Full Coverage: ICT

12/29/2006 Kako bi dale uvid vo situacijata so telekomunikaciite vo Kosovo, go intervjuiravme Anton K. Berisha, upravnik na kosovskata Uprava za regulacija na telekomunikacii.

12/28/2006 Gempa bumi dan tsunami yang melanda pesisir selatan Jawa pada 17 Juli 2006 menyadarkan pentingnya pengetahuan tentang keadaan lingkungan, alam, dan perkembangan cuaca. Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Jawa Barat membangun radio komunitas berbasis disaster management pertama di Indonesia.

12/27/2006 Internet Makedonija, na denesnata pres-konferencija, gi negirase tvrdenjata na Agencijata za elektronski komunikacii deka pazarot na internet uslugi e celosno liberaliziran. Spored Internet Makedonija, smesno e da se zboruva za postoenje na konkurenten pazar koga cenite za internet pristap vo Makedonija se tripati povisoki od drugite zemji vo Jugoistocna Evropa, a kvalitetot e nizok.

12/26/2006 Universalisation of Elementary Education is a national goal for which Distance Education Programme is a national resource and major support for distance learning programme.

12/26/2006 A dozen village information centres functioning in the tsunami-hit coastal villages of Tamil Nadu get Internet connectivity. This facility would provides the fishermen have access to video conferencing, weather reports, local market network on fishing trade in these villages.

12/22/2006 Duri 68,4% od gragjanite na Srbija nikogas ne koristele internet, a 56,8% nikogas ne koristele kompjuter, pokaza istrazuvanjeto na Republickiot zavod za statistika.

12/22/2006 A five-day training programme on computer applications and its effective usage in advocacy and communications at rural level was organised for the field functionaries of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) at New Delhi from 18 – 22 December, 2006.

12/21/2006 Čak 68,4% gradjana Srbije nikada nije koristilo internet, a 56,8% nikada nije koristilo računar, pokazalo je istraživanje Republickog zavoda za statistiku.

12/21/2006 Vo sreda, 20 dekemvri 2006 godina, NVO Infocentarot od Skopje, vo sorabotka so Mladinskiot obrazoven forum (MOF), organizirase debata na tema „Dali tradicionalnite mediumi ja gubat mladata publika?” Debatata se odrza vo Klubot na pratenicite vo Skopje.

12/20/2006 The UN will hold an inter-agency meet on communication for development at Addis Ababa on 12-14 February, 2007 to develop a UN-based common approach to C4D in the context of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The meet will be hosted by UNESCO.

12/20/2006 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), IBM and Oracle today announced a joint research initiative to help Asia-Pacific countries share and create strategies, blueprints and policies for adopting the right blend of open standards and technology services. The goal will be for more countries to develop universally compatible applications and networks to make internal and external government services and transactions more automatic, affordable and efficient.

12/20/2006 Telemedicine, modern communications technology, is raising hopes in healthcare and ability to monitor patients at a distance means they can leave the hospital earlier and avoid unnecessary visits to the doctor, which also saves money

12/19/2006 Izleze od pecat vtoriot broj na Vodicot za IKT na Metamorfozis, koj e posveten na otvoreniot pristap.
„Otvoreniot pristap pretstavuva besplatna dostapnost na digitalni sodrzini preku internet. Najpoznata i najlesno izvedliva forma na otvoren pristap e objavuvanje recenzirani naucni trudovi od akademski spisanija bez ocekuvanje avtorite da bidat plateni za toa.”

12/19/2006 RED POP, SciDev.Net, SOMEDICYT, CENAT, CIENTEC Costa Rica and the Costa Rican Ministry for Science and Technology are holding the Science, communication and society workshop in San José, Costa Rica from 9 - 11 May 2007. The event will be held in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

12/19/2006 Farmers in Raigad district, in the west Indian state of Maharashtra, use satellite imagery to prove that their lands are fertile, thus thwarting the government's move to acquire their lands for the development of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at cheap rates by claiming it was not productive land.

12/19/2006 With the government’s clearance of support from USO fund for mobile operators, a unique opportunity is emerging to connect rural areas and to help them expand their stake in the emerging knowledge economy says Mahesh Uppal.

12/19/2006 The Digital Divide Report presents the information and communication technology diffusion index (ICTDI) for 2004.
There is an immense information and communication technology (ICT) gap, a “digital divide”, between developed and developing countries. A person in a high-income country is over 22 times more likely to be an Internet user than someone in a low-income country.

12/15/2006 Kako bismo dali uvid u situaciju s telekomunikacijama na Kosovu, intervjuirali smo Antona K. Berishu, ravnatelja kosovske Uprave za regulaciju telekomunikacija.

12/15/2006 The Citizens’ Pact for SEE launched the Guide to Visas website, dedicated to all people who need information on travel to most European Countries.

12/15/2006 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.