Full Coverage: Information & media

27.03.2006 GKP is offering a limited number of fellowships for journalists from South Asian countries to attend the GKP International Forum 2006, which is being held at
Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 8-9 May 2006. The last date to apply for a fellowship is March 27, 2006.

23.03.2006 Washington, D.C. radio host Kojo Nnamdi recently interviewed CEDPA president Yolonda C. Richardson and Population Action International's Bob Englman. Listen to the discussion to find out how population growth impacts the global environment, economy, and public health.

22.03.2006 Under the auspices of the “Equal Access to Information Society” project, the Equal Opportunities (Jednake mogucnosti) association from Belgrade will organize the “Towards E-Society on Equal Ground: Directions, Control Lists and Best Gender Equality Practices” panel discussion.

13.03.2006 Nearly two thirds of Macedonian citizens feel the need for a local television station. At the same time, they believe that the financing should come from the state, i.e. municipal budget. Over a half of the citizens are not prepared to secure funds from the family budget to finance local media, although 79 percent of them said they need local information.

10.03.2006 Two days ago, the Central State Office for e-Croatia, governmental office that works on computerization of state administration, organized the first meeting of the Working Group for Preparation of Policy documents related to use of open source software.

10.03.2006 The dez.org Art Group organized the Open Software Week at the Belgrade’s Ozon Gallery. In addition to presentation by members of dez.org, the Open Software Week included a number of events, workhops, lectures that provided insight in the development, possibilities and character of open software as a social phenomenon. The association, education, freedom of action and activism are some of the aspects discussed during the Open Software Week.

10.03.2006 Can sitting passively in a dark room staring at a screen motivate people into taking action? Daniel Nelson (who spends a lot of time watching films) thinks so.

08.03.2006 Afghanistan’s new law on mass media was launched last week in Kabul by the Minister of Information Culture and Tourism, Said Makhtoum Raheen. The law reforms the country's existing press law and also guarantees freedom of expression in the country.

08.03.2006 UNESCO held a workshop to teach south Asian community media producers the novel technique of creating audio visual content through digital multimedia formats. The workshop was held in Kolar District, Karnataka State in South India, close to the Namma Dhwani cable community media centre, one of India’s first community radio stations.

07.03.2006 IDRC funded project telecentre.org provides services that build the capacity of telecentre operators around the world. It has provided a draft strategy document that discusses its online strategies.

03.03.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 3 (OneWorld) - Groups ranging from gun owners to aid charities and cancer researchers have entwined to oppose the world's biggest Internet service provider in its plan to charge a fee for email--a move the groups say would put nonprofit groups and small businesses at a disadvantage.

03.03.2006 The Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies is organizing a three day conference entitled 'egov Asia 2006' in conjunction with 'Digital Learning Asia 2006' and 'Asian Telecentre Forum 2006' from 26-28 April, 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand.

03.03.2006 OneWorld South Asia held a six-day learning exchange programme for NGOs that gave participants a practical overview of various ICT initiatives in India. It also gave an insight into various models of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) being put to use in rural India. Achieving sustainability was the key to all the initiatives.

01.03.2006 Arul Mozhi, D. Deepa and K. Maunika are first generation learners from hamlets with about 1,000 families in interior Tamil Nadu but they are among the thousands of primary and elementary school children who use computers as a learning tool.