Full coverage: ICT

28.02.2005 Finance Minister P Chidambaram has announced the Union Budget for the fiscal year 2005-06, largely guided by the framework set by the UPA government agenda. Building of an enabling infrastructure particularly for the rural areas and urban slums is priority in this Budget.

25.02.2005 Indian President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam reiterated the growing importance and benefits of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for achieving universal education and pro-poor growth in India, particularly in the rural areas.

25.02.2005 In his address to the joint session of Parliament today, Indian President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam once again reiterated the needs to leverage the benefits of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for achieving universal education and pro-poor growth, particularly in the rural areas.

25.02.2005 “Ako se obideme da go sporedime nivoto na razvojot na informativnoto opstetsvo vo Srbija i, da receme, Svedska, se plasam deka nema da mozeme da najdeme parametri za sporedba na dvete opstestva. Vo momentov na pamet mi pagja, deka treba da pogledneme kaj nasite sosedi i da vidime kako Romancite, Albancite ili Hrvatite se spravuvaat so prasanjata koi se vazni za ovaa oblast. No, i ako go napravime toa, ke vidime deka nie imame mnogu malku za falenje i deka prakticno site zemji vo regionov se za cekor ili dva (nekoi od niv duri i za poveke) ponapred od nas vo smisol na razvoj na informativnoto opstetsvo’', veli Nenad Golcevski, koordinator na Centarot za Informativni Tehnoloski Studii (CePIT), koj raboti pod poddrska na Belgrade Open School.

25.02.2005 “If we tried to compare the levels of development of information society in Serbia and, say, Sweden, I am afraid that we couldn’t find the right parameters to compare the two societies. In my mind, at this time, we should look at our neighbourhood and see how the Romanians, Albanians or Croatians deal with the issues important in this field. Alas, even if we do that, we will see that we have little to brag about and that practically all countries in the region are step or two (some of them even more) ahead of us in terms of the development of information socieity”, says Nenad Golcevski, the coordinator of the Sentre for Study of Information Technology (CePIT), which works under the auspices of the Belgrade Open School.

25.02.2005 In an effort to make its software products available in local languages, Mircosoft has signed a pact today with the West Bengal government. The Bengali version of Windows operating sustem and Office package have been demonstrated during this signing ceremony.

25.02.2005 The Jordan Pilot Expansion Program, launched in cooperation with the Jordonian Ministry of Education, will train 1,000 teachers in using technology in providing quality learning in classrooms. Through this Project, World Link will integrate ICTs into the school curriculum.

25.02.2005 The Preliminary Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) serves as the consultation document for the open Internet governance consultation at the Preparatory Committee meeting on 24 February 2005 in Geneva.

23.02.2005 Registration for ‘.in’ domain is growing steadily, as the latest figure from the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) shows. With the opening of unrestricted real time domain registration facility on February 16, 60,000 domain names have been registered.

23.02.2005 Komisija za informaciono komunikacionu tehnologiju Vlade Makedonije provodi projekat pod nazivom Strategija nacionalnog informacionog društva podržan od strane UNDP-a i Fondacije institut otvorenog društva Makedonije.
Cilj projekta je da pripremi nacionalne politike, strategije i akcionog plana za razvoj informacionog društva u Makedoniji.

22.02.2005 Ministry of Communication and Transport of BiH and UNDP have organized the International Conference on Information Society, on 21 and 22 February 2005. The Conference gathered over 400 participants including government officials, local and international experts as well as leading industry companies. The main purpose of the Conference is to present and promote the Strategy of the Information Society, with the focus on the legislation aspect.

22.02.2005 Royal D. Colle and Liu Yonggong propose tweleve-step approaches for ICT-based poverty alleviation efforts for Chinese universities.

22.02.2005 Ministarstvo transporta i komunikacija BiH i UNDP su organizirali Međunarodnu konferenciju o informacionom društvu, 21. i 22. februara 2005. godine. Konferenciji prisustvuje više od 400 učesnika, uključujući vladine zvaničnike, lokalne i međunarodne stručnjake kao i predstavnike vodećih industrijskih kompanija. Osnovni cilj konferencije je prezentacija i promocija Strategije za informaciono društvo, s naglaskom na zakonodavni aspekt

18.02.2005 Komisijata za informaticka tehnologija pri Vladata na Republika Makedonija go implamentira proektot „Formuliranje na nacionalna strategija za informaticko opstestvo”, poddrzan od Programata za razvoj na Obedinetite Nacii (UNDP) i Fondacijata Institut otvoreno opstestvo Makedonija-FIOOM. Celta na programata e izgotvuvanje na Nacionalna politika, strategija i akcionen plan za razvoj na informaticko opstestvo vo Makedonija.

18.02.2005 The Arkhangelsk Environmental Information Center (EIC), the second one in the network of Northwest Russian EICs, has started its operation recently.

18.02.2005 UK’s Department for Education and Skills (DfeS) Minister Stephen Twigg has opened consultation on the future of school funding for the next five years. The consultation document also seeks comments on the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) plan to make the learning place more ICT friendly.

18.02.2005 Harnessing the potential of ICTs for education is the theme of the upcoming UN ICT Task Force meet, being co-hosted by the Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI).

18.02.2005 A collection of statistics on culture and communications for 1995-2000 is available online. The recent data provided by the UNESCO member states to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics updates the 1999 UNESCO Statistical Yearbook.

18.02.2005 The www.youth.hr website has the goal to connect the youth association from the area of special state care and inform the youth about their current situation and possibilities for finding solutions to their problems. This website will follow events and competitions and provide an opportunity to the youth population to find the information they seek, as well as to find suitable partners for their projects and activities.

16.02.2005 President Bush is asking Congress to cut more than $1 billion in total education spending and eliminate entirely the $500 million Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) state block-grant program, the primary source of federal funding for school technology.