What's New on Digital Opportunity Channel - http://www.digitalopportunity.org **************************************** News http://www.digitalopportunity.org/news/ **************************************** PDAs bring medical care to patients in rural India http://www.jiva.org/programs/news_details.asp?news_id=26&category=Health Jiva Institute, an Indian NGO, has launched an initiative that seeks to get timely health advice and medication to the patient's doorstep by making innovative use of PDAs. Helping young Palestinians find their voice http://www.comminit.com/pdskdv12003/sld-7181.html The Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation is a youth-oriented and youth-run NGO that is trying to provide a sense of purpose and hope for young Palestinians through its Website (http://www.pyalara.org/). Workshop to focus on ICTs in African schools http://www.iconnect-online.org/base/ic_show_news?sc=107&id=2039 In April 2003, SchoolNet practitioners and education policymakers will meet in Botswana to assess ways that ICTs can help to bridge digital divides in African education. Ambitious e-literacy project takes off in south India http://www.propoor.org/news/xar0210.asp#8 An ambitious project that seeks to provide computer education to make Mallapuram district in southern India the country's first totally e-literate district, got off to a start with entrepreneurs signing the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the district council. New network to promote Open Source solutions http://www.apdip.net/iosn/default.asp The Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme of UNDP has launched the International Open Source Network, which will serve as a Centre of Excellence on Open Source technologies and applications. Burundian refugees get access to the Internet http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32147&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&S electCountry=BURUNDI Despite having no electricity, coupled with an unreliable telephone system, Burundian refugees living in camps in northwestern Tanzania can now access the Internet. Creating sisterhood in the digital age http://ycdo.takingitglobal.org/projects/digitalsisters US-based Digital Sisters offers programmes that help young girls and women of colour to be fluent users, inventors of technology, providers of content and academically enriched. South African project tries to redress past injustices http://network.idrc.ca/ev.php?URL_ID=5387&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&re load=1043829621 SchoolNet South Africa is using ICTs to bring new opportunities to South African youth and educators, and to redress some of the injustices of the past. Online game helps US students find roots http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/content/stories/index.cfm?key=266 A US arts organisation launches a free online game that lets high school students discover their Latin American roots. Gambia teachers learn how to use ICT and when http://allafrica.com/stories/200302100486.html Teachers in Gambia's senior secondary schools recently attended a workshop to learn not only how to use software but also when it is effective to use ICT for teaching and learning and when it is not. Children's Web projects to be honoured http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,889382,00.html Outstanding Websites built by children are being honoured in this year's Childnet Awards, which aim to reward children, and those working with them, who are developing outstanding Internet projects that benefit other children worldwide. Indian state to take the Net to villages via phone booths http://www.propoor.com/news/xar0206.asp#5 The state government of Andhra Pradesh in India promises to extend the fruits of IT to farmers and village women with upgrading of 5,000 telephone booths into Interent kiosks. ***************************************************** Analysis http://www.digitalopportunity.org/features/analysis/ ***************************************************** Environmental Information Network boosts knowledge management by using ICT http://www.bridges.org/iicd_casestudies/environmental_information_network/in dex.html The Environmental Information Network (EIN) of Ghana is using ICT to link the databases of national environmental agencies. The latest in a series of case studies by Bridges.org and IICD. ************************************************************ Success Stories http://www.digitalopportunity.org/features/success_stories/ ************************************************************ ********************************************************** Campaigns http://www.digitalopportunity.org/get_involved/campaigns/ ********************************************************** Open Source Task Force building Africa database http://www.wougnet.org/ICTpolicy/opensource.html The Open Source Task Force for Africa is calling for individuals and organisations working or interested in Open Source to submit their contact details in order to build a knowledge database on Open Source. The taskforce also plans to create a listserve that will focus on the creation of the Open Source Foundation for Africa. Mailing list to raise women's voice at WSIS http://www.genderit.org/ The WSIS NGO Gender Strategies Group has set up a mailing list to share information on the different activities around WSIS and develop women's lobbying positions and strategies related to the summit. Campaign for African civil society role in WSIS http://africa.rights.apc.org/campaigns.shtml APC's Africa Policy Monitor Project aims to initiate a process of raising awareness, training and supporting African Civil Society Organisations that wish to add their voices to the WSIS process. ****************************************** Events http://www.digitalopportunity.org/events/ ****************************************** PREPCOM II http://www.itu.int/wsis/events/events_WSISandITUEvents_Prepcom2.html Mon 17 February 2003 - Fri 28 February 2003 Geneva, Switzerland The second meeting of the Preparatory Committee of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will focus on developing a draft Declaration of Principles and Action Plan, to be submitted eventually for the approval of heads of state attending the WSIS meeting in December 2003. CoSN K-12 School Networking Conference http://www.k12schoolnetworking.org Tue 25 February 2003 - Fri 28 February 2003 Washington, DC, USA The Consortium for School Networking K-12 School Networking Conference is the premier event for education leaders on learning through the Internet and technology. The conference attracts more than 500 district, state, national and international edtech leaders, all looking to learn from others in the field to define the future of the Internet in our schools. The conference will also feature an international research-policy symposium, featuring representatives of education ministries from Europe and elsewhere. JISC 2003: Exploiting the potential of ICT through experience and innovation http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/03/jiscconf2003.html Tue 4 March 2003 Birmingham, UK The JISC enables colleges and universities to harness the potential of ICT and to address the opportunities and challenges it presents by providing a centralised, coordinated approach to the development of services and initiatives designed to underpin the innovative and effective use of ICT to support learning, teaching, research and administration. This one-day event will present the JISC's latest plans and activities and outline how these can support you and your institution to make innovative and effective use of ICT. Commonwealth Seminar on the World Radio Conference http://www.cto.int/frame.php?dir=02&sd=12&id=66&back=frame.php%3Fdir%3D02%26 sd%3D10 Mon 24 March 2003 - Fri 28 March 2003 London, UK As demands on the spectrum increase, Regulators are increasingly looking to use new tools to achieve effective and flexible spectrum management. In addition, telecommunications and broadcasting are converting to digital technology and this will have significant implications for radio spectrum demand and hence for spectrum strategy. CFP 2003: 13th Annual Conference on Computers, Freedom & Privacy http://www.cfp2003.org Tue 1 April 2003 - Fri 4 April 2003 New York City CFP 2003 will be held in the shadow of New York's Empire State Building at the New Yorker Hotel. This year's CFP will focus on the Freedom to Move, Think and Speak. This year's program is shaping up to be an exciting gathering. Topics planned for inclusion include the Pentagon's Total Information Awareness program, encryption, biotechnology and the international movement of information. 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