A film about the world we live in and power of information... very thought provoking for Telecentre networks
http://watch.usnowfilm.com/
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Added by Ian Clifford on September 14, 2009 at 10:49am —
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The Open Society Fellowship program hosted a discussion on new media in authoritarian societies. John Kelly, founder of Morningside Analytics, talked about the emerging networked public sphere and presented his maps of online social networks in Iran, Egypt, Russia, and China
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Added by Ian Clifford on August 5, 2009 at 8:56am —
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What is the Essl Social Prize?
The Essl Social Prize is an international award for social achievements donated by Martin and Gerda Essl. It was created in 2007 and first awarded on March 14, 2008.
The Essl Social Prize is an expression of a far-reaching sense of social responsibility. By awarding it, the Essl family seeks to offer sustainable assistance and support to those who help people in need.
The Essl Social Prize is awarded to projects by private social initatives or social entr…
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Added by Ian Clifford on August 3, 2009 at 2:02pm —
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A public consultation was launched on 4 March 2009 through the European Commission’s interactive Internet platform “Your voice”. It closed on 6 April 2009 and its main objective was to gather views on the role of e-Inclusion in the future European strategy on the information society that will succeed the "i2010" initiative. The survey was also aimed at gathering opinions on European programmes and activities supporting e-Inclusion and cooperation modalities between European Commission services a…
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Added by Ian Clifford on August 3, 2009 at 10:30am —
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An interesting and thought provoking presentation on the "
evolution of content"
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Added by Ian Clifford on May 15, 2009 at 3:31pm —
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http://net.digitalengagement.org/
is a new social network that has been set up to help develop a Manifesto on Digital Enagagement in advance of the UK Digital Inclusion conference on 27/28 April. There are a wide range of discussions going on including on telecentres, social reporting and social enterprise. Please visit and feel free to contribute.
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Added by Ian Clifford on April 22, 2009 at 3:51pm —
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This was an excellent opportunity for us to reach out to the member states who attended (about 20 or so) to recruit new members to the network, and by chance they happened to be many of the ones we dont have representation in! So hopefully the number of member organisations will go up over the next few weeks, but also the geographic coverage will also extend (something that was proving very stubborn to shift; we were getting lots of new members but mainly from the same countries, or from outside…
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Added by Ian Clifford on April 21, 2009 at 11:03am —
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What is a
'Telecentre’? In the UK the word ‘Telecentre’ evokes ‘Tele-Medicine’, or maybe ‘Call Centre’. It is neither of these things. It’s an international word that is used to describe places like UK online centres. A ‘Telecentre’ is a publicly accessible place where people can get help to access computers, the internet and other digital technologies, that enable them to gather information, create, learn, and communicate with others. In doing so they develop essential 21st-century digit…
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Added by Ian Clifford on April 21, 2009 at 10:51am —
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please see the eSkills Manifesto for Europe that has been created collaboratively by Telecentre-Europe and a group of NGOs across Europe, and an open letter to the Financial Times in the UK sent on 30 March 2009.
Wiki Manifesto e-skills in Europe - 300309 .doc…
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Added by Ian Clifford on March 30, 2009 at 8:00am —
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FINAL REVISED DOCUMENT
Consultation of Stakeholders and Member States
The ICT for Inclusion Unit of the European Commission is willing to discuss with stakeholders and Member States on future European initiatives for Digital Inclusion.
The questions in this paper aim to stimulate on ways to look at e-Inclusion as a driver for social and economic change in a context of economic downturn, capitalising on current activities and available instruments.
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Added by Ian Clifford on March 20, 2009 at 10:00am —
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The European Commission have published the final report of the eInclusion Conference in Vienna in December. It is available here, and on the eInclusion site, and the Telecentre-Europe launch event is prominently mentioned in the Executive Summary of the report, and also a detailed summary of Katia's workshop is also featured. Well done again to all involved.
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Added by Ian Clifford on March 17, 2009 at 1:45pm —
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"The Tragedy of Economics: Market Theory vs Human Nature"
This is an excellent essay on the nature of the social internet vs the pressures of economics.
I would also be interested to know if anyone knows of any research about the social value of online networks, particularly for disadvantaged people? i.e. what is the evidence that the internet is creating new forms of social capital?…
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Added by Ian Clifford on February 27, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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Further to the Vienna e-Inclusion conference, the Unit of the European Commission "ICT for Inclusion" organised an information and debate workshop, back to back with the general info day on Call 3 of the Competitiveness and Innovation ICT Policy Support Programme.1 The focus was on the European activities on e-inclusion in 2009 and beyond, particularly with regard to topics that could be supported through the CIP ICT PSP instruments, ad-hoc studies and dissemination actions. This document summar…
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Added by Ian Clifford on February 18, 2009 at 11:00am —
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An essay on what it means, and what to do by Helmut K Anheier.
Centre for Social Investment, University of Heidelberg & Center for Civil Society, UCLA
January 2009
The Global Economic Downturn, Philanthropy and Nonprofits.doc Continue
Added by Ian Clifford on February 17, 2009 at 12:49pm —
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Hi all
please see below TEN documents that summarise Telecentre-Europe in English, French, Polish, Romainian, Swedish, Serbian, Dutch, Turkish, Spanish, and now Russian. We are developing more as time passes.
Many thanks to those who have translated these documents for us. If anyone is willing to translate into your native language please let us know, it will be most welcome!!
Ian
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Added by Ian Clifford on February 12, 2009 at 3:00pm —
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Hi all
please see this interesting summary of kids internet saftey measures across the EU.
UK press story
hope you find it interesting
Ian
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Added by Ian Clifford on February 12, 2009 at 9:23am —
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Hi all
please can I urge you to have a look at the outline proposal and comment or feed back over the next week. After that we will be limited in the changes we will be able to make. We will be looking to the network for dissemination of the product once it has been developed, and therefore it is really important that you feed in if you think it will be something that you will be interested in using.
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Added by Ian Clifford on February 10, 2009 at 10:00am —
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PROPOSED PROJECT CONCEPT
Overall goal: to protect human rights and improve livelihoods of person with disabilities in
developing countries
EC CALL FOR PROPOSALS DETAILS
Reference: EuropeAid/127763/C/ACT/TPS
Deadline for submission of the Concept Notes: 10 February 2009
PROFILE OF PARTNERS SOUGHT
1. based in an EU member state or in project targeted countries
2. significant organisational resources in terms of human resources, equipment, annual operating budget, h…
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Added by Ian Clifford on January 29, 2009 at 4:03pm —
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Prime Minster Gordon Brown has specifically praised the success of the UK online centres network in a speech given this week at the e-Government National Awards. The Prime Minster said: "We must also work hard to ensure that those who still don't use the internet do not get left behind. And one of the big challenges in moving towards a fairer and more equal Britain will be to build on the success of our 6000 UK online centres to train even more people to use the internet." The awards acknowledge…
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Added by Ian Clifford on January 26, 2009 at 11:30am —
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Telecentre Europe - Workshop Report.doc
Hi all
please see attached the workshop report from Vienna.
Sorry it has taken so long for me to write up, but i wanted to do it justice. Please feel free to comment, or correct any errors and apologies to Hans(?) for whom I dont have full contact details.
many thanks
Ian
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