Full Coverage: Communication

31.05.2005 The University Grants Commission (UGC) of India is inviting public comments to its draft consultation paper “Electronic Thesis Online (India) UGC (Submission of Metadata and Full-text of Doctoral Theses in Electronic Format) Regulations, 2005”.

30.05.2005 Delhi Police chief Dr K K Paul and Prasar Bharati CEO K S Sarma today inaugurated an audio studio in the OneWorld South Asia (OWSA) office that will provide free facilities to NGOs and local communities to produce their programmes on development-related issues.

30.05.2005 More than 250 scribes, mainly radio journlists, went on to streets to protest against the royal crackdown of a community radio programme production centre.

30.05.2005 The BBC, Channel 4, the Open University and the British Film Institute BFI) have launched the Creative Archive, an initiative to provide access to public service audio and video archives.

27.05.2005 For young people living in poverty in coastal Kenya, surfing the internet and learning how to use computers make most sense when these skills mean better economic opportunities and work-readiness.

27.05.2005 Though Indian government has passed the Right to Information Bill long back, it is yet to to publish the legislation for the public.

25.05.2005 After two paper versions of the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing (1996 and 2001), the information collected on a large number of endangered languages in all parts of the world will now be available online, starting with the map of the African continent.

25.05.2005 Arriving in Geneva to chair a meeting on disaster mitigation, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator today announced the launch of a "first of its kind" website to track funds pledged to the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, while urging that more attention be given to the world's neglected humanitarian emergencies.

23.05.2005 Nenad Romic, një nga krijuesit e Institutit Multimedia dhe klubit MAMA, po punon në projekte te ndryshme kulturore dhe teknologjike. Ai është njëri prej stafit drejtues në Media lab, hapësirë për prodhimin dhe kërkimin.

23.05.2005 Nenad Romic, one of the creators of Multimedia institute and club MAMA, is working on different cultural and technological projects. He is one of the leading stuff in Media lab, space for production and research.

23.05.2005 Swaziland donor agencies are increasingly asking theatre groups to write and perform dramas about hot topics like HIV/AIDS and women's rights. Particularly with HIV/AIDS, donor agencies hope that by providing the message in an entertaining way, they can reach more people about the dangers and spread of the disease.

17.05.2005 The Canadian government has proposed radical changes to our copyright act, including concepts from the highly controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the United States.

16.05.2005 In his message on the occassion of World Telecommunications Day, 17 May 2005, the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called for creating a “truly global information society.”

16.05.2005 The First IEEE International Conference on Next-Generation Wireless Systems (ICNEWS 2006), to be held in Dhaka , Bangladesh during 2-4 January, 2006, will focus on addressing challenging issues in design, implementation and management of wireless communications, networking, and mobile computing systems.

16.05.2005 Conservatives in Congress want to tell Americans what they should be allowed to watch on cable, satellite, and even the Internet. Get ready to say goodbye to South Park, The Sopranos, Dave Chappelle and John Stewart. Will it soon become "indecent" to criticize the president, wonders Vermont's independent Congressman Bernie Sanders?

13.05.2005 The International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) has recently launched the Arabic version of the "IFEX Communique" newsletter.

13.05.2005 The potential of information and communication technology (ICT) to train and educate communities that have limited or no access to formal education channels will be the focus of an international conference to be opened by UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura at UNESCO Headquarters, and broadcast live on the internet, from 11 to 13 May.

12.05.2005 "Autonomous Media: Activating Resistance and Dissent"
sous la direction de Andrea Langlois et Frédéric Dubois

vendredi, 20 mai --- 20h00
@ Pharmacie Esperanza
5490 St-Laurent (coin St-Viateur)

Avec des courts-métrages du collectif de vidéastes engagéEs Les Lucioles et autres.

12.05.2005 "Let Us Build Our Village" aired for the first time on Radio Kabul and provincial stations of Radio Afghanistan Wednesday. The new soap opera--only the second of its kind in the country--will cover themes of reconstruction, culture, education, human rights, and more, and be re-broadcast by independent Internews radio stations as well to reach the largest possible audience.

11.05.2005 The process of EU integration should introduce visible changes in the functioning of the state administration, which will reflect also on the implementation of the National Youth Action Plan. The successful implementation of the NYAP is a priority for the Youth Croatian Network, says Tomislav Tomasevic, the President of CYN.