Full Coverage: ICT

01/31/2007 Between November 22 and December 15, 2006, the Youth Information Agency (OIA) and the Creative Development Foundation (FKR) organized a campaign for collection of support letters for establishment of computerization budget for B&H system of education.

01/31/2007 U vremenskom periodu od 22. novembra do 15. decembra 2006. godine, Omladinska informativna agencija (OIA) i Fondacija za kreativni razvoj (FKR) organizirali su akciju prikupljanja pisama podrške za formiranje budžeta za informatizaciju obrazovnog sistema u Bosni Hercegovini. Samu akciju je podržao velik broj nevladinih/omladinskih organizacija, studentskih asocijacija iz svih krajeva Bosne i Hercegovine (ukpno 47 organizacija sa 11 659 članova).

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01/30/2007 Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, urged Albanian parliamentarians today to ensure that media regulation takes into account the abundance of channels that digital television transmission enables as they prepare licencing regulations.

01/23/2007 This analysis, prepared in late 2005, immediately after the adoption of the current National Information Society Strategy (NISP), attempt to identify the gender issues, obtain information and raise awareness on the gender dimension of Information and Communication Technologies.

01/23/2007 In this article, Lamija Kosovic examines the current ICTs situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, paying particular attention to the development of a National ICT Policy Strategy, and the responses towards the need to integrate gender concerns by both the women's national machinery and civil society organisations.

01/22/2007 Intian ja maailmankin informaatioteknologian keskukseksi nousseen Bangaloren synkkä puoli tuli esiin, kun lauma kulkukoiria repi kahdeksanvuotiaan tytön kappaleiksi. Infrastruktuurin, varsinkin teiden ja alikulkutunneleiden rakentaminen, etenee takkuisesti Bangaloren kaupungin lupauksista huolimatta. Se kärjistää osaltaan ristiriitaa it-huuman ja arjen koettelemusten välillä 6,8 miljoonan asukkaan metropolissa.

01/19/2007 A five days training programme on computer applications and its effective usage in advocacy and communications at rural level was organised for the filed functionaries of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) on 13 – 17 January 2007 at Jehangirabad in Barabanki district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

01/19/2007 The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is holding the Open Standards International Symposium (OSIS), scheduled for February 3, 2007, at Yale Law School in New Haven, CT. Click here to register yourself.

01/18/2007 Metamorphosis Foundation organises OpenOffice.org training for representatives of local self-government units in Republic of Macedonia. The training is held in Riviera Hotel in Ohrid, from 15 to 20 January, 2007. About 100 employees in 25 Macedonian municipalities will be trained during the six day training.

01/18/2007 Od 15 do 20 januari 2007 godina vo Ohrid vo organizacija na Fondacijata Metamorfozis zapocna obuka za koristenje na kancelariskiot paket Open Ofis.org . Obukata e nameneta za edinicite na lokalnata samouprava vo Republika Makedonija i vo tekot na sest dena ke bidat obuceni okolu 100 sluzbenici od 25 makedonski opstini.

01/17/2007 Nevladinite organizacii Metamorfozis i Sloboden softver baraat od Vladata da ovozmozi pravo na izbor za gragjanite preku obuki za koristenje i na sloboden softver, za koj ima golem interes. Spored organizaciite, alternativite od oblasta na slobodniot softver, kako sto se Open ofis i Abi vord, pokraj toa sto ovozmozuvaat vrsenje na istite kancelariski raboti kako i softverot najaven od Vladata, nudat i pridobivki, znacajni za tekovnata ekonomska sostojba.

01/17/2007 Metamorphosis and Free Software non-governmental organizations demand from the Government to enable the citizens to choose, if they want, to be trained in the use of free and open source software, for which there is great interest in the public. According to the two organizations, the FOSS alternatives, such as Open Office, in addition to providing the same services as the proprietary software used by the Government, offer other benefits, important in the current economic situation in the country.

01/17/2007 Rekha Devi is a reporter for Aangan Ke Paar, a BBC World Service Trust-produced weekly radio programme broadcast from 22 AIR stations and BBC Hindi dealing with issues concerning women, especially HIV/AIDS. But unlike other such shows which rely on interviews with experts, this programme has its ears to the ground. Literally.

01/16/2007 Vladata na RM, preku kampanjata „Makedonija-zemja na informaticari” planira da go podigne nivoto na informaticko znaenje i da go zgolemi procentot na korisnici na internet vo Makedonija.

01/10/2007 Na 21.12.2006 godina Sobranieto na Republika Makedonija go izbra m-r Ivo Ivanovski za minister bez resor zadolzen za informaticko opstestvo vo Vladata na Republika Makedonija.

01/10/2007 On.net je jedan od najpoznatijih pružatelja internetskih usluga (ISP-a) koji se trenutno nastoji pomaknuti prema drugim područjima telekomunikacija. Već je potpisao sporazum o interkonekciji s glavnim operaterom u području fiksne telefonije, Makedonskim telekomunikacijama. On.net je također uključen u brojne aktivnosti vezane uz odgovorno poslovanje. Razgovarali smo s Predragom Cemerikicem, glavnim menadžerom On.net-a.

01/10/2007 In its last session prior to the start of the Holiday Season, the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia elected Ivo Ivanovski for the position of a minister without portfolio in charge of information society.

01/09/2007 With the Pakistan government considering the possibility of implementing the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) policy with help from the United Arab Emirates a debate rages whether the UAE would like to buy laptops that may be more than its budget. Fouad Riaz Bajwa in Pakistan analyses the OLPC policy.

01/09/2007 Washington, D.C., December 11, 2006 – Tumaini Letu (Our Hope), a film about three women caring for children orphaned by AIDS, was named Best Short Documentary at the 2006 New York AIDS Film Festival. Produced by the Academy for Educational Development (AED), the festival aims to utilize visual media to prompt social action in the fight against AIDS.