The Program Manager of IDRC, Frank Tulus (see photo) will come to Hungary to meet IT-mentors, telehouse workers, our partners. During his visit he is to explore how the Hungarian telehouse and the relevant vocational training programs, results can be used for the international telehouse network. On the 30th January, Tuesday morning, at the Castle Hill in Budapest a meeting is to be held with the members and leaders of the IT-Mentor Association, the President of Hungarian Telehouse Association , in the afternoon with politicians, our partners of the government and local government. During the talks and the presentations related it will be appreciated what Hungary would contribute to the world regarding community acces, what frame of program would help the dissemination of good experiences. On the second day a visit will be made in the country where he is invited to get to know the local practice of IT-mentoring and telehouse work. This event, which is a tribute to the Hungarian and European telehouse movement, might contribute to having the regional center of International Telehouse Academy now being organized located into Hungary. Our endevours and results in IT-mentor vocational development are considered of high priority and a remarkable innovation to community access.
Written by Mátyás Gáspár – 20-01-2007
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