What's New at Digital Opportunity Channel http://www.digitalopportunity.org ********************************* Latest News http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1138 ********************************* CONCERN ABOUT UKRAINE'S BID TO CONTROL THE INTERNET --------------------------------------------------- Reporters Without Borders has expressed alarm at attempts by the Ukrainian secret police to take control of Internet operations in the country and intercept e-mail messages. The government's bid to take over management of the national domain name ".ua" and its proposal that parliament legalise e-mail monitoring, will allow it to effectively gag online activity, says the media rights group. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71490/1138/592 WIRELESS COMPUTERS EXPAND THE WORLD IN US CLASSROOMS ---------------------------------------------------- Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey in the United States began this fall to establish virtual classrooms by providing all full-time undergraduate students with laptops connected to a campus-wide wireless network. Students now have the option of attending class, group meetings, or exchanging notes while sitting under trees on the quad, on park benches, in the library, or even in the cafeteria. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71489/1138/592 WEAVERS IN BHUTAN GET READY TO BUY AND SELL ONLINE -------------------------------------------------- Women weaving colourful traditional clothing in remote Himalayan areas of Bhutan will soon be able to use the power of the Internet to buy raw material from India online and advertise their products with a click of the mouse. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71383/1138/592 PAKISTAN SET TO LAUNCH DIGITAL LIBRARY -------------------------------------- Pakistan is all set to launch in January 2004 its first digital library that will give universities and research institutes in the country access to about 5,000 international journals. Ahmad Naeem Khan of OneWorld South Asia reports. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71117/1138/592 TESTIMONIES FROM WEST BANK IN AUDIO AND VIDEO --------------------------------------------- Amnesty International delegates visited the West Bank earlier this year. OneWorld TV has collected the evidence and testimonies from civilian Palestinians and posted them to its Website. You can also listen to related audio clips on the OneWorld Radio site. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71115/1138/592 ********************************* Special Coverage: Information Society & WSIS http://www.digitalopportunity.org/section/dochannel/wsis ********************************* ASIA-PACIFIC LEADERS EMPHASISE ON SPECIFIC ICT POLICIES -------------------------------------------------------- The Kuala Lumpur Declaration on ICT Policies and e-Strategies in Asia and the Pacific has laid emphasis on specific policies on poverty reduction and the Millennium Development Goals, governance, gender, infrastructure and access, human capacity, content and applications, enterprises and entrepreneurs, and regional co-operation. The declaration was endorsed by high-level Asian delegates at the recently concluded Asian Forum on ICT Policies and e-Strategies, as Asia-Pacific input to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71384/4732/592 INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM TO SHOWCASE ICT APPLICATIONS AT WSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ Two hundred organisations and businesses from 80 countries will participate in the ICT for Development Platform to be held concurrently with the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva. Digital Opportunity Channel will also be present at the event, which will show how ICTs - from simple transistor radios to high-tech computer systems - can be used innovatively to reduce poverty and promote development. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71308/4732/592 ********************************* Analysis http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1134 ********************************* UNIVERSAL ACCESS: THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND THE CREDIBILITY GAP ------------------------------------------------------------ The issues of affordable access to the Internet, telephony and other telecom services is greatly exercising the minds of many at the World Summit on the Information Society and other arenas. There are many genuine efforts afoot to deploy ICTs more effectively for development, calling for us all to 'think outside the box'. Finding the right solution(s) to move forward, however, is not easy and demands the concentrated effort, especially, of civil society. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71390/1134/592 ********************************* Get Involved http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1112 ********************************* CREATE AN INFORMATION SOCIETY THROUGH YOUR IMAGES! -------------------------------------------------- What does it mean to live in an “information society?" What are the images of this revolution? What are the seen and unseen roles that ICTs have in your life? Have your voice heard in the discussion around this topic by entering the Global Gallery's special contest, "Window on the Information Society," through the power of the image! The contest closes 18 November 2003. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71491/1112/592 ********************************* Partner News http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/4678 ********************************* HIVOS THROWS ITS HOUSE OPEN TO EVERYONE --------------------------------------- Everyone can get to know Hivos, our donor and partner, and its employees on this day in an informal way. Films will be shown, Hivos policies explained and its campaigns highlighted. And, of course, everybody will get the chance to ask questions and converse with each other. Please feel free to visit Hivos on 22 November 2003 in The Hague (Netherlands). You can register for this day by sending an e-mail to: g.schaars@hivos.nl. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71494/4678/592 'MAKING THE LINKS' OF DIVERSE VOICES IN CANADA'S HEARTLAND ---------------------------------------------------------- Making the Links is an independent, alternative radio from the heartland of Canada, now in its sixth year of broadcasting. Airing on community stations in Saskatoon and Regina, it features the voices of many communities fighting for social and economic change at home and globally. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70901/4678/592 ********************************* Current Funding Opportunity http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/4889 ********************************* OSISA INVITES ICT4D PROPOSALS FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA ------------------------------------------------- The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) has formally launched its new ICT Programme Guidelines and has invited organisations to engage with OSISA on developing effective proposals for ICT s and development in Southern Africa. OSISA will support programmes where ICT policy, technologies, networking, literacy and development awareness are not an end in themselves, but where the emphasis is on social action for change. Contact Ashraf Patel at ashrafp@osiafrica.org for more information. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70905/4889/592 Digital Opportunity Channel http://www.digitalopportunity.org Promoting Digital Opportunities for All Editor: Kanti Kumar Email: kanti.kumar@oneworld.net ========== HURIDOCS-Tech listserv ========== Send mail intended for the list to <huridocs-tech@hrea.org>. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/huridocs-tech/markup/maillist.php To subscribe to the list, send a message to <majordomo@hrea.org>, with the following text in the message: subscribe huridocs-tech To unsubscribe from the list, send a message to <majordomo@hrea.org>, with the following text in the message: unsubscribe huridocs-tech If you have problems (un)subscribing, contact <owner-huridocs-tech@hrea.org>.
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