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Comunity Technology Centers (CTC’s)

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Comunity Technology Centers (CTC’s)

“Digital technology is the appropriate

tool at the service of the community
to access knowledge and information
required to broaden their development
opportunities in the social, cultural
and economic arena.”

Margarita Cedeño de Fernández

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Indice

Inside the CTCs 4

CTC-Learning 7
CAP (Learning Centers for Progress) 8
Partnership in Opportunities for Employment
through Technology in the Americas (POETA) 9
Prepare to Compete (PPC) 10
CTC-WellBeing 11
Radio CTC 12
Spaces of Hope 13
CTC-Training 15
Women on the Network 16
English Immersion for Competiveness 17
Volunteers 18
Journalists for Development 19
BachiNET 20

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Plano constructivo
 Dentro de los CTC
The Community Technology
Centers (CTCs) are free access
points to digital information in the
Comunity Technology Centers (CTC’s)
most remote and impoverished
communities in the Dominican
Republic, where information and
communication technologies are
the tools used for personal and
community development.

The entire structure of the CTCs technologies (ICTs) and constant

and each of the educational
programs are committed to the
integral development of the
community, reducing the digital
gap to satisfy the informational
and educational needs of the
communities through the use of the
information and communication
improvement of our educational
processes, services, and human
development to ensure the
informational literacy of all
Dominicans.

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The services offered by the CTCs focus
on the ability of the communities
to put them to practical use, thus

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establishing a relationship where
the CTC is key to the development of
the community and the community
as key to the development of the
CTC. The wide selection of courses
and other special programs offered
at the Centers are possible thanks
to our local and international
partners, such as Patronato de la
Fundación, Microsoft, and Cisco
Systems. All the courses contribute
to the development and wellbeing of
the members of the community.
Every CTC has a Community Radio,
Early Child Development Area and
initiatives such as BachiNET, POETA,
Women on the Network, Prepare
to Compete and Journalists for
Development among others.

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Comunity Technology Centers (CTC’s)
The CTC provides access to telephone services, fax, Internet, knowledge, data
base creation and information processing, but also, it serves as the place for
online banking, e-government, virtual libraries, and training for the creation and
expansion of small local enterprises that will benefit the community.

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CTC Aprende
CTC-Learning
 The Learning Centers for Progress (CAP) are

Aulas CAP
mobile classrooms that offer training for people
16 years and older. The variety of courses

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offered is aimed to prepare Dominicans to
insert themselves in today’s job market and
gain personal development skills. Courses
offered include Digital Photography, Photoshop,
Publisher, Power Point Presentations, Freehand,
Web Design, Programming, Access, Excel, Flash
and Advanced Flash Animation and job search.

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 Partnership in Opportunities
for Employment through
Comunity Technology Centers (CTC’s)

Technology in the Americas

(POETA)
Through this program, people with
physical disabilities and youth at risk
are able to complete Microsoft academic
coursework, which will strengthen and
broaden their skills and align them with
21st century skills.

The initiative is worked in tandem with

a strategic campaign promoting the
inclusion of people with disabilities in the
job market. The partnership with TRUST
for the Americas Foundation contributes
with software, adapted technologies,
training costs and technical assistance.

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Prepare to Compete (PC)
It is an adult literacy course offered
to young adults and adults. Once
students complete this training,

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the CTC offers them the possibility
to obtain their elementary and high
school diplomas and therefore,
improve their quality of life. The
high school diploma is offered
through BachiNET, the online option
available in the Centers.

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CTC-WellBeing
Radio CTC The Radio CTC Network aims to
generate social change by means

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of a variety of radio programs
with informational and educational
content, while at the same
time, guaranteeing a space for
democratic discussions of topics of
interest to the local communities,
with the purpose of creating
awareness about the importance of
strengthening our core values.

Radio CTC has a 70% educational content with the purpose of guiding
and developing topics of local interest, with emphasis in topics such as
child work and abuse, illness prevention, teen pregnancies, environment
conservation and protection, among others. We create and train groups
of people interested in producing and administering their own radio
programs and how to better interact with their radio audience.

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 Spaces of Hope
“Spaces of Hope” is a stimulation and child development
project aimed at children of 3 and 4 years old, based on
standard educational methods that encourage cognitive,
motor and language skills, as well as socio-emotional
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skills in order to promote an integral development and a
well balanced childhood.

This project is based on the recognized studies regarding

the relationship of early childhood development and
educational methods that can strengthen and empower
children at an early age. The Spaces of Hope are
characterized by their educational and friendly design
that help us guarantee early learning and happy
childhood.

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CTC-Training
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Women on the Network

Women in the Network gives access to women to join specialized

areas of ICTs, such as telecommunications networks, language
programming and multimedia programming.

This initiative is directed exclusively to women studying computer

science or related careers, and from low-income backgrounds. At the
end of the 10-month course, the students are prepared to take the
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification as well as the
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification.

The Office of the First Lady seeks to give women an opportunity to

penetrate specialized areas of ICTs, and therefore, Women in the
Network, was awarded the Gender Campaign Award for Latin America
and the Caribbean in 2007 by CISCO Networking Academy.

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 English Immersion for Competiveness
This program for English as a
second language is an intensive
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course promoted by the Ministry of
Higher Education and adopted and
implemented by the CTCs, with the aim
at giving better job opportunities to
Dominicans with excellent knowledge
of this language.

The main purpose is to increase

competitiveness within national and
international markets and boosting
the economic development of the
Dominican Republic.

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CTC Volunteers
It involves university students to the productive
sectors of the country by applying knowledge ac-
quired at the university in order to solve local

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problems. The selected students thus become Au-
tonomous Development Interns (PDA) in the Com-
munity Technology Centers and become part of a
mixed learning experience and active community
participation.

The CTCs also rely on the presence of the Peace

Corps Volunteers of the United States that serve
for two years in different impoverished communi-
ties were they exchange knowledge with locals
and help learn from each other.

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Journalists for Development
In Alliance with the School of Communications of the University of Miami,
the ‘Journalists for Development’ program seeks to train young entrepre-
neurs and community leaders in the responsible use of Information and
Communications Technologies (ICTs) available at the CTCs. These young
people become the voice of the community, and are able to communicate
the interests of their community, promote wealth and community dialogue
for the development of society.

The main goal is to have local journalists that can present their rural com-
munity with balanced and unbiased information on topics of interest for
their integral development.

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BachiNet
BachiNET emerges as an opportunity

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to complete high school courses for
Dominicans that were not able to finish.
Through our partnership with the Virtual
University at Tecnológico de Monterrey,
we are able to offer a study plan and one-
on-one highschool tutoring that can be
accessed from the Community Technology
Centers and the computer labs of the
Ministry of Education.

BachiNET is certified by the Ministry of

Education, and the program will allow
students to finish high school in three
years and be ready to enroll in university
or study at a community college. The
plan of studies is made up of common
high school subjects but reinforced by
cross sectional topics that guarantee an
integral education for students.

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Comunity Technology Centers (CTC’s)
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Provincia Azua Provincia La Romana
Padre Las Casa GUAYABAL Guaymate
Peralta PUEBLO VIEJO Provincia Montecristi
Provincia Bahoruco Castañuela Pepillo Salcedo
El Estero Tamayo Villa Elisa, (Copey) Peralvillo
Jaragua Yamasá
Provincia Barahona Provincia Pedernales
Polo Oviedo Pedernales
Provincia Dajabón Provincia Samaná
Partido Restauración El Limón
Provincia El Seibo Provincia San Cristobal
El Cedro El Seibo Nigua Villa Altagracia
Pedro Sánchez MICHES Favidrio
Provincia Elías Piña Provincia San Juan
Bánica Comendador Bohechio Juan de Herrera
El Llano Hondo Valle Pedro Corto Punta Caña
Juan Santiago Pedro Santana Sabana Alta Vallejuelo
Río Limpio Provincia Santiago
Provincia Espaillat Baitoa Guayabal
Cayetano Germosen Gaspar Hernández Hato del Yaque Juncalito
San Víctor Jamao Al Norte Licey Al Medio Navarrete
Juan Lopez Sabana Iglesia
Provincia Hato Mayor Provincia Santiago
El Valle Yerna Buena Rodríguez
Guayabo Dulce Hato Mayor Los Almácigos
Mata Palacio Sabana de la Mar Provincia Santo Domingo
Provincia Independencia Capotillo Villa Mella
Cristóbal Guayabal Provincia Valverde
La Descubierta Esperanza La Caya
Provincia La Vega Provincia Duvergé

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Cutupú Tireo Provincia Tamayo
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