Full Coverage: knowledge & ICT

25.04.2006 To complement our team, we expect to recruit an enthusiastic and team-orientated colleague. IICDÂ’s mission is to assist developing countries in the use of ICT as a strategic tool for sustainable development and poverty alleviation. IICD does this through empowering local organisations and stakeholders to make effective use of ICTs on their own terms, and through catalysing lessons learned and knowledge sharing on ICTs by local organisations and the international community.

24.04.2006 China's Ministry of Science and Technology announced Friday the start of on-line applications for national research and development programs and an end to paper applications by 2010.

17.04.2006 Information and Communications for Development 2006: Global Trends and Policies contains lessons from both developed and developing countries. It examines the roles of the public and private sectors, identifying the challenges and the benefits of adopting and expanding ICT use. The report assesses topics essential to building an information society, including investment, access, diffusion, and country policies and strategies.