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31.12.2007 In a recently held conference in India, participants from eleven countries deliberated upon the emerging trend in public service delivery system through mobiles. There is an immense potential to make government services more accessible to everyone with mobile networks covering 70% of worldÂ’s population.
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Related topics/regions: [capacity building] [communications] [e-governance] [international cooperation] [policy initiatives in ICT]
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31.12.2007 GPRS mobiles will soon deliver e-governance services to villagers in Faizabad in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The project will connect rural areas with the district headquarter, while also monitoring various programmes and government functionaries at work.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [India] [e-governance]
Image: Go mobile! © Peter Armstrong
28.12.2007 GPRS mobiles will soon deliver e-governance services to villagers in Faizabad in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The project will connect rural areas with the district headquarter, while also monitoring government functionaries at work and tracking the progress of various programmes.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [India] [access] [e-governance] [IT training] [policy initiatives in ICT]
28.12.2007 Offering children a platform, in the form of special childrenÂ’s village councils, to voice their concerns and problems is bringing about a perceptible change in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. For once, their suggestions are not only being heard but also acted upon.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia]
28.12.2007 Approvata la legge finanziaria 2008, la campagna 'Sbilanciamoci' offre un bilancio dell’insieme dei provvedimenti. "Complessivamente il giudizio è critico. Al di là della presenza di varie e buone misure contenute nei quattro provvedimenti, quello che colpisce è l’assenza – a parte l’obiettivo di riduzione del deficit e del debito pubblico – di un disegno unitario della politica economica e finanziaria: limitati e modesti gli interventi per promuovere un modello di sviluppo nuovo, sostenibile, di qualità, capace di futuro" - scrive 'Sbilanciamoci!'. Il dato positivo è che finalmente non si tagliano le risorse alla sanità, agli enti locali, al sociale. 'Sbilanciamoci!' sintetizza tra le tante misure - buone e cattive - presenti in Finanziaria, le 10 migliori e le 10 peggiori alla luce delle proposte avanzate dalla campagna ad ottobre.
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27.12.2007 Intense diplomatic efforts are continuing in Afghanistan to prevent the expulsion of a senior UN official accused of engaging in talks with leaders of the Taliban.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] [United Kingdom]
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24.12.2007 Con un versamento anticipato di 130 milioni di euro, l’Italia è stato il primo paese a versare la quota per il 2008 al 'Fondo Globale per la lotta contro l’Aids, la Tubercolosi e la Malaria' (GFATM): l’esborso complessivo italiano dal 2002 ad oggi raggiunge così 790 milioni di euro. Dopo anni di pagamenti dilazionati finalmente "un segnale importante di responsabilità da parte del governo italiano" - commenta ActionAid . "E' il segno che la mobilitazione della società civile paga e che nel governo Prodi si fa spazio una nuova idea di solidarietà e cooperazione internazionale" - aggiunge l'eurodeputato Vittorio Agnoletto già presidente della Lila. Con 7,7 miliardi di dollari approvati per la realizzazione di oltre 450 interventi in 136 Paesi, in soli cinque anni il Fondo ha contribuito a triplicare il numero di pazienti sotto terapia anti-retrovirale e a curare quasi tre milioni di malati di tubercolosi, salvando la vita a 1,8 milioni di persone.
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21.12.2007 Dalit and tribal children from across Madhya Pradesh in central India face discrimination at the hands of fellow students and teachers. This was revealed at a public hearing organised by ActionAid partner in Dewas district that exposed major shortcomings in implementing government education policy in the state, and sought a way forward.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia]
20.12.2007 The Internet is set to play a critical role in poverty eradication efforts by providing unprecedented access to knowledge to the poor billions, according to experts gathered at a global knowledge conference. Hosted by the Global Knowledge Partnership, a multi-stakeholder platform by and for various sectors, the summit was a celebration of ten years of partnerships and the sharing of knowledge for the common goal of ICTs for development.
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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related topics/regions: [civil society & ICT] [e-governance] [Internet] [knowledge & ICT]
17.12.2007 At a recent rally calling for an end to the violence in Darfur, genocide survivors, religious leaders, Olympic medal winners, and others participated in a symbolic Olympic torch relay ending at the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC, highlighting China's role as the main economic and political supporter of the Khartoum regime.
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From: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Related topics/regions: [China] [Sudan] [United States]
15.12.2007 Sono diminuiti del 4,5% nel 2006, scendendo a 104,4 miliardi di dollari, i fondi allocati dai paesi Ocse per l’Aiuto allo sviluppo (Aps). Lo segnala il rapporto diffuso nei giorni scorsi dal Development Assistance Committee (Dac) dell’Ocse. L’Italia, al decimo posto per quote versate ma al terzultimo nel mondo in rapporto al Pil, riporta aiuti governativi (Aps) per 3.641 milioni di dollari, pari allo 0,20% del Pil, cioè il 30,6% in meno rispetto al 2005 in cui raggiunse una cifra "gonfiata" di Aps (0,29%) con la cancellazione del debito estero dell'Iraq e della Nigeria. "Siamo ancora lontani dagli impegni presi con gli elettori e in sede internazionale di raggiungere lo 0,7% Aps/Pil entro il 2015" - afferma ActionAid. "A pochi giorni dall'approvazione definitiva della Finanziaria torniamo a chiedere di aumentare le risorse almeno fino allo 0,33% com'era stato scritto nel Dpef lo scorso giugno e poi smentito nei fatti" - rimarca l'Associazione delle Ong italiane.
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14.12.2007 In the face of globalisation, the U.S. labour movement is striving to reinvent -- and reinvigorate -- itself by establishing closer ties with the world's network of international unions.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [United States]
13.12.2007 Government of India this year has included two more categories of awards, which are given for excellence in e-governance. Nominations for the awards can now be filed until December 25.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [e-governance] [capacity building]
13.12.2007 The parents of an Army reservist who committed suicide after returning from Iraq testified before Congress Wednesday, urging that more mental health services be available for returned veterans.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States]
08.12.2007 Indian government plans to bring e-Governance at the doorstep of every citizen in the country. Once implemented, it will be one of its kind with such a geographical spread. It is for the first time in the world that such a scheme is being implemented in a public private partnership framework.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [capacity building] [communications] [e-governance] [policy initiatives in ICT]
The National Intelligence Estimate "deals a serious blow to the administration's claim that Iran is determined to acquire nuclear weapons."
05.12.2007 The newest official U.S. intelligence review not only contradicts the Bush administration's line on Iranian intentions regarding nuclear weapons, but points to a link between Tehran's 2003 decision to halt research on weaponisation and its decision to negotiate with European foreign ministers on both nuclear and Iranian security concerns.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [Europe] [Iran] [United States]
Image: The National Intelligence Estimate "deals a serious blow to the administration's claim that Iran is determined to acquire nuclear weapons."
04.12.2007 Village Resource Centres - to provide integrated services like tele-education, tele-medicine, etc. - have been established by the Indian Space Research Organisation in various Indian states.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [capacity building] [civil society & ICT] [education & ICT] [e-governance] [health & ICT]
04.12.2007 Calls for substantial change in White House policies toward HIV are on the rise as Congress gets ready to consider the Bush administration's new financial proposal to fight the epidemic at home and abroad.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States]
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