Press Conference

• Press Conference on Building Telecentre Family in Bangladesh : A Workshop for the Social Entrepreneurs and Practitioners.

Venue : Rangpur Chambers of commerce & Industry (RCCI) Hall, Rangpur
Date & Time : August 26, 2006 at 1700 Hrs

Opening Ceremony
•  Introduction of the participants of the workshop
•  National anthem by all the participants of the workshop
•  Lightening the candle (mongal prodip)
•  Greetings with flower to all participants

Special Guest: Md. Nazrul Islam , Deputy Commissioner, Rangpur Opening address by:

• Dr. Ananya Raihan , Executive Director, D.Net on behalf of the organizers
• Mr. Mark Surman , Managing Director, Telecentre.org on behalf of the sponsors
• Mr. K A M Morshed , UNDP Bangladesh
• Dr. Basheerhamad Shadrach, telecentre.org, South Asia

Briefing about the program by Mr. Mahmud Hasan , Program Director, D.Net

Session title: Why Access to information is Important?

Objective of the session: The discussion will focus on introducing the scope of leveraging ICTs in regards to ensuring access to information for improvement of livelihood of the poor and underprivileged.

Speakers

• Access to information and poverty alleviation
  Dr. Ananya Raihan , Executive Director, D.Net (15 minutes)
• ICT channels for access to information
  Mr. A H M Bazlur Rahman , CEO, BNNRC (15 minutes)

Open Discussion: Question and answer on the session. In this session question answer will not be limited to speakers only, participants can answer accordingly.

 Moderator: KA M Morshed , Program Manager(ICT4D), UNDP

Lunch Break

Session title: Telecentre : How does it Work

Objective of the session: The discussion will focus on different types of telecentre around Bangladesh and abroad. Thus the participants will be able to learn its potential in social development. Discussion will focus on introducing the scope of leveraging ICTs.

Speakers:

• Community Multimedia Centre

  Mr. Debobroto Chakrobarty,
  Program Officer, ICT4D , YPSA (10 minutes)

• Framework of DAM's program

Mr. Nafiz Khan,
Program Officer, Dhaka Ahsania Mission

• PROSHIKA's experience with ICT4D

  Mr. Badruddoza Swapan ,
  PROHSIKA (10 minutes)

• Pallitathya Kendra: A Model in Practice

  Mr. Forhad Uddin,
  Senior Research Associate, D.Net (10 minutes)

• Telecenter Sustainability: The Need for Multi-stakeholder partnership?

  Mr. K A M Morshed ,
  Program Manager (ICT4D) UNDP Bangladesh (10 minutes)

• Introduction of JEEON IKB, the local language content in Bangla)

  Ms. Suparna Roy ,
  Research Associate, D.Net (10 minutes)
  

Open Discussion: Question and answer on the session. In this session question answer will not be limited to speakers only, participants can answer accordingly.

 Facilitator: Dr. Ananya Raihan , Executive Director, D.Net

Evening Session

Special Guests

1. Dr. Meghna Guha Thakurta , Executive Director, Research Initiative , Bangladesh
2. Professor Subbiah Arunachalam , Distinguished Fellow, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation , India
3. Mr. T. I. M. Nurul Kabir , Managing Director, SpinoVision Limited

Session title: Global Telecentre Experiences

Objective of the session: Share experiences of the telecentre operation around the globe with special focus on India and Sri Lanka

Speakers

• Telecnetre.org: how it networks the globe?
  Mr. Mark Surman , Managing Director, Telecentre.org, International
• Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada (10 minutes)
• Telecentre experiences in India : Integrated approach of VRC
  Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, Distinguished Fellow, M S Swaminathan
• Research Foundation , India .
• Experiences of the telecentre family network, Sri Lanka
  Priyanthi Daluwatte, Project Manager, Virtual Village Project, Sarvodaya, Nagarodaya Centre , Sri Lanka .
• Telecentre experiences in India : a brief on mission 2007
  Dr. Basheerhamad Shadrach , Senior Program Officer, IDRC telecentre.org program, India (10 minutes)
  
  

Open Discussion: Question and answer on the session. In this session question answer will not be limited to speakers only, participants can answer accordingly.

Session title: Build your Telecentre

Objective of the session: Providing guideline for various types of telecentre building based on the ingredients available at the organization level.

This session will have four parts:

• Presentation of a film on telecentre operation in Bangladesh (10 minutes)
• Preparation of a Telecentre Cook Book (30 minutes) and
• Working session on Building and Operations of Telecentre (30 minutes)
• Presentation of the groups (10*5 = 50 minutes)

Presentation of a film on telecentre operation in Bangladesh : A film (10 minutes) will be showed to the participants.

Development of a telecentre cookbook: Develop the ingredients of different telecentre and its operation modalities. Develop a list of ingredients necessary for building telecentre.

Working session on Building and Operations of Telecentre: Form ten (10) groups and each group will develop their own telecentre picking up ingredients from the cook book.

Session title: Sharing of Experiences

Objective of the session: Open Presentation on different sustainability models of telecentre

Open Discussion: Question and answer on the session. In this session question nad answer will not be limited to speakers only, participants can answer accordingly.

Speaker:

• Mr. Shahiuddin Akbar , ICT Consultant, KATALYST (10 minutes)

Session Title : Work plan for next 6 months

Objective of the session: Develop an idea what the participant will do in next 6 months.

Session title: Mission 2011: How to go about it?

Objective of the session: An informal discussion with participants about building national coalition for building telecentre in every village of Bangladesh.

Key Theme of Mission 2011:

Dr. Ananya Raihan , Executive Director, D.Net

Speakers:

• Dr. Shamsul Bari, Chairman, Research Initiative , Bangladesh
• Ms. Selina Hossain , Executive Director, Fareea Lara Foundation.
• Mr. Mark Surman, Managing Director, Telecentre.org

Evening Session

Re-launching of The Telecentre Times :(the English version) and launching of the The Telecentre times (the Bangla Version). The Telecentre Times (Bangla version) will be launched to create a common ground for telecentre leaders in Bangladesh to speak out in their native language.

Certificate distribution ceremony: Certificates will be distributed to workshop. participants.

Special Guests:

• Dr. Shamsul Bari, Chairman, Research Initiative , Bangladesh
• Ms. Selina Hossain , Executive Director, Fareea Lara Foundation.
• Mr. Mark Surman, Managing Director, Telecentre.org
• Mr. A H M Bazlur Rahman , CEO, BNNRC  

Vote of thanks

Mr. A H M Bazlur Rahman (on behalf of the organizers)

Concluding session anchored by: Mr. Mahmud Hasan, Program Director, D.Net

Cultural Program ( Gambhira Music) presented by SEPDA Folk Cultural Group follow by Dinner

Reception by the villagers
Presentation about Information Centre
Visit Information Centre
Visit Computer Literacy Centre
Sharing session with the villagers