14.06.2004
UNESCO has created an online platform of the Organization's contribution towards implementing the Plan of Action adopted by the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva, 2003. The site, which is highly interactive, contains detailed WSIS resources.
14.06.2004
The Bhutanese government has released the recommendations of a workshop on ICT policy and strategy. The recommendations fall within five broad categories - content, infrastructure, human development, enterprise and policy.
11.06.2004
The Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation has tied-up with the European Computer Driving Licence Foundation to use ICTs in achieving development goals. They plan to provide electronic communication solutions to the government, business and the civil society.
11.06.2004
When debates in the British parliament generate public comments in an interactive website like www.theyworkforyou.com, chances of an informed pro-public policy making become greater. Yet another example of bringing common public goods to citizens, this uses open source applications.
11.06.2004
A study by the non-profit Mitre Corporation has found no signal interference in giving communities, access to used FM airwaves in the United States. This only confirms that the media giants raising this concern are more worried about the potential competition for listeners than other concerns.
10.06.2004
To further the benefits of agricultural researches to reach to poor, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research has been allocated $5 million to invest on the strategic use of ICT in the strategic use of agricultural information and communication.
10.06.2004
The Health Information Systems Programme in Andhra Pradesh, India, makes innovative uses of ICT, especially of open source software to deliver health knowledge to medical professionals. A finalist of this year's Stockholm Challenge Award , this project is supported by students from different parts of the world.
