International Telecommunication Union Committed to Connecting the World ITU Global View Telecentres Portal WSIS-related events 2008 ITU HQ, Geneva, May 19, 9.30 – Room K, Montbrillant Building, ITU (2, Avenue Varembé) Sandra Pandi Project Officer ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division ITU Telecommunication Development Sector

April 2008 Committed to Connecting the World 2 Agenda  Definition of a telecentre  Aim of ITU Telecentres portal  How it works  Status  Next steps…

April 2008 Committed to Connecting the World 3 Definition of a telecentre A location which facilitates and encourages the provision of a wide variety of public and private information-based goods and services, and which supports local economic or social development

April 2008 Committed to Connecting the World 4 Aim of telecentres portal  Capture, maintain and update telecentres information  Provide a visual mapping of telecentres around the world  Share telecentres data with stakeholders

April 2008 Committed to Connecting the World 5  Web mapping provided by Microsoft/IDV Solutions  Online form (password protected) to enter/update telecentres data  Each telecentre operator is responsible for their own information How it works

April 2008 Committed to Connecting the World 6 Status  ITU Global View (beta) is online (African portal)  Finalizing development of telecentre portal and online form

April 2008 Committed to Connecting the World 7 Next steps…  Launch Telecentre portal and online form in coming weeks  Promote portal to partners to grow base of information

April 2008 Committed to Connecting the World 8 International Telecommunication Union Committed to connecting the world