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Wed Oct 22 16:06:40 IST 2003

What's New at Digital Opportunity Channel
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  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    
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Latest News
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1138
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INDIA PLANS MASSIVE CYBER PROJECT IN KASHMIR, SANS POWER &AMP; CONNECTIVITY
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  The Indian government has announced an ambitious US $8.2 million plan to
  set up 139 Community Information Centres connecting all villages across
  the state of Kashmir, alongside call centres and other schemes to boost
  information technology, even though both power and connectivity remain
  elusive in the state. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70973/1138/557

UK COUNCIL PUTS CITIZEN BENEFITS CLAIMS ON EXPRESSWAY
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  In an innovative e-government initiative, the Halton Borough Council in
  UK is driving its housing and other benefits straight to the citizenry,
  literally. Equipped with laptops connected to the council's
  benefits-management system, its Benefits Express bus helps local people
  navigate the bureaucratic maze of applying for housing benefits and
  council tax relief.  
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70972/1138/557

AS ONE COMPANY TAKES OVER US AIRWAVES, DIVERSITY DISAPPEARS 
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  Before the deregulation of radio in the US in 1996, no company could own
  more than 40 radio stations. Now one - Clear Channel - owns over 1,200,
  as well as hundreds of thousands of billboards, concert halls, and other
  entertainment products. All this means most of what we hear is only what
  they want us to hear, explains Free Speech Radio's Dante Toza.  
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70894/1138/557

MEDIA, COMMUNICATORS CONCERNED AT WSIS MEASURES
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  The Bellagio Symposium on Media, Freedom and Poverty, which came together
  recently, has expressed concern that in the World Summit on the
  Information Society some of the measures being considered run counter to
  freedom of expression and that there is inadequate mapping of development
  objectives against the proposed actions. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70782/1138/557

ACCESS TO INFORMATION ESSENTIAL TO KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES: MINISTERS
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  Meeting in Paris in preparation of the World Summit on the Information
  Society in December 2003, ministers from all over the world have agreed
  that universal access to information and press freedom must guide the ICT
  use to maximize its effectiveness for individual, community and national
  development. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70780/1138/557

BOLIVIA ACTIVISTS PROTEST FORCED CLOSURE OF RADIO STATION
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  Communication rights activists in Bolivia have denounced the forced
  closure of Radio Pio XII, one of the affiliates of the Association for
  Wireless Education in Bolivia. The closure was a direct result of the
  radio station's role in providing information on the crisis that is
  developing in the country. Latin American and Caribbean communicators
  have also expressed their solidarity with the Bolivian people. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70682/1138/557

RADIO PROJECT IN WEST AFRICA GIVES VOICES TO COMMUNITIES
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  The Panos Institute West Africa has set up, in Ghana and Sierra Leone, a
  pilot radio project using “Oral Testimonies”, or interviews that are long
  and extensive discussions on specific topics. Using the oral testimonies
  of the local population in their original languages, it aims to bring
  about a concept of a more listener-friendly radio format that facilitates
  integration and synthesis and encourages creativity. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70675/1138/557

FINALISTS NAMED FOR APC BETINHO COMMUNICATIONS PRIZE 2003
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  APC has announced the 12 finalists for the Betinho Communications Prize
  2003. Three of the projects will be awarded US$ 7,500 in prize in
  recognition of their outstanding people-centred technology initiatives in
  Latin America and the Caribbean. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70540/1138/557

SOUTH AFRICA GETS ITS OWN 'GRAZING LAND' FOR OPEN SOURCE
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  South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has
  launched an Open Source Centre as an attempt to stimulate the adoption of
  Open Source software technologies in Africa. The centre has adopted as
  its theme the concept of 'Meraka', a SeSotho term meaning common grazing
  land. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70537/1138/557

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Analysis
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1134
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MAKING TECHNOLOGY WORK FOR THE POOR
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  At the upcoming WSIS conference on technology and development, delegates
  should consider not just how to improve Internet access in the developing
  world, but how to overcome the other half of the "digital divide" -
  making the new technologies work in poorer, less literate societies,
  argues David Dickson. OneWorld's Open Knowledge Network is already doing
  just that. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70900/1134/557

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Get Involved
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1112
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WRITE A VIDEO SCRIPT AND WIN A DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA!
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  The UK Department for International Development, Gamos and Big World
  invite you to compete for a digital video camera, plus accessories, to
  enhance your information and communication for development. Develop a
  script for a short video that you will use the digital video camera to
  make and its project planning and send by email or post. Closing date: 30
  October 2003 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70784/1112/557

TALK TO HER: DIALOGUE AMONG YOUNG WOMEN IN ICT
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  From October 24 to November 21, 2003, young women from across the globe
  will connect in an electronic forum to discuss strategies for the
  integration of gender dimensions and empowerment of young women and girls
  at all levels of the ICT for development field.   
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70783/1112/557

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Partner News
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/4678
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'MAKING THE LINKS' OF DIVERSE VOICES IN CANADA'S HEARTLAND
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  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/70901/4678/557

AMARC LAUNCHES RADIO NEWS AGENCY FOR AFRICA'S RURAL AREAS
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  The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) has set up
  a news agency on development issues. Simbani [1] Africa News Agency will
  make use of technical information from various organizations, editing it
  into radio format, thus making it accessible to a wide audience,
  including to people in the most remote rural areas. Read more in French  
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70570/4678/557

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Current Funding Opportunity
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/4889
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OSISA INVITES ICT4D PROPOSALS FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA
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  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 at osiafrica.org
<mailto:ashrafp at osiafrica.org> for more
  information. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70905/4889/557

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