09.06.2006
The World Banks Board (International Development Association) has approved an investment grant of US$ 8 million for the Information and Communications Infrastructure Development Project (ICIDP).
13.02.2006
Each village or soum in Mongolian is usually surrounded by baghs. A bagh is a remote homestead usually defined by its portable Ger (traditional felt and wood home). Some soum and bagh communities are semi-nomadic and require a portable telecom solution.
22.11.2004
Mongolias National Radio and Television Service struggles as it emerges out of 70 years of government control to become an independent public service broadcasting set-up. The network is being helped in the transition by Unesco and the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development.
27.10.2004
Mongolias progress in the development of an information society, as envisaged in the Target 16 of the Millennium Development Goals, has been remarkable. Despite the progress, the country needs to go far ahead in creating an enabling environment for acheiving the MDGs, points out the report.
14.07.2004
The Asian Development Bank will be supporting an ICT project in Mongolia to bring information resources within the reach of rural schools. The ICT for Innovating Rural Education project, which is also being backed by the Japan Fund for Information and Communication Technology, aims to boost creativity in classrooms, build an efficient school management system and create non-formal learning opportunities. About 10,000 students in 36 schools are going to benefit from the initiative.
28.01.2003
The Human Development Resource Centre in India and UNDP's Asia-Pacific Information Development Programme have jointly launched a multinational study that aims to assess the ways in which ICTs can be harnessed to best address the key critical concerns and sectors of human development. China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam will participate in the study.
16.04.2002
The UN ICT Task Force has begun the process of creating a regional network for the Asia Pacific region with a meeting of stakeholders in Shanghai, China. This is the fourth regional network to be established by the Task Force.
24.10.2001
YK:n päivänä 24.10. vietetään myös maailman kehitystiedotuksen päivää. Unescon tukema radio Mongoliassa on hyvä esimerkki tiedonvälityksen roolista hyvinvoinnin parantamisessa. Perinteiset tiedotusvälineet pitävät pintansa, vaikka internetin käyttö kasvaa nopeasti myös kehitysmaissa. Harvaanasutussa Mongoliassa verkkoyhteys löytyy vain suurimmista kaupungeista, joten ainoa keino tavoittaa rannattomilla aroilla vaeltavat paimentolaiset on radio.
22.05.2001
Mongolian Nomads are tuning in to "Market Watch" broadcasts featuring news on commodity prices, weather, and other information crucial to their livestock-based livelihood, reports Pact. The project is turning them into savvy salesmen.
18.01.2001
Nowadays it is easy to accept euphoric claims that the Internet is also bringing about a brave new world replete with an "electronic agora" and "online democracy". But how is the situation in Burkino Faso, Mongolia or Marocco. Some interesting Case Studies.
11.09.2000
Twenty-three information professionals are running technology training courses in developing countries in an attempt to help bridge a growing digital divide, according to the United Nations Volunteers Programme.
11.09.2000
Twenty-three information professionals are running technology training courses in developing countries in an attempt to help bridge the growing "digital divide", according to the United Nations Volunteers Programme.
