Telecentre Academy Global Meeting Who is W ho

1. Telecentre.orgAcademyGlobal Meeting Who is Who This is a template to fill about the NTA’s information , that serves to a purpose : to know what is the common starting point and who is who. This information will be accessible to the participants, so that everyone will have the information about the rest. Who must fill the template? Only the leaders of the NTA in each country,consensuating the information with the other partners. The leaders are going to receive a mail from the organisationasking them to do it. When templates should be post it back filled out with the information? Templates must be filled up and published by next 18th Instructions for completing the template There are explanatory notes on each slide with the instructions to do so, as you can see on the image as well as a text on the last slide that you can print with instructions. You will see that it is very simple: in most cases involve replacing phrases in orange for the information asked. Save the slide presentation with the same name as it has plus de country:example:who_is_who_nta_Spain If you have any questions about how to fill the template, please do not hesitate to contact Marta Mans at mmans@esplai.org

2. Telecentre.orgAcademyGlobal Meeting Who is Who IF we know each other, it will be easier!

3. Who are we and where are we from We areHERE Country: Philippines Leading organization: Commission on Information and Communications and Technology and Philippine Community eCenter Network Agents involved in the NTA: Univ. of the Phils Open University, Devt Academy of the Phils, Intel, Microsoft, Natl Telehealth Center, Open Academy for Agriculture/Phil Rice, Asian Institute of Journalism and Communications Working languages in the NTA: English and Filipino

4. What do we do Guidelines2: This slide should show projects carried out by the NTA’s leading organization, and its major activities, not necessarily only telecentre-related. A short description, or list of main characteristics will be all right for a quick overview of the projects. 1) Substitute the phrase Lorem Ipsum with the adequate information about each organization. 2) Substitute this picture with a photo of your organization or any other significant image. 3) Delete these guidelines. The telecentre.org – Philippine Community eCenter Academy (tPCA) is the capability-building arm of the Philippine Community eCenter Network (PhilCeCNet), and is the accreditation body for member-programs and the certifying body on proficiency of Community eCenter knowledge workers in the Philippines. The tPCA has five major functions : •Academic Affairs– undertakes curriculum development, education, training, accreditation, certification and evaluation •Research– conducts studies relevant to Academy and CeC activities, performance and concerns; prepares proposals for fund sourcing and concept papers for partnerships and joint ventures; and, produces and disseminates publications of the Academy

5. What do we do Guidelines2: This slide should show projects carried out by the NTA’s leading organization, and its major activities, not necessarily only telecentre-related. A short description, or list of main characteristics will be all right for a quick overview of the projects. 1) Substitute the phrase Lorem Ipsum with the adequate information about each organization. 2) Substitute this picture with a photo of your organization or any other significant image. 3) Delete these guidelines. •Extension– ensures the delivery of the Academy’s corporate social responsibility •Advocacy and Networking– educates Academy stakeholder groups on its mandate and concerns; initiates the promulgation of legislation and policies that will enable it to pursue its purposes; initiates and participates in local and global partnerships and joint ventures including knowledge sharing; and • Administration– supports operations of the Academy.

6. Telecentres in your country 755 Community eCenters (CeCs) in the Philippines, as of December 2007 Which are the most outstanding telecentre networks or actions in your country? The Philippine Community eCenter Network (PhilCeCNet), is the umbrella organization of CeCs and telecenter networks in the country. Among its recent accomplishments are the adoption of the Philippine Strategic Roadmap for the CeC Program for 2010, the establishment of the CeC Academy and having a CeC portal.

7. Philippine CeC Experience Does the NTA leading organization manage a telecentre network? If so, how many telecentres are in the network? Yes. 350+ What are the most popular tasks and usages in the telecentre? The most popular usage is emailing and chatting.The CeCs also serve as communication access points for local and international news, job searches, research and information gathering as pertaining to specialized information on health, education, agriculture, nutrition, livelihood, and the like. They also offer business center services for encoding data, data printing and faxing, and also as a telephone exchange. In some cases, these CeCs also serve as the local Internet Service Provider (ISP) to the client community as well as to neighboring towns. CeCs have also figured importantly in bridging communication gaps between families who have lost contact with a loved one who had to work abroad, and vice versa. Which social groups use the telecentre most frequently? The youth sector, who are mostly students, university graduates seeking job opportunities, as well as out-of-school youth (OSY) are the ones frequenting the community eCenters (CeCs).

8. Facilitators What word do you use to refer to a motivator in your country? Cec Manager CeC Knowledge Workers How is a telecentre motivator’s professional profile in your country? The CeC Manager is usually an employee of the local government unit who are designated as CeC manager or the local CeC knowledge worker. He/she is at least college level and an ICT literate person. 4500 potential motivators who could be reached in the future

9. About motivator training Guidelines5: This slide should show the experience that leading organizations have on training issues. You should… 1) Drag and drop in the big box the differents orange tags with the items that are already working. 2) Give more information on the proposed questions. If necessary, insert a new slide. 2) Delete these guidelines. What is your experience on motivator training up to now? Training Training resources E-learning training Describe shortly : how long have you been working on motivator training, for how many motivators, what kind of courses/training have been delivered, what e-learning platform are you using, what sort of resources are you offering, and the information you think is useful. Over the last 3 years, we have worked with partners in the setting up of 100 community eCenters and building the capability of the CeC managers and staff. All training courses were delivered onsite at the CeCs or in an assigned training venue near a cluster of CeCs . We have not used any e-learning platform in the delivery of courses for CeCs yet.

10. Motivation, needs, contributions What are your expectations from the meeting? What is your motivation? What needs are you expecting to fulfill? I’m looking forward to learning from the other national academies and sharing our own experiences. I was a participant in the first global meeting in India and the informal meeting in Malaysia and as a group, we have tried to define the nature of the Global Academy, to include governance, membership etc. I hope this time, we can concretize all these and come up with agreements. What could you contribute to the meeting? What are your organization’s strengths? The Phil CeC Academy is one of the few if not the only Academy with a ratified charter. It’s strength lies in its members who are passionate in their work.

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