International Training Centre Digital Development For Labour Organizations ________________________
Digital Development To digitally develop labour organizations in developing and emerging-market countries we need: 1. Digital Partnerships 2. Labour-Designed Technologies
A Digital Partnership Program Digital Partnerships are alliances between unions in developing regions and unions in electronically advanced regions. For example: A hospital local union in Japan and a hospital local union in Tonga connected via computer communications.
A Digital Partnership Program From its technology budget, the union in the electronic country provides a partnered union $3,000 every three years for: * a communications terminal * a telephone line and * internet access
A Digital Partnership Program The communications terminal: Integrated monitor, keyboard, computer, modem Terminal:$700 Software:Free Linux Open Office Mozilla - Thunderbird SoliComm
A Digital Partnership Program Internet Access: Telephone line: $420 / year Internet Provider: $360 / year Over three years: $2,340 Hardware: Year Project total: $3,040
Labour Computer Communications Digital Partnerships and international labour education programs need: 1. Dependable electronic mail 2. Affordable computer conferencing 3. Web sites
Labour Computer Communications SoliComm Solidarity Communications for all unionists - 20 MG lists Computer conferencing - Online and Offline Web hosting
Labour Computer Communications SoliComm Development Path: * increased storage space * compressed HTML messages for SoliComm Offline * multiple world-wide servers * design and production of SoliTerminal
Digital Development 1. Digital Partnerships 2. Labour-Designed Technologies ACTRAV _________________________________