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1. E-judiciary and e-lawyering in India: An interview
2. E-judiciary and e-lawyering in India: An interview
3. E-judiciary and e-lawyering in India: An interview
4. eDiplomacy
5. The IEC eWarehouse (UNICEF India)
6. Enhancing ICT for Latin America and Caribbean youth
7. Call for Applications: The best Internet Resource Promoting MDGs in
Central Asia
8. ICT for Sustainable Development
9. El Pequeño Empresario en ALC, las TIC y el Comercio Electrónico
10. Tecnologías Ubicuas, la u-Sociedad
11. Virtual Activism
12. TARAhaat: An E-Business Created to Bring the Benefits of the Internet to
India's Rural Population
13. Insight share: Participatory Video for Development
14. Online Participatory Videos from across the globe
15. Creating Virtual Learning Communities in Africa: Challenges and
prospects
16. InfoDes telecentres in Peru
17. The Second World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Communities
18. ELDIS The Gateway to Development Information
19. Uganda: ICT Policy to Boost Tourism
20. ICT Policies for socioeconomic development and an informed society,
Zimbabwe
21. ICT Policy: A Beginner's Handbook
22. United Nation's Benchmarking Tools
23. Policy Brief: Protecting Consumers from Cyberfraud
24. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) launches a new
computer class in Belarusian Chechersk
25. International Conference Announcement on Multiculturalism, Environmental
Education and Technology
26. Transparency and Silence: A Survey of Access to Information in 14
Countries
27. The importance of convergence in the ICT policy environment
28. UNDP Bangladesh supports Bangladesh government in ICT capacity building
29. Important government forms are online in Bangladesh
30. Abolombon: An online resource pool on Legal, Human Right & Governance
information in Bangladesh
31. The Inquirer: Croatian government adopts free software policy
32. Battling the digital divide with ?1 a day
33. New ICT Learning Centre Opens for Disabled Students
34. ICTs to bring down tax burden to Queensland state
35. The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization -ISESCO
36. White Paper on International Development, 'eliminating world poverty:
making governance work for the poor'.
37. The Rome Consensus: Go home and listen to your people
38. Multilingual Mobile Messenger: A new tool for disaster alert
39. The Politics of Technology for an African Renaissance
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1. E-judiciary and e-lawyering in India: An interview
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078832
In a recent e-mail interview I was required to give my opinion regarding
e-judiciary in India and e-lawyering in India. The purpose of this interview
was to ascertain upto what extent the Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) can be used for...
Contributed by Praveen Dalal on 25 Oct , 2006
2. E-judiciary and e-lawyering in India: An interview
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078834
In a recent e-mail interview I was required to give my opinion regarding
e-judiciary in India and e-lawyering in India. The purpose of this interview
was to ascertain upto what extent the Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) can be used for...
Contributed by Praveen Dalal on 25 Oct , 2006
3. E-judiciary and e-lawyering in India: An interview
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078833
In a recent e-mail interview I was required to give my opinion regarding
e-judiciary in India and e-lawyering in India. The purpose of this interview
was to ascertain upto what extent the Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) can be used for...
Contributed by Praveen Dalal on 25 Oct , 2006
4. eDiplomacy
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078846
This essay considers the potential in using the World Wide Web to advance
diplomatic purposes. It suggests that eDiplomacy, like other eGovernment
processes, can be seen to develop in stages, from establishing a presence on
the Web, to providing...
Contributed by John Daly on 25 Oct , 2006
5. The IEC eWarehouse (UNICEF India)
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078611
The eWarehouse is a user-friendly digital repository of information,
education and communication (IEC) materials developed or produced by UNICEF
India. The site allows anyone with IEC requirements related to UNICEF's
programme areas to search or...
Contributed by Naysán Sahba on 24 Oct , 2006
6. Enhancing ICT for Latin America and Caribbean youth
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078742
The International Youth Foundation (IYF) and the Multilateral Investment
Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American Development Bank have formed a US$29
million program help prepare youth workers for the jobs of the new economy
in Latin America and the...
Contributed by Sharon Haba on 24 Oct , 2006
7. Call for Applications: The best Internet Resource Promoting MDGs in
Central Asia
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078750
The Contest among the web-sites for ?The best Internet-resource promoting
the UN Millennium Goals in Central Asia? is jointly organized by the Central
Asian Gateway project (www.cagateway.org) and the UNDP CO in Kyrgyzstan. The
contest purposes to...
Contributed by Sayora Arifdjanova on 24 Oct , 2006
8. ICT for Sustainable Development
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078816
An extensive analysis, written by Giovani Sec, of ICT applications for
sustainable development. Taking some key topics of the MDGs as a reference,
this research explores what contributions ICT can bring to alleviate each
issue. For each topic, the...
Contributed by Giovanni Sce on 24 Oct , 2006
9. El Pequeño Empresario en ALC, las TIC y el Comercio Electrónico
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078884
La presente investigación tuvo como cometido principal obtener un entorno
claro de indicadores y escenarios donde las PYME de América Latina y el
Caribe (ALC). Se desenvuelven, procurando identificar los factores clave e
indicadores que permitan...
Contributed by Mauro D. Ríos on 25 Oct , 2006
10. Tecnologías Ubicuas, la u-Sociedad
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078876
Breve análisis sobre las tecnologías ubicuas y la u-sociedad. Brief analysis
about ubiquitous technologies and u-society.
Contributed by Mauro D. Ríos on 25 Oct , 2006
11. Virtual Activism
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078952
Virtual Activism is nonprofit organization registered in Rhode Island, USA.
It seeks to: * Strengthen other nongovernmental organizations' effectiveness
and outreach through internet access and presence; * Train marginalized
nongovernmental...
Contributed by John Daly on 26 Oct , 2006
12. TARAhaat: An E-Business Created to Bring the Benefits of the Internet to
India's Rural Population
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078843
TARAhaat combines a focal portal with a network of franchised village
Internet centers, or TARAkendras. TARAhaat delivers education, information,
services, and online market opportunities to rural consumers via the
Internet and its Kendra outposts....
Contributed by Jean-Charles Le Vallée on 25 Oct , 2006
13. Insight share: Participatory Video for Development
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078979
Insight is a UK/France based organization pioneering the use of
Participatory Video as a tool for empowering individuals and communities.
The organization is committed to the continual dissemination and up scaling
of the Participatory Video approach...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 26 Oct , 2006
14. Online Participatory Videos from across the globe
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078982
If you want to hear "voices from the Steppe" of Kazakstan or discover
farmers from Turkmenistan explaining to policy makers how they set up their
association, please visit the online videos section of Insight. Insight is a
UK/France based...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 26 Oct , 2006
15. Creating Virtual Learning Communities in Africa: Challenges and
prospects
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078992
This paper discusses the growing application of information communications
technologies in Africa and other parts of the world. It examines the growing
global information technology revolution and how it is transforming
educational institutions. It...
Contributed by Sharon Haba on 26 Oct , 2006
16. InfoDes telecentres in Peru
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078998
Through its ICT work - part of its New Technologies programme -
ITDGPractical Action is seeking practical answers to poverty by setting up
telecentres to test out how new information and communication technologies
(ICTs) can be used by small scale...
Contributed by Sharon Haba on 26 Oct , 2006
17. The Second World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Communities
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079002
This second edition of the World Conference on Intellectual Capital for
Communities was organized by the Knowledge for Development (K4D) Program ,
in cooperation with the The IC Group/PESOR of the Université Paris-Sud. The
conference brought together...
Contributed by Alexey Volynets on 26 Oct , 2006
18. ELDIS The Gateway to Development Information
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079014
ELDIS is a program of IDS, University of Sussex, UK. Eldis aims to share the
best in development, policy, practice and research. ELDIS offers 18,000
online full text documents, online documents selected by our editors from
more than 4,500 different...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 26 Oct , 2006
19. Uganda: ICT Policy to Boost Tourism
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079019
The ministry of tourism trade and industry in Uganda has been accredited to
become the first ministry to launch a sector Information and Communication
Technology policy that will improve information flow within the ministry and
its affiliated...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 26 Oct , 2006
20. ICT Policies for socioeconomic development and an informed society,
Zimbabwe
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079024
Minister of finance, Cde Herbert Murerwa, Zimbabwe stressed the need for
revamping Information and Communication Technology policies to reduce the
information gap between the rich and the poor in society. She wanted ICTs to
emerge as strategically...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 26 Oct , 2006
21. ICT Policy: A Beginner's Handbook
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079031
APC's new book lays out the issues and dispenses with the jargon to
encourage more people to get involved in information and communication
technology (ICT) policy processes. This book is for people who feel that ICT
policy is important but don't...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 26 Oct , 2006
22. United Nation's Benchmarking Tools
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079036
This Benchmarking system includes tools for ICT benchmarking and Millennium
Development Goal (MDG) benchmarking. It was jointly developed by the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations
Commission on Science...
Contributed by John Daly on 26 Oct , 2006
23. Policy Brief: Protecting Consumers from Cyberfraud
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079094
What are the most common types of cyberfraud? How does fraud affect the
digital marketplace? According to this paper published by the OECD, today,
the Internet offers consumers worldwide more choice and easier ways to
purchase goods and services, but...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 27 Oct , 2006
24. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) launches a new
computer class in Belarusian Chechersk
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079076
On October 25, a new computer class was opened in Chechersk secondary school
#2 within the framework of the ICTs for Development of Radioactive
Contaminated Territories project supported by Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation (SDC). The new...
Contributed by Mikhail Doroshevich on 27 Oct , 2006
25. International Conference Announcement on Multiculturalism, Environmental
Education and Technology
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079041
International Conference: Challenging Multiculturalism and the Prospects of
Environmental Education and Technology Integration. Hosted by CARDET
(www.cardet.org) and the UNESCO Chair on Peace education at Intercollege.
Date: January 13, 2007. Venue:...
Contributed by Charalambos Vrasidas on 27 Oct , 2006
26. Transparency and Silence: A Survey of Access to Information in 14
Countries
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079097
According to this paper, Bulgaria, Romania, Armenia, Mexico, and Peru did
better in answering citizens? requests for information than France and
Spain. This comparative study, published by the Open Society Justice
Initiative, reveals the situation of...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 27 Oct , 2006
27. The importance of convergence in the ICT policy environment
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079100
This paper written by Kate Wild and published by APC Network, looks at the
meaning and importance of convergence and considers some of the challenges
to implementing it, along with strategies for overcoming them. It also
provides a global perspective...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 27 Oct , 2006
28. UNDP Bangladesh supports Bangladesh government in ICT capacity building
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079103
UNDP Bangladesh is assisting Bangladesh government through supporting
different e-government projects. Major projects are: 1. Strengthening the
ICT Capacity of Prime Minister?s Office: This project aims to to set up an
ICT Enabled Information System...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 27 Oct , 2006
29. Important government forms are online in Bangladesh
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079114
The Prime Minister said that "Govt. forms now on website is a way to reach
services to citizens easily" at the inauguration ceremony of a website and
publication of a compact disc (CD) containing the digitised forms of
Bangladesh government as part...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 27 Oct , 2006
30. Abolombon: An online resource pool on Legal, Human Right & Governance
information in Bangladesh
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079115
www.abolombon.org was hosted by Development Research Network (D.Net) to
provide legal and human right information relevant to Bangladesh. This
website is developed in Bangla language. This website contains information
on relevant laws, legal redress,...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 27 Oct , 2006
31. The Inquirer: Croatian government adopts free software policy
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079121
According to a document with the catchy title "Directions for Development
and Use of Open Source Code Computer Programmes in Bodies and Institutions
of State Administration" the [Croatian] Government says it needs to develop,
prepare and procure...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 27 Oct , 2006
32. Battling the digital divide with ?1 a day
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079124
France plans to offer 1.2 million of the country's poorest citizens a
computer with broadband Internet access for a daily fee of ?1 (US$1.28), to
ensure that they have access to the increasing number of government services
available online. The...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 27 Oct , 2006
33. New ICT Learning Centre Opens for Disabled Students
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079127
Portland College, a national residential specialist college for physically
disabled students, recently unveiled the UK's first purpose-built ICT
facility designed to cater specifically for the needs of disabled students.
Around 300 students attend...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 27 Oct , 2006
34. ICTs to bring down tax burden to Queensland state
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079130
IT has dawned as pleasant surprise that state government's use of ICTs will
save Queensland taxpayers at least $135 million per year. Accordingly, the
cabinet has considered the recommendations of the Service Delivery and
Performance Commission's...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 27 Oct , 2006
35. The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization -ISESCO
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079155
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is chartered:
"1. To strengthen and promote cooperation among Member States and
consolidate it in the fields of education, science, culture and
communication ; "2. To develop applied...
Contributed by John Daly on 28 Oct , 2006
36. White Paper on International Development, 'eliminating world poverty:
making governance work for the poor'.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079198
This White Paper sets out what the UK Government will do to reduce world
poverty over the next five years. The White Paper sets out the UK Department
For International Development?s (DFID) priorities and explains how it will
work with the rest of UK...
Contributed by John Daly on 29 Oct , 2006
37. The Rome Consensus: Go home and listen to your people
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079207
The key message from participants to policy makers at the first World
Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD), which concluded on 27
October, 2006, was clear and simple: Go home and listen to your people.
?Communication is development?, they...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 29 Oct , 2006
38. Multilingual Mobile Messenger: A new tool for disaster alert
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079209
Thanks to the advancing information technology in India, the citizens would
be very soon receiving alerts about disasters like floods, cyclones,
earthquakes, tsunami, bomb-blasts and even epidemic outbreaks like cholera,
dengue etc through SMSs and...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 29 Oct , 2006
39. The Politics of Technology for an African Renaissance
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1079216
This paper, by Jacques L. Hamel, examines seven views on technology in
relation to a possible Techno-Renaissance. Africa needs to play the politics
of technology more agressively in order to fight techno-phobism and
techno-fetishism and evolve toward...
Contributed by Jacques Hamel on 30 Oct , 2006
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