Full Coverage: Communication

31.05.2004 Tirana - The Centre for Population and Development, under its project “Need for Knowledge and Participation of young Roma people”, financed by the Soros Foundation, organised an exhibition of handicrafts produced by young Roma people.

31.05.2004 Despite South Africa's pro-active initiatives in reaping the benefits of ICTs for societal development, its legislation prohibits deployment of technologies such as voice over internet. Such inhibition of easy-to-use and cost-effective ICT applications can have negative impact on the country's development, warn analysts.

31.05.2004 Despite South Africa's pro-active initiatives in reaping the benefits of ICTs for societal development, its legislation prohibits deployment of technologies such as voice over internet. Such inhibition of easy-to-use and cost-effective ICT applications can have negative impact on the country's development, warn analysts.

28.05.2004 This information brief brings together the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA), with the recent 2003 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) policy-making process. Section 5 deals with connecting WSIS ICT Policy with Armed Conflict in the BPFA. Produced by the International Women's Tribune Centre as part of the efforts of the NGO Gender Strategies Working Group to engender the WSIS process.

28.05.2004 The Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is organising a two-day workshop on the 5-6 May 2004, New Delhi,in collaboration with UNDP and UNESCO on designing an enabling framework for community radio in India. Participants from the government, private and civil society sectors will debate key issues at this event.

27.05.2004 On May 24, 2004, the Social Welfare Centre in Prijedor opened its Multimedia Laboratory. High ranking officials, representatives of the media and citizens were present at the opening ceremony.

26.05.2004 Academicians from Arab countries gathered in a meeting recently pointed out the lack of electronic databases, especially in Arabic languages. They made a strong case for making information on research accessible through such databases.

21.05.2004 Volunteers from Australia, India, Kenya, the Philippines, Spain, the United States and Zimbabwe were conferred the prestigious "Online Volunteers of the Year" title by the United Nations Volunteers. The volunteers, numbering ten, were felicitated for their work on a range of development efforts, using the Internet.

20.05.2004 OneWorld South Asia and the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation have launched an online discussion on the sustainability and scalabitliy of Information Kiosks in India. The list is titled: Information Kiosks in every Indian village by 2007 – a myth or reality?
A summary of the discussions would be shared at two separate national workshops on technology and policy issues on the ICT4D initiatives in Delhi, India.
To join the list, send a blank email to join-infokiosks@dgroups.org

19.05.2004 Four telecentres became operational in remote areas of Romania as part of the Dot-GOV project. These centres will offer a range of services to the village communities, from facilitating communication in emergency situations to tap the potential of e-commerce.

18.05.2004 Rural pay phone operators can now avail of a subsidy scheme endorsed by the Sri Lankan Telecom regulatory body subject to certain conditions. This measure will provide better connectivity to the rural community in this island country.

18.05.2004 In most of rural Africa there is still only one telephone for every thousand people. Yet, the use of mobile phones in cities has risen dramatically over the past decade. A new Panos report (pdf) asks whether mobile services will become cheap enough for rural needs or are fixed-lines and subsidies really what's needed?

18.05.2004 The impact of ICTs on local culture in countries of Central Asia is the focus of this multi-year research project. It has already come out with some findings on the implications of internet on society.

17.05.2004 Yesterdah, May 16, 2004, in the facilities of the Centre for New Media - kuda.org in Novi Sad, the mobile chat show "Talkaoke - Central European Tour" was held. The Talkaoke team is made of Saul Albert and Michael Weinkove from London, UK. For more information, please visit the theps.net/enlarge and Talkaoke websites.

17.05.2004 ICTs: Leading the way to sustainable development - is the theme for this year's World Telecommunication Day. On this occasion, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has urged the need for partnership between the key stakeholders to achieve development goals.

14.05.2004 Africa has emerged as the world's fastest growing mobile market, points out a recent study by the International Telecommunication Union. The use of mobile has almost doubled compared to the spread of landline telephone.

14.05.2004 In a bid to make the Indian democracy more transparent, Campaign Vote Smart For India (VSFI) initiative collects information on thousands of poll contestants and makes this data available to people online.

14.05.2004 Farmers speak their minds in front of video cameras and thus help the local government in taking decisions on land disputes. In this highland of Arsaal, Lebanon, it seems new media will help end the decade-long friction among local people.

14.05.2004 The World Forum on Community Networking (WFCN) invites you to read the 4th issue of Mosaic. On the eve of the first meeting of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to be held in Tunisia in June, this issue presents assessments of the first phase, the preparation for the second phase and numerous questions that remained unanswered from civil society's perspective regarding the relevance of its participation to the Summit.

12.05.2004 Journalism students of the Kabul University are the proud owners of a campus radio station, a media library and computer training and Internet center.