================================================================== SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Relaunch of Digital Opportunity Channel Dear Subscriber, We are going to re-launch Digital Opportunity Channel this week with several new features such as full content search options, thematic and regional pages and special focus sections. The site will continue to provide you the information and resources, including this email digest, related to ICT for development and digital opportunity issues. But, in order to receive this weekly digest in the future, you must become a member of Digital Opportunity Channel. Registration for membership is free of cost and as a member you can choose to receive weekly email digests not only from Digital Opportunity Channel but from other OneWorld sites too, containing the latest news and other content on issues that matter to you. If you have already registered as a member of OneWorld or any of its sites, then you do not need to register again. You can use your existing nickname and password to log in to Digital Opportunity Channel from 15 August 2003 and opt in to receive this and other OneWorld digests. If you have not yet registered as a member of OneWorld, please join using the “Login” option on Digital Opportunity Channel from 15 August 2003. You can then manage your subscriptions of all OneWorld email digests using your nickname and password. We invite you to join the community of Digital Opportunity Channel! Editor ========================================================================== **************************************** News http://www.digitalopportunity.org/news/ **************************************** ICT tools to the rescue of the female foetus in India http://www.comminit.com/pdskdv72003/sld-8274.html Indian NGO Datamation Foundation is using the Internet, email and other information-sharing tools to create awareness about female foeticide and promote legal measures banning sex selection. The campaign targets young people and also sensitises the Indians towards an impending gender crisis. African awards to honour ICT application in education http://allafrica.com/stories/200308070219.html This year's African Achievers Awards will honour the creative use of technology in education in a new category. Research company Forge Ahead has instituted the award for people making a solid contribution to the information and communication technology sector. Secondary pupils struggle with Internet: Research http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,10577,1008192,00.html While secondary schools in the UK are spending more than ever improving computer facilities and access to the Internet, their pupils lack the necessary skills to effectively use the Net, according to new research. WSIS forum to focus on role of electronic media in Internet age http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/pi1494.doc.htm Media leaders and policy makers will take part in the World Electronic Media Forum in Geneva this December to discuss the role of the electronic media in the information society. Part of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the forum will be broadcast live worldwide and include real-time contributions from several continents by television and over the Internet. Afghanistan gets its first radio station to broadcast live 24 hours http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=35816&SelectRegion=Central_Asia&SelectCountry=AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan's first radio station to broadcast live 24 hours a day has been launched in the capital, Kabul. One of the first private-sector radio stations in the country to be granted a broadcasting licence after the fall of the Taliban, Radio Khilid Kabul will broadcast news bulletins, cultural information and chat shows. South Africa's poorest to get free cell phone SIM cards http://allafrica.com/stories/200308060278.html The South African government has struck a deal with cellular phone firms to distribute SIM cards free of cost to 4 million poorest people. Since the SIM cards would be useless without a cellular phone handset, this could spark a demand for old phones cast aside as more affluent users upgrade their models. Comparative study of Open Source and proprietary software in Africa http://www.bridges.org/software_comparison/about.html Bridges.org is conducting a comparison study of Open Source and proprietary software. The study aims to objectively examine the ground level realities and implications of both options in an African context, to inform decision-making and optimise community access to ICT. Voice of Peace to be heard again in the Middle East http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=19493 Peace campaigners are reviving the "Voice of Peace" radio station that broadcast for two decades messages of co-existence to Jewish and Arab listeners from a boat in the Mediterranean Sea, before going silent in 1993 due to lack of funding. This time round, it will be a joint Israeli- Palestinian station broadcasting in Hebrew and Arabic, and will transmit from the West Bank city of Ramallah. OneWorld endorses CRIS Charter http://www.crisinfo.org/live/index.php?section=3&subsection=2 OneWorld, the global network of over 1,500 organisations, has endorsed the Charter of the Communication Rights in the Information Society campaign. CRIS' vision of the information society is grounded in the right to communicate as a means to enhance human rights and to strengthen the social, economic and cultural lives of people and communities. Individuals and organisations can endorse the Charter (http://www.crisinfo.org/live/index.php?section=3&subsection=3) online. Conference to discuss strategy for global ICT equity http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=11833&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1057640274 The Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, will host a World Information Technology Forum in August 2003. The conference will mainly focus on optimum use of ICTs to achieve global ICT equity and will double up as a preparatory conference contributing to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). ***************************************************** Analysis http://www.digitalopportunity.org/features/analysis/ ***************************************************** ************************************************************ Success Stories http://www.digitalopportunity.org/features/success_stories/ ************************************************************ ********************************************************** Campaigns http://www.digitalopportunity.org/get_involved/campaigns/ ********************************************************** Volunteers needed for translating Website content http://ycdo.takingitglobal.org/wsis The Youth Creating Digital Opportunities is looking for volunteers to translate different sections of its WSIS Youth Caucus Website to make it more accessible in multiple languages. If you are fluent in English or Portuguese and at least one other language (including French, Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic etc.) please contact: lncholerton@yahoo.co.uk or diogo@protagonismojuvenil.org.br. Final week for APC Betinho Prize applications http://www.apc.org/english/betinho This is the last week for sending nominations for the APC Betinho Communications Prize for 2003. The prize this year will be offered in recognition of up to three outstanding examples of ICT efforts that are improving the lives of people and communities in Latin America and the Caribbean. Deadline for nominations is 15 August. Script a short video and win a digital video camera! http://www.sustainableicts.org/vcvidcomp.htm Gamos and Big World invite you to compete for a digital video camera, plus accessories, to enhance your information and communication for development. They aim to identify new partners to expand a growing network of South-based partners, and provide an opportunity to enhance and strengthen your development work. Closing date: October 30 2003 Call for e-government project case studies http://www.unpan.org/dpepa-kmb-eg-egovapps.asp If you manage or are connected in any way with an e-government application in the public administration of your country, then you can submit its description for an "E-government Case Studies Compendium". The Division for Public Administration and Development Management of the United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance is building this compendium. ****************************************** Events http://www.digitalopportunity.org/events/ ****************************************** World Information Technology Forum -- WITFOR 2003 http://www.witfor.lt Tue 26 August 2003 - Fri 29 August 2003 Vilnius, Lithuania The goal of WITFOR is to prepare and help implement information development strategies and projects in the developing countries. This unique visioning conference will convene leading thinkers from around the world to discuss information and communication technology as a transforming force and to explore the possibilities, promises, and perils of our networked world. It is targeted to politicians and senior officials responsible for information development from both the developing and industrialized nations, representatives of non-governmental organizations, representatives of inter-governmental organizations, and business leaders. Nonprofits and NGOs work the web www.icohere.com/wiredorg Tue 16 September 2003 - Fri 19 September 2003 Online: http://www.icohere.com/wiredorg/ This four-day online conference will bring together leading practitioners from organizations on the forefront of using the web to further their nonprofit and NGO missions. Through interactive, mixed media presentations and discussions participants will learn about new approaches to improve online communication and community, share ideas and network with presenters and participants. International Conference on Communities and Technologies http://www.feweb.vu.nl/C&T2003/ Fri 19 September 2003 - Sun 21 September 2003 Amsterdam, Netherlands More and more, the relationship between communities and technology is a topic of major research interest. The C&T conference serves as a forum for stimulating and disseminating research into all facets of communities and information technology. | Digital Opportunity Channel http://www.digitalopportunity.org | | Promoting Digital Opportunities for All | | Editor: Kanti Kumar | ========== HURIDOCS-Tech listserv ========== Send mail intended for the list to <huridocs-tech@hrea.org>. 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