Dear friends,
Greetings!
Below is the announcement for the AWORC's Women's Electronic Networking
Training Workshop-Philippines (WENT-PH) which will be held on 24-26 April
2002. This message contains three documents: 1) the announcement; 2)
information on how to apply; and 3) the application questionnaire. Deadline
for application will be on 1st April 2002.
Please support this initiative by circulating this announcement.
With gratitude,
Mylene Soto
Isis International-Manila
Information, Documentation & Resources
Programme Associate
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WOMEN'S ELECTRONIC NETWORKING TRAINING WORKSHOP - PHILIPPINES (WENT-PH)
ANNOUNCEMENT
HOW TO APPLY
APPLICATION QUESTIONNAIRE
ANNOUNCEMENT
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Women's Electronic Networking Training Workshop - Philippines
(WENT-PH)
The Asia Women's Resource Exchange (AWORC), an Internet-based network of
women's resource and information providers in Asia will hold the First
Women's Electronic Networking Training Workshop in the Philippines or
WENT-PH on April 24-26, 2002 in Quezon City, Philippines.
WENT-PH will train participants in running web-based information services
and in using online communication tools to advance their networking and
advocacy work. The focus of the workshop is to assist women's organizations
in building their capacities to develop and sustain appropriate use of new
information and communication technology.
WENT-PH also hopes to enhance women's networking by encouraging
collaboration and resource exchange among participants before, during and
even after the training.
All participants will engage in extensive hands-on training led by an
all-women training team composed of library administrators, database
developers, web developers and system administrators who have extensive
experience in running training workshops.
WENT-PH is open to women whose organizations play or will play a
significant role in promoting the use of information and communication
technology to enhance women's role and capacity in social and policy
advocacy, as well as strengthening women's
organizations and networks.
For more information about WENT-PH, write to went-ph-info@womenshub.net or
visit www.aworc.org/went/went-ph.
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OVERVIEW:
The Asian Women's Resource Exchange (AWORC) is an Internet-based women's
information network and service in Asia. AWORC develops cooperative
approaches and partnerships in increasing access to and exploring
applications of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) for
women's empowerment. It also expands existing regional networks in the
women's movement, promotes electronic resource sharing and builds a
regional information service to support women's advocacies, specifically
those critical for women in Asia.
AWORC members include women's resource and documentation centers, and
women's information providers and users.
AWORC seeks to contribute to the strengthening of women's movements in Asia
through developing regional women's Internet-based information and
communication channels. AWORC's website now highlights resources,
activities and organisations of women in the region and serves as a channel
for women's organisations to exchange information on women's issues and
campaigns.
Since 1999 AWORC, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), has organised yearly
the "Women's Electronic Network Training Workshop" (WENT) to train
participants from all over Asia and the Pacific in developing web-based
information services, in using online communication tools to advance their
social and advocacy work, and in developing databases. To date, 86 women
from 18 countries have participated in the annual WENT.
In line with its objective to reach out to more women, AWORC this year will
be breaking ground with two training workshops for nationally-based
organizations and networks in Nepal and the Philippines. WENT-PH is the
WENT-modeled training workshop in the Philippines.
WENT-PH is open to all women whose organisations play or will play a
significant role in promoting the use of information and communication
technology to enhance women's role and capacity in social and policy
advocacy, as well as to strengthen women's organisations and networks in
the Philippines.
WENT-PH is jointly hosted by the Association for Progressive
Communications-Women's Networking Support Programme (APCWNSP) in behalf of
AWORC and by the Salidumay Women's Network.
GOALS:
The goals of WENT-PH are:
1.To train women's information providers in the use of group communication
and web authoring tools to be able to provide meaningful Internet-related
activities of their organizations, networks and localities.
2.To develop and increase the level of cooperation among women's
information providers and existing women's information networks at the
national level.
3.To promote the appropriate use of information and communication
technology in the national women's movement.
4.To train women's information providers who will be able to assist women
in the use of Internet services and tools.
ELIGIBILITY:
WENT-PH is open to women who meet the following criteria:
1.Active involvement in her organization's information work. Preference is
given to information officer/staff and experience in women's networking
and/or advocacy of women's issues.
2.Organization is putting out or has plans of putting out information about
critical women's issues.
3.Has basic to intermediate computer-literacy. (Training will be conducted
in MS Windows environment.)
4.Fair to good knowledge of English language.
5.Willingness to share the knowledge, skills and resources she will acquire
from the training with other women.
6.Willingness to work in a group-focused environment and process.
COURSE COVERAGE:
The main topics to be covered will include:
1.Introduction to the Internet and Internet tools
2.Familiarization with how women's organisations use the Internet
3.Group Communication Tools
4.Planning a user-focused Website
5.Basic and Intermediate HTML Authoring
6.Introduction to the use of multimedia on the Web
7.Search Strategies
The course is a mixture of lectures or presentations and demonstrations
with emphasis on hands-on practical experience. Emphasis will be given on
collaborative learning and group work.
By the end of the training workshop, participants will be able to design a
simple user-focused and web-based Information service, as well as
effectively use basic group communication tools.
* The training is NOT a programming or technical course.
Deadline for submission of application is on April 1, 2002.
Application can be e-mailed in plain text to:
went-ph-apply@womenshub.net. Please do not send attachments.
Application forms can be accessed at salidumay.org
or www.aworc.org/went/went-ph
Inquiries can be directed to: went-ph-info@womenshub.net.
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HOW TO APPLY
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APPLICATION CAN BE DONE VIA EMAIL OR FAX.
1. If applying by ELECTRONIC MAIL, copy and paste the questionnaire below on
your email message.
***Please use plain text, no attachments.***
The "Subject" line of the message should contain your surname or family
name in the following format:
Subject: WENT-PH Apply: last-name, first-name
Applications submitted electronically should be sent to:
went-ph-apply@womenshub.net
2. If applying by FAX, print and fill up the application form and send to:
Fax No.(63 2)435-6684
Attn: WENT-PH APPLY
***Visit http://www.aworc.org/went/went-ph for more information.***
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APPLICATION QUESTIONNAIRE
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A. PERSONAL DATA
1.Full Name:
2.Family Name (Last Name, Surname) Only:
3.Employer/Organization:
4.Position/Title:
5.Business Address: (not to exceed 40 characters per line)
6.Business Telephone:
7.Fax (if any):
8.Email address (if any):
9.Home Address: (not to exceed 40 characters per line)
10.Home Telephone:
11.At which address would you like to receive your mail?
__ Business
__ Home
12.Which phone number do you prefer we call?
__ Business
__ Home
13.Date of birth (day/month/year):
14.Knowledge of English: Please rate your knowledge in these categories:
Listening/Comprehension Poor Fair Fluent
Reading Poor Fair Fluent
Speaking Poor Fair Fluent
Writing Poor Fair Fluent
B. COURSE- SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
1. Do you have experience in using the following Internet services?
(Please qualify your experience using 0 to 5, 0 means no experience and
5 a lot of expertise)
[ ] Email
[ ] Mailing List
[ ] News Groups
[ ] World Wide Web
[ ] Search engines
[ ] Portals/directory Services
[ ] Other (specify):
2. Describe how you use the Internet in your work, for education,
entertainment, communication and for other purposes.
3. Do you have experience in running Web-based information services?
(Please qualify your experience using 0 to 5, 0 means no experience and 5 a
lot of expertise)
[ ] Write HTML
[ ] Provide information on a Web server maintained by others
[ ] Set up, run and maintain Web servers
[ ] Other (specify) :
4. What role do you play in preparing information for a website, for
publications or for other media?
Administration Implementation
Support
a. writing/editorial
b. graphic design/layout
c. media work such radio/video
d. public relations and
e. information dissemination
5. Do you have experience participating and/or maintaining mailing lists?
(Please qualify your experience using 0 to 5, 0 means no experience and 5 a
lot of expertise)
[ ] subscribing to a mailing list
[ ] participating in an online discussion group
[ ] facilitating an online discussion group
[ ] running/maintaining a mailing list
6. Describe your organization's policy and advocacy work and your role in
these actitivites?
7. What services are you involved in at your workplace and what role do you
play in these services? (Indicate whether implementation, support,
administration or management.)
a. Information dissemination
b. Publication
c. Repackaging of information
d. Information and reference service
C. DESCRIPTION OF ROLE IN ORGANIZATION/NETWORK's INFORMATION ACTIVITIES
(Your answers to the questions below will be used to determine whether to
admit you to the workshop. Please be sure that your information is
sufficiently clear, well organized and adequate for this purpose.)
1. A summary of your relevant educational and professional background.
2. A description of your current employer/organization, your position, your
duties and responsibilities.
3. A brief description of your computing and networking
environment (operating systems, networking software, modems, etc.),
including the connectivity of your organization to the Internet.
3a. Scope of your institution (check all categories that apply):
Local Community
Provincial
Regional
National
International
Others; Specify
4. Does your organization use information and communication technology? How?
5. In what way is the Internet useful for you and your organization? In
2-3 paragraphs, please describe your organization's plans vis-a-vis the use
of information and communication technology (Internet services, database)
in its information, networking and advocacy activities.
6. What role do you play in your organization information and communication
strategy?
7. How you expect to use the knowledge you gain at the workshop. Please
answer in 3-4 paragraphs.
8. Have you previously attended Internet-related training?
Yes No
If yes,
9a. Year and type of training:
9b. Did you find it useful? In what way?
D. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
You MUST fill out the following financial information. Participants are
required to pay PhP1,500 registration fee to cover a portion of the actual
training cost.
AWORC has been able to raise funds to travel cost for a limited number of
participants. We encourage interested applicants to raise part or all of
the travel cost.
1. Will you be able to provide your own airfare?
Yes No
2. Will you be applying for scholarship/subsidy?
Yes No
3.List the agencies where you are requesting financial aid, how much, and
when you expect them to reply.
Agency Requested Amount Date
PH Peso
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