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>*PRESS RELEASE*
>
>The European Union of Telecottages Associations (EUTA) and the
>Telecenters of the Americas Partnership (TAP), a collaboration among
>the Aspira Association, Inc., Community Technology Centers' Network
>(CTCNet), Pacific Community Networks Association (PCNA), Fundacion
>Chasquinet and Somos@Telecentros have agreed to join forces and
>establish a Global Telecentres Alliance for Community Development.
>
>EUTA and TAP are at the moment the largest organizations in this
>field assembling 20000 telecenters throughout Europe and the Americas.
>
>The Global Telecenters Alliance for Community Development shall
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>secure the effective participation and representation of grassroots
>telecenter associations in the organizations and fora addressing the
>application of information and communications technologies for development, and
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>facilitate the cooperation between and sharing of resources and
>experiences among these associations in order to help them more
>effectively achieve their missions.
>
>EUTA and TAP urge community telecenters to join the associations
>that are already part of their membership or form national and
>regional associations where they do not yet exist.
>
>Membership in the Global alliance will be open to regional
>organizations. Till they are in place, national organizations may be
>accepted upon consent of existing members of the Global Alliance.
>
>In order to join the Global Telecenters Alliance for Community
>Development organizations should:
>
>o
>have a significant number of members throughout the territory of
>their country,
>o
>be formed by a majority of grassroots telecenters or associations of
>telecenters,
>o
>have formal governance structures and rules.
>
>The telecenters in these organizations should be associated with a
>variety of community services and activities, beyond simple access
>to the Internet and computer literacy.
>
>Members of the Global Alliance might invite to join civil society
>organizations that do not correspond to the above profile but play a
>noteworthy role in the area of information and communication
>technologies and community development
>
>TAP : http://www.tele-centers.net/
>
>EUTA : http://euta.hu/
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