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31.08.2005 A Unesco sponsored three day workshop entitled “Writing Skills in a Pluralistic and Updated Approach” gathered correspondents of the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) in Damascus from 23 to 25 August 2005.

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29.08.2005 The MOST Ngo invited its partners, colleagues and the general public to take active participation in the preparation of the National Sustainable Development Strategy of Montenegro (NSDS) and to contribute with their ideas, visions, suggestions and criticism, to the improved work on this important document.

29.08.2005 UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today condemned the assassination of radio journalist Rolando Morales in General Santos City, in the southwest of the Philippines on July 3.

29.08.2005 On Friday, 1 July, a one-day day debate was held at UNESCO on the subject of “Islam, media and public opinion”. The event was organized by the Islam and Laicism Commission in France, the French League for Human Rights, the Ligue de l’Enseignement and Le Monde Diplomatique, in cooperation with UNESCO and the French National Commission for UNESCO.

25.08.2005 Fondacioni Metamorphosis nga Shkupi ka publikuar, në faqen e saj të internetit, Udhëzuesin mbi Teknologjitë Komunikative dhe Informative (TKI-të), i pari në vargun e dokumenteve të dedikuara për TKI.

23.08.2005 The founder and coordinator of a UNESCO-supported community multimedia centre in Nepal was recently recognised for his contribution in disseminating information to society by innovatively using simple and cheap audiovisual technology.

22.08.2005 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will soon provide high-speed Wireless Fidelity (Wi-FI) broadband services at Coimbatore, Madurai, and Tiruchi, besides setting up Internet browsing centres at railway stations and bus terminus.

17.08.2005 Speaker of Tamil Nadu assembly, k. Kalimuthu, inaugrated a Community FM radio service at Erode Sengunthar Engineering College.

16.08.2005 In the context of the undergoing constitutional process in Iraq, UNESCO launches a new website dedicated to the media and human rights. It offers relevant and easily accessible information and key publications on these issues.

12.08.2005 The Memory of the World Programme will be the theme of the "UNESCO Open Forum" at the World Library and Information Congress that the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) organises from 14 to 18 August in Norway’s capital Oslo.

11.08.2005 At a three-day training workshop titled 'Consumer Awareness Building Telecommunication and ICT Services' ,telecom subscribers of Bangladesh sought proper role of the Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BRTC) to safeguard their interest.

11.08.2005 The official selection for the Open Frame 2005, the International Festival & Forum on Public Service Broadcasting, has been made.

10.08.2005 A CD-ROM on malaria prevention has won the first prize for production of digital content awarded by a national jury under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology in Mozambique.

09.08.2005 DenNet program u Srbiji i Crnoj Gori i petogodisnjica od otvaranja prvog Teledoma u Srbiji proslavljeni su prosle nedelje. Više od 40 gostiju iz zemlje i inostranstva okupili su se 5. avgusta u Ljigu da sagledaju uradjeno i dogovore se kako dalje.

08.08.2005 Information and communication initiatives that are geared towards development are often met with skepticism and resistance. An argument put forth in this regard is that ICTs are far too incompatible with the existing competencies at the ground level, and hence cannot result in any large scale or lasting effects on human development. The fact that most ‘ICT for development’ initiatives are as yet struck in an experimental format across the world, has only served to further such doubts.

08.08.2005 The Pakistan government plans to launch two IT educational channels for the promotion of information technology in the country. The channels will be on air by July next year and will design programmes in an interesting manner to attract viewers.

03.08.2005 Uttar Pradesh police has launched its exclusive Close User Group (CUG) mobile phone network.

03.08.2005 The Youth and ICT Awards will recognize 6 young social entrepreneurs from different regions of the world who have transformed social development opportunities into a sustainable social enterprise through innovative use of ICTs. The awards will highlight successful young social entrepreneurs who can envision social enterprise through innovative use of ICTs.

01.08.2005 The Memory of the World Programme will be the theme of the "UNESCO Open Forum" at the World Library and Information Congress that International Federation of Library Associations and institutions (IFLA) organises from 14 to 18 August in Norway’s capital Oslo.