We would like to invite you and your organization to help spread the idea of creating a secondary knowledge infrastructure around the world - complementing the primary one consisting of universities, corporate R&D-centers and political thinktanks - a 'bottom-up' knowledge infrastructure for the...
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We would like to invite you and your organization to help spread the idea of creating a secondary knowledge infrastructure around the world - complementing the primary one consisting of universities, corporate R&D-centers and political thinktanks - a 'bottom-up' knowledge infrastructure for the people, consisting of a network of TeleCommunities (see http://www.telecommunity.info ); the 'glocal' community centers of the 21st century.

Why do we need TeleCommunities? Because we need innovation to create jobs and high quality lifestyles, enriching products and services, adapted to our needs. Because by centralizing resources on the local level, nested in regional and global alliances, it is easier to support people with social networks, training and technical help. Because by creating a worldwide market of best ideas, we can find the critical mass needed to go from vision to action.

Here's an approach in which developing countries are not necessarily behind compared to the richer countries, because often community centers in poorer areas already pool technical and other resources. So it's basically a matter of connecting these TeleCommunity Centers in a meaningful way, using software with which one can build informal and formal knowledge markets, and exchange enriching experiences.

And it's not all high tech. Many down-to-earth-livelyhoods can be connected to TeleCommunities: from bike repair shops, delis and lunch gardens, child care providers, public transportation between the TeleCommunity Centers, to teachers and administrative services, a whole group of activities can be clustered around these Centers.

We think a worldwide network of cooperating TeleCommunities can form the living tissue of an enriching society. Join us in building the Global Federation of TeleCommunities.
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Two types of organizations can become member of The Global Federation of TeleCommunities:

- TeleCommunities with a local center (to learn more about TeleCommunity Centers, check http://www.telecommunity.info)
- TeleCommunities (online social networks, virtual...
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Two types of organizations can become member of The Global Federation of TeleCommunities:

- TeleCommunities with a local center (to learn more about TeleCommunity Centers, check http://www.telecommunity.info)
- TeleCommunities (online social networks, virtual communities,...) without a local center

Advantages for being part of the Federation include:
- joint development and improvement of software
- common resource libraries
- joint organisation of special events and projects
- exchange of 'guest speakers'
- centralisation and exchange of shareware
- trade of locally produced services and products
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Small children enjoy the many integrated child care possibilities. Children and adolescents can participate in cultural events. Young people have many opportunities to learn and organize their knowledge on modern IT-platforms and to trade this knowledge in informal exchanges and/or formal...
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Small children enjoy the many integrated child care possibilities. Children and adolescents can participate in cultural events. Young people have many opportunities to learn and organize their knowledge on modern IT-platforms and to trade this knowledge in informal exchanges and/or formal markets. Unemployed young people can create a livelihood with attractive synergetic lifestyles.
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