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31.10.2003 The UN Information Technology Service (UNITeS) is gathering and posting at its Website examples of how ICT volunteers are helping people and communities in developing countries. These stories are presented as they correspond to particular Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their respective targets.

29.10.2003 Everyone can get to know Hivos, our donor and partner, and its employees on this day in an informal way. Films will be shown, Hivos policies explained and its campaigns highlighted. And, of course, everybody will get the chance to ask questions and converse with each other. Please feel free to visit Hivos on 22 November 2003 in The Hague (Netherlands). You can register for this day by sending an e-mail to: g.schaars@hivos.nl.

21.10.2003 Making the Links is an independent, alternative radio from the heartland of Canada, now in its sixth year of broadcasting. Airing on community stations in Saskatoon and Regina, it features the voices of many communities fighting for social and economic change at home and globally.

16.10.2003 The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) has set up a news agency on development issues. Simbani [1] Africa News Agency will make use of technical information from various organizations, editing it into radio format, thus making it accessible to a wide audience, including to people in the most remote rural areas. Read more in French

16.10.2003 The Earth Island Institute has launched a Website for Nicaraguan students to help them conduct scientific research, participate in community-based conservation projects and develop ecotourism. The project aims at guiding students for careers in conservation and NGOs.

14.10.2003 The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) has published its latest annual report for 2002. Highlights include: APC in the run-up to the first World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS); the APC ICT policy monitors in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean; a new training course to help civil society organisations understand how ICT policy decisions affect their work; a free software content management system; and the Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM) for ICT initiatives which was piloted in four continents.