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Managing Sustainable E-Community Centers Workshop
Agenda

Wednesday, 4 May 2005

8:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:30

Opening Ceremony
Opening Remarks [PDF 59KB | 2 pages] by Jeoung-Keun Lee, Senior Capacity Building Specialist, ADBI
Election of Officers
Group Photo Session

09:30 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 10:40

Introduction to the Workshop and of Participants and Resource Speakers by Jeoung-Keun Lee, Senior Capacity Building Specialist, ADBI

10:40 – 12:00

ICT Innovation for Poverty Reduction: What Researches Say by Savithri Subramanian, Research Coordinator, UNESCO

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:30

Country Report (I): Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji Islands, India, Indonesia, Iran, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, and Sri Lanka (Chairperson)

14:30 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 16:30

Country Report (II): Afghanistan, Cambodia, People’s Republic of China, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Philippines, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Samoa, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Uzbekistan, and Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (Chairperson)

18:00 – 20:00

Welcome Dinner hosted by CPSC

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Thursday, 5 May 2005

08:30 – 10:00

Information Need Assessment for e-Community Centers by Tariq Mahmood, Faculty Consultant, CPSC

10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00

Job Training and Placement Services of E-Community Centers by Shyamal Majumdar, NITTTR Kolkata, India

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:30

How to Develop Business Plans for e-Community Center by Rupert Maclean, Director, UNESCO-UNEVOC and Leonard E. Munjanganja, Program Specialist, APEID, UNESCO

14:30 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 15:45

E-Granthalaya: Moving Toward Rural Digital Library by M. Moni, Deputy Director General, NIC, India

15:45 – 16:30

Challenges of Sustainability by by Kentaro Toyama, Assistant Managing Director, Microsoft Research India

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Friday, 6 May 2005

08:30 – 10:00

e-Learning in Rural Community through e-Community Centers by Myong Hee Kim, Faculty Consultant, CPSC

10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00

Cyber Extension Centers: Turning ICT Promise into Reality by M. A. Bell, D. Shires and J. Lapitan, IRRI

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 13:45

Training and Updating Staff Skills of E-Community Centers by Agni Prasad Kafle, Member Secretary, CTEVT, Nepal

13:45 – 14:30

Building Sustainable E-Community Centers: A Government of India Perspective by Ashis Sanyal, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, India

14:30 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 16:30

Technological Options for e-Community Centers by Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

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Saturday, 7 May 2005

09:00 – 10:30

How to Draft Project Proposals by Sungsup Ra, Senior Country Programs Specialist, NRM, ADB

10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00

ICT Innovation for Poverty Reduction: What Experiences Say by Savithri Subramanian, Research Coordinator, UNESCO and Chetan Sharma, Founder, Datamation Foundation Trust

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 16:00

Study Tour of an E-Community Center

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Sunday, 8 May 2005

Free

Monday, 9 May 2005

08:30 – 10:00

Government Policies and Strategies for the Promotion of e-Community Centers by Dr. Zenaida T. Domingo, SEAMEO Innotech, Philippines

10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00

Conducive Environments for Sustainable e-Community Centers by Ankhi Das, Corporate Affairs Manager, Microsoft, India

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:30

Evaluation and Monitoring Performances of E-Community Centers Ligaya Valmonte, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, Philippines

14:30 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 16:30

U-World: Future of E-Community Centers by Man-Gon Park, Director General, CPSC

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Tuesday, 10 May 2005

08:30 – 10:00

Presentation of Action Plans (Sungsup Ra)

10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00

Presentation of Action Plans (Sungsup Ra)

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:30

Finalization of the Action Plans and Workshop Evaluation by Jeoung-Keun Lee, Senior Capacity Building Specialist, ADBI

14:30 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 15:40

Closing Ceremony
Closing Remarks [PDF 50KB | 1 page] by CPSC
Closing Remarks [PDF 85KB | 2 pages] by ADBI
Handing Out Certificates
Vote of Thanks by Participants

18:00 – 20:00

Farewell Dinner hosted by ADBI





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