Telecentre Leaders Forum (TLF) Africa

Created By adam on 31-Jul-2006 12:00 AM

Location: Porto Novo, Benin
Date(s): 20-Nov-2006 to 24-Nov-2006

Telecentre Leaders Forum (TLF) Africa to take place at Centre Cyber Songhai in Port Novo, Benin from November 20 - 24, 2006. Over 60 telecentre practitioners, network leaders, researchers and development partners from across Africa will attend (speaking English, French, Portuguese and Arabic) with representation from Asia and Latin America telecentre networks.

Objectives:
a)      To bring together leading telecentre practitioners, network leaders and researchers as a strategy to building functional relationships and lay foundation for an African telecentre network.
b)      To provide an opportunity to review on-going telecentre.org interventions in Africa, share inspiring stories and explore network opportunities and services to strengthen telecentres
c)      To generate ideas and suggestions to guide continued telecentre.org interventions in Africa
d)      To build capacity of attendees in use of open space meeting facilitation techniques, online collaboration tools and delivery telecentre network services (e.g. entrepreneurship training, how telecentre reference desks can developed etc.).

The TLF-Africa is part of telecentre.org strategy to hold a regional event every year following a global convening for this case, following the Telecentre Leaders’ Forum held at WSIS in Tunis 2005.

A pre-event discussion featuring key areas of interest to telecentre family is being organised for the period October 23  November 3, 2006. Detailed information will be posted on this space in the coming weeks.

Advance Deadline Date/Time: 23-Oct-2007

Advance Deadline Description: Pre-Event Discussion

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