ICT for development
From June 28th to July 1st 2012, grassroots organisations from the US, Canada and Mexico, came together at the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, Michigan to “cultivate strategies for a more just and creative world.” Alternative media organisations, rights groups, queer and trans activists were among a variety of progressive and advocacy organisations who came together to share concrete tools and strategies on transforming their communities through media-based organising. Sessions ranged...
It’s day two of the ‘Informal’ Asia Europe Foundation meeting on human rights and ICTs, and we’re split up into workshops to discuss recommendations that will go to the Foundation’s ministerial meeting in November: I’m in the workshop on digital divide. While a lot of interesting ideas came up during the course of the day, the one which causes me most concern is the problem of knowledge that is being locked away, often without reason. Read more on GenderIT....
A Multi-Stakeholders ‘Consultation on 7th Internet Governance Forum(IGF) , World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2012 (WSIS+10) & Broadband Commission for Digital Development’s broad Band action plan was organized at Conference Room of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on 7th May 2012 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The consultation was jointly organized by...
The ITU Telecom Young Innovators Competition 2012 is now accepting applications. The ITU is looking for socially engaged young people and identify projects with a genuine potential to succeed. In addition to the up to CHF 10 000 of funding for the 12 finalist projects/concepts, we also seek to build a cohesive international community of social entrepreneurs and a network of mentors, who would h...
EIFL’s Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) has launched its first innovation award call – for libraries offering services that use ICT to improve economic wellbeing of the community. The award is the first of four EIFL-PLIP Innovation Awards for public and community libraries in developing and transition countries. EIFL-PLIP is accepting written applications in four languages ...
APC’s “open spectrum” initiative aims to provide an understanding of spectrum regulation by examining the situation in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In this synthesis, the project’s consultant Carlos Afonso brings together the most important aspects of the studies in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
Smart phones, an Internet-enabled library on wheels, online medical consultations, websites and webinars, SMS – 14 more public libraries are using cutting-edge ICT to serve community information needs and to contribute to local and national development goals. The fourteen new public library services were launched this month in Africa, Latin America and Europe, with support from EIFL (Electron...
Bangladesh comes to Kalamazoo! By Chip Locke – WB8ALW, on October 1st, 2011 Many of us made a new friend today in the person of Mr. AHM Bazlur Rahman, or “Bazlu”, S21BRfrom Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bazlu is in Kalamazoo through October 16th by invitation of the US Department of State under the Legislative Fellows Program. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Ra...
Realizing Digital Nation eASiA 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 1-3, 2011 eAsia 2011, with the slogan Realizing Digital Nation, is the annual international Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for development event with the objective of reinforcing technology and knowledge-centric growth and needs of Asia vis-à-vis Bangladesh, through capitalisation of market economy and boosting ...
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