Newly delivered CeC equipment at Sta. Cruz Post Office, Laguna.

Postal Offices in Sta. Cruz, Laguna and Lupao, Nueva Ecija are the two pilot sites for the establishment of Community eCenters (CeCs), a partnership project of the Commission on ICT (CICT) and the Philippine Postal Corporation (Philpost). These pilot sites will kickoff the project consists of six new CeCs that will be established in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Aside from the said two CeCs in Luzon, the Visayas region will have the post offices in Bantayan-Cebu and Kalibo-Aklan and post offices in San Miguel-Zamboanga Del Sur and Malalag-Davao Del Sur for Mindanao region, as CECs sites for respective areas. The said three islands will have an equal distribution of two CeCs each. The partnership agreement between the CICT and Philpost was signed last June 18, 2010.

Under the partnership agreement, which primarily seeks to promote community development through the use of ICT for effective and efficient governance, the pilot postal offices will serve as CeCs and offer various CeC tools and products aside from their existing postal services.

The designated staff of each of the six sites will undergo an orientation to be conducted by the telecentre.org-Philippine CeC Academy through the Essentials of CeC Management training scheduled on September 20-24 as part of the preparation for the said project.

CICT will provide the equipment, training and one-year connectivity grant to Philpost CeCs.