ADOC e-Care Center Plan

For practically assisting ADOCⁱ partner member economies to reducing the 'Digital Divideⁱ', ADOC plans to make arrangements with every partner office in local needs and possible local NGO resources which might be involved. Combine the industrial, official and academic resources to select two partner member economies  and each of them will set up an 'ADOC e-Care Center' in appropriate location to help local underprivileged groups of people (including elders, children, women, physically/mentally handicapped, etc.) to cultivate IT capacity and use IT to improve the quality of life.

The physically/mentally handicapped beneficent organizations or women groups presently with impetus might concern the status of resources invested and contents of work promotion about 'ADOC e-Care Center'; Simultaneously understand the status of IT education promotion invested by local beneficent organizations and NGO. Select appropriate NGO to work with the ADOC Secretariat and establish 'ADOC e-Care Center' equipped with ten sets of hardware, software and internet equipment at each of two partner member economies to proceed cultivation of IT capacity for underprivileged groups of people and strengthen the follow-up job opportunity for trainees. 

Take '508'set by U.S. Government for underprivileged groups of people as standard in establishing 'ADOC e-Care Center' and truly build up necessary hardware for physically/mentally handicapped such as wheelchair paths, wide front gate, passageway for wheelchairs, computer tables for wheelchair, etc.

Most courses will be valuated in lowest charge and if possible, free courses should be offered to make low income families could also have chance to learn Information & Communications Technology.

In addition, 'ADOC e-Care Center' should offer appropriate software required by underprivileged groups of people such as 'JAWS' software is used to educate the blind for netsurfing.