This report includes the results of the research project ‘Exploratory study on explanations and theories of how telecentres and other community-based eInclusion actors operate and have an impact on digital and social inclusion policy goals’. This study was commissioned by IPTS to feed into a forthcoming...
The objective of this study is to understand the contribution of digital competences to advance the employability of immigrant women in five European Union countries: Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Hungary, and Romania (as a source country). Based on a survey to three-hundred and fifty-one immigrant...
Much recent work has looked at the various ways in which access to computing has impacted empowerment for people with disabilities, though such research discusses conditions in the global North. We present here work from primary research among technology training centers for people with disabilities...
The recentinterest in technology and development in Brazil features a complex environment of actors including the state, industry, international aid and NGOs. Developmental projects working in this area have focused on providing subsidized technology and employment agency services, usually through community...
This special edition contains reports from the Harvard Forum II, a two-day event held September 2009 at Harvard University. Sponsored by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, the Forum assembled a prominent...
There is much research on the role of e-skills in advancing employability among disadvantaged groups, but little is known about the way in which these skills can promote the economic integration of immigrant women in the European Union, or how improving digital competencies and access to computers and...
Research Brief: Immigrant Women, e-Skills, and Employability in Europe summarizes the findings of the larger study. It found computer training is an important resource for immigrant women. NGO training programs help trainees develop both technical skills and non-technical social and cultural...
These surveys were created in seven languages to inform the TASCHA research surrounding Immigrant Women, e-Skills, and Employability in Europe. Included in the zip file are surveys developed for immigrant and "native born" women in the following languages: Dutch, English, French, Hungarian,...
Do information and communication technology skills training programs improve employment opportunities for low-income, older, and unemployed workers? Do they improve wage levels? Aspirations? To answer these questions, researchers surveyed 454 people enrolled in programs provided by non-profit and public...
High rates of poverty, discrimination and social exclusion, a lack of institutional capacity for advocacy, and a growing dependence on technology access in the labor market, reaffirm the necessity of an increased agenda on systematic research into issues of disability in Latin America. Drawing from interviews...
Organizing and advocacy from the grassroots, champions within national governments, and recently implemented legal reforms have made the Latin American region an important focus for academic and activist engagement with disability rights issues. Bringing the critical insights of a social model of disability...
Economic empowerment for marginalized people is one of the core interests driving ICTD practice and scholarship. Many non-governmental organizations state that improving the economic livelihood of their communities is one of their most important missions. Many training programs, from those which are...
This research brief summarizes the larger TASCHA study conducted in 2009 which found that community technology centers in Latin America serving at-risk youth and people with disabilities provide services that can lead to employment — but they need to emphasize employer outreach, complementary services,...
Since the early 1990s, there has been an increasing interest and investment in information and communication technology (ICT) training centers designed to expand employability options for socially excluded groups in Latin America. This study examines programs that provide basic computer training for...
We examine here the role of ICT training within the aspirational ecology of marginalized peoples lacking local economic opportunities. Drawing off 60 in‐depth qualitative interviews with youth, people with disabilities, demobilized and displaced peoples and administrators of social programs, two conflicting...
Exposure to crime and violence, discrimination, and a structural lack of institutional support for education and human development continue to plague at-risk youth in urban poor neighborhoods of Latin America. With the increase in share of private investment in human development projects, subsidized...
This article proposes an analytical framework to better understand the role of ICT skills in improving employment opportunities for low-income groups. The research draws upon the experiences of seventy NGOs that provide ICT training programs and other employment services in 23 countries around the world...
Work and Play in the Information Age: Technology utilization in Boys & Girls Clubs of America focuses on after-school programs as venues for teaching about information technology and for preparing youth for the 21st century workforce. Through a detailed examination of selected sites from...
Entretanto, essa mesma expansão de TICs pode aumentar as desigualdades sociais e econômicas ao prover acesso restrito aos grupos marginalizados em comparação às possibilidades maiores dos setores de maior renda. O objetivo deste documento é, portanto, analisar a capacitação no uso de TICs como...
The study was designed to address the following research questions: How do NGOs, through their community centers, train youth in urban areas of Latin America for entrepreneurial/business activities? What role do ICT skills play in these programs? What partnerships are NGOs building to support economic...
Las preguntas de investigación que guían este trabajo son las siguientes: ¿De qué forma las ONG, a través de sus centros comunitarios, preparan principalmente a jóvenes para actividades emprendedoras/empresariales en zonas urbanas de América Latina? ¿Cuál es el rol de las habilidades en TICs...
The study was designed to address the following research questions: How do NGOs, through their community centers, train youth in urban areas of Latin America for entrepreneurial/business activities? What role do ICT skills play in these programs? What partnerships are NGOs building to support economic...
Evaluation of community technology interventions is notoriously difficult. Computer training is one factor that must be understood in the context of a whole range of local resources and constraints. TASCHA work around evidence and storytelling attempts to address this challenge by gathering “typical”...
On June 19, 2007, twenty NGO practitioners from across Europe gathered at the e‐Skills & Employability Workshop to share best practices and discuss new ways to grow and sustain efforts to support economic empowerment through this field. Co‐organized by telecentre.org and the Esplai Foundation...
This study describes the efforts of NGOs around the world to bring the benefits of new technologies to disadvantaged communities through their ICT training programs. It asks how NGOs design ICT training programs to meet diverse populations and socio-economic conditions. Researchers interviewed 25 NGO...
This study investigates how community-based organizations that provide basic technology training integrate it with other services and tap a network of service providers to improve employability prospects for lower-wage, lower-skill populations in the United States. Research focused on organizations that...
