Information Society Watch

Heather Creech, UNESCO

This study assesses what can be learned from UNESCO's pilot phase of establishing Community Multimedia Centers (CMCs) in communities across Latin America/Caribbean, Africa and South Asia. The authors find that the CMCs are accepted by and fully integrated into the communities and can, in many cases, be sustained beyond the pilot phase. Further, the longer term benefits of CMCs are already being realized within individual communities. However, the project's current expenses may be unsustainable, despite the fact that field support for the initiative is often dependent upon volunteers.

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