Very few words are more fanciful than the words electronic governance (e-governance). These words have a tendency to portray an image of all advanced Nation or capable manpower. But the bigger question is what is more important; the image or reality? We have to analyse this question in the light of e-governance in India and the efforts of Government of India to achieve the Herculean task of being an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled and capable Nation.
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'IISD's Tony Vetter was investigating the impacts of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on sustainable development when he stumbled upon a troubling connection. The last time the price of the mineral tantalum (a key ingredient in compact electronics) spiked, it helped to fuel one of Africa's bloodiest-ever wars. As the demand for mobile phones rises dramatically, so again does the price of tantalum. Will the fragile Congolese democracy be tested?'
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Abstract: 'The telecentre movement is growing. The East African telecentre leaders Forum organised by Ugabyte and Telecentre.org proved this in their workshop held here in Kampala October 5 to 7 2006. The movement is slowly but surely establishing a network of telecentre operators all over the world. The East African Community or call it Federation is providing an opportunity to easily mobilise telecentres in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. Focusing on the East African region is not more...
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Abstract: 'Commercial telecentres are fully sustainable in many urban areas where a number of specific conditions apply. In sparsely populated rural areas, sustainability is difficult to achieve because infrastructure may be lacking and because local demand is scattered and has limited purchasing power. Even in urban areas commercial telecentres cannot afford to provide public service goods, like informal adult or remedial education, to serve the special needs of low income people and disenfranc more...
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Abstract: 'A range of important issues is linked to the operation and success of telecenters. These include: sustainability, community relevance, government policy, information and community technology, research, community partnerships and participation, telecenter objectives, and business planning. This chapter concentrates on sustainability and training. Based on data collected from Australia and South Africa to Hungary and Canada — and from various project documents — it describes some of more...
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Abstract: 'The School Telecentres Management Resources have various resources available that are tailor-made to assist heads of schools and telecentre managers with the planning and operation of school-based telecentres. Also included are a few resources that meet the needs of all telecentres. The resources focus on the following areas of telecentre management: Monitoring and evaluation; Financial management; Policies and operations; Telecentre guides; Professional development for telecentre sta more...
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The 'Telecentre in a Box' is a robust, user-friendly, 'turnkey' configuration of several networked PCs providing a variety of Internet utilities/applications, instant access to practical e-commerce utilities, easy to use local administration tools, and globally accessible administration and information tracking tools (extremely useful for evaluation purposes).
The 'telecentre in a Box' is designed for installation and applications in rural areas of developing countries, and can be administere more...
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