Attached please various notice relevant to TAD Consortium members.

Regards,

Neil Butcher

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This TAD Consortium Information Service has been sponsored by Juta

Publishers

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Reminder: The next TAD Consortium meeting is taking place between 09:00 and

13:00 on Wednesday the 25th of March, 1998 at St Alban's College, Pretoria

(directions will be sent in advance). Diarize it now!!

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MULTI-PURPOSE COMMUNITY CENTRES (MPCCs)

THE ROLE DISTANCE EDUCATION CAN PLAY

The Sub-Directorate: Open Learning (incorporating Distance Education and

Technology-Enhanced Learning), KZN Department of Education and Culture,

Wish to invite you to a workshop on

Multi Purpose Community Centres and Distance Education

VENUE: Springfield College of Education - Durban

DATE: 11 March 1998

TIME: 8.30 - 4.00

COST: R60 (inclusive of handouts, lunch, teas, etc) Cheques payable to the

University of Natal

RSVP: Rebecca Ngoetjana, Midlands Partnership Programme Tel: 0331 260 5604

before 6.March 1998

BACKGROUND TO WORKSHOP

Presently in South Africa it is assumed that education takes place in

primary and secondary schools, in formal tertiary institutions and in a

number of ancillary premises which privately deliver education and training

at various levels. Recent research has suggested the need to re-examine

this notion in terms of the design of education facilities and the

development of learning spaces.

Arising out of this research has come the suggestion that MPCCs and MPLCs,

which are seen as integral points of information dissemination and service

delivery, would provide more cost effective facilities for underdeveloped

communities. These MPCC's are increasingly being seen as centres which can

integrate the developmental needs of the community with the provision of

services which should include education. The vast opportunities for the

provision of Distance Education in such centres needs to be discussed..

In order to initiate discussion about MPCCs, it is hoped that a wide range

of stakeholder representatives will be able to attend this workshop. Please

extend this invitation to any interested colleagues.

E O'Riordan

KwaZulu Natal Dept of Education and Culture.

oriordane@edupmb.kzntl.gov.za

Fiona Bulman

Open Learning Network, Natal University

bulman@cued.unp.ac.za

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A directory of pre-schools, schools, colleges and universitys from

around the world is being setup. The directory is set to be the

largest of its kind. To be included on this directory please fill in

It is FREE to be included in the directory:-

The database will contain thousands of details of institutions from

around the world. The directory will be fully searchable.

DIRECTORY RECORD FORM:-

Name of Institution:

Type of Institution:

Postal Address:

Country:

Email Address:

Fax Number:

Telephone Number:

Contact name/Role:

The above details will be added to the directory. Please fill in as

much as you can. At least one contact address should be provided.

Please send to us at edutech@jokak.demon.co.uk

If you require any more information on the CD please visit our website

Yours Sincerely,

Andrew Kenyon

Director

Edutech

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TAD members are invited to contribute their project details to the SADECCON

initiative. As promised at the meeting, the questionnaire is re-included

below.

CONTRIBUTIONS ASKED FOR A DATA BASE ON SOUTHERN AFRICAN

ORGANISATIONS AND PROJECTS DEALING WITH TELEMATICS FOR DEVELOPMENT

The need for a specialised Southern African data base on organisations

and projects within the context of telematics for development has been

expressed many times. The Telematics for Africa Development (TAD)

Consortium needs this information about and for its member

organisations. PRODDER already has the most comprehensive data base

on development organisations in the SADC region, but it has to be

extended to include e.g. projects. At an international

conference/workshop in September 1997 it was decided that SADECCON

(Southern African Development, Culture, and Communication Network)

will also do further "mapping" of organisations and projects within

its field of interest.

SADECCON, PRODDER and the TAD Consortium have now joined forces for an

international survey for such a data base.

The focus of the survey will be on electronically based information

programmes and organisations, particularly those working within the

areas of development, culture and communication. All Southern African

organisations are invited to contribute information that will ensure

their inclusion in the data base. Information will be made freely

available on a World Wide Web site that will be "hot linked" to

individual organisation's websites.

You are requested to supply the following information about your

organisation. If you have your own Web site, readers will be referred

to it by means of a link and you have to supply only the minimum

information below. Since the information will be made freely

available, you may prefer not to complete all categories. If you have

already supplied the basic information to PRODDER, you only have to

supply information about projects (see question 14 below).

1. Name and acronym of organisation

2. Postal address / Street address / Telephone / Telefax / E mail /

WWW (URL)

3. Contact addresses of regional offices

4. Title / Initials / Surname of the head of the organisation and key

contact person(s)

5. Mission statement

6. Main activities of organisation (list activities; see 14 below

about specific projects)

7. Training courses and other services offered by the organisation 8.

Target groups of activities 9. Networking/Affiliations (list your

organisation's affiliations and

networking partners)

10.Membership (number, names and representatives)

11.Classification/type of organisation

12.Methods used for dissemination of information on your activities

13.Geographical area of operation 14.Project(s) dealing with

networking, information, communication,

development, culture and related areas. Please supply detail

about nature, aims, methodology, etc. of projects. Addenda should

be in MS Word or WordPerfect.

The database will be coordinated with existing data bases such as the

African ICT Activity Information Management System (AI AIMS), which

was developed and is being maintained in support of the Partnership

and the African Information Society Initiative (AISI)

ENQUIRIES: Arlene Grossberg, SADECCON, HSRC

Tel: (+27) (12) 302-2641 Fax: (+27) (12) 302-2149 / 326-5362

E-mail: ACGrossberg@silwane.hsrc.ac.za

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WHAT IS SADECCON?

The Southern African Development, Culture, and Communication

Network (SADECCON) is is a consortium, co-ordinated by

the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC, Pretoria). SADECCON will

network, research and co-ordinate regional activities and initiatives

in development, culture, communication and information. It is aimed

at promoting (a) liaison between organisations, researchers,

academics, etc., (b) the dissemination of information and (c) data

bases.

ENQUIRIES

SADECCON programme contents: Telematics Co-ordinator, Arlene

Grossberg, international tel. no.(+ 27) (12) 302-2641.

E-mail:ACGrossberg@silwane.hsrc.ac.za

Collaboration and contributions: SADECCON Co-ordinator,

Prof. Charles Malan, tel. no. (+27) (12) 302-2144.

E-mail: CWMalan@silwane.hsrc.ac.za

Telefax (+27) (12) 302-2149 or 326-5362.

Address: Arlene Grossberg, SADECCON, HSRC, Private Bag X41,

Pretoria 0001,

SADECCON is closely linked with the Programme for Development

Research (PRODDER) at the HSRC. PRODDER is a development information

medium which collects and disseminates information on all Southern

African development issues and roleplayers.

Enquiries to David Barnard, Co-ordinator:

E-mail: DBB@zeus.hsrc.ac.za or YOF@zeus.hsrc.ac.za

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The New York Academy of Sciences is convening a Conference entitled

Science and Technology for African Development: Partnerships in a

Global Economy in Harare, Zimbabwe from March 15-18, 1998.

Co-conveners of the Conference are the African Business Round Table,

the African Development Bank, the Economic Commission for Africa, and

the Association of African Universities. ICSU / COSTED is also an

Associate Sponsor.

For the last several years, with support from the Carnegie

Corporation of New York and the MacArthur Foundation, the New York

Academy of Sciences has undertaken a project focusing on documenting

the links between technology policy and investments with overall

economic growth. In an effort to distill "lessons learned" from a

variety of practical efforts now underway, the Academy conducted a

series of in-depth case studies of "science-poor" U.S. states as well

as global experiments to derive critical issues that must be

addressed by partnerships of government, corporate, and academic

leaders if such an S&T-economic growth link is to be successfully

forged.

These case studies examined not only the substance of successful

policy, but also the most fruitful strategies for the process of

creating the legislative and executive coalitions that will endure

over time. The challenge is to ensure that the viability of policy

in political cycles matches the long-term nature of technology's

economic impact.

The conference represents a partnership of leading public, private,

and academic institutions in Africa to consider both the substance of

effective policy that would encourage technology investments and

programs in Africa, and the pragmatic partnerships and processes

necessary for bringing such initiatives to fruition.

Jim Doyle

email: jdoyle@nyas.org

tel: 212-838-0230, ext 348

fax: 212-753-3479

New York Academy of Sciences

2 East 63rd Street

New York, NY 10021

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Telematics for African Development Consortium

P.O. Box 31822

Braamfontein

2017

Johannesburg

South Africa

Tel: +27 +11 403-2813

Fax: +27 +11 403-2814

neilshel@icon.co.za