Telecentres

Section editor
Ann Tothill, APC
AATothill@apc.org

• Introduction
• Starting up and sustaining telecentres
• Using telecentres for education and training
• Assessment of telecentres
• General

Introduction

Centres which provide communities with access to Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) go by a number of names - for example, Multipurpose Community Centres, Community Technology Centres, and Technology Access Community Centres.

This ItrainOnline section calls such centres "Telecentres," and points to resources on telecentres planning, evaluation and best practice.

Telecentres - Starting up and sustaining

Telecottage handbook: How to establish and run a successful telecentre

Developed by: UNDP
Type of resource: PDF
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access

A practical guide for community development practitioners on strategies for ICT-enabled community empowerment (based on the Hungarian telecottage movement experience).

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