[Reader-list] [Announcements] What's New at Digital Opportunity Channel

Kanti Kumar kanti.kumar at oneworld.net
Wed Oct 29 18:42:04 IST 2003 

What's New at Digital Opportunity Channel
http://www.digitalopportunity.org

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Latest News
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1138
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CONCERN ABOUT UKRAINE'S BID TO CONTROL THE INTERNET
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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

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Special Coverage: Information Society & WSIS
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/section/dochannel/wsis
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ASIA-PACIFIC LEADERS EMPHASISE ON SPECIFIC ICT POLICIES 
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  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 
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  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

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Analysis
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1134
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UNIVERSAL ACCESS: THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND THE CREDIBILITY GAP
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  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

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Get Involved
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1112
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CREATE AN INFORMATION SOCIETY THROUGH YOUR IMAGES!
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  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

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Partner News
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/4678
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HIVOS THROWS ITS HOUSE OPEN TO EVERYONE
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  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 at hivos.nl.  
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71494/4678/592

'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/70901/4678/592

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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.orgfor more
information. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70905/4889/592

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