On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)’ Tunis phase, and having reached the 2010 deadline proposed in the Tunis Agenda, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is especially glad to publish the “National e-Strategies for Development: Global Status and Perspectives, 2010” report, in the framework of the WSIS Forum. This publication reports on the excellent work accomplished so far in the development of national (...)
The publication covers the challenges to Education and how ICT can help. It explains IICD’s core aims of its work in Education, and provides two case study examples: Bolivia and Zambia.
http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/iicd-in-the-education-sector/at_multi_download/files?name=IICD_in_the_Education_Sector_web.pdf
The British Council is organizing two training workshops, from July 6 to 12, in Blida, for 60 teachers and 30 school principals from 30 high schools and participating in the international Connecting Classrooms" programme. These workshops are led by experts from the British Council.
The first is to train teachers in the use and integration of ICT into their classrooms to improve student learning in a way that contributes to a better educational system.
The second, for school principals aims (...)
One of the objectives of the symposium is to bring together local stakeholders of Information Communication and Technologiesn (ICT) to get them to participate in the fight against poverty by reducing the digital divide.
He said organizers will "scrutinize ICT at work in the dynamics between schools and society, creating a dynamic new era of communication, interaction and synergy."
Indeed argues Michel Tchonang Linze, general coordinator of the consortium to support actions for the (...)
According to Pauline Bend of the Panos Institute in West Africa (Ipao), it is important to “ensure that liberalization of trade in ICT services is more favorable to industry and users” in Africa, the region where incomes are the lowest and where the cost of ICT is the highest yet.
In partnership with the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Centre for Economic and Social Research (Cres), Ipao is organizing a multi-stakeholder workshop to discuss and validate the (...)
Sixty administration officials have just completed a training in information communication and technology (ICT). It took place after a two-month training session through a partnership between the Agency for the computerization of the State (Adie) and Microsoft.
According to Cheikhou Ly, Director of Communication of Adie, these agents sent by the departments will leverage the training. “Every officer must train others in his service,” said Ly, who was speaking yesterday at the ceremony where (...)
Adobe Youth Voices aims to empower youth in underserved communities around the globe with real-world experiences and 21st century tools to communicate their ideas, exhibit their potential, and take action in their communities.
Launched in June 2006, Adobe Youth Voices is Adobe Foundation’s global signature philanthropy program designed to provide youth in underserved communities with the critical skills they need to become active and engaged members of their communities and the world at (...)
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Wednesday commended Tanzania and Uganda for their investment on Information Communication Technology (ICT), which is becoming a key for Africa’s future development.
The ECA and its regional international partners are holding the second Science With Africa conference in Addis Ababa under the theme “Science, Innovation and Entrepreneurship”.
Speaking at the conference, Abdoulie Janneh, the UN Under-Secretary (...)
