telecentre.org receives warm welcome in the Philippines

Written by Administrator
Thursday, 04 March 2010
The event was marked by the ceremonial banging of the gong and the symbolic turnover of the program from Canada to the Philippines. (L-R): Sec. Ray Chua of CICT, Senator Edgardo Angara, Dr. Akhtar Badshah of Microsoft and Dr. Rohinton Medhora of IDRC. telecentre.org is finally in its new home. Yesterday, March 3, 2010, international and local dignitaries as well as stakeholders of the Philippine telecentre movement witnessed the launch and turnover of the telecentre.org program from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to the telecentre.org Foundation based in the Philippines. Philippine Senator Edgardo Angara and Secretary Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua III of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) accepted the program from Dr. Rohinton Medhora, IDRC’s Vice President for Programs, via a symbolic turnover of the glass plaque bearing the telecentre.org logo. It was marked by the ceremonial banging of the gong by each of the partners namely IDRC, CICT and Microsoft . The latter was represented by its Senior Director for Global Community Affairs, Dr. Akhtar Badshah. “We feel extremely gratified that the CICT has stepped up to become a partner. It is key for the growth of this movement,” says Dr. Badshah. Meanwhile, the transfer was well received in the Philippine community. “The CICT is honored to become a founding partner, in the company of IDRC and Microsoft, for the next generation telecentre.org and to contribute towards building the global knowledge society of which Filipinos are very eager to be part of,” shares Sec. Chua.
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Philippines is new home base of telecentre.org

Written by Administrator
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
The telecentre.org Foundation which improves the social and economic impact of grassroots telecentres around the world is pleased to announce that it has officially opened its doors today in the Philippines. The international initiative is now transferred from Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC), where it was housed and grown since 2005, to the telecentre.org foundation, an independent, non-governmental organization based in Manila. Philippine dignitaries, as well as the foundation’s funders and partners will attend the telecentre.org Foundation’s launch, scheduled today between 9:30 a.m. and noon in the Philippines, at the New World Hotel Ballroom in Makati City. “We welcome telecentre.org with open arms,” says Sec. Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua III, Chairman of the Philippine government’s Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT). “To locate this global initiative in the Philippines is truly an honor that confirms our nation’s status as an emerging leader in rural informatics.”
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Last 6 days of PhilCeC Awards nomination

Written by Administrator

Monday, 22 February 2010

We are down to the last six days of the nomination period for the 1st Philippine Community eCenter Excellence Awards.

The search, an initiative of the Philippine CeC Program Management Office (PhilCeC PMO) which primarily seeks to recognize the unsung heroes in the Philippine CeC movement, is open to all CeC initiatives nationwide - eSkwela, eLGU, FITS, MCT, TelOf, DOTC, LMIP, Tulay, etc.

Nominations are accepted under two categories: CeC and CeC Knowledge Worker. The CeC Category seeks to recognize the CeC with the most outstanding performance, creating the greatest social impact in improving a community’s way of life through the efficient delivery of basic and innovative services, aside from the provision of vital access to information and communications technology. Meanwhile, the CeC Knowledge Worker Category seeks to honor exemplary leadership exercised by CeC knowledge workers in directing and guiding their CeCs towards innovative solutions and practices to maintain an above‐par standard in CeC operations.

Cash, equipment and scholarship grants await the big winners in both categories. For more info, check out the guidelines and download the nomination forms in the 1st CeC Excellence Awards folder of the PhilCeCNet.ph Downloads section.