"We seek projects that involve multiple partnerships in its implementation phase and which include plans to use ICT in national development plans," Mr Frendo added.
The Commonwealth Connects Programme - co-ordinated by the Commonwealth Connects Secretariat within the Commonwealth Secretariat's Governance and Institutional Development Division -- was launched on 3 August 2006. India, Malta, Mozambique, and Trinidad and Tobago, which are members of its Steering Committee, plan to fund the programme to a little under £1 million over the next three years.
The first project launched under the programme in August -- 'Rebuilding After the Tsunami: Using ICTs for Change' -- offers web development, e-communication services and training to organisations working on tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in Sri Lanka and India.
Other Commonwealth Connects projects involve the provision of radio-based business training for women in Cameroon to help them in micro-enterprise; and the distribution of refurbished computers donated by Caribbean governments and citizens to local schools for computer training.
Source: Allafrica
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