Just like the telecentre movement, creating this book was a collective endeavour. From the very start, we invited others into the process, asking for ideas on the most interesting telecentre projects in the world. From there, we spoke with dozens of people in each country that we visited, all of them committed to the values of the telecentre movement. In the end, this book is built from the words, images, ideas and passion that so many people shared with us so generously. These people comprise a list so long that we could not possibly capture every name, although we have tried to do so on the final pages of our book. It is to these people, and to the thousands like them in the telecentre movement around the world, that this book is dedicated.

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The telecentre.org From the Ground Up e-book contest is a new way of creating a collaborative work to represent the telecentre movement through different means of expression.

You can read FROM THE GROUND UP book on these different formats:

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Subbiah Arunachalam
Mamata Pradhan
FOFANA Aminata MAIGA
Wendpanga Malick Léopold SAWADOGO
Pablo Curti
Luis Cáceres Merma
 
 

 

How to participate

Click here to enter the contest. You can submit a blog entry, picture, or audio clip that relates to any of our seven themes, described below. You can submit as many blogs entries, pictures and audio clips as you want.

From the Ground Up Themes

Here’s the list of the themes that are explored in From the Ground Up for your submissions that are related to our telecentre community. Click on the sections below to find out more about a theme:

Prizes

The best contributor in each language will win a 30GB video iPod that can be used as a hard drive, to share pictures, record audio (with a microphone) and listen to music! The second and third place winners in each language will receive a digital camera! All submissions will be shown on the "living book" section of the e-book and the top submissions will also be published in the upcoming CD-ROM version of the e-book that will be distributed at activities and events all around the world! So, even if you do not win an iPod or camera, your contributions still have the possibility of being included in the living section of our book.

Details on submissions

  • Blogs: 500 words or less
  • Picture: (Max. 500 X 500 pixels, 200 KB Maximum)
  • Audio files: 5 minutes or less

Submit by email

You can make submissions via email by sending your submission to contest@telecentre.org. Please be sure to include your name and contact info.

Dates to remember

The contest runs June 19, 2006 until August 31, 2006.
The winners will be announced in September.

We are very excited about your participation. Good luck to all of you!


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Subbiah Arunachalam
  • Name:

    Subbiah Arunachalam

  • Occupation:

    Information Consultant, and ICT Scholar

  • Location:

    Chennai, South India

  • Biography:

    Subbiah is an information consultant, editor of scientific journals, and teacher of information science. He is also the executive secretary of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and a member of the editorial boards of several international journals. He teaches as a visiting professor in the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.

Mamata Pradhan
  • Name:

    Mamata Pradhan

  • Occupation:

    Programme Manager and Coordinator, OneWorld South Asia

  • Location:

    New-Delhi, India

  • Biography:

    Currently Mamata is working as the Programme Manager: Partnership and Programme Coordination, for OneWorld South Asia. She is also the main coordinator of the Building Communications Opportunities Project in South Asia. With a background in mainstream media, she now specialises in ICT4D.

FOFANA Aminata MAIGA
  • Name:

    FOFANA Aminata MAIGA

  • Occupation:

    President of AFRIKLINKS GIE, National coordinator on the Clic-Mali (Community Learning and Information Centers) Project

  • Location:

    Mali

  • Biography:

    Aminata speaks French, English, Russian and Malian languages, including Bambara, Sonrhai and Fulani. She’s worked for ten years in West African IT environments that have contributed to development in the area of childhood, health and agriculture. She holds a degree in Computer Science and a Master of Business Administration and Technology Management from Phoenix University (USA).

Wendpanga Malick Léopold SAWADOGO
  • Name:

    Wendpanga Malick Léopold SAWADOGO

  • Occupation:

    ICT4D Expert and Manager

  • Location:

    Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

  • Biography:

    Malick lives in Burkina Faso and worked as the Manager and Head of ICT for Development for P@JE, part of the Commission Nationale pour la Francophonie. Malick has qualifications in networking and telecommunications. Malick worked with P@JE as a consultant for telecentre reinforcement; he took care of training, management, research and all ICT4D matters in the organization. In 2004 he started working as a consultant for NordSud.org and the Commission Nationale pour la Francophonie du Burkina Faso.

Pablo Curti
  • Name:

    Pablo Curti

  • Occupation:

    ICT Consultant

  • Location:

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • Biography:

    Pablo has a degree in Journalism. He is a consultant in the use of socially-oriented ICTs and is a partner of the Agency Happy Together Contenidos. His work and interests focus on digital media, especially related to management, editing and content publishing. He looks at how virtual spaces grow, evolve and involve different social actors.

Luis Cáceres Merma
  • Name:

    Luis Cáceres Merma

  • Occupation:

    ICT4D Consultant and Practionner

  • Location:

    Cotahuasi, Peru

  • Biography:

    Luis is responsible for the implementation ICTs for the local branch of Agenda 21 at La Union (UNDP). He is also a telecentre manager of Cotahuasi Telecentre. He has worked with a team as the web developer for La Unión’s web portal.