knowledge & ICT

30.01.2005 Des jeunes qui ont passé une partie de leur enfance et de leur adolescence dans les centres de jeunesse du Québec prennent la parole dans ce film de Louise Rinfret, «L’horizon emmuré». Ils témoignent de la privation de liberté qu’ils ont subie, de leur souffrance et des répercussions sur leur vie de jeunes adultes. Plusieurs des scènes du film ont été tournées clandestinement dans les institutions.

26.01.2005 The Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP), the Open Knowledge Network (OKN) and OneWorld Africa invite Africa-based projects to submit applications for the Yeomans Award for Local Content. This is a re-advertisement for applicants for the African category of the Award.

24.01.2005 Community Content Creation Network (C3Net), an online forum of professionals in ICT for rural development, plans to hold a workshop on knowledge sharing for development. The Information Management and Knowledge Sharing (IM&KS) workshop, being supported by HIVOS, will take place in Kampala, Uganda from April 15 to 19, 2005.

18.01.2005

13.01.2005 OneWorld South Asia co-organised a three-day Regional ICT Policy and WSIS consultation in Dhaka, Bangladesh from January 5-7, 2005, in collaboration with BFES and APC. Outcome recommendations of this consultation will be sent to the upcoming regional meeting of the heads of South Asian Nations at the SAARC Summit. Read more for these and the action points on South Asia ICT Policy issues.

12.01.2005 The seven SAARC countries will create a digital library of the region's traditional knowledge and develop laws to prevent such knowledge being misappropriated through commercial patents. The library will contain information on traditional medicine, foodstuffs, architecture and culture and will be accessible over the Internet.

12.01.2005 The Matara Community Multimedia Centre, in the heart of Sri Lanka’s disaster zone, is broadcasting over 250 missing persons messages a day on its station, the Southern Regional Station of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, while its telecentre has been mobilised by those handling the crisis.

12.01.2005 The department of information technology (DIT) is evolving policy guidelines and a framework to establish ICT-enabled information and service kiosks in villages.