Full coverage: Middle East

31.08.2005 A Unesco sponsored three day workshop entitled “Writing Skills in a Pluralistic and Updated Approach” gathered correspondents of the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) in Damascus from 23 to 25 August 2005.

25.08.2005 Kuwait's State Ministry of Communications (MOC) is buying a gigabit passive optical network (GPON) solution that will serve about 60 per cent of the access areas involved in the present roll-out.

22.08.2005 At a recent roundtable, government delegates from the Middle East joined tier-one IT vendors to explore how regional authorities are utilising technology to deliver services via the internet in order to improve the overall efficiency of the public sector.

18.08.2005 As part of The Great Volga River Route project, an International Workshop on Sustainable Development and World Heritage took place on 28-31 July 2005 in Bucharest, Romania.The aim is to link young people through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and engage them in the preservation and promotion of World Heritage and Biosphere sites.

16.08.2005 In the context of the undergoing constitutional process in Iraq, UNESCO launches a new website dedicated to the media and human rights. It offers relevant and easily accessible information and key publications on these issues.

03.08.2005 A workshop to facilitate the deliberations on freedom of expression in the context of the preparation of the Iraqi Constitution was organized by UNESCO in Amman last week.

01.08.2005 Ten education ministries across the Arab World have now signed up for the ‘Partners in Learning’ initiative to improve the use of information communications technology (ICT) in schools.