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30.12.2005 The e-Dispute© prototype provides fast online arbitration, mediation and conciliation services. Claimants and respondents can be anywhere in the world and select from a range of languages to work in. They can send messages securely and explain their preferences to an arbitrator.

30.12.2005 The Women in IT(WINIT) team is organising a one day one day international and interdisciplinary conference to discuss the under-representation of women in ICT workplaces at the University of Salford, UK on 21st March, 2006.

29.12.2005 The e-Macedonia Foundation will support and fund 10 non-govermental organizations that will design and implement projects for promotion and improvement of information technology in the country.

28.12.2005 OECD and Italian Ministery for Innovation and Technologies is jointly organised the conference on the Future Digital Economy: Digital Content Creation, Distribution and Access, from January 30-31, 2006 at Istituto San Michele, Rome, Italy.

27.12.2005 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Cornell University and several leading publishers are in the process of developing an Environmental portal, Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE). The project will provide the developing world with free or reduced cost access to the scholarly environmental

26.12.2005 After months of wrangling over finances and responsibilities, the European Union is set to launch the first of two experimental satellites in its Galileo navigation system on Dec 28, 2005.

26.12.2005 “Beyond the River – Sharing Benefits and Responsibilities” is the theme of the 2006 World Water Week in Stockholm, which takes place August 20-26, 2006, and will address livelihood improvement, land-based activities within a river basin, and society’s ability to cope with natural disasters, among other aspects.

26.12.2005 First Amazon, then Google, and now a number of other players have launched initiatives to digitise print publications for Web indexing (and, in some cases, potential future sales models). While publishers have welcomed the added visibility which search-engine indexing brings, they have been concerned both at those initiatives which do not involve seeking rightsholder permission to digitise in-copyright works, and at the implications of third-party sales of all or part of their works.

23.12.2005 This "Topic"-section gives an overview of the topic of "ICT in class" in the context of international development cooperation. The geographical focus is currently being placed on the African continent.

23.12.2005 The European Commission has issued a Statement of Objections against Microsoft for its failure to comply with certain of its obligations under the March 2004 Commission decision (the “March 2004 Decision”, see IP/04/382).

22.12.2005 The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) is organising an International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications ~EuroIMSA 2006~ from February 13-15, 2006
at Innsbruck, Austria.

21.12.2005 Over a half of the population in Serbia (55 percent) uses computers, while approximately 300,000 citizens uses the internet daily, shows the survey conducted by the Serbian Telecom and Centre for Free Elections and Democracy CESID.

21.12.2005 55 odsto stanovništva u Srbiji koristi računare, a oko 300.000 građana svakodnevno koristi Internet, rezultat je istraživanja koje su sproveli Telekom Srbije i CESID.

21.12.2005 Më shumë se gjysma e popullatës në Serbi (55 për qind) përdorë kompjuterë, përderisa rreth 300,000 qytetarë përdorin internetin në baza ditore, tregon anketa e kryer nga Telekomi Serb dhe Qendra për Zgjedhje të Lira dhe Demokraci - CESID.

21.12.2005 The daily newspaper Georgia launched a paper to help develop journalism skills among its youngest readers. Kids Today will be a 12-page, full-color weekly newspaper.

20.12.2005 Lidhja e internetit për të gjitha shkollat e vendit do të përfundojë deri në vitin 2008. Ky është synimi sipas masterplanit, prezantuar dje nga ministri i Arsimit dhe Shkencës, z. Genc Pollo, me prani edhe të kryeministrit z. Sali Berisha. Në vitin 2006 synohet të mbulohen me shërbim informatik 75% e nxënësve të shkollave të mesme dhe rreth 10% e nxënësve në shkollat 9-vjeçare.

20.12.2005 The SDC has redesigned its Internet platform with the aim of presenting its activities more clearly and giving visitors easy access to the vast range of information on the site.

20.12.2005 Innovative projects that drive forward e-planning services that benefit local authorities businesses and individuals will receive a £500,000 boost, e-Govt Minister Jim Fitzpatrick announced today.

20.12.2005 THE Netherlands government recently provided 4m Euros (about sh8b) to four public universities for training women in Information and communication Technology (ICT), the Netherlands ambassador has said.

15.12.2005 IAN Telecentar dodeliće u subotu, 17. decembra,
međunarodne ECDL sertifikate i sertifikate iz socijalnih veština učesnicima projekta "Osnaživanje nezaposlenih žena".