Subject: [fem-events 517] WENT2001  告知(転載希望)
From: hazuki uemura <hazuki@ann.hi-ho.ne.jp>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:19:19 +0900
Seq: 517

上村です。
3月のAWORC WENT2001準備委員会に参加しました。

今回で3回目になるWENT(Women's Electric Network Training 
Workshoop)のお知らせです。
アジア地域の女性を対象に、ICTの技術、知識を身につけて、
さらにエンパワーメントしていくためのワークショップです。
7月1日〜7日
ソウルのソンミュン女子大学にて。

今年のコースは、3通り。
・WEB
・DATABASE
・POLICY ADVOCACY

以下、その概要と、参加申し込みについて。
転載大歓迎です。

上村葉月
hazuki@ann.hi-ho.ne.jp

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ANNOUNCEMENT

2001 Asian Women's Electronic Networking Training Workshop
http://www.jca.apc.org/aworc
went-info@jca.apc.org

The Asia Women's Resource Exchange (AWORC), an Internet-based network
of women's resource and information providers in Asia will hold the
Third Asian Women's Electronic Networking Training Workshop or
WENT2001
on July 2-8, 2001 at the Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul, Korea.

The annual workshop aims to build the capacities of women and their
organisations to utilise new information and communication
technologies
in social and policy advocacy. This year's workshop offers three
parallel instructional tracks: Web-based Information Services, Using
ICT for Social and Policy Advocacy, and Information Management Using
Databases.

All participants will engage in extensive hands-on training using the
Sookmyung Women's University's advanced computing and networking
facilities. The instructional tracks will be 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.

WENT2001 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 Asia and the Pacfic.

For more information about WENT and AWORC, write to
went-info@jca.apc.org
or visit: http:// www.jca.apc.org/aworc

OVERVIEW

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 (ICT)
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 has organised yearly the "Women's Electronic Network
Training Workshop" (WENT) to train participants on basic website
development tools and other Internet-based group communications. WENT
seeks to promote greater networking among women's organisations in the
region and to enhance their capabilities to use information and
communication technology to advance their social and policy advocacy.

This year, AWORC will again be holding the 'Asian Women's Electronic
Network Training Workshop' (WENT2001), in collaboration with the
United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP), to train participants in developing web-based information
services, in using online communication tools to advance their social
and advocacy work, and in developing databases. WENT2001 also hopes to
enhance women's networking by encouraging collaboration and resource
exchange among participants before, during and even after the
training.

WENT2001 is also 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 -- primarily but not exclusively -- in the Asian region. In
2000, 
WENT was opened to women and their organisations from the Pacific
region.

GOALS

The goals of the training workshops are:

1.To train women's information providers in the use of group
communication, web development tools, and databases to be able to
provide effective information and communication support to their
organisations, networks and localities.

2.To develop and increase the level of cooperation and networking
among
women's information providers and existing women's information
networks
in the region.

3.To promote the appropriate use of information and communication
technology in the regional women's movement.

4.To train women's information providers who will be able to assist
other women in the use of Internet services and tools.

PROGRAMME

The workshop is composed of three parallel instructional tracks. All
participants will engage in extensive hands-on training using the
Workshop facilities. The WENT training team is composed of members of
women's organisations who are library administrators, database
developers, web developers and systems administrators.

*PLEASE NOTE THAT AWORC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ALTER THE FOLLOWING
PROGRAMME BASED ON DEMAND, SKILLS AND TRAINING NEEDS OF ACCEPTED
PARTICIPANTS. A MORE COMPREHENSIVE COURSE OUTLINE WILL BE MADE PUBLIC
BY JUNE 2001*

Track 1: Web-based Information Service

Goals:
1. Develop ability to design and set-up quality Web-based information
services;
2. Understanding how these services can advance your
organisation's missions and goals;
3. Ability to support other
information providers and users from participants' own organisation
and/or network.
  4. Promote collaboration and resource sharing among
information workers of women's organisations.

Who should attend:
1. Providers and would-be producers of web-based information services
2. Women in charge of planning, maintaining and/or developing their
organisation's Websites

Prerequisites:
1. Regular Web user for information and communication
2. Experience in any of the following: publications, documentation,
media, or communication

Coverage:
production cycle - planning, production, testing, release/publish,
wrap/archive tools
forms
developing web sepcifications
good practice - use, access, backup
style sheets
promoting your site - metadata/search, offline and online campaign)
webstats
working with scripts - asp, javascript, php
concepts and tools for managing and developing Websites

This is NOT a basic html training course nor a programmers' course.

The course is a mixture of presentations and demonstrations with
emphasis on hands-on practical experience. Emphasis will be given on
collaborative learning and group work.

Track 2: Using ICT for Policy Advocacy

Goals:
1. Ability to use Internet tools for policy advocacy and campaings;
2. Promote collaboration and resource sharing among women who are
using
ICT tools to enhance their social and policy advocacy work.

Who should attend:
1. Social and Policy advocacy workers and activists who are using or
are planning to use electronic communication tools to support their
work and networks

Prerequisites:
1. Experience in using email and/or the Web
2. Experience in planning and participating in issue-based campaigns

Coverage:
using email and mailing list
finding resourse on the Web
mixing media
Internet Survival Tools
incorporating use of ICT in public campaigning and lobbying
case studies of women's electronic networking

Concepts and tools for using the Internet to advance social and polic
advocacy

Technical knowledge in mailing lists and email is NOT necessary.

The course is a mixture of presentations and demonstrations with
emphasis on hands-on practical experience. Emphasis will be given on
collaborative learning and group work.

Track 3: Information Management Using Databases

Goals:
1. Develop ability to plan and design database
2. Develop ability to write detailed specification
3. Ability to support other information providers and users from
participants' own organisation and/or network.
4. Promote collaboration and resource sharing among information
workers of 
women's organisations.


Who should attend:
1. Library or resource center staff, would-be database developers,
information producers working with databases.

Prerequisites:
1. Some experience in using database and database management tools.
2. Participants who are tasked by their organisations to
maintain/develop databases will be prioritized.
3. Experience in using email and/or the Web

Coverage:
database concepts
database planning, management, maintenance
tools - comparison of DB Engines
developing database specifications
information content building
information retrieval
good practice
working with scripts -- PHP, publicly available scripts,
resource/tutorial sites concepts and tools for managing and developing
Websites

This is NOT a database programmers' course.

The course is a mixture of presentations and demonstrations with
emphasis on hands-on practical experience. Emphasis will be given on
collaborative learning and group work.

ELIGIBILITY

The Regional Training Workshop is open to women who meet the following
criteria:

1. Active involvement in her organisation's information work.
Preference is given to information officer/staff and experience in
women's network/s.

2. Organisation is engaged in any of the following: (a) information
sharing, (b) resource center, (c) policy and social advocacy work, (d)
community outreach and organising, (e) women's and gender research,
(f)
training.

3. Has basic to intermediate computer-literacy.

4. Fair to good knowledge of English language.

5. Willingness to participate in a women's information network in Asia
and the Pacific.

6. Willingness to share the knowledge, skills and resources she will
acquire from the training with other women.

7. Willingness to work in a group-focused environment and process.

8. Capacity to receive a week-long training conducted in university
classrooms and student dormitory with shared rooms.

LOCATION

WENT2001 will be held at the Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul,
Korea located about one-half hour from the center of Seoul. The
Sookmyung Women's University, a pioneer in "women's informatization,"
is the ideal venue for women's electronic network training. Located in
a women-friendly community, the university has first-rate training and
computing facilities.

For more information about the University, please see:
www.sookmyung.ac.
kr. The Asia Pacific Women's Information Network Centre, which is
based
at Sookmyung Women's University, will be hosting WENT2001.


WORKING LANGUAGE

The working language of the workshop will be English. Fair
comprehension of spoken and written English will be required of each
participant. Some members of the training team and the secretariat
will
have some degree of proficiency in languages other than English.

DATES

The training workshop will be from July 2-8, 2001. Participants should
be at the workshop location by the evening of July 1. Departure from
Seoul 
will be on July 9.

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION

Deadline for submission of application is May 15, 2001.
Application can be sent via web, email, fax, or post.

Please fill in the application form below.

=========================================

WENT 2001 APPLICATION FORM
----------------------------------------------

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.Nationality:

15.Name as it appears on passport or other travel document:

16.Passport number:

17.Country issuing passport:

18.Knowledge of English: Please rate your knowledge in these
categories:

Listening/Comprehension       Poor     Fair     Good
Reading                                  Poor     Fair     Good
Speaking                                 Poor    Fair     Good
Writing                                     Poor    Fair     Good

19. Do you use English?

     [   ] at worK
     [   ] at home
     [   ] other

20. Have you attended any international meetings or workshops
(conducted in English). Please give an example.

B. INSTRUCTIONAL TRACKS

Instructional track applied (Select only one track; the tracks will
run
in paralell):
  Track 1 Web-based Information Services
  Track 2 Online Policy and Advocacy
  Track 3 Information Management Using Databases

C. TRACK-SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
For All Applicants:

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.

For applicants to Track 1:
1. 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) :

2. Please indicate the role you play in preparing information for a
website,for
publications or for other media -- Administration, Implementation or
Support ?

a. writing/editorial
b. graphic design/layout
c. media work such radio/video
d. public relations and
e. information dissemination


For applicants to Track 2:
1. 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

2. Describe your organization's policy and advocacy work and your role
in these acitivites?

For applicants to Track 3:

1. What services are you involved in at your workplace and what role
do
you play in these services -- Administration, Implementation or
Support?

a. Information disemination
b. Publication
c. Repackaging of information
d. Information and reference service

2.Please list the database software(s) you use in your work.


D. 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
   National
   Regional
   Sub-regional
   Global
   Other;      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?


E. FINANACIAL INFORMATION

You MUST fill out the following financial information.

Please note that all participants are required to pay US$300
registration 
fee to cover a
portion of the actual training cost.

AWORC has been able to raise funds to support international travel
cost
for a limited number of participants. We encourage interested
applicants to raise part or all of the international 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 exepect them to reply.

Agency Requested Amount Date
U.S.$

F. HOW TO APPLY

APPLICATION CAN BE DONE VIA WEB, EMAIL, FAX OR POST.

1. If applying by ELECTRONIC MAIL, copy and paste the questionnaire 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: WENT2001 Application: last-name, first-name

Applications submitted electronically should be sent to:
went-apply@jca.apc.org

2. If applying by FAX or POST, print and fill up the application form
and
send to:

Asian Pacific Women's Information and Network Center
Sookmyung Women's University
53-12 Chungpa-Dong 2-Ka,
Youngsan-Ku, Seoul, 140-742, Korea

Attn: WENT2001 APPLY

Tel. No: +82-2-710-9886, 9687
Fax No: +82-2-710-9689

3. WEB applications will be available from April 20, 2001.

Visit http://www.jca.apc/org/aworc or email went-info@jca.apc.org
for more information.

-------- End of Application Form ---------



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