GLobal Knowledge Partnership

15.12.2006 The Stockholm Challenge GKP Awards 2007 is a new prize, launched by Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) and the Stockholm Challenge. It is designed as an integral part of the Stockholm Challenge 2008 and will open in four of the ordinary six ICT4D categories: Culture, Economic Development, Education and Public Administration. The Stockholm Challenge GKP Awards 2007 opens on 1 January 2007 and will be accessible both from the Stockholm Challenge website and from the GKP portal.

12.12.2006 Chair of the GKP Executive Committee and Director-General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Walter Fust tells Justine Chew of the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) that it is vital to gather all stakeholders - the government, the private sector, the civil society and the media - to find better and quicker solutions to address issues in global policy.

27.06.2006 On 19 June 2006, the United Nations launched the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Development (GAID) at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.