Full Coverage: ICT

31.10.2006 The Government of Croatia announced last weekend that all employees receiving salaries from the State Budget will have to pass, over the coming two or three years, the ECDL Programme (European Computer Driving Licence). ECDL is internationally recognized computer literacy standard, designed under the “Leonardo da Vinci” Programme, implemented by the European Commission.

31.10.2006 New IT revolution has just started in India, with the government embarking upon an ambitious project to connect all the schools, colleges and universities and provide an Internet enabled computer connection to each teacher in the country.

27.10.2006 The National Knowledge Commission will recommend setting up web portals on 10 topics and GIS mapping of the country for E-governance

27.10.2006 Dr.Anjana Maitra explores ways in which Information Communication Technology tools can be used to facilitate behavioural change communication for safe motherhood. This paper was presented at a Consultation and Experience Sharing on Safe Motherhood at BITS, Pilani on September 8-9 2006.

26.10.2006 The vital role played by communication in development topped the agenda of a United Nations-backed the First World Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD) that opened today, with a warning that rapid advance in technology risked widening the gap between those with access to cell phones and the Internet and the 1 billion of the worldÂ’s population without.

23.10.2006 Microsoft India has entered into a partnership with Hughes to create a self-sustaining IT infrastructure in rural areas by deploying broadband enabled ICT kiosks in about 200 towns and villages across the country.

21.10.2006 Approximately a quarter of Serbian population (one million and a half, 24.2%) uses internet, shows the survey conducted by the Centre for Study of Information Technology (CEPIT), an institution working under the auspices of the Belgrade Open School.

19.10.2006 The Second International Conference will take place in Skopje, Macedonia, on November 15, 16 and 17th, 2006. This year, the focus of the conference is regional approach to ICT policy creation. The conference will gather experts, policymakers, advocacy groups and other stakeholders from Macedonia, the SEE Region and EU.

16.10.2006 The Croatian Youth Network and < link http://www.cms.hr Centre for Peace Studies> invite you to the presentation of the web-portal created as a result of the Regional School of Tolerance held in Ljubis on Zlatibor, Serbia, in August 2006. The presentation will be held today (Monday, October 16, 2006) at the Zagreb Human Rights Centre, at 17:00 hours.

13.10.2006 Globalisation has not removed personal and regional income disparities. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening. We need a new global vision that ensures the gains from globalisation are more widely shared.

13.10.2006 In addition to the official referendum campaign and political commentary in mainstream media, the citizens of Serbia have the opportunity to get involved into online debate on the new Serbian Constitution, the solutions it offers and the reasons for the call to boycott the referendum.

10.10.2006 A novel Hunger Helpline in Gujarat, initiated by the state government in collaboration with civil society organisations (CSOs), aims to connect poor people in need of a meal with food donors through the telephone.

06.10.2006 Access to justice at the hands of the country’s highest court has just became ‘e’asier for Indian citizens under a new system that allows petitions to the Supreme Court of India to be filed online.

06.10.2006 On the occasion of Software Freedom Day (September 16) , Metamorphosis Foundation will publish “Get Your Job Done!” CD containing free source software. The CD contains free source software in Macedonian and English language for office work, web-surfing, image editing and processing, and 11 games.

05.10.2006 All of us know that the tribes have remained an isolated segment of our society often lacking in educational or employment opportunities. The conception of Information Technology Institute for the Tribes of India (ITITI) aims at remedying this to some extent.

04.10.2006 Meenakshi Datta Ghosh, the secretary of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj opened a phone-based information service for farmers, ‘Soochna Se Samadhan Sewa'. The service, which is part of a new community project in support of one of the UN Millennium Development goals on digital inclusion, is aimed at helping developing countries to become part of the digital society.