Telecentres bridges to Rural Development in the Caribbean

Telecentres, bridges to Rural Development in the Caribbean Workshop and Contest prize giving ceremony Santo Domingo, 28 – 29 April 2011 Presented by Ken Lohento, ICT 4 D 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 agricultural development ICTs media rural communities value cha youth networking opportunities communication knowledge sharing par

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). ACP agricultural development ICTs media rural communities value cha youth networking opportunities communication knowledge sharing par

Renewed Interest in Agriculture – New CTA Strategy 2011 - 2015 MDG Goal 1: Halving Poverty and Hunger by 2015 Food price crisis (on-going) L’Aquila G 8: 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 ACP agricultural development ICTs media rural communities value cha youth networking opportunities communication knowledge sharing par

New strategic Goals 1. 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 ACP agricultural development ICTs media rural communities value cha youth networking opportunities communication knowledge sharing par

A Results-Oriented Strategy ACP agricultural development ICTs media rural communities value cha youth networking opportunities communication knowledge sharing par

Strategic Goal #3 To strengthen the information, communication and knowledge management capacities of ACP institutions and networks ACP agricultural development ICTs media rural communities value cha youth networking opportunities communication knowledge sharing par

Strategy goal 3 (IC-T, KM) themes & activities 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 ACP agricultural development ICTs media rural communities value cha youth networking opportunities communication knowledge sharing par

Contest “TELECENTRES, BRIDGES TO AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN” 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 ACP agricultural development ICTs media rural communities value cha youth networking opportunities communication knowledge sharing par

Workshop “TELECENTRES, BRIDGES TO AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN” 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 ACP agricultural development ICTs media rural communities value cha youth networking opportunities communication knowledge sharing par

To the partners: Thank You!! ACP agricultural development ICTs media rural communities value cha youth networking opportunities communication knowledge sharing par