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The 5th Ministerial eGovernment Meeting and Conference took place in Malmo, Sweden between 18 and 20 November 2009. Telecentre-Europe was invited by the European Commission not only to participate, but also to tell the world about what we are doing, by being provided with a speaking slot i…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on November 23, 2009 at 10:30am —
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Dear all,
We are proud to officially launch the second round of call for proposals on staff exchanges for the member organizations of our network!
This initiative responds to a real need of the European telecentres movement identified by TE members – knowledge sharing and provides a maximum grant of 850,00 Euro to each successful application.
Working and consultation space has been especially created on…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on October 22, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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Do you live in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, or Slovakia? Are you frustrated with how things work and how social issues are treated in your country? We’re looking for ideas for web-based tools that can change healthcare, local communities or anything else that…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on August 14, 2009 at 11:04am —
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This first European Congress on E-Inclusion will be held in Brussels on 22nd and 23rd October 2009 at the Flemish Parliament. Hosted by Civic Agenda, the conference is being association with the European Union, the Flanders Government, Bibnet, and NAPLE the National Authorities for…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on August 13, 2009 at 8:00am —
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The Center for Information and Society (CIS) has recently published a document containing a collection of short summary reports for each of the 25 countries included in the Public Access Landscape Study!
The Landscape Study examines how people around the world access and use inf…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on June 15, 2009 at 7:07am —
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European Commission's ICT Policy Support Programme (or ICT PSP) aims at stimulating innovation and competitiveness through the wider uptake and best use of ICT by citizens, governments and businesses.
ICT PSP supports pilot actions and networking activities in areas such as:
• ICT for health
• ICT for ageing and inclusion
• Digital Libraries
• ICT for government and governance
• ICT for energy efficiency, environment and smart mobility
• Public Sector information…
Projects funded by ICT PSP ar…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on May 8, 2009 at 1:51pm —
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The European Commission has launched a new study on eInclusion initiatives from private and non-profit European entities that will be conducted by research and consulting company Tech4i2 Ltd.
The aim of the study is to identify innovative and successful eInclusion initiatives promoted by NGOs and/or private institutions. Furthermore, the study aims to understand the approaches followed by such initiatives and to make out formulas for success.
In this respect, The European Commission is interes…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on May 6, 2009 at 7:30am —
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Gabi and I were invited by Microsoft Romania to participate in an event that took place in Bucharest, at the Microsoft Global Technology Support Center, in 9 April 2009.
The one-day event called
NGO Connection Day, was organized by Microsoft Romania and g…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on April 13, 2009 at 11:00am —
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The European Commission invites you to submit your Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) cases to the European eGovernment Awards scheme.
Cases and experiences from all types of public sector organisations are welcome. Whether local, r…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on March 30, 2009 at 9:51am —
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Dear all,
Building on past efforts of Telecentre-Europe, we are proud to officially launch a call for proposals on staff exchanges for the member organizations of our network!
This initiative responds to a real need of the European telecentres movement identified by members – knowledge sharing, and earmarks a total budget of 10.000,00 Euro. A maximum grant of 850 Euro / exchange will be provided within the current framework.
Working and consultation space has been especially created on…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on March 25, 2009 at 9:00am —
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The Asia-Pacific Telecentre Network (APTN), a collaborative initiative of telecentre.org and the United Nations' Economic and Social Commission for the Asia-Pacific (UN-ESCAP), was officially launched at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok on 19 November 2008, during a side event of the First Session of the Committee on ICT of ESCAP.
The network will promote innovation and knowledge-sharing amongst Telecentre organizations in the Asia-Pacific region where Telecentres are growing exp…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on March 18, 2009 at 11:45am —
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Day 5 started with a morning meeting. Yvonne Garcia-Flores from Intel was very kind to accept Tess’s invitation to meet me and talk about how Intel is involved in PhilCecNet.
Intel chairs the committee on infrastructure, as part of the PhilCecNet’s executive council. What they do is to facilitate infrastructure solutions for eCentres, by connecting with various Telecommunications providers, identified as potential stakeholders of eCentres.
PhilCecNet also benefits of financial support from Inte…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on March 17, 2009 at 11:00am —
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If during the third day we’ve traveled to the northern part of Manila, next day was planned for the southern area, specifically Bulacan area where we have visited an eSkwela center. We were accompanied there by the eSkwela program Director, Ms Maria Melizza D. Tan, who presented the mainframe and concept of eSkwela, which was created by the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT).
The center is located within a market, very accessible for all. The heat from outside made m…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on March 16, 2009 at 11:00am —
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The third day started early in the morning with a trip to the northern area of Metro Manila, where we had our first meeting at PCCARD (The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development) in Los Banos, Laguna. The location goes very well with the institution specific – beautiful nature surroundings.
We were welcomed by the Executive Director, Mr Patricio S. Faylon and by a part of his staff that gave us a presentation of PCCARD and its main objectives…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on March 15, 2009 at 11:00am —
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The day started with a presentation of eLGU (Jumpstarting Electronic Governance in Local Government), an initiative of CICT that assists local governments in the smooth transition to eGovernance. As a result of the project, all LGUs (Local Government Units), and we are talking here about more than 1500 communities, have online presence and they are going through a process of development of their websites, adding more interactivity and online tax payment services.
After the presentation, I met D…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on March 10, 2009 at 5:46pm —
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Warm greetings from Manila to all!
As the first day of my study visit has come to an end, I am now looking back at the inspirational discussions and meetings throughout the day.
In the morning, Tess Camba (Head of the CeC programme) and Cheryl Ortega (Group Head for Minandao operations) have picked me up from the hotel and we went to the CICT headquarters, where we’ve been welcomed by Lilian Botor (PhilCecNet).
First of all, we looked over the study visit agenda again and made sure tha…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on March 9, 2009 at 6:30pm —
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PhilCecNet and
Telecentre-Europe will have the opportunity to learn more about eachother as a consequence of a study visit in Manila, Philippines that will take place between 7 and 13 March 2009.
Thanks to the support of Telecentre.org, I will have the chance to research a successful network of telecentres -
PhilCecNet .
The general objectives of this study visit are to:
a. Research the activity of the Philippines National Network of…
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Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on March 4, 2009 at 3:46pm —
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