communications

25.02.2005 “Ako se obideme da go sporedime nivoto na razvojot na informativnoto opstetsvo vo Srbija i, da receme, Svedska, se plasam deka nema da mozeme da najdeme parametri za sporedba na dvete opstestva. Vo momentov na pamet mi pagja, deka treba da pogledneme kaj nasite sosedi i da vidime kako Romancite, Albancite ili Hrvatite se spravuvaat so prasanjata koi se vazni za ovaa oblast. No, i ako go napravime toa, ke vidime deka nie imame mnogu malku za falenje i deka prakticno site zemji vo regionov se za cekor ili dva (nekoi od niv duri i za poveke) ponapred od nas vo smisol na razvoj na informativnoto opstetsvo’', veli Nenad Golcevski, koordinator na Centarot za Informativni Tehnoloski Studii (CePIT), koj raboti pod poddrska na Belgrade Open School.

25.02.2005 “If we tried to compare the levels of development of information society in Serbia and, say, Sweden, I am afraid that we couldn’t find the right parameters to compare the two societies. In my mind, at this time, we should look at our neighbourhood and see how the Romanians, Albanians or Croatians deal with the issues important in this field. Alas, even if we do that, we will see that we have little to brag about and that practically all countries in the region are step or two (some of them even more) ahead of us in terms of the development of information socieity”, says Nenad Golcevski, the coordinator of the Sentre for Study of Information Technology (CePIT), which works under the auspices of the Belgrade Open School.

22.02.2005 Ministry of Communication and Transport of BiH and UNDP have organized the International Conference on Information Society, on 21 and 22 February 2005. The Conference gathered over 400 participants including government officials, local and international experts as well as leading industry companies. The main purpose of the Conference is to present and promote the Strategy of the Information Society, with the focus on the legislation aspect.

18.02.2005 A collection of statistics on culture and communications for 1995-2000 is available online. The recent data provided by the UNESCO member states to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics updates the 1999 UNESCO Statistical Yearbook.

17.02.2005 The www.youth.hr website has the goal to connect the youth association from the area of special state care and inform the youth about their current situation and possibilities for finding solutions to their problems. This website will follow events and competitions and provide an opportunity to the youth population to find the information they seek, as well as to find suitable partners for their projects and activities.

08.02.2005 Mer Morte, Jordanie — Le ministre des Affaires étrangères, M. Pierre Pettigrew, a annoncé aujourd'hui au nom de la ministre de la Coopération internationale, Mme Aileen Carroll, que le Canada versera 500 000 $ à l'Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS).

08.02.2005 The CRIS Campaign released a statement to the Social Assemblies of the World Social Forum putting the spotlight on communication rights violations in Tunisia, the host country for the 2005 World Summit on the Information society. The statement also lays out CRIS' support for proposals at UNESCO for a strong international convention to promote and defend cultural diversity - a step which could provide a legislative defence for nations contesting damaging international free trade agreements.

08.02.2005 Internews, with its partner, Future Generation, opened a radio station in the Ghazni province in Afghanistan. Four staff and seven volunteers produce five programs, including Nama ha wa Ahangha Shuma (“Your Letters and Your Songs”), a program designed to facilitate dialogue within the community.

07.02.2005 Tunisia’s engagement in the WSIS process will help the country in curbing its tradition of oppressing communication rights, remarked Sihem Bensedrine in the World Social Forum. Bensedrine of National Council for Tunisian Freedom was speaking at a panel discussion on communication rights organized by the Communication Rights in the Information Society in WSF.

03.02.2005 La diversidad de iniciativas de apropiación social de la comunicación, que se producen en varias partes del mundo, fue visibilizada en el seminario "En Campaña por los Derechos de la Comunicación", organizado por la Campaña Mundial CRIS (Derechos de la Comunicación en la Sociedad de la Información, siglas en inglés), en el marco del V Foro Social Mundial. Así se demostró que la democratización de la comunicación es parte de la práctica ciudadana.

03.02.2005 Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of the United States are trying to decipher the hidden communications in private online discussion groups. Detection of hidden communications can help public authorities to curb terrorism.