civil society & ICT

27.12.2005 Globally, relevant information has become an indispensable resource in the interaction among civil society, individuals, governments and businesses. It holds the key to growth, development and competitiveness, and to uplifting standards of living. Information can be used in a significant way to improve the quality of life in poor local communities, and in so doing narrow the glaring gap between the “two worlds” in Southern Africa.

21.12.2005 Më shumë se gjysma e popullatës në Serbi (55 për qind) përdorë kompjuterë, përderisa rreth 300,000 qytetarë përdorin internetin në baza ditore, tregon anketa e kryer nga Telekomi Serb dhe Qendra për Zgjedhje të Lira dhe Demokraci - CESID.

20.12.2005 Taking note of the success achieved in promoting computer education through schools, the Centre has sanctioned a Rs 24 crore grant to Karnataka for extending the programme to 500 more schools, state minister for primary and secondary education R Ramalinga Reddy said.

19.12.2005 Geeta Malhotra talks about the role of community communicators who build the capacity of rural people in converting information into knowledge and how this knowledge could be shared with communities through various media tools - radio, comics, photography, written communication and the Internet.

16.12.2005 This online training will review the United Nations Convention of Human Rights framework particularly its provisions for peace, security and good governance. It will also examine the theoretical and practical bases for the provisions in a bid to find out their practicability.

16.12.2005 On 17 October 2005, five days after the Right to Information Act came into force, a public hearing in Lakshmangarh village (Surguja District, Chhattisgarh) showed how the Act can empower ordinary people and enable them to fight corruption.

15.12.2005 Parivarthana, a Kannada Theatre Troupe is presenting “*Ilihothina
Dahagalu, *(The Thirst During Twilight)”, an adaptation of Arthur
Miller’s *Death of a Salesman, *in aid of Ananya Trust on 18^th December 2005 at 6.30 p.m. at Tarala Balu Kendra in R.T. Nagar, Bangalore.

02.12.2005 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has recently instructed the Department of Personnel and Training to exempt file notings on identifiable individuals, groups of individuals, organisations, appointments, matters relating to inquiries and departmental proceedings from the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

01.12.2005 El pasado 4 y 5 de noviembre se llevo a cabo en la ciudad de San Salvador el encuentro “Evaluación y reflexión sobre la defensa de periodistas y de la libertad de expresión". Al encuentro asistieron representantes de la Asociación democrática para la defensa de los derechos humanos (ASDEH) de Colombia, Centro de Reportes informativos sobre Guatemala (CERIGUA) de Guatemala, El comité por la libre expresión C-Libre de Honduras, El Centro nacional de comunicación social (CENCOS) México, Trust por the Americas, Fundación Raíces de El Salvador y Probidad.