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  from a civil society perspective, please visit our
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Latest News
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1138
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UN LAUNCHES HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION CENTRE IN LIBERIA
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  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/
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NEW ISSUE OF 'I4D' JOURNAL ON VIABILITY OF ICTS IN RURAL AREAS
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  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 &amp; 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/
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MOBILE TELECENTRE PROJECT IN GHANA WINS BANK'S SUPPORT
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  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/
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CAMBODIA DEVELOPING NATIONAL DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PLAN
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  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/
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AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES JOIN HANDS TO DEVELOP DIGITAL THESES
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  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/
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TRAINING HELPS KENYA'S WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS LEARN IT SKILLS
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  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/
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BALANCING ACT NEWSLETTER ON MALI'S TELECOM TRAUMA
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  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/
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EDUCATIONAL TV LAUNCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA AMID SCEPTICISM
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  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/
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RADIO PRODUCTION COURSE FOR UNEMPLOYED UK YOUTH
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  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/
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AFGHAN NGO EMPOWERS RURAL WOMEN THROUGH RADIO
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  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/
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Analysis
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1134
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DIGITAL ACTIVISM, THE WTO AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE RULES
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  Campaigners have used almost every technique the Internet offers
to raise
  awareness of the injustices that the present global trade regime
  perpetuates 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/
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UNZIPPING THE WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
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  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/
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Get Involved
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1112
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SANGONET'S NEXT FORUM ON FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
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  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/
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DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE FOR AGRICULTURAL PROFESSIONALS
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  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/
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Events
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/frontpage/309/4686
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15 SEPT - 24 OCT: DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE ON DIGITAL LITERACY FOR
AGRICULTURAL PROFESSIONALS 
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  online activity
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67276/4743/
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23 SEPT-4 OCT: COURSE ON IEC MATERIALS PRODUCTION AND USE
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http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67275/4743/
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15-26 SEPT: PREPCOM-3
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Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/66878/4743/
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13 SEPT: WSIS GENDER CAUCUS ORIENTATION SESSION
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  Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/66876/4743/
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28 SEPT-OCT 1: 2003 RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONGRESS
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  Washington, DC
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/66218/4743/
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14 OCT: ICTS IN ASIA - DO WE KNOW ENOUGH?
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  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67285/4744/
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23-24 OCT: CYBERCITIES AND THE NETWORK SOCIETY
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  Sao Paolo, Brazil
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67283/4744/
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2 OCT: LIVING WITH THE TECHNOLOGIES OF REMOTE COMMUNICATION
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  Oxford, England
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67278/4744/
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24-25 OCT: GHANA NATIONAL YOUTH FORUM
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  Accra, Ghana
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/66881/4744/
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5 NOV-12 DEC: MEDIA PRODUCTION COURSE FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH
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  Sussex, England
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/67274/4745/
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3-4 NOV: LIBRARIES @ THE HEART OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
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  Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/66882/4745/
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