http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/233/ en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - Estonia Estonia International Workshop on Great Volvo River Route organised in Bucharest http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/117308/1/ As part of The Great Volga River Route project, an International Workshop on Sustainable Development and World Heritage took place on 28-31 July 2005 in Bucharest, Romania.The aim is to link young people through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and engage them in the preservation and promotion of World Heritage and Biosphere sites. Without a Country: Stateless Seek Rights in Estonia http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/61948 Shut out of political--and often social--life since Estonia gained independence in 1991, some 160,000 ethnic Russians live without the rights and protections of any country, unable to travel freely and suffering disproportionately from poverty, alcoholism, and disease. Estonia makes astonishing jump to cyber age http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/39686 A country with almost no home telephone lines and only a handful of personal computers as recently as a decade ago, Estonia has become one of the world's most wired nations. The national government has made revolutionary strides in e-governance, offering citizens the opportunity to "vote" on particular issues online and streamlining internal government processes, finds a recent report. ICTs encouraging transparency in governance, finds study http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/40193 ICTs are helping governments become more transparent and accountable to citizens, UNESCO has said, citing a recently released joint study> conducted with the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development. But the 15-nation study also found new technologies "posing a challenge to traditional decision-making structures", the UN agency added. Country profiles of e-governance http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/39135 Prepared by the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development (COMNET-IT), the study includes 15 country abstracts providing an initial snapshot for countries chosen to represent different situations in each of UNESCO's region. Country profiles of e-governance http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/39198 Prepared by the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development (COMNET-IT), the study includes 15 country abstracts providing an initial snapshot for countries chosen to represent different situations in each of UNESCO's region. Baltic Sea region halves toxic outputs http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/3422 Releases of hazardous pesticides and heavy metals into the Baltic Sea area have been cut in half since the late 1980s, according to an inter-governmental environment group.