Full coverage: ICT

30.06.2006 from: Carbon Planet
An international standard has been set up that should make it easier for people buying computers and monitors to assess how eco-friendly they are.

28.06.2006 The Spanish government announced in a statement on Monday that it will donate 935 million euros (about 1.2 billion U.S. dollars) for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals in 2006, 78 percent higher more than that in 2004.

28.06.2006 The current generation of young people is not afraid of technology and this should be harnessed for the development of information society in Africa.

28.06.2006 Rwanda has been announced the winner of the United Nations global competition on public service on the African continent.

28.06.2006 A new report from the Health Communication Partnership (HCP) demonstrates how a powerful television serial drama about young adults living in a rural South African town impacted by HIV/AIDS led to improved attitudes about HIV/AIDS, stigma, living openly and positively with HIV and faithfulness among its viewers.

27.06.2006 On 19 June 2006, the United Nations launched the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Development (GAID) at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

27.06.2006 With the news to have the smart card compulsory by next month, Bahrain is just one step away from a completely digitised economy. The law making smart card mandatory will make the Kingdom ahead of many countries in the region to switch over to the new digital economy.

26.06.2006 The Unesco has expressed willingness to support Akshaya, the State's IT dissemination project, in the field of women empowerment.

26.06.2006 "My name is Mohammed Sokor, writing to you from Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab. Dear sir, there is an alarming issue here. People are given too few kilogrammes of food. You must help." The UN World Food Programme receives a direct appeal from a disaster zone in the Horn of Africa.
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26.06.2006 Many who have only experienced face-to-face education in an institutional setting believe that the quality of education provided through distance education is inferior. However, this is far from true, according to Naveed A. Malik, rector of the Virtual University of Pakistan.

26.06.2006 When children as young as kindergarten sit down for their first experience with computers using software in their native Mayan language, K'iche', the lessons learned go far beyond mastering basic computer skills. Students are learning that their indigenous language and culture are a vital part of their society.

26.06.2006 Technology bellwether, IBM has signed an MoU with the Uttar Pradesh Government to give impetus to e-governance by providing quality training to IT students under an ambitious programme titled Project INVITE.

23.06.2006 A working group of APC members aims to bring environment higher on the ICT policy priorities of global civil society. Information and communication technologies are a powerful tool for civil society protecting environment. But more is needed to streamline ICT work of different groups and communities, and offer them access to the ICTs they need to secure environmental sustainability, a BlueLink/APC survey shows.

23.06.2006 On Sunday, June 11, the European Commission Programme “Mladi” (Youth) for Bosnia and Herzegovina officially launched its web-site - www.program-mladi.org.

23.06.2006 ADB today signed an agreement to establish a knowledge hub on clean energy at India's Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

23.06.2006 International organizations, governments, academia, industry, and the media have all begun to grapple with the information society as a global policy issue.

23.06.2006 Alcan Inc. announced today that it will support the Government of Ghana's efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through a 3-year US$300,000 collaboration, which is aligned with the Company's commitment to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).

23.06.2006 from Ecogeek:
A Nigerian organisation has built a computer than can run on a single small solar panel and requires a fraction of the power most other computers use.

22.06.2006 Zdruzenieto na informaticarite na Makedonija (ZIM) go izrazi svoeto nezadovolstvo od nedostigot na poddrska od instituciite za ucestvoto na 14-tata Balkanska Olimpijada po informatika, kako i na 18-tata Megjunarodna Olimpijada po informatika.

22.06.2006 UNESCO, together with the Naledi3d Factory of South Africa has recently embarked on a new collaborative project to take the concept of the Interactive3d Learning Object to a more integrated level.