title: Gender Strategies in dot-ORG Projects
Issue: May 2005, Issue 11
DOT: DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: What do dot-ORG projects in Mali, Brazil, Macedonia and Uganda have in common beyond the fact that they all involve the provision of some form of information technology? They have all designed strategies that take gender into account, strategies that ensure that women have the same opportunities as men to access and utilize information technology.
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Title: Mali: Selected Snapshots of the 12,000 CLIC Clients (dot-ORG)
Issue: March 2005, Issue 10
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Summary: After 10 months of operation, most of the Community Learning and Information Centers that were established under the dot-ORG pilot funded by USAID/Mali are taking off. Early challenges in building a client base and establishing reliable Internet connections have been overcome, yet other challenges remain ahead.
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Title: Local Entrepreneurial Skills & Sustainability in Rwandas Community Internet Centers
Issue: January 2005, Issue 9
DOT: DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: This article describes entrepreneurship training that was provided to the managers of Community Internet Centers (CICs) in Rwanda. The purpose of the training was to ensure that the CIC managers had the skills to run the CICs as profit-making enterprises.
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Title: Rwanda: The Power to Succeed
Issue: January 2005, Issue 9
DOT: DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: An unreliable power supply can result in loss of revenues and loss of clientele for telecenters. In Rwanda, dot-ORG has asked Winrock to establish battery back-up solutions for the three Community Internet Centers established under the ICTs for Elections and Community Access project.
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Title: Mali CLIC Regional Training to Build on Sustainability Efforts
Issue: Fall 2004, Issue 8
DOT: DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: In order to strengthen the network of Community Learning and Information Centers (CLICs), regional training has taken place to ensure that the CLIC managers and staff have the necessary tools to collect and analyze data that will enhance sustainability.
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Title: Halls of Knowledge Open to Communities in Three Malian Cities
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
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Summary: May 5th - 7th, 2004 saw the official inaugurations of three new Community Learning and Information Centers (CLICs) in Bougouni, Kadiolo and Segou, Mali. These three centers are part of a USAID/Mali funded initiative to open 13 public access telecenters across Mali.
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Title: Primary Teacher-Training gets Connect-ED in Uganda
Issue: Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 7
DOT: DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: Through the Connectivity for Educator Development (Connect-ED) project, USAID/Uganda is supporting the reform and expansion of the primary teacher-training program by providing computer access and training at eight core primary teacher colleges throughout Uganda.
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Title: Community Internet Centers Give Rwanda Access to Information
Issue: Winter 2003, Issue 6
DOT: DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: Two community Internet centers (CIC) in Rwanda are providing their local communities vital access to information for both professional and personal uses. These telecenters in Nyanza and Gitarma were opened in partnership with USAID/Rwanda, dot-ORG and local entrepreneurs. They are privately operated, using a sustainable for-profit model to ensure they remain active after the startup project funding ends.
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Title: Community Resource and Learning Center (CRLC) Inauguration in DR Congo
Issue: Winter 2003, Issue 6
DOT: DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: July 2003 -- "This is inauguration fever" commented one excited staff member of the newly-opened Community Resource and Learning enter (CRLC) in the Vanga Mission, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
After much anticipation, the Community Resource and Learning Center was inaugurated on July 12, 2003. This Center is located in Vanga, a rural community of approximately 3000 people on the banks of the Kwilu River in Bandundu Province.
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Title: Powering ICTs and the Internet in Hard-to-Reach Places
Issue: Winter 2003, Issue 6
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Summary: On Wednesday, October 1st, over 40 professionals met at the USAID Ronald Reagan Building for a panel of informative presentations and discussions on this topic. The session was organized by USAID's Office of Energy and Information Technology in collaboration with Winrock International and Academy for Educational Development (AED), part of the DOT-COM Alliance/dot-ORG.
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Title: Using Telecenters to Implement Romanian Universal Service
Issue: Winter 2003, Issue 6
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Summary: On the 14th of October, the USAID-funded DOT-COM Romanian Information Technology Initiative (RITI) completed the "roll-out" of computer and telephony equipment in four Romanian Communes to bring universal telephony services to the citizens of Frecatei (Braila County), Balasesti (Galati County), Iana - Vaslui County) and Rebricea (Vaslui County).
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Title: Changing Lives and Education in Guatemala with Internet Connectivity
Issue: Fall 2003, Issue 5
DOT: DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: Now as the second phase of the Enlace Quiché project has begun under dot-EDU, including the opening of an additional seven centers, connectivity prices have fallen within sustainable reach of all centers, with Satellite connections for as little as $150/month, which can be covered by each center through user fees. This vast price drop as well as the increasing interest on the part of the project partners, participating schools, and community members in using the Internet, compelled the project to make connectivity a key aspect of all their efforts.
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Title: Twelve CLICs to Economic, Social, and Political Growth in Mali
Issue: Fall 2003, Issue 5
DOT: DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: In response to the development challenges that Malians face, USAID/Mali, through the dot-ORG project and AED, is enabling local NGOs, teacher training centers, local mayoral offices, rural development parastatals, and private radio stations, to establish and operate at least 12 Community Learning and Information Centers (CLICs) across the country. These multi-purpose centers will provide reliable public access to a wide range of development-related information through computers, the Internet and other technologies.
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Title: Launch of dot-ORG/Intel Computer Clubhouses in South Africa
Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4
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Summary: dot-ORG/Intel Collaborative Project To Develop Strategies for Sustaining and Expanding Computer Clubhouses in Brazil and South Africa was officially launched in South Africa on February 14th by Eric Rusten (Deputy Director, dot-ORG), Phil Christensen (Country Director, AED South Africa), Parthy Chetty, (Education Manager, Intel South Africa), and representatives from the two NGOs that are establishing three Clubhouses in the Johannesburg area.
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Title: Risk and Innovation for Improved Education in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC):
Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4
DOT: DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: dot-EDU, via the Education Development Center (EDC) and the Academy for Educational Development (AED), is developing models of how to improve the quality and dissemination of education through information and broadcast technology in a country with limited infrastructure and resources.Small child writing on a blackboard at Kibu-Manza primary school. Photo by Jan Visser Working in the communities of Vanga and Luozi, this project is building the ability to break the cycle of rote learning, and help these areas develop creative ways to address the serious lack of educational materials and teacher training, in a low cost environment.
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Title: RITI-Access and Peace Corps Collaborate in Romania
Issue: Summer 2003, Issue 4
DOT: DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: The Romanian Information Technology Initiative (RITI) - Access project, implemented by dot-ORG, has developed a close working relationship with the Peace Corps/Romania office. RITI-Access and Peace Corps are working together to further economic and social development in Romania through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Brendan Gannon, RITI-Access Chief of Party, and Bill Perry, Deputy Director, Peace Corps Romania signed the MOU marking collaboration efforts. This collaboration has taken the form of work plan development, co-organizing training and capacity building programs, and using Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) for ongoing project management and local partner development.
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Title: dot-ORG & Intel Collaborate for Sustainable Computer Clubhouses
Issue: Winter 2002, Issue 2
DOT: DOT: dot-ORG
Summary: The dot-ORG project is investing some of its pilot project funds to collaborate with Intel Computer Clubhouses in Brazil and South Africa to design and test strategies and business plans that may enable these Clubhouse and other types of public access centers become sustainable enterprises. To facilitate this collaborative pilot project, Intel and the Academy for Educational Development (AED) signed a memorandum of understanding in October 2002.
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Title: Promoting Innovation at Community Internet Centers
Issue: Winter 2002, Issue 2
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Summary: The Community Internet Centers Project, known as CIC, will pilot new and innovative uses of ICTs via community Internet centers and other public Internet access points worldwide. CIC will also provide rapid technical assistance to USAID Missions by project and resource partner staff. At then end of the two year project, a report will be written which documents these new models and the lessons learned from CIC.
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Title: All Three "dots" Work in Rwanda
Issue: Fall 2002, Issue 1
DOT: DOT: DOT-COM
Summary: All three DOT-COM Alliance members are working in Rwanda to help strengthen the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in government, education, and broad development through three different projects.
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Title: ICTs to Strengthen Intercultural, Bilingual Educators in Quiché, Guatemala
Issue: Fall 2002, Issue 1
DOT: DOT: dot-EDU
Summary: USAID/Guatemala-Central American Programs (G-CAP) has signed an Associate Award with dot-EDU to expand the success of an existing activity in the Quiché region that is using ICTs to strengthen the training of intercultural, bilingual educators.
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Title: Official launch of the Romania Information Technology Initiative
Issue: Fall 2002, Issue 1
DOT: DOT: DOT-COM
Summary: On July 29, 2002 in Bucharest, the Romanian Information Technology Initiative (RITI) was launched by representatives of the Romanian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), USAID, and the DOT-COM Alliance. MCIT Minister Dan Nica and Dr. Kent Hill, USAID Europe and Eurasia Bureau's Assistant Administrator, officiated at the ceremony.
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