Telecentres, bridges to Rural Development in

the Caribbean

Workshop and Contest prize giving ceremony

Telecentres, bridges to Rural Development in

the Caribbean

Workshop and Contest prize giving ceremony

Santo Domingo, 28 – 29 April 2011

Presented by Ken Lohento, ICT4D Programme

Coordinator

CTA : Who we are• 50 staff from 27 countries• CTA is a joint institution of

the ACP and the EU (Cotonou Agreement).

26 years of commitment to advancing agriculture and rural communities in ACP

• 26 years of commitment to advancing agriculture and rural communities in ACP

• Key role for partners

Our Mandate To strengthen policy and institutional capacity

development and information and communication management capabilities of ACP agricultural and rural development organisations.

formulating and implementing policies and programmes to reduce poverty, promote sustainable food security, preserve the natural resource base, and thus contribute to building self-reliance in ACP rural and agricultural development (Cotonou Partnership Agreement).

MDG Goal 1: Halving Poverty and Hunger by 2015

Food price crisis (on-going) L’Aquila G8: 20 bn USD for

agriculture CAADP for African investments Jagdeo Initiative for the Caribbean Agriculture and Climate Change

linkages Growing private sector investment

in agriculture

Renewed Interest in Agriculture – New CTA Strategy 2011 - 2015

1. To support well informed, inclusive agricultural policy processes and strategies in each ACP region that empower smallholder producers, women and youth

2. To promote innovation, value addition, investments, trade and markets that nurture the development of ACP priority value chains, especially for smallholder producers

3. To strengthen the information, communication and knowledge management capacities of ACP institutions and networks

New strategic Goals

A Results-Oriented Strategy

To strengthen the information,

communication and knowledge management

capacities of ACP institutions and networks

Strategic Goal #3Strategic Goal #3

Strategy goal 3 (IC-T, KM) themes & activities

Promoting access to ACP-generated content Increased focus on electronic content generation Promoting and supporting use of innovative ICT

tools and approaches Building skills of ACP partners Promoting information, communication and

knowledge management policies & strategies

CTA all goals cross-cutting theme : Youth and Gender

Contest“TELECENTRES, BRIDGES TO AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN

THE CARIBBEAN”

Launched in 2010 Objective : to identify and promote innovative services

implemented in/around telecentres (explore) 2 categories: Category 1 "Initiatives in operation"

targeted outstanding services already implemented and Category 2 "Innovative Projects” for small grant

“agricultural services” and “non-agricultural services” domains covered

Prize giving ceremony – Presence of telecentres

Workshop“TELECENTRES, BRIDGES TO AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN

THE CARIBBEAN”

Promote (innovative) services for ARD in/around telecentres

Discuss about challenges, needs, best practices in service implementation - role/partnership with of other development, ARD stakeholders

Discuss about rural/community telecentres challenges, needs, networking issues

Identify potential area for actions Recommendations - suggestions

To the partners:To the partners:Thank You!!Thank You!!