NCC Regional Coordinator wins in 1st telecentre.org Blog Competition

Written by Alex
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Claire Peque Fernandez, Regional IT Coordinator for Region VIII, was hailed as one of the top bloggers in the recently concluded telecentre.org blog contest, with her entry entitled “Realistic Path to Sustainability for the Telecentre Champions Group”. The first ever competition featuring the blogging platform, it ran from April 20 to May 30 2009, gathering entries, features and stories of managers and operators working for the global telecentre initiative. Web logs, more popularly known as blogs, are a type of websites maintained by an individual or a group with entries on a particular topic. Because of its accessibility and relative ease of use, blogs nowadays are one of the main instruments for sharing information across the globe.
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PhilCeCNet 2009 National Survey launched

Written by Administrator
Monday, 22 June 2009
The Philippine Community eCenter Network (PhilCeCNet), with assistance from the Infrastructure Committee, started the 2009 Infrastructure and Services Inventory Survey (ISIS) last June 23, 2009. The survey aims to reach CeCs nationwide that belong to five of PhilCeCNet's major partners, namely, the Commission on ICT's eSkwela Centers, the National Computer Center's eLGU CeCs, the Department of Transportation and Communication's CeCs, the Telecommunication Offices' CeCs, and the DOST-PCCARD FITS Centers. The survey aims to gather baseline information as input to a study on the present business models used among the CeCs in the network. The survey covers the following areas regarding the CeCs: location, accessibility, management and staffing structure, available infrastructure, services, content, operations, finances, and plans for sustainability. It is hoped that the results of the survey and the succeeding study shall enable PhilCeCNet members, policymakers and partners to make decisions and enhance their strategies to reach the 2010 vision of the PhilCeCNet Roadmap. A pre-test among thirty PhilCeCNet members was already done last June 7-14, 2009 in preparation for the actual survey.
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Written by Alex
Monday, 22 June 2009
The National Computer Center (NCC) will join Convergence 2009: Empowering the Filipino through ICT, part of this year’s National ICT Month celebration. With ICT initiatives permeating through the Filipino life and society in this time and age, convergence is but an apt direction to take in remembering the past, celebrating the present and broadcasting the future for ICT. Slated for launch this June 29 at the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) office in Quezon City, Convergence 2009 is a fusion of events, bringing together the CICT Cyber Corridor Roadshow, the Talent Caravan of the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) and the Coordinationg Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) in one grand affair. After the CICT Convergence 2009 launch, a nationwide roadshow of the ten Next Wave Cities of Metro Laguna, Metro Cavite, Iloilo, Davao, Bacolod, Pampanga Central, Bulacan Central, Cagayan de Oro, Bulacan South and Lipa will follow. Sta. Rosa, Laguna is billed as the first stop in the itinerary this coming July 9-11.
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