communications

30.09.2005 Four South Africans have set up a social networking website to connect South Africans from all over the world.

30.09.2005 UNESCO will support a workshop on preparing a master plan for the national press in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to be organised in Kinshasa from 18 to 21 January 2006 by the Ministry of Press and Information.

29.09.2005 Banglalink, a cell phone operator in the country, has introduced voice message service styled i'bubble that will enable all Banglalink subscribers to send a message as voice instead of text to all local mobile operators.

29.09.2005 A regional workshop on ICT for Community Empowerment through Non-formal Education (NFE) will be convened by the UNESCO Asia Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL) in Chennai, India from 3 to 7 October 2005.

20.09.2005 The final preparatory meeting for the forthcoming Tunis Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society opens today at the Palais de Nations in Geneva with UNESCO observers participating throughout the two week event.

19.09.2005 UNESCO will support the organisation of the second World Electronic Media Forum that will be held in Tunis from 15 to 16 November 2005, in connection with the second phase of World Summit on the Information Society.

16.09.2005 OWSA's Ek Duniya Ek Awaaz (EDEA) Radio Programme was launched officially on September 12, 2005 in a ceremony at OneWorld South Asia (OWSA) office whereas the broadcasting has started form September 14th on AIR FM Rainbow (102.6 MHz).

16.09.2005 Kosovo Prime Minister, Bajram Kosumi and Silviu Hotaran, General Manager Microsoft South East Europe discussed yesterday for the possibilities of further development of relationships between “Microsoft” and Kosovo Government, including as the first step the immediate application of Windows XP in Albanian language.

16.09.2005 A one-day debate on Infoethics takes place today at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris as part of the 9th session of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council for UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP).

15.09.2005 Kryeministri i Kosovës, Bajram Kosumi dhe Silviu Hotaran, menaxher gjeneral në Microsoft për Evropën Juglindore kanë diskutuar dje për mundësitë e zhvillimit të mëtutjeshëm të marrëdhënieve në mes të “Microsoft”-it dhe Qeverisë së Kosovës, duke përfshirë si hap të parë aplikimin e menjëhershëm të Windows XP në gjuhën shqipe.

14.09.2005 Me 7 shtator të këtij viti është bërë publikimi i Draftit të Parë të Shoqërisë Informative në Serbisë. Tani për tani Strategjia mund të gjendet vetëm në gjuhën angleze dhe të shkarkohet në Strategjia (Faqja është në gjuhën serbe por Drafti është në anglishte).

14.09.2005 Community radio(Anna radio 90.4 Mhz) is trying to empower communities and encouraging development through this cheap and ubiquitous technology

14.09.2005 A three-day Colloquium on Language Technologies starts on 14 September 2005 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

13.09.2005 Karen Banks, The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) has recently issued a statement for stakeholders to sign a petetion protesting deterioration of human rights in Tunisia, with the Summit just 2 months away. The statement calls on all governments to "fully recognize the sovereignty of the situation and to bring pressure to bear on the Tunisian authorities to respect their international obligations".

12.09.2005 UNESCO invites Member States and regional and international organizations professional and non-governmental organisations working in the field of journalism and freedom of expression to nominate candidates for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

07.09.2005 The small West African Republic of Guinea has taken an important step towards guaranteeing press freedom by opening the airwaves to private broadcasters.

06.09.2005 As a follow up to the 7th Joint UNESCO/Palestinian Authority Committee at Paris Headquarters on 1 and 2 September 2005, a list of projects were identified, and are now being launched for assistance to the post disengagement process in Gaza for activities in the field of communication and information.

05.09.2005 By not highlighting developmental issues and concentrating on lighter matters, the media is "insulting" the sensibilities of people, speakers felt at a media workshop organised by OneWorld Souh Asia and Panos International at the M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai.

02.09.2005 A workshop to prepare Palestinian media professionals and journalists to cover the Israeli disengagement was held late July/early August in Gaza in the premises of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation Media Training Centre (PBC).