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31.08.2004 The seventh UN ICT Taskforce meeting, to be held in Berlin on 19-20 November
2004, will discuss policy issues, financing and the role of stakeholders in
creating an enabling environment for digital development.

27.08.2004 Software Freedom Day është një manifestim me qëllim të promovimit të softverit të lirë dhe të kodit të hapur, i cili me këtë datë mbahet në shumicën e qyteteve të mëdha botërore.
Konferenca ?Software Freedom Day? do të mbahet, të shtunën më 28 Gusht 2004, në Prishtinë.

25.08.2004 The government's costly plans for compulsory identity cards are coming under the spotlight, with two anti-ID campaigns being launched in September. Through compulsory identification, the state is set to acquire unprecedented surveillance powers. Five corporations have been identified as behind Labour’s drive towards a surveillance society.

17.08.2004 The European Commission has warned that electronic waste is growing three times faster than municipal garbage and asked member states to put in place strict recycling practices. The Commission has observed that Greece is the only member to enforce its directives on e-waste.

17.08.2004 www.harrietkessie.com is a good example of how the internet can be used imaginatively to benefit and promote a minority business. The innovative website fronts the Harriet Kessie Hair Dressing Salon, set up by partners Harriet Kessie and Joseph Cudjoe three years ago. The salon was one of the finalists for Britain's Best New Company in the HSBC Start Up Stars Awards 2003.

16.08.2004 The International Federation for Information Processing, Austria, has invited papers for a conference on ICTs and social responsibility in June 2005. The event will be held in association with the University of Turku, Finland.

12.08.2004 United Kingdom’s much-hyped e-university shut down, leaving taxpayers with an estimated loss of £50 million. An investigation is on to find out what went wrong as it becomes clear that creditors, including many British universities, will not be recovering their investments.

12.08.2004 As poor countries starve for funds, schools in the United Kingdom risk losing out approximately £100 million to an August 31 deadline. The schools get this annual fund for e-learning initiatives, but have spent only one-fourth of last year’s budget.

07.08.2004 Macedonia has one of Europe's lowest rates of Internet use, followed only by Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Surveys have found that only 3 per cent of Macedonians are online, and those who are only use the web for an average of nine hours per month. In Western European countries, by contrast, 85 per cent of the population is logged on for as many as 24 hours a day.

07.08.2004 Macedonia has one of Europe's lowest rates of Internet use, followed only by Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Surveys have found that only 3 per cent of Macedonians are online, and those who are only use the web for an average of nine hours per month. In Western European countries, by contrast, 85 per cent of the population is logged on for as many as 24 hours a day.

05.08.2004 Početkom ovoga mjeseca Vijeće ministara BiH službeno je preuzelo od UNDP-a tri osnovna dokumenta za razvoj informacijskog društva u BiH, a čije se usvajanje očekuje u listopadu ove godine.

03.08.2004 On behalf of the BiH Council of Ministers, the Minister of traffic and communications of BiH officially took over from UNDP three basic documents for the information society development in BiH. Endorsement by the Council of Ministers is expected in October this year. The Policy, Strategy and Action Plan for the information society development in BiH provide a vision, policy directions and concrete steps to be taken by BiH in the period between 2005 and 2010, to enable more efficient implementation of information and communication technologies in education, electronic business, government, health, legislation reform, as well as in development of infrastructure and industry.

03.08.2004 On behalf of the BiH Council of Ministers, the Minister of traffic and communications of BiH officially took over from UNDP three basic documents for the information society development in BiH. Endorsement by the Council of Ministers is expected in October this year. The Policy, Strategy and Action Plan for the information society development in BiH provide a vision, policy directions and concrete steps to be taken by BiH in the period between 2005 and 2010, to enable more efficient implementation of information and communication technologies in education, electronic business, government, health, legislation reform, as well as in development of infrastructure and industry.

02.08.2004 Ministar prometa i komunikacija BiH je, u ime Vijeća ministara BiH, zvanično preuzeo od UNDP-a tri osnovna dokumenta za razvoj informacionog društva u BiH. Usvajanje dokumenata od strane Vijeće ministara očekuje se u oktobru ove godine. Politika, Strategija i Akcioni plan razvoja informacionog društva u BiH daju viziju, strateške smjernice i konkretne akcije koje BiH treba da poduzme u periodu 2005-2010. u cilju bolje primjene informacionih i komunikacionih tehnologija u oblastima elektronskog poslovanja, obrazovanja, uprave, zdravstva, zakonodavstva, kao i razvoja infrastrukture i IKT industrije.

02.08.2004 The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE), United Kingdom, is offering up to £2,000 for projects allowing adult community learning practitioners to develop their own material for e-learning.

02.08.2004 The European Commission’s proposals for the second phase of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) have called for greater affordability of ICTs, an enabling environment and focus on research and development.