[Lac] Invitation to Seminar: 'Ensuring Universal Access to Knowledge and Services through Telecenters', March 23, 2004
magaly pazello
magaly at dawn.org.br
Wed Mar 17 04:15:42 GMT 2004
Informacion interesante! Gracias Robert.
Abraços,
Magaly
On 17/03/2004, at 01:08, Robert Guerra wrote:
>>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> We would like to invite you to take part in the video-seminar in
>> person or via
>> the Internet broadcast. If you have questions to the speakers, feel
>> free to send
>> them to me in advance or during the video-seminar. You can join in
>> one of the
>> participating cities or via the Internet broadcast at:
>> http://webcast-ext.worldbank.org/streaming/live.ram (which will start
>> at 9 am
>> Washington DC time on March 23).
>>
>> Looking forward to your participation!
>>
>> Oleg Petrov,
>> on behalf of World Bank's e-Development Services Thematic Group
>>
>>
>> 'Ensuring Universal Access to Knowledge and Services through
>> Telecenters'
>>
>> The seminar is part of the e-Development Dialogues Seminar
>> Series*
>>
>> Participating sites: Washington DC, Chennai (India), Rome (Italy),
>> Colombo (Sri
>> Lanka), Bucharest (Romania) and Santiago (Chile)
>>
>> Tuesday, March 23, 2004
>> 9.00 - 11.30 a.m (EST)
>>
>> World Bank 'I' Building
>> 1850 I Street, NW Washington DC USA
>> Conference Room I-1-200
>>
>> Program Description:
>>
>> Telecenters are an essential element of broader strategies to
>> provide universal
>> access and connectivity in developing and transitional countries.
>> There has
>> been growing demand from the client countries to provide assistance
>> and advice
>> related to telecenters and connectivity solutions in rural,
>> disadvantage and
>> remote areas. Countries are also increasingly interested in
>> packaging Internet
>> access with certain high-demand services to provide value
>> beyond simple
>> connectivity and insure long-term sustainability of telecenters.
>>
>> The purpose of the seminar is to discuss how telecenters can help
>> developing and
>> transitional countries provide universal access to Knowledge and
>> Services in
>> disadvantaged, remote and rural areas. The seminar will cover a
>> broad range of
>> high-value added telecenter services, including eGovernment and
>> eBusiness
>> services, and provide an overview of the latest supporting
>> technologies, such as
>> WI-FI.
>>
>> The video-seminar will connect speakers and participants in
>> Washington DC with
>> experts in India, Italy, Sri Lanka, Romania and Chile. It will be
>> broadcast live
>> on the internet.
>>
>> Speakers:
>>
>> Francisco Proenza of the FAO, connected via videoconference from
>> Rome, will
>> provide an overview of telecenter experiences around the world and
>> will
>> specifically address the type and range of services that can be
>> successfully
>> delivered to the community through telecenters.
>>
>> Our second speaker will be John Broomfield of Social Venture
>> Partners. John
>> will focus on an integrated approach to SME development and Telecenter
>> sustainability and some of the problems and solutions in providing
>> this type of
>> assistance to Small and Medium Enterprises.
>>
>> Ashok Jhunjhunwala, will join us from India to talk about best
>> practices in
>> deploying locally adapted connectivity solutions to provide access to
>> online
>> government services, education, health and veterinarian services,
>> agricultural
>> extension, etc? making telecenters an essential tool for unlocking
>> the
>> development potential of local communities.
>>
>> A key challenge to date has been to find relatively inexpensive
>> connectivity
>> solutions for telecenters in areas where the telecommunication
>> infrastructure is
>> still deficient. New technologies, such as Wi-Fi, provide new
>> avenues for
>> expanding universal access. Our last speaker - Klaus Stoll of
>> Chasquinet - will
>> focus his presentation on the potential of various wireless
>> technologies for
>> remote and rural areas.
>>
>> The seminar will be chaired by Nagy Hanna, Senior Advisor on
>> e-Development,
>> World Bank. We will be joined by participants in Romania and Sri
>> Lanka where
>> there has been a strong interest in World Bank's assistance in
>> telecenter
>> development.
>>
>> Discussants:
>>
>> Samia Melhem, Sr Informatics Specialist, World Bank
>> James Hanna, Lead Operations Officer, World Bank
>> Simone Cecchini, Economic Projections Division - Social Statistics
>> Unit, ECLAC,
>> United Nations (via videoconference from Chile)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Agenda:
>>
>> 9:00-9:05: Opening Remarks: Nagy Hanna
>> 9:05-9:20: Francisco Proenza (15 minutes)
>> 9:20-9:25: Questions
>> 9:25-9:40: John Broomfield (15 minutes)
>> 9:40-9:45: Questions
>> 9:45-10:00: Ashok Jhunjhunwala (15 minutes)
>> 10:00-10:05: Questions
>> 10:05-10:20: Klaus Stoll (15 minutes)
>> 10:20-10:55: Questions
>> 10:55-11:25: Discussions (30 minutes)
>> - Questions from Romania
>> - Questions from Sri Lanka
>> - Questions/ comments from all
>> 11:25-11:30: Closing Remarks: Nagy Hanna
>>
>> For further information on this seminar, please contact Asheeta
>> Bhavnani at
>> edevelopment at worldbank.org or Oleg Petrov at +1 202-4738861.
>>
>> No building passes or RSVP is necessary to attend the seminar in
>> Washington DC,
>> so everyone is welcome!
>>
>> View recent coverage on Telecenters on the Development Gateway at:
>> http://www.developmentgateway.org/ict/telecenters
>>
>> Visit the e-Development Services Thematic Group site at:
>> http://www.developmentgateway.org/edevelopment
>
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