Please see at the bottom information on how to subscribe to this weekly newsletter Apologies for cross-posting ------------------------------ What's New at Digital Opportunity Channel http://www.digitalopportunity.org + ---------------------------------------------------- + For all the news and analysis about the WSIS summit from a civil society perspective, please visit our Special Coverage section at: http://www.digitalopportunity.org/section/dochannel/wsis + ---------------------------------------------------- + ********************************* Latest News http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1138 ********************************* UN LAUNCHES HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION CENTRE IN LIBERIA ------------------------------------------------------ The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has set up a humanitarian information centre for relief workers in Liberia in the capital Monrovia. The centre provides free Internet access to relief workers and maintains a Web-based help desk service offering practical information and advice on the Liberian crisis. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67699/1138/369 NEW ISSUE OF 'I4D' JOURNAL ON VIABILITY OF ICTS IN RURAL AREAS -------------------------------------------------------------- The second issue of i4d - a journal published in both print and on the Web - is now available. Published by the Centre for Spatial Database Management & Solutions in India, the journal in the current issue attempts to critically take up the problem of the viability of ICTs in rural environment. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67698/1138/369 MOBILE TELECENTRE PROJECT IN GHANA WINS BANK'S SUPPORT ------------------------------------------------------ Barclays bank Ghana has donated £21,000 to UNDP for its Mobile Telecentre To Go (MTTG) project that seeks to make available the power of ICT to rural populations. The project uses a vehicle equipped with wireless Internet access to impart distance education and train children, teachers, and local activists. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67695/1138/369 CAMBODIA DEVELOPING NATIONAL DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PLAN ---------------------------------------------------- Cambodia is preparing its first national information and communications technology (ICT) plan, with support from UNDP. Cambodia has made progress in satellite, mobile, fixed, and Internet connectivity since two decades of conflict ended in the early 1990s. But rural areas are still underserved and prices for Internet access are among in the highest in the region. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67593/1138/369 AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES JOIN HANDS TO DEVELOP DIGITAL THESES --------------------------------------------------------- A South African university will collaborate with an Ethiopian university on a UNESCO project for electronic production and publication of theses and dissertations. This is expected to improve graduate education by allowing students to produce electronic documents and to use digital libraries. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67592/1138/369 TRAINING HELPS KENYA'S WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS LEARN IT SKILLS ---------------------------------------------------------- More than 60 women entrepreneurs in Kenya's eastern and northeastern provinces are getting a chance to join in the technological revolution through exposure to computers. A two-week computer and Internet appreciation course was recently held in Embu in eastern Kenya and another has been started in Garissa in the northeast. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67513/1138/369 BALANCING ACT NEWSLETTER ON MALI'S TELECOM TRAUMA ------------------------------------------------- Even small African markets like Mali are beginning to experience the impact of competition in the telecommunications industry. It is slow and uneven but it is beginning to happen. Balancing Act Africa focussed on developments in Mali's ICT sector in a recent issue of its newsletter. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67512/1138/369 EDUCATIONAL TV LAUNCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA AMID SCEPTICISM ------------------------------------------------------- A South African satellite television network has launched an educational TV channel, which focuses on mathematics, science, English and an educator development programme. The channel is targeting learners, educators and schools, but educationists are sceptical of its success. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67511/1138/369 RADIO PRODUCTION COURSE FOR UNEMPLOYED UK YOUTH ----------------------------------------------- Earshot is offering a free course for unemployed people aged 16-26 in the UK, in which they will learn how to make and present professional radio programmes and gain general media skills. The aim is to raise their employment prospects by improving their ICT, teamwork, time and project-management, research, marketing and general workplace skills. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67415/1138/369 AFGHAN NGO EMPOWERS RURAL WOMEN THROUGH RADIO --------------------------------------------- The Afghan Women's Network (AWN) is using radio programmes to reach rural women information about their rights under the new constitution. AWN plans to make the programmes available on community radio stations and government-owned stations throughout Afghanistan. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67413/1138/369 ********************************* Analysis http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1134 ********************************* DIGITAL ACTIVISM, THE WTO AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE RULES ------------------------------------------------------- Campaigners have used almost every technique the Internet offers to raise awareness of the injustices that the present global trade regime erpetuates and to organize action to resist corporate globalization that places profit before people. Glen Tarman of the Trade Justice Movement traces the growth of online activism around trade issues. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67349/1134/369 UNZIPPING THE WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY ----------------------------------------------------- The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has already attracted the attention of the critical media community. In this paper, Alan Toner of autonomedia and New York's Information Law Institute examines what is at stake at the summit and how its agenda reflects changes in the post-industrial location of power. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67334/1134/369 ********************************* Get Involved http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1112 ********************************* SANGONET'S NEXT FORUM ON FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE ------------------------------------------------------ SANGONeT is organising its next Thetha (ICT discussion forums) on the theme of "Free and Open Source Software: Benefits & Challenges to Civil Society". Speakers will introduce the concept of free and open source software (OSS), discuss its relevance to civil society, and explore business and government positions on the issue. A practical demonstration of OSS will also be held. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67509/1112/369 DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE FOR AGRICULTURAL PROFESSIONALS ------------------------------------------------------- The Asia Pacific Regional Technology Centre is organising a distance learning course to improve "digital literacy" of agricultural professionals. Designed to teach the professionals in the Asia Pacific how to take advantage of resources available through the Internet, it will be offered between September 15 and October 24, 2003. Scholarships are also available. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67508/1112/369 ********************************* Events http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/frontpage/309/4686 ********************************* 15 SEPT - 24 OCT: DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE ON DIGITAL LITERACY FOR AGRICULTURAL PROFESSIONALS --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- online activity http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67276/4743/369 23 SEPT-4 OCT: COURSE ON IEC MATERIALS PRODUCTION AND USE --------------------------------------------------------- http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67275/4743/369 15-26 SEPT: PREPCOM-3 --------------------- Geneva, Switzerland http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/66878/4743/369 13 SEPT: WSIS GENDER CAUCUS ORIENTATION SESSION ----------------------------------------------- Geneva, Switzerland http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/66876/4743/369 28 SEPT-OCT 1: 2003 RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONGRESS ----------------------------------------------------- Washington, DC http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/66218/4743/369 14 OCT: ICTS IN ASIA - DO WE KNOW ENOUGH? ----------------------------------------- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67285/4744/369 23-24 OCT: CYBERCITIES AND THE NETWORK SOCIETY ---------------------------------------------- Sao Paolo, Brazil http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67283/4744/369 2 OCT: LIVING WITH THE TECHNOLOGIES OF REMOTE COMMUNICATION ----------------------------------------------------------- Oxford, England http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67278/4744/369 24-25 OCT: GHANA NATIONAL YOUTH FORUM ------------------------------------- Accra, Ghana http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/66881/4744/369 5 NOV-12 DEC: MEDIA PRODUCTION COURSE FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH ---------------------------------------------------------- Sussex, England http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67274/4745/369 3-4 NOV: LIBRARIES @ THE HEART OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY --------------------------------------------------------- Geneva, Switzerland http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/66882/4745/369 You can manage your email digest subscriptions with Digital Opportunity Channel and OneWorld by visiting: http://www.digitalopportunity.org/bulkmail/subscriptionlist/ You will need to log in with your nickname and password, or register for (free) OneWorld/Digital Opportunity Channel membership. 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