Asturian Telecentre Network

This Net facilitates public access to Internet, fosters ditigal literacy and promotes the organization of citizen nets.


Since 2001, the Asturian Telecentre Network provides Asturian society with public and free services in the field of Internet and the ICT.

The regional government of the Principality of Asturias, in collaboration with Asturian Local Councils and CTIC Foundation, is boosting the greatest telecentre network in Europe. 85 telecentres are already functioning, with more than 75.000 registered users, in an attempt to introduce Asturian citizens in the Information Society.

Objective:

Telecentres aim to democratize access to Information Society, paying special attention to the population living in rural areas and providing the less-favoured groups (unemployed, disabled, elderly, students, etc…) access to the information technologies and Internet.

Telecentres are not only acting on people but also on the territories as tractor agents, provoking changes and improving existing infrastructures. This democratization process of the Information Society is leading to the fact that, regardless of the orographic complexity of Asturias and population factors, remote rural places have now access to infrastructures and are making their way towards the "global village".

Benefits achieved by the Telecentre network:

• Facilitating citizens' public access to Internet, leading to the democratization of the Information Society.
• Teaching digital literacy.
• Offering the necessary web services, to allow the organization and maintenance of virtual communities and citizens networks.
• Producing on-line local contents and services (e-administration, employment, health, education, etc.).
• Offering quick access to services (width band infrastructures).
• Promoting the implementation of digital services.
  

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