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31.05.2006 El municipio de Puerto Cortés en la costa atlántica hondureña ha lanzado una campaña de alfabetización que pretende terminar con el analfabetismo en un plazo de un año, apoyados por pedagogos cubanos que implementarán el método “Yo si puedo”...

30.05.2006 Pjesëtarët e komunitetit rom, ashkalinj dhe egjiptas, që bashkërisht janë quajtur si komuniteti RAE, pas një programi “Për të gjithë shkrim dhe lexim”, thuhet se janë vetëdijesuar për rëndësinë e edukimit dhe mos braktisjes së shkollave.

19.05.2006 Farzana Chowdhury, a JCI Bangladesh Board member, has been selected to participate in 'Fortune/State Department International Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership' programme, says a press release.

19.05.2006 CARE Bangladesh, a humanitarian organisation, has trained four more female drivers and two auto mechanics, raising their number to 14 in one year, as part of its efforts to promote gender equity in its Transport Services Department (TSD), says a press release.
The graduation ceremony of the second batch apprentices and reception ceremony for 10 new apprentices of the third batch were held at the CARE TSD office at Karwan Bazar in the city on Tuesday.

17.05.2006 In May 2006 SBMA launched its first Rural Knowledge Centre (RKC) at Saliayana, Gairsain. This centre uses office computer and has a v-sat connectivity and offers services for the community.

15.05.2006 Opportunities for cooperation between Malaysian and Saudi information and communications technology (ICT) companies will be explored when Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) hosts a delegation from the Council of Saudi Chambers on May 18, 2006.

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12.05.2006 Water scarcity is not something new. It haunts many places in Gujarat. But what is new is that inspite of water shortage there are many villages in Gujarat which have faced the drought successfully. These villages could save themselves from the drought because they welcomed the Roof Rain Water Harvesting Structure (RRWHS) introduced by the Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP), says Aditi Varma from Charkha.

09.05.2006 Ministry of Communications of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan a long with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) organized the first ever National ICT conference in Afghanistan on May 25-26, 2006 at Loya Jirga Hall.

08.05.2006

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It is clear that women as well as men suffer from the ill-effects of badly planned and implemented development projects. However, in a scenario where adequate attention is not paid to the question of rehabilitation itself, it is not surprising that women as well as other poor, vulnerable people stand to lose the most and benefit the least from so called ‘development’ projects. How can we use knowledge and information technologies to ensure that human lives are not sacrificed at the altar of development?

08.05.2006 The Association of Progressive Communications is inviting applications for a North African Regional Wireless Training Workshop in Morocco, from 12-16 July 2006.

05.05.2006 Wireless technologies offer developing countries an important low-cost, versatile alternative to wired infrastructure. They enable communities to extend the reach of cabled internet connectivity and to be in control of the planning, implementation and design of their own networks, making the network into a tool that really serves the needs of the community.

05.05.2006 Centre for Civil Society, an NGO based in New Delhi, invites applications from the college students to attend its "i, Society & Public Policy" programme from June 8-19, 2006.

04.05.2006 Researchers at Smithsonian's National Zoo have developed a new training course tailored to the needs of senior staff working in leading positions in local, state, and national government or in environmental organizations.

04.05.2006 Universal access to information and knowledge can yield positive spin-offs to help governments of the world meet the Millennium Development Goals to halve poverty and unemployment by 2015.