The Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) report focuses on information and communications technologies (ICT) and how they are being implemented in different countries across the world. GISWatch takes a different thematic focus every year. The focus for GISWatch 2009 is on access to online information and knowledge, and includes reports from 49 countries across the globe – from Kazakhstan to Bulgaria, Colombia, Bangladesh and Namibia, and also includes regional overviews and different thematic reports on pressing issues. The report will be launched in late 2009.