[Lac] Invitation to Seminar: 'Ensuring Universal Access to Knowledge and Services through Telecenters', March 23, 2004

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Hola Roberto:

Me interesa participar via internet, por favor si tienes mas informacion te
agradeceria muchisimo.
un abrazo
Maruja Cabrera
Representante Ginebra
Fundacion Rigoberta Menchu Tum

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From: "Robert Guerra" <rguerra at lists.privaterra.org>
To: <lac at wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:08 AM
Subject: [Lac] Invitation to Seminar: 'Ensuring Universal Access to
Knowledge and Services through Telecenters', March 23, 2004


> >
> >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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