campaigns

02.09.2004 Global Knowledge Partnership's first Yeomans Award for Local Content will be given to projects that promote local knowledge using ICTs. Entries can be sent to the organisation by 31 October 2004.

16.08.2004 Unesco has invited proposals for a TV series that will help young adults understand development and societal issues better. Producers and filmmakers can apply for the grant by September 15, 2004.

16.08.2004 The International Federation for Information Processing, Austria, has invited papers for a conference on ICTs and social responsibility in June 2005. The event will be held in association with the University of Turku, Finland.

13.08.2004 Open Research, together with the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, is developing an open source information portal to assist non-profit organisations throughout Africa to make informed and strategic use of free and open source software (FOSS). To help highlight the challenges, benefits and obstacles to the use of FOSS, Open Research is calling for participation from all non-profit, governmental and educational initiatives that would be prepared for their experiences with FOSS to be written up and made available to the broader community.

27.07.2004 The Communication Rights in the Information Society has called for support to its campaign for democratising media, disseminating knowledge, ensuring civil rights in the information society and making ICTs affordable. One can sign its charter by simply filing up a form.

21.07.2004 A storytelling competition has been launched to create a better understanding of intangible heritage through the use of interactive multimedia tools and digital technologies. The “Nabi Digital Storytelling Competition of Intangible Heritage” has announced awards for outstanding multimedia productions, including websites. The competition is being organised on the occasion of the 21st General Assembly of the International Council of Museums from 2-8 October 2004 in Seoul.

14.07.2004 Cyber Olympiad, a national examination in India to test mental ability, logical and analytical reasoning and the IT knowledge of students, invites entries by July 20, 2004. The examination for classes III to XII is going to be held on August 12, 2004.

12.07.2004 Child Advocacy International, a charity based in UK, is looking for old mobile phones that it will recycle to raise funds for the treatment of children.

12.07.2004 The Jerwood Charity and the Sheffield International Documentary Festival are proud to announce the launch of the Jerwood First Cuts Documentary Award. The new award will recognise achievement and excellence in documentary film making amongst students of the UK’s film and television schools. It will be presented during the Sheffield International Documentary Festival, 8 – 14 November 2004. The last date of submission of the entries is July 16.

10.06.2004 The Computer Aid International is currently seeking UK based volunteers with technical skills to test and refurbish computers. This non-profit sends refurbished computers to schools and other organisations in developing countries.