Full coverage: Communication

30.03.2006 The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) has approved a US$10mn grant to support an information and communication technology (ICT) program for e-business and small and medium-sized enterprise development in Latin America, MIF parent organization, the Inter-American Development Bank, said in a statement.

30.03.2006 The UN wants a strong people-centred approach to early warning systems and feels that science and technology, which are advancing rapidly, must go hand in hand with human needs.

29.03.2006 Desde el mensaje social que crea lazos de convivencia entre vecinos hasta los asuntos públicos locales: “ahora vamos en directo desde el salón comunal de La Gaitana donde la Alcaldesa Local está realizando una audiencia pública para contarle a la comunidad como se están ejecutando los recursos de la localidad”.

29.03.2006 Some 250,000 people tried to register for adult education classes in a single day following an episode of a Mexican television soap opera in which an older man broke down in tears when he could finally read his granddaughter's letters. TV and radio dramas not only get key messages across, but they're doing it cheaply and effectively.

28.03.2006 Ditën e shtunë, datë 25 mars, 2006 në kuadër të vazhdimsisë së bashkpunimit me oranizatat jofitimprurse shqiptare, Qendra e Komunikimit Elektronik zhvilloi trajnimin me temë: “Përmirësimi i shkëmbimit të informacionit dhe njohja me mundësitë e reja që ofron QKE”. Në trajnim morën pjesë përfaqësues nga: Klubi Ekologjik Krujë, Klubi Ekologjik Lezhë, SNV, CSDC Durrës, Shoqata Mjedisore "Ylber", Qendra EDEN dhe Klubi Ekologjik Elbasan.

28.03.2006 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer aiming for a Palestinian home on March 16, 2003. Her powerful emails and journal entries have been transformed into a one-woman play, but political pressure might keep it from ever reaching a U.S. stage.

24.03.2006 YK:n asiantuntijat sanovat Linuxin kaltaisten ilmaisten ohjelmistojen hyödyntämisen olevan kehitysmaille mahdollisuus vapautua tietoteknisestä riippuvuudesta teollisuusmaihin.

23.03.2006 Imagine if the Internet superhighway really worked like its namesake, with travel costs tied to going farther and hauling more and speedier toll roads for avoiding traffic.

23.03.2006 China has shut down an unspecified number of domestic porn and illegal websites in its latest crackdown on Internet porn and piracy, state media reported today.

23.03.2006 Unidentified men have blown up the antenna of a government radio station in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region, halting its transmission, officials in the region said today.

23.03.2006 Namma Dhwani has gained a reputation of being perhaps the only community radio station in India to cablecast programs made by the community on a daily basis.

23.03.2006 Best Stories from Visa Queues, a collection of stories published by the Citizens’ Pact for the SEE, will be presented to the Members of the European Parliament. The authors of the stories included in the compilation - Vitomirka Trebovac, Ivan Branisavljevic, Nemanja Kuzmanovski and Barbara Pavljasevic - will read excerpts from their works.

23.03.2006 As L K Advani gets busy scoring political points over the Varanasi blasts with his Ekta Yatra, a similar, though silent, yatra along the Ganga has completed its halfway mark and reached this holy city. And it has come armed with nothing but an indelible zeal to fight female foeticide and other women’s issues.

21.03.2006 Drejtorët e bibliotekave kombëtare dhe universitare nga Bosnja e Hercegovina, Serbia, Sllovenia, Mali i Zi dhe Maqedonia, nënshkruan Strategjinë e Përbashkët për Qasje më të Shpejtë në Bibliotekën e Re Evropiane, digjitalizim të përshpejtuar të teksteve të vlefshme dhe këmbim të shtuar të përvojave dhe informacioneve nën KOBIS - Rrjeti Elektronik për të Dhëna Bibliotekash.

21.03.2006 The Blind Relief Association, New Delhi along with NGOs, corporates, students and artists is holding the Abilities Mela - 2006 to promote inclusive opportunities on April 1-2, 2006. Entry to the event is free.

16.03.2006 Perspectives de l’Amérique latine? Plusieurs passés, Plusieurs futurs......autant de lieux de rencontre au présent!
À l'UQAM Du 20 au 23 mars 2006
Expositions, conférences, panels, débats, consultez l'horaire pour plus d'information !

16.03.2006 CePIT-Centar za proucavanje informacionih tehnologija Beogradske otvorene škole - BOŠ raspisuje konkurs za pohađanje regionalnog onlajn programa "Informaciono društvo".

16.03.2006 Tieto- ja viestintäteknologia vaikuttaa merkittävästi kehitysmaiden tuottavuuteen ja työllisyyteen, todetaan Maailmanpankin raportissa. Bangladeshilainen yrittäjä Iqbal Quadir uskoo vahvasti siihen, että kehityksen siemen elää kansassa, ei hallituksissa. Quadirin mukaan "puhelin on ase köyhyyttä vastaan".

15.03.2006 Afërsisht dy të tretat e qytetarëve të Maqedonisë e ndjejnë nevojën për stacion televiziv lokal. Në të njëjtën kohë, ata besojnë se financimi duhet të vjen nga shteti, p.sh. buxheti komunal. Mbi gjysma e qytetarëve nuk janë të gatshëm të sigurojnë fonde nga buxheti familjar për të financuar mediat lokale, megjithatë 79 për qind e tyre thanë se ata kanë nevojë për informata lokale.

14.03.2006 Graphic designer Michael Brown and his wife and two kids have been homeless since they were evicted from their North Carolina home last month. His blog's vivid writing and daily updates--from the Greensboro Public Library--offer an unmatched view of homelessness in America and the frustrations faced by those trying to right their own ships.