Full coverage: Europe

28.07.2005 According to a study by the University of Zaragoza in Spain, 6 out of the top 10 European cities for e-governance come from the United Kingdom.

26.07.2005 This report examines educational possibilities arising from the Internet, which strive to bring together the school, the home and the wider

26.07.2005 Working abroad in a very different culture can help expand one's awareness of the default contexts behind everyday practices, including education, that are often taken for granted.

26.07.2005 A new awards competition for West Midlands based information and communications technology (ICT) companies has been announced by the ICT Cluster Opportunity Group (COG) of Advantage West Midlands.

26.07.2005 Audiovisual archivists, conservators and IT specialists from Laos, Cuba, Uganda, Ethiopia, Israel, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Denmark and Austria met for the Vienna Summer School on Audio Preservation from 11 to 15 July 2005 in Austria’s capital.

21.07.2005 Centar za razvoj Interneta, nevladina organizacija koja se bavi politikom informacionog društva i telekomunikacija u Srbiji, predložio je nadležnom republičkom ministarstvu izmene Zakona o telekomunikacijama. Ovim izmenama prava krajnjih korisnika i operatera trebalo bi da se bolje zaštite i usaglase sa standardima Evropske unije.

15.07.2005 Enterprises must learn in order to survive and grow. The success of organisations, says Etienne Wenger, “depends on their ability to design themselves as social learning systems” ...

14.07.2005 Nineteen representatives from Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Portugal, Sri Lanka, and the UK participated in the roundtable workshop "Supporting community through ICT: qualitative research methods," held at the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK on June 2-3 2005.

14.07.2005 A woman sits at a table outside Weaver Street Market in Carrboro, UK, her purse slung over the back of her chair, her laptop open.

12.07.2005 The Humanitarian Association of Single Mothers (HANSM) from Ohrid, Macedonia, recently released its Report on ICT in Macedonia, covering the period 2003-2004.

11.07.2005 Kiistanalainen ohjelmistopatenttien EU-direktiivi on torjuttu jyrkästi Euroopan parlamentissa. Avoimen lähdekoodin kannattajat ja pienet ohjelmistoyritykset ovat hyvin iloisia päätöksestä, joka heidän mukaansa mahdollistaa reilun kilpailun alalla jatkossakin. Patenttidirektiivi olisi saattanut suuryritykset etulyöntiasemaan mutta toisaalta luonut selkeyttä alan kehitykseen, keskustelijat kommentoivat.

08.07.2005 UNESCO sponsored international three-day symposium, opens today in Vienna, Austria. The conference focuses on the development of information design as a distinct profession and area of expertise.

07.07.2005 The Memorandum of Understanding on the Unified Broadband Initiative for Southeastern Europe (bSEE) has been signed at the Ministerial Conference in Thessalonica. The participants have also agreed about a joint regional input to the second World Summit on Information Society, that will be held in Tunisia in November. Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in a Conference which gathers Communication Ministers from South-eastern Europe in Thessalonica, Greece from 30 June to 1 July.

07.07.2005 Memorandum o razumijevanju o inicijativi široko-pojasne mreže (broadband) za Jugoistočnu Evropu (bSEE) usvojen je tokom ministarske konferencije u Solunu. Učesnici su takođe pripremili zajednički regionalni nastup na drugom Svjetskom samitu o informacionom društvu, koji će se održati u novembru, u Tunisu.

07.07.2005 What do dot-ORG projects in Mali, Brazil, Macedonia and Uganda have in common beyond the fact that they all involve the provision of some form of information technology?

07.07.2005 Beginning with a very brief case study of a free e-learning for development project, the Campus for Peace of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, this paper reflects on e-learning can solve most of the problems related to corporate training, education for development and e-advocacy for stakeholders.

06.07.2005 After years of struggle, the European Parliament finally rejected the software patent directive with 648 of 680 votes: A strong signal against patents on software logic, a sign of lost faith in the European Union and a clear request for the European Patent Office (EPO) to change its policy: the EPO must stop issuing software patents today.

06.07.2005 The Hansard Society study points to research suggesting online activity has doubled since the 2001 polls and has made voters feel better informed.

06.07.2005 Developed in collaboration with Winrock International, this web-based interactive toolkit helps users select the most cost-effective mix of ICT and energy systems for projects across sectors.

06.07.2005 A one-day day debate was held at UNESCO on the subject of “Islam, media and public opinion”. The event was organized by the Islam and Laicism Commission in France, the French League for Human Rights in cooperation with UNESCO and the French National Commission for UNESCO.