civil society & ICT

31.03.2003 A local network has been set up in Tanzania to share knowledge on the applications of ICTs to development in the country. The network will work to foster lasting and mutually reinforcing partnerships in the development community through sustainable information networking and knowledge sharing.

30.03.2003 Two South American community radios - the Radio Huanacache network set up by the Maestro Pablo Pizzuno School in Argentina and the Peruvian radio station Quispillaccta - have received the IPDC-Unesco Prize for Rural Communication.

27.03.2003 Human rights activists now have access to a Web-based forum for exchange of practical information in many languages to support their work. Human Rights Coordination provides the activists with a place to read and post articles, case studies and tips on a wide range of issues, including use of technology.

26.03.2003 Taking Sides is a special Web log created by the World Association for Christian Communication to take a critical look at the news on "war on terrorism" and the attack on Iraq. New articles and contributions from leading commentators like Noam Chomsky, Desmond Tutu and Robert Fisk as well as links to other blogs and sites are being posted every day.

26.03.2003 Hunger and disease threaten millions of Iraqis, many of who are fleeing from their homes. You can donate online as little as $25 to help Oxfam provide survival kits to one family of refugees. $100 could help four families survive this crisis.

25.03.2003 Hunger and disease threaten millions of Iraqis, many of who are fleeing from their homes. You can donate online as little as $25 to help Oxfam provide survival kits to one family of refugees. $100 could help four families survive this crisis.

24.03.2003 Tunisian President Ben Ali has issued instructions for the creation of a permanent organising committee to ensure that the objectives of the second World Summit on the Information Society, to be held in Tunis in 2005, are met.

18.03.2003 Political action is required to address the excessive privatisation of scientific resources that is fuelling the knowledge gap between rich and poor nations.

18.03.2003 Political action is required to address the excessive privatisation of scientific resources that is fuelling the knowledge gap between rich and poor nations.

17.03.2003 The International Telecommunication Union and UNESCO have made a pledge amounting to USD $19,000 to the Ethiopian Adaptive Technology Center for the Blind (ATCB). The donation would be utilized for the purchase of adaptive PCs and for conducting computer training for the blind, said Getu Mulatu, ATCB acting general manager.

17.03.2003 Equipment used during the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg last year, is now being used to empower impoverished communities countrywide, says South Africa environmental affairs and tourism minister Valli Moosa.

17.03.2003 Equipment used during the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg last year, is now being used to empower impoverished communities countrywide, says South Africa environmental affairs and tourism minister Valli Moosa.

13.03.2003 Experts from two organisations, NetAid Foundation and Idealist.org, recently discussed various aspects of online volunteering which they are promoting. The Digital Freedom Network organised the conversation as part of its monthly Food for Thought series.

12.03.2003 Building on long partnership, Acceso and Bellanet are combining efforts to deliver programmes together in Latin America and the Caribbean through a series of collaborative activities.

12.03.2003 Uganda is preparing for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) in December, consulting with the civil society and others for its inputs. It has created a National WSIS Taskforce that will continue through with preparations for the second WSIS summit in 2005.

11.03.2003 Join this week in the virtual sit-in of Dow Chemical's Website, Bhopal.com, to prevent it from spreading misinformation about the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984. Internet activists around the world are organising the sit-in, which is simply an automated way of sending lots of traffic to a Website, eventually crippling it. Join them here.

10.03.2003 The political potential of the Internet lies not in connecting people to politicians, still less in online voting; it lies in the possibility of bringing citizens together to help themselves, argues a veteran of online politics.

10.03.2003 The political potential of the Internet lies not in connecting people to politicians, still less in online voting; it lies in the possibility of bringing citizens together to help themselves, argues a veteran of online politics.

10.03.2003 This report reflects the insights of top-level leaders from the worlds of politics, diplomacy, finance, high technology, academia, and philanthropy who met at the Aspen Institute to consider new ways of understanding how information technology is changing the powers of the nation-state, the conduct of international relations, and the very definition of national security.

10.03.2003 This report reflects the insights of top-level leaders from the worlds of politics, diplomacy, finance, high technology, academia, and philanthropy who met at the Aspen Institute to consider new ways of understanding how information technology is changing the powers of the nation-state, the conduct of international relations, and the very definition of national security.