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Title: Enchanted by Telecentres


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Enchanted by Telecentres
  • Ricardo Gomez, IDRC
  • New IT and Inequality Conference
  • University of Maryland
  • Feb 1999

2
Information Technologies at IDRC
  • IT is a core theme in development research
  • Program initiatives
  • ACACIA
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • PAN
  • Asia
  • Latin America Caribbean

3
The Euphoria of ICTs in Development Discourse
  • New magic bullet
  • Electronic agora, online democracy
  • Leapfrogging development process
  • Focus on telecentres as gateways for Universal
    Access

4
A closer look at Telecentres
  • Diversity of experiences definitions
  • Public Access
  • location, membership, cost...
  • Electronic communication
  • at least basic e-mail

5
Telecentre Typology (tentative)
  • Basic Telecentre basic service
  • Telecentre Franchise chain
  • Civic Telecentre on-the-side
  • Cybercafé global elites
  • Multipurpose Community Telecentre (MCT) high
    end

6
What is the social impact of Telecentres?
  • No systematic evaluation yet
  • anecdotal, case studies
  • not as bright as promised...
  • Evaluation frameworks emerging
  • ITU-IDRC-UNESCO MCT
  • ACACIA - Telecentre Research Network
  • Latin American Telecentre Network

7
Research Agenda
  • Demand by people for telecentres
  • community involvement, participation, use
  • gender, cultural issues
  • training needs and materials
  • marketing and operation
  • policy, trade, regulation
  • technological choices and developments
  • sustainability
  • social impact contribution to human development

8
Telecentre Resources
  • www.idrc.ca/pan/telecentres.html
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