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Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Created By: Z_Everson on 5-Dec-2007 12:00 AM
Select this link to view all of the entries in the Telecentre Knowledge Network that contain information about telecentre initiatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Country profile
Full name: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Population: 4,498,976 (July 2006 est.)
Capital: Sarajevo
Area: 51,129 sq km
Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Religions: Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%
Monetary unit: convertible mark
Main exports: metals, clothing, wood products
GDP per capita: $5,500 (2006 est.)
Literacy rate: 94.6%
Life expectancy: 78 years
ICT Profile
Phone subscribers per 100 inhabitants: 51.88
Telephones (main lines in use): 968,900 (2005)
Telephones (mobile cellular): 1.594 million (2005)
Computers:
Internet hosts: 31,490 (2006)
Internet users: 806,400 (2005)
Internet subscribers:
International bandwidth (Mbs):
Radio households:
TV households: 950,000
VSAT providers:ICT overview
Bosnia and Herzegovina has worked closely with the UNDP and other agencies to draft legislation to foster e-Government and e-Business, develop web services to allow the public access to legislation, train judges and prosecutors on new laws, and create a transparent public finance management system using ICTs. While these projects focus primarily on the government side of ICT, the country has a sophisticated network of telecentres in municipalities across the country that provide for public access to e-government, as well as other ICT services.Telecentre initiatives and projects
Project: Teledom Association
Description: The Teledom Association, the primary telecentre network serving small and rural communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, provides technical and organizational ICT services to citizens, civil society organizations, SMEs, and local municipalities. All 24 teledoms provide basic Internet, e-mail, computer, and other technical office services.
Moreover, each teledom tailors additional services according to the needs of the local population. These services include, but are not limited to, providing agriculture information, serving as business incubators, developing websites, serving a citizen development centres, housing exhibitions, providing information about local events, publishing community newsletters, hosting cultural events and fostering regional development.
Each teledom has a Community Resource and Tourism Resource database to provide essential information for the local community and visitors. One project, supported by the European Union, was called “Boosting Development of Tourism in Rural and Less Developed Regions in BiH.” At the start of the project, the managers of all the teledoms traveled together in a bus to each municipality covered by the project in order to learn as much as possible about tourist attractions and obstacles that tourists may face when traveling through BiH.
In addition, the Teledom Association has implemented projects that foster citizens’ involvement in local government decision-making processes. The Association also publishes the InfoNet newsletter, which contains information about scholarships, seminars, calls for project proposals, local and national events.
Contact/website: http://www.teledom.org/en/o_nama.phpProject: 3L Telecentars
Description: 3L Telecentars is a transnational telecentre netowrk that aims to provide high quality lifelong learning, develop competencies required for active participation in the knowledge economy, and stimulate social inclusion of marginalized groups in the lifelong learning process. The three telecentres in BiH offer ICT, English, and entrepreneurship courses, as well as life skills training and mentoring. The Telecentar Consulting group shares best practices, provides media services, and works to create multimedia content for computer enhanced learning.
Contact/website: http://www.see-ran.orgReferences
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