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| Funders:
The Department of Foreign Affair s
and International Trade (DFAIT) The
International Development
Research Centre (IDRC)
(IDRC is administering
the project) Program
Officers:
IDRC Program Officer responsible
for the Project
Ricardo Gomez
Senior Program Specialist IDRC
P.O. Box 8500 Ottawa,
ON,
CANADA K1G 3H9
Tel: (613) 236-6163, ext. 2546
Fax: (613) 567-7749
E-mail: rgomez@internet.idrc.ca
Project
Coordinator
Marcelo Galarza
Curuña
1609 y Manuel Iturrey, Quito, Ecuador
593-2-567 485
Email: marcelo@chasquinet.org Partner
organizations in Latin America:
Fundación ChasquiNet
(Quito, Ecuador)
www.chasquinet.org
Project Website:
www.chasquinet.org/ninosdelacalle
Project Manager:
info@chasquinet.org
Fundación
Renacer (Bogotá, Colombia)
www.crosswinds.net/~jvargas/renacer/
renacer@latino.net.co Other
potential partners:
Benposta (Bogotá, Colombia)
Circo para
Todos (Cali, Colombia)
Casa das Laranjeiras (Río de Janeiro, Brasil)
Ação Local Boa Vista (Sao Paulo, Brasil)
Frontier College (Toronto,
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CONTACT US General
info on IDRC and PAN
IDRC Mandate
The
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a public corporation created
by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries scientists and
communities find their own solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems
through research.
By bringing together people, institutions, and ideas, IDRC
tries to ensure that the benefits of this research will be shared equitably among
all its partners in the North and the South.
Web
site: www.idrc.ca Knowledge for Development at IDRC
Since its establishment 25 years ago, IDRC has invested significantly in
empowering developing countries to generate, acquire, disseminate and employ knowledge
for development. Today, IDRC is uniquely positioned to capitalize on a
dramatic global swing towards knowledge-based development activities.
To
help bridge the pide between the information rich and the information poor,
IDRC is exploring how local groups and the research and development community
can use ICTs to solve development problems. The Centre will pay particular
attention to the different needs and approaches of the private and public sectors.
Research efforts will concentrate on the following: - Equitable
and sustainable access to information and to the use of ICTs so that all of
society benefits; and
- Developments in the information economy. This
includes the concerns of communities and businesses, e-commerce, and the local
effects of global trade rules.
Research will put added emphasis
on youth employment and entreprises run by women. PAN is the IDRC
program initiative that will guide the Street Children Project.
PAN is a pioneering program involving information networking, linking together
people and computer-based information databases from many geographical locations,
and making information available to users worldwide. Special attention is given
to research and development communities in poorer countries and remote areas.
The initiative also aims to develop the capacity in the South for using the
Internet. Website: www.idrc.ca/pan
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