The Telecentre Online Database is a result of the United Nations Development Account project entitled “Knowledge networks through ICT access points for disadvantaged communities”, which is being implemented jointly by the five United Nations Regional Commissions. The project aims to empower the poor and disadvantaged communities, women in particular, through transforming selected existing ICT access points into knowledge hubs of global knowledge network to provide, develop, organize, share and disseminate knowledge pertinent to these communities.

The data was initially collected during a four months period, from October 2006 to January 2007, by the ICT Applications Section of the Information, Communication and Space Technology Division of ESCAP. The data was collected through the review, summary, compilation and synthesis of existing research, evaluation reports, project documents and other information available in English on the Internet that are related to telecentre projects in the Asia-Pacific region. Another major source of information was the websites of the telecentres, donor institutions and agencies that were implementing telecentre projects.

If you want to contribute to the database with information regarding a telecentre initiative in Asia-Pacific or if you want to provide up-to-date information regarding a telecentre initiative that is already in the database, we would be most grateful if you could complete the online form that can be accessed at:
Update database

ICT Applications Section
Information, Communication and Space Technology Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Fax: +66-2-288-1085
Email: escap-ictas@un.org