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[RRE]On-line Telecom for Rural Development Pre-conference
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Date sent: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 10:40:36 -040
From: Don Richardson "Partnerships and Participation in Telecommunications for Rural
Development" Conference News Flash October 1, 1998 Item 1) http://clients.tdg.ca/snowden/conference/forum.cfm The Online Pre-conference for the "Partnerships and Participation in
Telecommunications for Rural Development" Conference starts today
and continues to October 21, 1998. Visit the website
(http://clients.tdg.ca/snowden/conference/forum.cfm) and contribute
your ideas, experiences and lessons learned. Watch this website over
the coming days for participant input from around the world and
updates of papers and documents. There are three conference forums:
1) Lessons Learned from the Past 2) Current Rural Development
Activity 3) Future Activities Item 2) You can also join our "face-to-face" conference at the
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Canada on October 26 & 27,
1998 - see http://www.snowden.org/conference/index.cfm for more
details! Item 3) The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has joined
our list of sponsors, contributing to enable a number of
participants from its Multi-purpose Community Telecentres (MCT)
initiatives in developing countries to attend the face-to-face
conference in Guelph. Learn more about the ITU's "Rural Development
and Universal Access" initiatives at:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D-UniversalAccess/ Item 4) The International Development Research Centre's (IDRC)
"Acacia Initiative" is not only helping fund the conference - Acacia
participants will be attending the conference to share their
experiences with communities and the information society in rural
Sub-Saharan Africa. Learn more about the Acacia Initiative at:
http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/ and explore its extensive resources on
ICTs in community development. Item 5) Library networks, agricultural marketing, small business
enhancement, social service support - all part of a unique Canadian
initiative in Lanark County, Ontario: "Grow Lanark" Janet Findlay
from Grow Lanark will be attending the conference to talk about the
importance of community partnerships and community outreach in a
telecommunications initiative focused on long-term economic and
community growth and development. See
http://www.thelcn.on.ca/lcn.htm for more details about this fascinating
project!
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