Dear All,
The experience of last few
years in operating Telecenter at rural areas clearly shows that the
Telecenter operators have failed to make appeal to the govt. as well as
development partners at substantial approach. No where in the world,
Telecenter has widely expanded, particularly in developing countries, where
Telecenter movement should get priority as thrust area.
There might have two
reasons, one is lack of proper marketing with appropriate business module
and the second reason is absence of common platform to raise the voice to
promote Telecenter movement in the global forums.
This group can contribute
to resolve the both limitations, once a Working Group (Global as well
Regional) established with specific business agenda, it can help the
Telecenter operators in partnership with other international research groups
to design Business Module for Telecenter as per country aspect and also can
become a strong cluster within the civil society group to raise the voice in
the global forum.
So, the coordinators of
this group may come forward with request to the participants to contribute
towards initiating the working group. The Prepcom 2 may be the right place
to launch the group after completing the groundwork by this
time.
In case of forming the
group, country aspects and individual�s involvement, contribution and
capacity should be considered.
Once the group is formed
and start working at different level, documentation and strategic
partnerships may also be established for providing support to the Telecenter
operators working all over the world.
Let�s move forward rather
discussing the old issues repeatedly.
Best
regards,
Shahid Uddin
Akbar
Coordinator
ICT for Development
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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