capacity building

22.06.2006 Journalists, media entrepreneurs, government and civil society representatives, academics, and students met last week in UNESCO’s Montevideo Office to analyze and evaluate the situation of media, development and poverty reduction in Uruguay and the region, and to make recommendations for UNESCO’s action in this context.

22.06.2006 Eight people with disabilities have an opportunity to voice their issues using the Community Multimedia Centre (CMC) in Nepal after a recent training workshop on audio production and new technologies. Of the eight participants, five were visually impaired and the remaining three were physically challenged. Read more about this innovative project by UNESCO.

15.06.2006 The need to enhance information flow to farmers led to the inception of the Information and Communication Support for Agricultural Growth in Nigeria Project (ICS-Nigeria). The hope is that access to information will trigger an increase in farmers’ use of agricultural technologies, which in turn will increase their productive capacity.

15.06.2006 The University of Manchester is launching a new one-year MSc programme to address the training needs associated with recent massive expansion in information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) projects.

07.06.2006 The Information Management Resource Kit (IMARK) is a comprehensive suite of distance learning resources for information management and exchange.

07.06.2006 Accurate, timely information saves lives. Jonathan Walter, editor of the World Disasters Report, provides an insight.