Bridges

15.09.2004 The draft ICT Empowerment Charter of South Africa is now empowered with inputs from the civil society organisations as they brought out their recommendations on the Charter. The crucial role of the development sector in bridging the digital divide has been raised in this submission.

07.09.2004 Bridges.org has launched a competition to support innovative ground level initiatives in South Africa that want to use handheld devices (handhelds) to improve people's lives. A total of 120 Hewlett Packard H4150 iPAQs will be given to up to ten winning organisations that demonstrate a clear strategy to harness the power of handhelds for social or economic development.

06.09.2004 Bridges.org is facilitating the donation of 120 hand-held devices to support innovative technology for social or economic development. Non-profit or community-based organisations in South Africa can submit project ideas by 8 October 2004 and seek a maximum of 35 such devices as donation.

06.09.2004 Civil society in South Africa must urgently state its needs and concerns to the ICT Empowerment Working Group if they are to be reflected in the final draft of the ICT Charter.

02.09.2004 Bridges.org along with other organisations are going to hold a meeting on 8 th September to prepare a civil society input for the draft ICT Empowerment Charter of South Africa, to be presented to the Government soon. Written communication can be sent to ICTpolicy@bridges.org.