capacity building

31.05.2005 The Second Annual Meeting of National Alliance on Mission 2007, ‘Every Village a Knowledge Partner,’ is scheduled for July 12 and 13, 2005 in New Delhi. For details of the event, contact Mission 2007 Secretariat, One World South Asia, or write to geeta.sharma@oneworld.net

31.05.2005 Connecting Sub-Saharan Africa proposes a strategy for the development of ICT in Sub-Saharan Africa.

30.05.2005 Delhi Police chief Dr K K Paul and Prasar Bharati CEO K S Sarma today inaugurated an audio studio in the OneWorld South Asia (OWSA) office that will provide free facilities to NGOs and local communities to produce their programmes on development-related issues.

30.05.2005 In Lakhimpur Khare, a small village in the heart of Uttar Pradesh, a resident enquired about the prices of LG washing machines and TVs displayed on a website.

27.05.2005 "The private sector is playing a major role in the financing of ICT infrastructure and development of banking and financial services," said Prof. Wiseman Nkuhlu, Chief Executive of the NEPAD Secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria at an African Development Bank seminar recently.

26.05.2005 UNESCO Member States nationals or institutions engaged in fostering the use of media in rural settings are encouraged to submit nominations for US $ 20000 IPDC-UNESCO Prize for Rural Communications.

24.05.2005 Ekgaon technologies and CEFI are holding a training programme on "ICTs for Communities: Learning Workshop Series" aims at making ICTs to work for communities by enabling development processes. The workshop "MIS for Community Based Financial Institutions: Innovations & Experiences" is part of 'Learning Workshop Series I, 2005' and attempts to enable learning and experiences of practitioners. The workshop invites MFIs, NGOs, other stakeholders such as banks, Government Agencies, development agencies, micro finance professionals etc.

24.05.2005 Ekgaon technologies and CEFI are holding a training programme on "ICTs for Communities: Learning Workshop Series" aims at making ICTs to work for communities by enabling development processes. The workshop "MIS for Community Based Financial Institutions: Innovations & Experiences" is part of 'Learning Workshop Series I, 2005' and attempts to enable learning and experiences of practitioners. The workshop invites MFIs, NGOs, other stakeholders such as banks, Government Agencies, development agencies, micro finance professionals etc.

13.05.2005 The relations Ethiopia has forged with India in the area of information and communication technology (ICT) is helpful to the ongoing capacity building activities, held Tefera Waluwa, Minister of Capacity Buildingof Ethiopia.

13.05.2005 Broadening and strengthen the Asia-Africa Business Exchange Network and facilitating Africa using information and communication technology (ICT) will be Japan’s thrust areas of development assistance to Africa, said Japan’s Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura.

13.05.2005 The Open Media Fund for the Middle East and North Africa opens its second round of funding to support diverse media in the region.

11.05.2005 UNESCO and the Club of Rome are co-organizing a three-day ”World Conference on Harnessing the Potential of ICT for Capacity Building” from 11 to 13 May at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.