policy initiatives in ICT

24.06.2005 WSIS Thematic meeting on "Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Bridging the Digital Divide", co-organized by the Ministry of Information & Communication of Korea(MIC) and International Telecommunication Union(ITU) is held from June 23rd to June 24th in Seoul, South Korea.

15.06.2005 The battle for Internet has begun and India is in the thick of it. Over the next three days, Geneva is hosting a meeting of the Working Group on Internet governance (WGIG). At stake: Democracy in the cyber world, says India.

15.06.2005 Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has recently announced the formation of National Knowledge Commission to build an information and knowledge based economy, through the production, use and dissemination of knowledge.

14.06.2005 Indian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has recently issued a set of guidelines for capacity building and institutional framework for e-Governance under the National E-Governance Plan (NEGAP).

14.06.2005 In an effort to address insurmountable educational challenges and in order to give Namibia the edge on the global information technology arena, the Ministry of Education has unveiled its Information and Communication Technology Policy.

14.06.2005 The Namibian Government has released the ICT Policy for Education and Training Sector recently.

10.06.2005 “Voices from Asia-Pacific: Internet governance priorities and recommendations” is the result of UNDP-APDIP's ten-month long Open Regional Dialogue on Internet Governance (ORDIG) initiative for assessing concerns and opinions on internet governance issues in the Asia-Pacific region through a broad research and consultation process.

07.06.2005 As alternative to the neo-classical approach, there have been several theoretical developments in the socio-economic studies of technology.

06.06.2005 The Austrian government has hosted a WSIS contributory conference on “ICTs and Creativity” that ended today.

06.06.2005 How can we harmonize the visions of the emerging information society with the priorities articulated by the Millennium Development Goals and the World Summit on Sustainable Development?

06.06.2005 After the successful implementation of the 'Akshaya' programme in the neighbouring Malappuram, the administration on Friday decided to introduce the e-literary centres in Kozhikode as well, aimed at addressing the socio-economic inequities in the society by bridging the digital divide.

06.06.2005 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the constitution of a National Knowledge Commission to be headed by tech czar Sam Pitroda.

04.06.2005 FAO has just launched EASYPol, a new online repository of downloadable resources aimed at improving access to FAO materials for capacity development in policy formulation and implementation and enhancing FAO's delivery of technical support to member countries.