A Guidebook for Managing Telecentre Networks/Acronyms

Acronyms AED Academy for Educational Development ATN Associação Telecentro de Informação e Negócios (Brazil’s Telecentre Information and Business Association) BCTN Burundi Community Telecentre Network BoP Bottom of the Pyramid BTN Bangladesh Telecentre Network CAICC Centro de Apoio à Informação e Comunicação Comunitária (Community Information Communication Support Centre) CeC Community eCenter CRID Rural Center of Digital Inclusion in Brazil CTSP Microsoft’s Community Technology Skills Program FATEMA Federation des Telecentres du Mali (Federation of Telecentres in Mali) GCC Global Communication Center ICTA Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka ICT4D Information and Communication for Development IDRC International Development Research Centre IKB Information and Knowledge Base IRRI International Rice Research Institute ITU International Telecommunications Union KenTel Kenya Network of Telecentres KM Knowledge Management KS Knowledge Sharing M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MSN Microsoft Network (Messenger) NCC-ICT National Computer Center of the Commission on ICT NGO Non-Government Organization OVOP One Village One Portal PhilCeCNet The Philippine Community eCenter Network, Inc. RKB Rice Knowledge Bank RTN Rwanda Telecentre Network SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SME Small and Medium Enterprise TASA Telecentre Association of South Africa TCN Telecentre Network TTN Tanzania Telecentre Network UEM Eduardo Mondlane University (Maputo) USAID United States Agency for International Development KEC Knowledge Exchange Conferences tPCA telecentre.org Philippine Community eCenter Academy CeCNet Community eCenter Network of the Philippines TBI Telecentres of Business and Information in Brazil UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNV United Nations Volunteers WSIS World Summit of the Information Society (Tunis, 2005)