At telecentre.org and IDRC, we believe in the power and potential of telecentres to play a critical role in fostering full social inclusion in the global information society. We also know that critical to effectiveness of these community assets is professional and well-supported management.

We believe that by fostering networks connecting telecentre managers and projects, telecentres will continue to bring the broadest set of community into the digital age, enabling all people to use technology to improve their social and economic well-being. We are extremely pleased to see the progress Telecentre-Europe has made in a very short time, uniting a vast array of projects across the continent. We know that networks outside of Europe are looking to this example as one from which to learn and with which to share best practice. Congratulations on the successes to date and we anticipate many more!