Telecentres, bridges to
Rural Development in
the Caribbean
Workshop and Contest prize
giving ceremony
Santo Domingo, 28 – 29 April 2011
Presented by Ken Lohento,
ICT4D Programme
Coordinator
CTA : Who we are
• 50 staff from 27 countries • 26 years of commitment to
• CTA is a joint institution of
advancing agriculture and
the ACP and the EU
rural communities in ACP
(Cotonou Agreement).
• Key role for partners
26 years of commitment
to advancing
agriculture and rural
communities in ACP
Our Mandate
To strengthen policy and institutional capacity
development and information and
communication management capabilities of
ACP agricultural and rural development
organisations.
formulating and implementing policies and programmes to reduce poverty,
promote sustainable food security, preserve the natural resource base, and
thus contribute to building self-reliance in ACP rural and agricultural
development (Cotonou Partnership Agreement).
Renewed Interest in Agriculture –
New CTA Strategy 2011 - 2015
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MDG Goal 1: Halving Poverty and
Hunger by 2015
Food price crisis (on-going)
L’Aquila G8: 20 bn USD for
agriculture
CAADP for African investments
Jagdeo Initiative for the Caribbean
Agriculture and Climate Change
linkages
Growing private sector investment
in agriculture
New strategic Goals
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To support well informed, inclusive agricultural policy
processes and strategies in each ACP region that
empower smallholder producers, women and youth
2. To promote innovation, value addition, investments, trade
and markets that nurture the development of ACP
priority value chains, especially for smallholder
producers
3. To strengthen the information, communication and
knowledge management capacities of ACP institutions
and networks
A Results-Oriented Strategy
Strategic Goal #3
To strengthen the
information,
communication and
knowledge management
capacities of ACP
institutions and networks
Strategy goal 3 (IC-T, KM) themes &
activities
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Promoting access to ACP-generated content
Increased focus on electronic content generation
Promoting and supporting use of innovative ICT
tools and approaches
Building skills of ACP partners
Promoting information, communication and
knowledge management policies & strategies
CTA all goals cross-cutting theme :
Youth and Gender
Contest
“TELECENTRES, BRIDGES TO AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN
THE CARIBBEAN”
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Launched in 2010
Objective : to identify and promote innovative
services implemented in/around telecentres (explore)
2 categories: Category 1 "Initiatives in operation"
targeted outstanding services already implemented
and Category 2 "Innovative Projects” for small grant
“agricultural services” and “non-agricultural services”
domains covered
Prize giving ceremony – Presence of telecentres
Workshop
“TELECENTRES, BRIDGES TO AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN
THE CARIBBEAN”
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Promote (innovative) services for ARD
in/around telecentres
Discuss about challenges, needs, best
practices in service implementation role/partnership with of other
development, ARD stakeholders
Discuss about rural/community
telecentres challenges, needs,
networking issues
Identify potential area for actions
Recommendations - suggestions
To the partners:
Thank You!!