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Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) recently launched an online market place for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to offer market linkage facility and provide information and advisory services. MSMEs will get access to th...
Thank you Shahid for sharing this information. It is an important step forward!
Here we can inform, share content and prepare the meeting. Would be nice to have assistants presentations and introductions, to create a good group sense the weeks before...
The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) and the Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on creating and promoting knowledge on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Development ...
ICTD2009 - Get Together at Doha
April 17, 2009 at 9am to April 19, 2009 at 5pm
Hi, I will be attending ICTD2009 conference and interested to share on telecentre issues with the community members who are joining the conference.
Hope to see you in Doha.
Regards,
Shahid
shahid.akbar@biid.org.bd
Profile Information
- My organization
- Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID)
- Website
- http://www.biid.org.bd
- Address
- House No. B165, Road No. 23, Mohakhali DOHS, Dhaka 1206, Bangladesh
- What we do as an organization (100-word description)
- Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) is a distinct initiative to support development and promotion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based services in Bangladesh. The distinction of BIID lies in clear identification of ICT market development opportunities through continuous knowledge management, innovation and development.
- My function in the organization
- Chief Executive Officer
- What ICT or e-Skill training programs does your organization offer?
- Training for Telecentre Practitioners
- Other services and activities:
- BIID has taken initiative bring the benefits of ICT to the farmers community in different location in Bangladesh through e-Krishok, an ICT based knowledge sharing network of farmers. It is evident that limited access of farmers to relevant information and services makes them suffer productivity constraints and vulnerable to crop related diseases. Also farmers lack marketing and input related issues, which will be addressed by e-Krishok initiative
- Number of telecentres linked to my organization
- 600
- Target groups
- Farmers, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Students, Youth and Women
- Partners: (other NGOs)
- BTN, Katalyst
- Partners: (private sector)
- Grameen Phone, Zanala Bangladesh
- Partners: (government)
- Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD)
- How we contribute to the network
- Best practices/Success stories, Training materials, Evaluation tools/methodologies, Research, Business and management training for NGOs
- Other ways of contributing to the network (please describe):
- Business Model development for Telecenter Practitioners
- How you got in touch with this social network site?
- Somebody pointed it to me, I searched it through the web
- My personal areas of interest or expertise
- Sharing knowledge and experiences of field on different model of telecentres and sustainability of such projects. e-Governance at local level is another interest.
Shahid Uddin Akbar's Blog
BIID launched ICT enabled platform for MSMEs
Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) recently launched an online market place for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to offer market linkage facility and provide information and advisory services. MSMEs will get access to this service by using telecentres established all over over… Continue
Posted on September 4, 2009 at 12:12am —
BIID-ULAB Sign MOU on creating & promoting knowledge on ICT for Development
The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) and the Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on creating and promoting knowledge on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Development on August 24, 2009 at ULAB campus. Both organizations believe tha… Continue
Posted on September 2, 2009 at 4:19am — 1 Comment
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