Events

20.12.2006 The UN will hold an inter-agency meet on communication for development at Addis Ababa on 12-14 February, 2007 to develop a UN-based common approach to C4D in the context of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The meet will be hosted by UNESCO.

19.12.2006 RED POP, SciDev.Net, SOMEDICYT, CENAT, CIENTEC Costa Rica and the Costa Rican Ministry for Science and Technology are holding the Science, communication and society workshop in San José, Costa Rica from 9 - 11 May 2007. The event will be held in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

15.12.2006 The Stockholm Challenge GKP Awards 2007 is a new prize, launched by Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) and the Stockholm Challenge. It is designed as an integral part of the Stockholm Challenge 2008 and will open in four of the ordinary six ICT4D categories: Culture, Economic Development, Education and Public Administration. The Stockholm Challenge GKP Awards 2007 opens on 1 January 2007 and will be accessible both from the Stockholm Challenge website and from the GKP portal.

15.12.2006 The World Social Forum (WSF) has come a long way from its modest origins in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2001. In January 2007 Nairobi, Kenya, which will host the 7th edition of the WSF, will bring the world to Africa as activists, social movements, networks, coalitions and others desend on the continent from across the world.

08.12.2006 INTRAC - International NGO Training and Research Centre - is running a number of courses which include Gender Analysis and Planning between 17-19 January 2007 and Evaluating Empowerment from 31 January - 2 February 2007. For more information, email training@intrac.org

08.12.2006 African organisation Fahamu has called for expression of interest from organisations using mobile phone technologies for social justice work in Africa. This is also applicable to those who plan to use the mobile phone for human rights work in the continent.

08.12.2006 The NPR Kroc Fellowships have been announced for young journalists who plan to work in public radio and are completing college or have graduated from college in the last one year. Though no journalism experience is required, the candidates should demonstrate drive and potential. The last date for applications is December 31, 2006.

06.12.2006 The Educational Technology Research Symposium will take place in Austin, Texas in the US from February 05-06, 2007. The event will provide a venue for educational technology researchers to present formal papers in educational technology areas. The registration fee for the Symposium also will entitle Symposium registrants to attend the TCEA Annual Convention and Exposition, Into the Next Dimension, February 7-9, 2007 at no extra cost.

06.12.2006 The first free, grassroots, completely online course devoted to teaching librarians about social software and how to use it in their libraries. The course was developed to provide a free, comprehensive, and social online learning opportunity for librarians who do not otherwise have access to conferences or continuing education and is limited to 40 people. Application deadline is December 1, 2006 and the course lasts from Feb 12, 2007 till March 17, 2007.