http://www.trustfortheamericas.org/spanish/poeta.html
POETA: Programa de Oportunidades de Empleo a través de Tecnología en las Americas.
A comienzos del año 2005 la Fundación Trust for the Americas lanzó su programa hemisférico de capacitación en tecnología y capacitación para el trabajo asociado con Microsoft a través de su iniciativa Potencial Ilimitado (Unlimited Potential). POETA se implementa en más de 10 países y cuenta con más de 15 centros de capacitación que ofrecen a poblaciones marginadas y a personas con alguna discapacidad física, instrucción en el uso de software como Excel, Word, Power Point y capacitación para el trabajo. En los centros POETA también se proporciona asistencia a micro empresas en el desarrollo de sus negocios y el uso de las tecnologías de comunicación e información. La Fundación Trust for the Americas cree que esta alianza con Microsoft tendrá un impacto a largo plazo en beneficio de las comunidades que cuentan con centros POETA y se espera que para el año 2010 opere al menos un centro POETA en cada país del hemisferio.
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IT for Change - India
http://www.itforchange.net/
IT for Change (ITfC) is a non-profit organisation located in India. ITfC envisions a society capable of effectively using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a tool to further progressive social change.
We believe that the ongoing ICT for development approaches seldom transcend the efficiency parameters and fail to integrate fundamental ethical cornerstones of development like participation, access and equity. We strongly believe that changes in the current paradigm can happen only in the context of an informed debate, involving not merely the technology actors but all actors in the development arena.
In this context, we perceive our role as an intermediary to engage in debates on ICT for development and re-interpret the social and political narratives that are often sidelined, or are altogether missing.
We also go further, into the field, to demonstrate innovative ICT possibilities in actual developmental situations.
IT for Change (ITfC) is a non-profit organisation located in India. ITfC envisions a society capable of effectively using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a tool to further progressive social change.
We believe that the ongoing ICT for development approaches seldom transcend the efficiency parameters and fail to integrate fundamental ethical cornerstones of development like participation, access and equity. We strongly believe that changes in the current paradigm can happen only in the context of an informed debate, involving not merely the technology actors but all actors in the development arena.
In this context, we perceive our role as an intermediary to engage in debates on ICT for development and re-interpret the social and political narratives that are often sidelined, or are altogether missing.
We also go further, into the field, to demonstrate innovative ICT possibilities in actual developmental situations.
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