I absolutely loved your post...until you brought up the need for telecenters. They are based on the oldest extant ICT available, and very costly in too many ways to list. In fact, it could fill a book...which by the way I wrote. The book uses Mexico's current federal e-Mexico initiative in example. I'd be happy to send it as an MS Word attachment to anyone interested. We were the first nationwide initiative accepted by the WRI.
Alan Levy Mexico, D.F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peter Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ATCnet mindset is clear. Telecenters need to be established as fast > as possible. They should be as low cost as it is possible to establish > them, and provide the products and services that are needed and priority > for the community. In our work we are very clear about how costs must be > minimised so that the products and services are affordable. And we are > also very clear about the role that technology plays and the role that > people play, and the costs of these different elements. We are also very > clear about the need for a low cost of capital. > > But we are also very clear about the need for the telecenter to be > worthwhile for the community. Does the telecenter have the potential to > do something of value for the community. This is absolutely critical, > and value is not what ATCnet might think as the promoter of the > telecenter, but what the community thinks as the user of the telecenter. ------------ ***GKD is an initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.globalknowledge.org>
