Full coverage: ICT

30.06.2005 You have got mail, news, groups, alerts, answers, directory, images, local, so on. Now you get Google Earth.

30.06.2005 European SchoolNet's two year P2P project ((Peer Reviews and Observatory on Policy and Practice in ICT) aims to to monitor and to stimulate change in ICT policies and and practice at European, national, regional and school level and builds on results of the Ernist project.

30.06.2005 The recent meeting of the Commonwealth Action Programme for the Digital Divide (CAPDD) held last week in London identified the national regulatory capacity as the key area for capacity building within the Commonwealth.

30.06.2005 Del 8 al 10 de junio, representantes de los gobiernos latinoamericanos y caribeños se reunieron en Río de Janeiro, Brasil, para discutir y aprobar un plan de acción que permita implementar avances en el desarrollo de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación y formular políticas concretas para construir una sociedad de la información que permita superar la enorme brecha digital que existe en América Latina y el Caribe, que sabemos está ligada a otras brechas sociales y económicas que marcan profundas desigualdades en la región.

29.06.2005 The Basic Skills Agency and BBC Worldwide Interactive Learning have collaborated to produce a CD-ROM for adults on citizenship and basic skills.

29.06.2005 An important channel through which globalization affects poverty is introducing new technologies to developing countries.

29.06.2005 Sonia Gandhi has launched the latest stage of the Indian government's large-scale open source initiative.

29.06.2005 One of the world’s largest economies, India has made enormous strides in its economic and social development in the past two decades.

29.06.2005 UNESCO's Audio-visual e-platform provides a platform for the development communication practioners to exchange their multimedia content.

29.06.2005 Internet censorship in Iran is amongst the most restrictive and sophisticated in the world, a technical study has revealed. And much of the filtering technology in use was developed by western companies.

29.06.2005 The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has developed DEV INFO INDIA, a database for the collection, compilation and transmission of data on selected social indicators.

29.06.2005 With a vision to provide management and integration of global information on genetic resources and crop improvement for any crop, the International Crop Information system (ICIS) initiative was started.

29.06.2005 Broadcasting is crucial to development said the participants of the Asia Media Summit (AMS) that the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) in collaboration with partners and with support from UNESCO organized in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

28.06.2005 Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Ltd (UWEAL) is training the uneducated women to market their products worldwide on the internet.

28.06.2005 The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its partners as a part
of Society Outreach and Communication Programme have announced the
2005 AISI Media Awards.

28.06.2005 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended 100 per cent foreign ownership in satellite radio services without any entry and licence fee.

28.06.2005 The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme and its Online Volunteering (OV) service today announced the winners of its “Online Volunteers of the Year” award for 2005. The 10 online volunteers were selected on the basis of their drive, creativity and enthusiasm in supporting the work of the United Nations, NGOs and other organizations in the efforts to reach sustainable human development.

28.06.2005 E-governance centres in all subdivisions of the Kangra district will soon be made functional

28.06.2005 In partnership with a consortium of seven other public and private organizations, including ACCION International, HP today announced the global release of an open source microfinance solution that is designed to change the way millions of people in the developing world access credit. The Remote Transaction System (RTS) – a cost-effective means of tracking loan information even in rural and remote areas with little or no local infrastructure – is the culmination of a two-year collaboration by the group of thought leaders in microfinance, technology and business, and a six-month on-the-ground pilot program in Uganda.

28.06.2005 A cluster of over 20 government departments and agencies in the education sector have established a landmark framework for sharing data between their organisations and potentially the wider public sector.