PLANWEL
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The Association of Planning Professionals for Social Welfare Works (PLANWEL), is an independent Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based,  non-profit NGO. PLANWEL was established in 1990 by a group of technocrats, educationist and professionals.

The members of the Board of Management of PLANWEL are a group of professionals belonging to various fields of, software development, telecommunications, engineering, design, architecture, city and regional planning, management, accounting economics etc. PLANWEL is assisting underdeveloped and developing countries in providing quality educational services by setting up training centers in information technology and building of data bases for the government, industry, trade and commerce, which helps bring needed socioeconomic changes. It is merely a direct enactment of the ethical commitment of professionals towards the quality of life for the unserved and underserved regions of the world under the changing scenario of Digital World.

PLANWEL originated and implemented the concept of "Technology-Based Communities" and "Technology-Based Community Centers/Points of Presence (PoP)" , by utilizing technology and cyberinfrastructure
Cyberinfrastructure
United States federal research funders use the term cyberinfrastructure to describe research environments that support advanced data acquisition, data storage, data management, data integration, data mining, data visualization and other computing and information processing services distributed over...

 for the delivery of elearning, telehealth
Telehealth
Telehealth is the delivery of health-related services and information via telecommunications technologies. Telehealth could be as simple as two health professionals discussing a case over the telephone or as sophisticated as doing robotic surgery between facilities at different ends of the...

, ecommerce and egovernment
EGovernment
E-Government is digital interactions between a government and citizens , government and businesses/Commerce , government and employees , and also between government and governments /agencies...

 for unserved and underserved areas of the world. PLANWEL has also supported several Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) activities in the South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...

 region. A recent development in US National Broadband Plan reflects similarities to the PLANWEL's "Technology-Based Community". PLANWEL has been a catalyst in the global Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) and has been regularly cited for its concept,,.

PLANWEL is the oldest computer based testing site in Pakistan and is a member of the UNESCAP regional Network of telecentres. PLANWEL is internationally networked with major organizations and donor agencies,,,.

PLANWEL has also actively participated in the formation of Virtual University of Pakistan
Virtual university of pakistan
The Virtual University of Pakistan is the first university in Pakistan based entirely on modern information and communication technologies. It was established by the Government of Pakistan as a public sector, not-for-profit institution, with a mission to provide education to students all over the...

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Affiliations

PLANWEL is internationally affiliated with many organizations, such as:
  • Cisco Network Academy (site ID 3068736 and connection ID 55637)
  • Prometric
    Prometric
    Prometric is a U.S. company in the test administration industry. Prometric operates a test center network composed of over 10,000 sites in 160 countries...

    , USA (site ID PK9)
  • Pearson VUE
    Pearson VUE
    Pearson VUE is an electronic testing company owned by British media company Pearson PLC. Founded in 1994 by E. Clarke Porter as Virtual University Enterprises, the company now operates in 165 countries with more than 5,000 authorized test centres ....

     (site ID 57288)
  • Educational Testing Service
    Educational Testing Service
    Educational Testing Service , founded in 1947, is the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization...

     (ETS) partner ToEFL/ETS iBT (site ID ITPK9a)
  • SAT
    SAT
    The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...

     Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test & Scholastic Assessment Test)(site ID 74743)
  • Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) (site ID 140000058)
  • Call Center Industry Advisory Council (CIAC), & Kryterion (site ID 57288)
  • IC3 (certification) through Certiport, Inc. (site ID 90024116 )
  • Virtual University of Pakistan
    Virtual university of pakistan
    The Virtual University of Pakistan is the first university in Pakistan based entirely on modern information and communication technologies. It was established by the Government of Pakistan as a public sector, not-for-profit institution, with a mission to provide education to students all over the...

     (VU) virtual campus (virtual campus code SKHI31)
  • Sindh Board of Technical Education (SBTE) Pakistan
  • Pakistan Computer Bureau Pakistan
  • Skill Development Council, Government of Pakistan
  • American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC)
  • Utah State University
    Utah State University
    Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....

    http://ip.usu.edu/htm/internationalsites/
  • Delegation of European Union to Pakistan Asia City Project

External links

  • PLANWEL official site
  • telecentre.org
  • Pakistan Library Network
  • LIBweb - Directory of library servers in 146 countries via www. PLANWEL is mirroring this database of world libraries maintained by WebJunction, a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC
    OCLC
    OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is "a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing information costs"...

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