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14.06.2005 SANGONeT will host a Thetha forum on 29 June 2005 to provide South African civil society organisations (CSOs) with an opportunity to reflect on the focus and objectives of WSIS and related processes.

14.06.2005 The Commonwealth Foundation is organising an online consultation open to governments, civil society organisations and people across the Commonwealth, in preparation for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) and Commonwealth People's Forum (CPF) to be held in Malta in November 2005.

14.06.2005 Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States are trying to decipher the hidden communications in private online discussion groups and other similar public forums.

13.06.2005 SANGONeT, in collaboration with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), is hosting a Thetha on 24 May 2005 to discuss whether Southern African organisations should use Creative Commons to licence the information that they produce.

10.06.2005 International Rice Research Institute will be piloting a radio soap opera to educate Vietnamese farmers about the negative environmental impact of use excessive amounts of fertilizer, pesticide and water, and other practices that lead to environmental pollution and degradation.

10.06.2005 Tropical Forest Trust has won World Bank's global Development Marketplace competetion to run a US$307,540 project that will exploit radio-based communications system to involve local people in Congo Basic in sustainable forest management.

10.06.2005 OneWorld South Asia, under the aegis of Mission 2007, is holding a two-day Content for Community Needs programme, where NGOs can together combine resources and pool information which could be put to the use of those who need it the most. The event will be held on 30 June and 1 July 2005 at India International Centre in New Delhi.