Thanks Don for this very useful clarification. Cheers, FE At 09:13 PM 10/1/2004 +1000, Don Cameron wrote:
Hi Elizabeth,
Perhaps the value of this introductory and diverse discourse is to highlight the enormous diversity presented by the term "Telecentre" - Even within the constraints of a single community (my own community as an example; we have two physical Telecentre's), both have a roughly equal number of computers, staff and volunteers and both provide access, training and content... yet one targets disadvantaged youth, the other business incubation and development. One is completely Open Source, the other runs only commercial software. One has a focus on youth and social development, the other business and entrepreneurial development (community economic development). Both offer training, one in business processes and development, the other in social skills and literacy. One offers youth counselling services, the other business counselling services. One received a substantial amount of kick-start funding; the other received no Government funding. This is obviously a very minimalist view of the services and interaction of these two Telecentre's however hopefully paints a rough picture.
Mapping even these Telecentre's serving a common community to the WSIS CS declaration is not an easy task as both extend well beyond the WSIS declaration in very different directions. It is also pertinent to note how the primary objectives of both centres are largely missing from the WSIS declaration even though none could argue the importance of these objectives to our community's continued development. I'm not sure I can answer your question for the Telecentre's I am affiliated with without further brainstorming (even after many years of direct involvement I am still learning about all the interactions and potential offered by these Telecentre's, and in truth I am yet to fully grasp the 'modus operandi' of WSIS and what benefits we should expect from the process).
Rgds, Don
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