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The Middle East and North Africa (TC-MENA) distinctive mark in eINDIA 2008 Awards.
About this event: Global Forum on Youth and ICT for Development: Youth and ICT as Agents of Change
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The Middle East and North Africa (TC-MENA) distinctive mark in eINDIA 2008 Awards.

Three winners throught three development projects from Syria,Egypt and Sudan, leaders of Telecentre in MENA.
Syira - Reefnet Project, has been chosen as the winner of the:
Best Government Initiative of the year’ in the Telecentre category – eINDIA2008 Awards.
Breif about Reefnet Project.
Reefnet project, Strategic ICT program for social and economic development, which is a cooperation program between the Syrian Ministry of Communication and the United Nation Development Program (UNDP), The project Reefnet aims at the:
-Bridging the digital divide between rural and urban areas,
-Using the ICT as a powerful instrument in the development of local communities.
-Creation of an enabling environment for the use of ICT in Syria
-Acceleration the development of information facilities and infrastructures as well as to improve the capacity to benefit from ICT.
The project has more dimensions in development Syrian community and digital divide between rural and urban community through ICT for development.
The target of project is promoting rural ( women, youth, children, marginalized and people with disabilities ) to provided ICT services through universal service and access initiatives such as telecentres.
http://www.reefnet.gov.sy

Egypt - ICT Trust Fund project, has been chosen as the winner of the
on ICT supporting agriculture using Mobile IT Club in the Telecentre category – eINDIA2008 Awards.
Breif about ICT Trust Fund Project.

ICT Trust Fund established as a partnership between the ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2002 to assist in the socio-economic development of Egypt.
ICT trust fund Using information technology to further sustainable human development to build an information society capable of capitalizing on the emerging knowledge revolution.
The Main Objective is to support Egypt socio-economic development program through:
• Establishing Public-private partnerships.
• Using ICT to further development in Egypt.
• Increasing awareness of the developmental potential of ICT.
• Making ICT more accessible and affordable to all citizens.
http://www.ictfund.org.eg/

Sudan- Gedaref digital city organization (GDCO), , has been chosen as the winner of the Best innovations at the grassroots Telecentre, category – e-India 2008 Awards.

Breif about Gedaref digital city organization Project.
Gedaref Digital City Organisation (GDCO) is one of the civil society organisations in the state of Gedaref (Sudan) established in late 2004. The aim of the organisation is the comprehensive development and all round advancement of the individual citizens in the state. Main motto of GDCO is to:
-Use Information Technology for the development of the community
-Enhance capacity building through trainings and workshops
-Provide special treatment for the disabled through ICT
-Bridge the digital divide
-Establish of huge data base in Gedaref state
http://www.gedaref.org

Karim Kasem, Ahmed Eisa and Nabil Eid three development leaders and winners in MENA, We will work together to promote and development communities via ICTs for building bright future thorugh telecentre.org

Nabil Eid
Syria


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