Full Coverage: ICT
February 2006
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28.02.2006
Projekti e-Riders ėshtė i dizajnuar qė tė fuqizojė kapacitetet e organizatave tė shoqėrisė civile nė Maqedoni qė tė paraqesin porositė e tyre, tė promovojnė pjesėmarrjen e qytetarėve nė ēėshtje publike, tė krijojnė koalicione dhe tė shėrbejnė komunitetet e tyre mė mirė.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)] [Communication] [Internet] [Knowledge] [Civil society] |
28.02.2006
The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka - ICTA - is seeking interns for the period June - September 2006 to participate in a research effort geared at facilitating the capturing of knowledge as part of its management information program and to provide research material to the support the programs and projects of ICTA .
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [Civil society] |
28.02.2006
A pregnant woman at home alone in her remote village in Sierra Leone unexpectedly went into a difficult labor and, with no access to a doctor or medical facilities, a minor medical emergency could have taken a tragic turn.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Communication] [Civil society] |
28.02.2006
Multimedijalni institut i CARNet - Hrvatska akademska i istraivačka mrea najavljuju da će Richard Stallman, začetnik pokreta za slobodni softver i najveći borac za slobodu u informacijskom dobu 08. i 09.03. gostovati u Zagrebu i odrati predavanja u sklopu niza predavanja "Drustvo znanja i slobodna razmjena informacija":
Story linkFrom: Multimedia Institute Related topics/regions: [Croatia] [Freedom of expression] Image: Richard Stallman
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28.02.2006
That technological breakthrough and advancements would continue to impact positively on humanity and their activities is not in doubt, what one can not boast about is how prepared society is, due to the limitations of cultural, religious, social, political and economic circumstances, to imbibe such innovations.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Africa] [Nigeria] [Governance] |
28.02.2006
The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) is part of the National Common Minimum Programme for bringing information and government services to the doorstep of the citizens.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [India] [Capacity building] [Poverty] [Civil society] |
28.02.2006
Bangalore University Library in the Southern State of Karnataka in India, on Monday gained the distinction of becaming the first university e-library in the State digitising details of its collection of over 3.6 lakh books and providing e-access to general reference material.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [South Asia] [India] [Education] |
28.02.2006
HARARE City Council has launched a $200 billion computerisation project to replace the current system that had become derelict and unreliable.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Africa] [Zimbabwe] [Governance] |
28.02.2006
"Education in Information Communication Technology is very important to make students competent and efficient so that they can cope with the challenging world in the new millennium", says the Bangladesh President.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Asia and the Pacific] [South Asia] [India] [Education] |
28.02.2006
The University of Southern Mindanao (USM) and the University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP) are planning to conduct technology-based agriculture training for teachers through specially equipped buses.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Asia and the Pacific] [Philippines] [Education] |
28.02.2006
A foolproof tsunami early warning system free from false alarms would be operational by September 2007, says P.S. Goel, Secretary, Department of Ocean Development (DOD), Government of India.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [India] [Environment] |
27.02.2006
The e-Riders project is designed to strengthen the capacities of the civil organizations in Macedonia to present their messages, promote citizens participation in public affairs, make coalitions and serve their communities better.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)] |
27.02.2006
Ultimately, it is about employers and physicians working together to improve the quality and safety of care," said Dr. Jeffrey Rideout, MD. "Creating a system that provides patient information and data as well as the results of medications and treatments will help physicians make the best medical
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [United States] |
27.02.2006
Anonymous surfing programs let users route their data through private networks of proxy machines. These machines have addresses that can't be linked to any supposedly subversive Web sites, so government agencies won't block them.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [United States] |
27.02.2006
Managing risks with the aid of information technology will help organisations deliver on corporate governance, says Sunil R Chandiramani, Partner-National Director Risk & Business Solutions Ernst & Young India.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [India] [Economy] |
27.02.2006
Complimenting the government and telecom players for a five-fold increase in phone penetration in last six years in tandem with significant cut in tariff, the Economic Survey on Monday called for further intensifying the efforts, saying the present growth was not enough to match the vast potential.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [India] |
27.02.2006
The actual experience shows that the IT revolution can benefit rural areas too. Well known examples in India are the e-choupals of ITC, the Bhoomi land records programme of the Karnataka government, and the e-governance initiatives of many state governments. All these have greatly benefited farmers and other rural folk. Note that all these initiatives are based on computers. I believe that the cell phone, not the computer, will be the real bridge across the digital divide.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [South Asia] [India] [Development] [Poverty] [Economy] [MDGs] |
26.02.2006
Education is an engine for the growth and progress of any society. It not only imparts knowledge and skills, and inculcates values, but is also responsible for building human capital which breeds, drives and sets technological innovation and economic growth.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [South Asia] [India] [Development] [Children] [Education] [Knowledge] [Governance] [MDGs] |
26.02.2006
Educomp Solutions Ltd launched smart class programme .These digital classrooms are controlled by a knowledge centre set up in the school premises, which would serve as a repository of content. With a storage capacity of almost 106 gbs, the server will route the desired content to the respective classrooms through a campus-wide cable network. The teachers can use digital resources like graphics, animations, 3-D images and video clips extensively.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [South Asia] [India] [Development] [Children] [Education] [Knowledge] [Governance] [MDGs] |
26.02.2006
We know how fishermen in Kerala had benefited greatly from cell phones, which enabled them to auction their catch while still at sea, and avoided tragedies where they might land their catch at a shore point where there were few buyers, leading to an unsold catch that rotted in the Kerala sun. There is more interesting story how cell phones enabled landless labourers to find out where daily jobs were available and go to those villages, instead of waiting in vain in the wrong villages.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [South Asia] [India] [Development] [Intermediate technology] [Poverty] [Consumption] [MDGs] |
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