www.smartnewtown.org.nz

Celia Wade Brown

Trainers and Students

• Toby Falconer, 2020 trainer & training co-ordinator.

Pacific Island Network Centre

• Pepe Robertson, PINC co-ordinator for Anau Ako Pasifika Inc.

Wellington 2020’s Overall Aims.

To facilitate social and economic inclusion in the Knowledge Economy through

• Partnerships.
• Public awareness.
• Public access.
• Public participation.

Why Newtown?

• Strong community.
• Diverse ethnicity.
• Diverse socio-economics.
• Education sector, Primary, secondary, tertiary & community.
• Willing participants.

The “hubs” or technology centres

2020 contributions

• Technical volunteers.
• Shared knowledge.
• Support for meetings.
• Yahoo group.
• Computers in Homes expertise.
• Presentations.
• Funding applications.
• Minor financial aid.
• Construction of www.smartnewtown.org.nz

Toby Falconer

• Wellington 2020 trainer.
• “Trainers & Students”.

Role of 2020 trainer

• Initiating training courses.
• Finding trainers & students.
• Finding materials, equipment and facilities.
• Evaluating & refining courses.

Training barriers overcome

• Transport to downtown venue.
• Cost of courses.
• Cost of venue to 2020.
• Access.
• Time of day.
• Fear of the unknown.
• Different culture.
• Literacy.
• English as second language.
• Childcare.
• Lack of apparent relevance.

Courses running

Beginners courses.

Intermediate courses.

• Teach yourself – Whitireia Community Computing.
• Email, word processing, spreadsheets etc.

Internet courses.

• For Not for Profit groups.

Train the trainers.

Trainers & Students

Stories to tell.

Training

Where to from here?

• Spread the word.
• Fill courses.
• Community self-sufficiency.
• Trainees become trainers.
• Trainees access further training.
• Develop further courses.

Pepe Robertson The Pacific Island Network Centre

Community development

• Stalls.
• School fair, mall, festival.
• Church.
• ESOL group.
• Other hubs.
• Communications group.
• Making connections.

Partnership between PINC, 2020 & others

Memorandum of Understanding.

PINC Objectives.

• Provide computing and Internet.
• Foster joint ventures.
• Promote understanding.

2020 Objectives.

• Enable PINC to meet their objectives.
• Learn from pilot for other communities.
• Promote trust and partners.

People development

Challenges

Size of project.

Diversity of Newtown.

• Cultures.
• Values.
• Languages.

Volunteers.

• Time management.
• Retention.

Continuity – students.

Technical.

PINC

Where to from here?

• Obsolescence.
• Costs.
• Self-sufficiency.
• Measures of success.

Thanks to…

• Wellington City Council.
• Wellington Regional Economic Development Trust.
• Wellington 2020 Communications Trust.
• Newtown School.
• Fujitsu.
• WCC housing & tenants.
• Pacific Island Network Centre.
• Newtown Community Centre.
• CANZ & PC-Recycling.
• Tower Corporation.
• Victoria University of Wellington.
• Massey University.
• Whitireia Polytechnic.
• Tararua Community Trust.
• Department of Internal Affairs.
• Ministry of Education.
• WINZ.
• Lotteries grants… and many others.

Conclusions:

• Lots to learn and share.
• Much more to do.

www.smartnewtown.org.nz