Devel-L: Telecom for Rural Development News Flash

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"Partnerships and Participation in Telecommunications for Rural = Development" **Conference News Flash** October 2, 1998 http://www.snowden.org =20 Item 1) http://www.snowden.org/conference/forumintro1.cfm =20 The Online Pre-conference for the "Partnerships and Participation in = Telecommunications for Rural Development" Conference is underway with = some good discussion on topics such as "sustainability", "telehealth & = telemedicine", "lessons-learned in telecom for rural development = projects", and "non-technical training issues". Visit the website at = http://www.snowden.org/conference/forumintro1.cfm to participate and add = your ideas, experiences and lessons-learned. Keep watching the site for = updates of papers and documents.

Item 2) Telehealth Development in Western Australia - Angelita Martini = will be speaking at the Oct 26/27 conference about her studies of = community participation models in the application of technologies in = rural and remote areas of Western Australia, using a participatory = action research methodology. Her work with the Telehealth Development = Unit involves the planning, implementation and evaluation of a satellite = meshed network to areas with minimal or no telecommunications. See = http://www.health.wa.gov.au/Telehealth/ for more details on this unique = project to improve healthcare for a scattered rural and remote = population in Western Australia. =20 Item 3) Richard Fuchs to share his experiences and lessons-learned = regarding telecentres in Newfoundland and Labrador, and Sub-Saharan = Africa at the face-to-face Conference on Oct. 26/27. Richard is the = author of important telecom for development papers for IDRC's Acacia = Initiative (http://www.idrc.ca/acacia)such as "The Little Engines that = Did: Case histories from the global telecentre movement" = (http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/engine/index.html ) and "If you Have a Lemon, = Make Lemonade: A Guide to the Start-up of the African Multipurpose = Community Telecentre Pilot Projects" = (http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/outputs/lemonade/lemon.html ).=20

Item 4) October 98 National Geographic features photos and a story on = village women in Bangladesh, income generation and digital cell phones. = Iqbal Quadir, one of the founders of the Grameen Phone project in = Bangladesh will be a keynote speaker at the Oct. 26/27 conference. The = National Geographic article focuses on "Women and Population" and the = role of organizations such as the Grameen Bank in helping rural women to = improve their livelihoods. An inside backcover photo shows the = article's photographer surrounded by village women with their new = digital cellphones. More info on Grameen Phone is at: = http://www.grameen.com/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About the "Partnerships and Participation in Telecommunication for Rural = Development Conference" =20 The two-day face-to-face conference on October 26 & 27, 1998 will take = place on the beautiful campus of the University of Guelph in Guelph, = Ontario, Canada. Guelph is a short 45 minute drive from Toronto with = easy access to and from Toronto International Airport (Pearson Airport). = The conference focuses on telecommunications for participatory rural = development. It looks at how lessons-learned in Canada might be applied = by people in other countries, and how lessons learned in other countries = might be applied in Canada. =20 You may call (519) 824 4120 ext. 2353 to register by phone, or you can = print, complete and fax your registration(s) from our website at = http://www.snowden.org/conference/registerpaid.html The conference fee = is $349 +GST for Canadian residents and $300 US for non-Canadians. =20 This conference is sponsored by: Don Snowden Program for Development = Communication, Foundation for International Training, Bell Canada, SR = Telecom, International Telecommunication Union, International = Development Research Centre, Industry Canada, Agriculture and Agri-food = Canada, University of Guelph, and the TeleCommons Development Group. =20 Don Richardson Director Don Snowden Program for Development Communication University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 Tel: 519-824-4120 x 3811 Fax: 519-836-9941 Email: mailto:drichard@uoguelph.ca Web: http://www.snowden.org

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"Partnerships and Participation in Telecommunications for = Rural=20 Development"

**Conference News Flash** October 2, 1998 http://www.snowden.org

Item 1) http://www.sno= wden.org/conference/forumintro1.cfm

The Online Pre-conference for the "Partnerships = and=20 Participation in Telecommunications for Rural Development" = Conference is=20 underway with some good discussion on topics such as = "sustainability",=20 "telehealth & telemedicine", "lessons-learned in = telecom for=20 rural development projects", and "non-technical training=20 issues". Visit the website at http://www.sno= wden.org/conference/forumintro1.cfm=20 to participate and add your ideas, experiences and = lessons-learned. Keep=20 watching the site for updates of papers and documents.

Item 2) Telehealth Development in = Western=20 Australia - Angelita Martini will be speaking at the Oct 26/27 = conference about=20 her studies of community participation models in the application of = technologies=20 in rural and remote areas of Western Australia, using a participatory = action=20 research methodology. Her work with the Telehealth Development Unit = involves the=20 planning, implementation and evaluation of a satellite meshed network to = areas=20 with minimal or no telecommunications. See http://www.health.wa.gov= .au/Telehealth/=20 for more details on this unique project to improve healthcare for a = scattered=20 rural and remote population in Western Australia.

Item = 3) Richard Fuchs=20 to share his experiences and lessons-learned regarding telecentres in=20 Newfoundland and Labrador, and Sub-Saharan Africa at the face-to-face = Conference=20 on Oct. 26/27. Richard is the author of important telecom for = development=20 papers for IDRC's Acacia Initiative (http://www.idrc.ca/acacia)such as = "The=20 Little Engines that Did: Case histories from the global telecentre=20 movement" (http://www.idrc.ca/a= cacia/engine/index.html=20 ) and "If you Have a Lemon, Make Lemonade: A Guide to the Start-up = of the=20 African Multipurpose Community Telecentre Pilot Projects" (http://www= .idrc.ca/acacia/outputs/lemonade/lemon.html=20 ).

Item 4) October 98 National = Geographic features=20 photos and a story on village women in Bangladesh, income generation and = digital=20 cell phones. Iqbal Quadir, one of the founders of the Grameen = Phone=20 project in Bangladesh will be a keynote speaker at the Oct. 26/27=20 conference. The National Geographic article focuses on "Women = and=20 Population" and the role of organizations such as the Grameen Bank = in=20 helping rural women to improve their livelihoods. An inside = backcover=20 photo shows the article's photographer surrounded by village women with = their=20 new digital cellphones. More info on Grameen Phone is at: http://www.grameen.com/

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About the "Partnerships and = Participation=20 in Telecommunication for Rural Development Conference"

The two-day = face-to-face=20 conference on October 26 & 27, 1998 will take place on the beautiful = campus=20 of the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Guelph is a = short 45=20 minute drive from Toronto with easy access to and from Toronto = International=20 Airport (Pearson Airport). The conference focuses on telecommunications = for=20 participatory rural development. It looks at how lessons-learned in = Canada might=20 be applied by people in other countries, and how lessons learned in = other=20 countries might be applied in Canada.

You may call (519) 824 4120 ext. 2353 to = register by=20 phone, or you can print, complete and fax your registration(s) from our = website=20 at http://www.s= nowden.org/conference/registerpaid.html =20 The conference fee is $349 +GST for Canadian residents and $300 US for=20 non-Canadians.

This conference is sponsored by: Don Snowden Program = for=20 Development Communication, Foundation for International Training, Bell = Canada,=20 SR Telecom, International Telecommunication Union, International = Development=20 Research Centre, Industry Canada, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, = University=20 of Guelph, and the TeleCommons Development Group.

Don Richardson

Director

Don Snowden Program for Development = Communication

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

N1G 2W1

Tel: 519-824-4120 x 3811 Fax: = 519-836-9941

Email: drichard@uoguelph.ca

Web: http://www.snowden.org

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