Digital Divide Network

01.10.2003 This tool, created by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, allows educators and school adminstrators to measure how well they are integrating ICT literacy and other 21st century skills into the curriculum.

22.09.2003 Community Voice Mail, a Seattle-based nonprofit, provides free voice mail for the homeless, poor and jobless around the US. A Cisco grant will more than double the number of people Community Voice Mail assists nationwide, from 25,000 to 65,000 by the end of 2007.

15.09.2003 Microsoft has announced a USD $1 billion, five-year initiative to promote information technology skills worldwide through the work of community technology centers (CTCs).

13.09.2003 In a remote town in Mexico, where one phone line serves 1,400 people, a digital community centre has brought students the opportunity to pursue degrees through distance learning.

26.08.2003 A number of development organisations are finding smart ways to use technology to solve the world's most pressing socio-economic problems. The key for many of these initiatives is to focus on technologies appropriate for the capabilities of NGOs working in capital-poor but labour-rich developing countries.