Shipra Sharma's Page

My organization

telecentre.org Foundation

Website

http://www.telecentre.org

What we do as an organization (100-word description)

The telecentre.org social investment program aims to improve the impact and resilience of telecentres around the world by supporting the networks and organizations they work with and by helping to build a stronger, more durable telecentre ecosystem at the same time. Drawing on a $21-million funding pool created by telecentre.org’s original social investors, Canada’s International Development Research Centre, Microsoft, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, our program provides grants and technical assistance to telecentre networks and organizations located throughout the world.

My function in the organization

Consultant

What ICT or e-Skill training programs does your organization offer?

telecentre.org Academy, one of the pillares of the telecentre.org Foundation, with the help of its partners and several open and distance learning Universities is in the process of offering a curriculum for training telecentre managers and operators around the world.

What other training services does your organization provides?

NA

Other services and activities:

NA

Number of telecentres linked to my organization

NA

Target groups

telecentre leaders, practioners, researchers, and other stakeholders

Partners: (other NGOs)

Many across the world

Partners: (private sector)

Microsoft Corporation

Partners: (government)

CICT, Philippines

Other partners:

NA

How we contribute to the network

Best practices/Success stories, e-learning resources, Research

Other ways of contributing to the network (please describe):

NA

How you got in touch with this social network site?

I searched it through the web

My personal areas of interest or expertise

I am a sociologist by education and training and a researcher by vocation. Since the last three and half years, I have been working on projects dealing with telecentre networks, telecentres and telecentre issues. My background in rural development projects has been helpful in appreciating the pros and cons of ICT for Rural Development (ICT4RD).

Skype

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