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Section > Knowledge Management
> Project Consultative
Meeting for the Establishment of Regional Knowledge Network of Telecentres
in Asia-Pacific
27-28 September 2007
Bangkok
The Consultative Meeting for the Establishment of Regional Knowledge
Network of Telecentres in Asia-Pacific will be held at the United Nations
Conference Center, Bangkok on 27 and 28 September 2007. The Meeting is one
of many activities 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. ESCAP will implement regional knowledge networks in
the Asia-Pacific region including countries in Central Asia.
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 objectives of the Meeting are to share experience and good practices
on telecentre initiatives and to consult with telecentre stakeholders,
including governments, associations of telecentres, international
organizations, NGOs, and the private sector on the establishment of a
knowledge network of telecentres in the Asian and Pacific region.
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