Full Coverage: Information & media

31.10.2005 BANGALORE: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to provide it with technical know-how for establishing tele-education links.

25.10.2005 Nearly two thirds of the citizens of Serbia would vote for Serbia and Montenegro entry into the EU if a referendum was held tomorrow, finds the public opinion survey commissioned by teh EU Integration Office of the Government of Serbia.

25.10.2005 Blogs. What does an obscure format which started with computer geeks have to do with development? Quite a bit, say Tim Harford and Pablo Halkyard, who write the Private Sector Development Blog, the World Bank's first venture into internet blogging. Read this article from the id12 website.

21.10.2005 Non-profit organisations (NPOs) engaged in development activities work under challenging but unhelpful conditions grappling with management issues. Here, the governing board’s role is vital for effective and efficient performance of the organisation. Vijay Padaki’s latest book, co-authored by Manjulika Vaz, Management Development in Non-Profit Organisations - A Programme for Governing Boards provides insight to the functioning of governing board.

20.10.2005 An information-sharing web portal Pakistan Relief and Information Systems for Earthquakes (RISE) was launched to provide information about the 4,000 earthquake-affected villages in the largely rural North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Pakistan administered Kashmir.

19.10.2005 OneWorld South Asia along with the MSSRF has successfully broadcast a live programme through Indian broadcaster All India Radio. The half-hour programme, on child welfare and nutrition, had experts from hospitals and NGOs working in the field. The live programme was broadcast under OneWorld South Asia's Open Knowledge Network (OKN) programme.

17.10.2005 The Government of the Republic of Macedonia, at its session of last week, reviewed and accepted the proposed Draft-Law on Free Access to Information of Public Interest.

06.10.2005 Information is as valuable as food, water or shelter for communities affected by disaster, says this year's World Disasters Report.
Tsunami report criticises relief effort

05.10.2005 Raising public awareness is the biggest challenge concerning the full implementation of the Freedom of Access to Information Act (FOIA) in Zenica, a mid-sized city north of Sarajevo. The conclusion was drawn from a survey designed by OSCE Mission to BiH Democratization department, conducted in July, 2005 by NGO Nasa Djeca (“Our Children”) with the support of the local municipality.