RE: [DIGITALDIVIDE] multimedia blogging from the DNC in Boston
>> I know the subject matter is off-topic, but since many list members are interested in the use of blogs for civic community journalism, I thought I'd share this with you. I've just posted a series of entries on my blog covering today's anti-torture rally at Boston's Copley Square, headlined by former presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, which I visited during lunch. Kucinich gave a fiery speech, and several anti--Bush protestors got into a shouting match with a pair of pro-Bush activists. To make it even more on-topic -- this is a perfect illustration, to me, of yet another reason why regular, reliable Internet access to everyone is so important. The forum it can provide to those ignored by corporate media, and the access it can provide to more in-depth information, is much needed. Imagine blogs happening at every major political event worldwide... but for them to be effective, everyone has to have access. Ofcourse, it also gives a forum to some wackos -- I heard snippets of songs being sung by the notorious Rev. Phelps on Air America Radio (www.airamericaradio) yesterday in the "free speech cage." Scary.... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DIGITALDIVIDE] ICTs and Civil Society Conference-March 2-4, 2005
First Annual Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) "ICTs and Civil Society" Conference Location: Johannesburg, South Africa March 2-4, 2005 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) face numerous challenges in keeping up with rapidly changing ICT developments. These include developing internal organizational and educational processes, making technology investments, developing and implementing electronic communication strategies, and staying abreast of a wide range of ICT policy issues impacting on the sector. The conference will therefore focus specifically on these ICT challenges facing the CSO sector, highlighting and promoting practical benefits, opportunities and lessons learned to date. It will provide an opportunity to both CSOs that are ICT-enabled, as well as those organizations which are considering introducing ICT solutions to their work, to discuss critical issues of common concern and learn from one another's experiences. This conference is aimed at leadership staff and technical employees in CSOs, and individuals who work with these organizations, including donor agencies, the private sector and the govern! ment. For more information, or to suggest specific issues and topics to be covered at the conference, please contact Refilwe Rakhibane at SANGONeT: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit www.sangonet.org.za during the next few weeks. (please, please do not write the person listed below for more information -- she does not have any) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DIGITALDIVIDE] French Version of UNESCO's Community Browser eNRICH Online
UNESCO announces the launch of the French language version of eNRICH, a fully customisable knowledge management software for communities to find their way around the mass of information and knowledge resources available on the Internet and to voice communities issues and create relevant content of their own. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=16750&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201 (Jayne has NO further info) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DIGITALDIVIDE] ICT-related job announcement with UNV
You may forward this email to others. Please do NOT submit your application to the person sending this email!! All such submissions will be discarded!! --- The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, based in Bonn, Germany and a part of UNDP, is currently recruiting for the following position. This is a full-time employee position, not a volunteer position, and is based in Bonn. Programme: Development and Operations Group/Volunteer Resources Unit Job title: United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS) Associate Duty station: Bonn Type of contract: Local ALD/2 (Appointment of Limited Duration) Closing date: 27 August 2004 The job description is also available on the following UNV public site: http://www.unvolunteers.org/about/unitesrecruit.htm Qualified candidates may send applications drafted in English to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please include an updated Personal History form, which is available at www.unvolunteers.org/about/P11.doc --- Please do NOT submit your application to the person sending this email!! All such submissions will be discarded!! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] Workshop on ICT4D at European Social Forum
>> Title: "Appropriate ICTs: tools for development in the era of Digital Divide" Wow, I really wish I had had more notice about this -- I would have loved to have attended. Everyone -- if you have an ICT4D event in Europe, **please** post info about it to this list as early as possible. Most of us are in bureacracies and under budgets that don't allow us to go to events last minute! For anyone who attends, I would love to hear about this workshop, what's presented, what conclusions are reached, etc. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] JOB: spectrum policy program
Please do NOT respond to the person who is posting this message. She has NOTHING to do with this program. PROGRAM ASSOCIATE, SPECTRUM POLICY PROGRAM http://www.newamerica.net/index.cfm?pg=app#ProgAssoc The Program Associate, a full-time staff position, will support the Director and Senior Research Fellow for the Spectrum Policy Program. This advocacy-oriented program researches broadcast media and wireless telecommunications issues related to the public airwaves. It develops policy reform proposals to update and expand the public's access to our nation's communications infrastructure in the digital era, with a particular emphasis on universal wireless broadband access and securing a better return to the American people for commercial use of the airwaves. Please do NOT respond to the person who is posting this message. She has NOTHING to do with this program. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] UNITeS Red Latinoamericana y Foro International Sobre TecnologÃas de Información
The following are links to web sites, in Spanish, by the University of Colima in Mexico regarding some of their volunteerism in ICT4D activities, in collaboration with the UNITeS initiative at UNV (www.unites.org). The materials are not available in English (but the UNITeS web site is in English). UNITeS Red Latinoamericana http://unites.ucol.mx Un proyecto por la Universidad de Colima (México) y UNITeS (http://www.unites.org), una parte del programa de Voluntarios de las Naciones Unidas (VNU). Los estudiantes voluntarios de la universidad en ICT4D. Tambien... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Foro International Sobre Tecnologías de Información http://www.ucol.mx/interfaces/ 22 al 26 de Noviembre de 2004 El foro se llevará a cabo del 22 al 26 de noviembre de 2004, en la Biblioteca de Ciencias de la Universidad de Colima (México) y está dirigido a personas interesadas en el uso y aplicación de la tecnología en el mundo de la información, su impacto en las bibliotecas, los servicios de información, la educación, la sociedad, la difusión de la cultura, la ciencia y la tecnología. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] new profiles of volunteers engaged in ICT4D
As part of its mission to promote the role of volunteers in Information Communication and Technology for Development (ICT4D), UNITeS profiles related activities by UN Volunteers who are serving or have served in the field. These profiles are now presented by country at http://www.unites.org/html/projects/projects.htm UNITeS is about ALL volunteers applying ICT4D, not only UN Volunteers. There is also a section on the UNITeS web site that profiles the contributions of volunteers from a variety of organizations applying ICT4D as each relates to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). http://www.unites.org/cfapps/wsis/wsis.cfm UNITeS also hosts an online discussion group for volunteers from any organization engaged in ICT4D. For more information: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitescommunity/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Resource recommendation: Multimedia Training Kit for Community Multimedia Centres
Multimedia Training Kit for Community Multimedia Centres Expanding and Available on CD ROM 11-10-2004 (UNESCO) New units and modules are considerably expanding the Multimedia Training Kit (MMTK) for staff of Community Multimedia Centres. The latest additions to the kit, which is available from UNESCO on CD ROM or can be downloaded from the Internet, have been funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and developed by the Association for Progressive Communication (APC). The MMTK's comprehensive suite of open-access, interactive, learning modules covers organizational, management, content production and issue-based training, for staff of Community Multimedia Centres, community radio stations and telecentres. The kit is produced in a collaborative process led by UNESCO involving key stakeholders in the field of information and communication for development. The latest materials added to the MMTK curriculum are mainly on ICT policy and include 14 topics, ranging from the ICT policy process and international and regional influences on ICT policy, to gender and ICTs policy and advocacy journalism. Other new units currently under preparation and funded by UNESCO include an introduction to research methods, radio formats, strategic technology planning, producing content for exchange and audio archiving. For the first time, the MMTK is now being produced in a French-language version, with modules either being translated/adapted from English or created in French. These too will be available before the end of the year and will include such topics as producing oral testimony and moderating a discussion list. International partners having joined UNESCO in supporting the MMTK financially, include the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the UK Department for International Development and the Rockefeller Foundation. The partners involved in developing the kit include the Association for Progressive Communication, OneWorld.net, AMARC, Search for Common Ground, Radio for Development and Panos. For more info: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17349&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] Boston group promotes wireless access, as does mayor of San Francisco
> For those interested in promoting widespread wireless access, > I'd like to direct your attention to today's web debut of the > Boston Wireless Advocacy Group (of which I'm a member). > Our motto is: Educate, Motivate, Inspire. Visit us at > <http://www.bostonwag.org> Anyone know of such advocacy groups in Europe? Or anywhere outside North America, actually... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Linux Technology Extension centres in Kerala
In India, a programme anchored by the Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT), has been launched, where 107 computer training institutes spread across all 14 districts of Kerala have been beefed up as `Linux Technology Extension (LiTE) centres.' Soon each centre will provide the customers with practical help in configuring their PCs around the Linux operating system. The centres will also provide training in Linux applications, in installing the `OpenOffice' suite, and will sell for a nominal cost, C-DIT-developed tools such as the `Kairali Linux' distribution, localised for the Malayalam font, as well as one of the first Indian language primers on Free Software, the Malayalam-language book, `Swathanthra Softwayerum GNU/Linuxum,' for just Rs.55. Source: The Hindu http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/22/stories/2004102209060700.htm -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Time To Get Online/Venez Sur Internet
#x27;auto formation "Venez sur Internet" pour en faire bénéficier mon organisation? Vous pouvez accéder au support du matériel de deux manières différentes: 1) Télécharger les! Télécharger notre support d'auto formation « Venez su Internet » est gratuit. Le support est sous le format Adobe PDF, ce qui implique que vous ayez le logiciel Adobe Acrobat, afin de le lire ou encore pour l'imprimer. La version compressée se télécharge beaucoup plus rapidement, mais elle requiert un extracteur de fichiers zippés. Pour Télécharger la dernière version maintenant, cliquez sur http://www.timetogetonline.org 2) Commander une version imprimée Vous avez également la possibilité de commander une version imprimée du support du matériel d'auto formation. Cette version imprimée est accompagnée d'un CD-ROM contenant des informations additionnelles telles que des adresses de sites Web ou encore des logiciels. Mais uniquement dans le but de couvrir nos charges d'impression et de transport. Le prix de l'impression et du transport dépend de la distance et donc du coût du transport pour vous expédier la version. Ce coût de transport se situe généralement entre $25 et $40 ; Veuillez contacter Kabissa a [EMAIL PROTECTED], afin de connaître l'exactitude du prix et pour enregistrer votre commande. --- this message is forwarded by --- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Design That Matters
Design that Matters (DTM), a student-run organization founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, promotes engineering design to help underserved communities. The group organizes lectures, conferences, and speaker presentations to raise awareness and disseminate information about relevant applications of technology and design work within the private sector, the public sector, academic institutions, and NGOs. DTM is also affiliated with a class taught at MIT, in which students are presented with specific design challenges. The goal is to implement solutions developed by students in the actual target community. DTM is forming a network of local, national, and international partners working to bring engineering and technological solutions to communities in need. The network helps partner MIT students with outside organizations so for research projects and fieldwork. It also links students to members of the academic community and NGO community who can provide them! with guidance and insight. DTM seeks to expand its work into other areas and communities, and to develop more connections with people working in the field (be they in academia, NGOs or private companies) to identify new design challenges and solutions. ICT for Development practitioners could serve as mentors mentors to DTM students, and could visit the campus to give presentations. For more information visit: http://www.designthatmatters.org (posted by someone with no affiliation with this initiative) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] Bridges.org produces comprehensive guide on setting up andoperating a successful computer refurbishment centre in Africa
> Moreover, experience with using refurbished computers > has shown that they be can more trouble than they are worth. > Upon receipt they often still require upgrading, configuration, > and software. I hear this criticism alot, but have yet to see any hard evidence that it's true. I've heard just as many horror stories about frustrations with new computers that I've heard about used computers. The reality is that, no matter WHAT route an organization goes -- used or new -- it needs to be ready to understand that there has to be support in place to make the computers work and to keep them working. Kudos to Bridges for a much-needed program, one that will do well, I think. These programs, when well-thought-through and with adequate support in place, can be very successful. Also, in response to this: > I hope this does not turn Africa into a dumping site for used > computers from the West. As you mention "environmental mandates > will be kicking in", who are going to be the "gatekeepers" from > preventing the use of Africa as a dumping site? What about Africans themselves being these gatekeepers? There are MANY avenues for your voice to be heard. Write Bridges directly and ask them, contact local environmental organizations and your government and see what they will be doing regarding environmental hazards causes by computers, etc. Indeed, environmental concerns are just as important in the so-called "developing" world as they are in the "developed" world, and dealing with hazardous materials in older computers should be addressed. We all should be concerned about the many incidents of developing countries dumping "e-waste" in the developing world. There are several organizations trying to address this: the Basel Action Network (Ban), the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, Toxics Link India, and Greenpeace, are but four. However, I seriously doubt the Bridges initiative is some kind of veiled attempt to discard waste onto Africa, but if you are feeling skeptical, contact them directly and get their response -- I'm sure they have one. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] ICT4D and people with disabilities
The ICT4D collective at Royal Holloway, University of London undertakes many activities relating to the appropriate and sustainable use of ICT for development. A co-worker passed their information on to me, specifically their page on ICT and disabilities: http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/ict4d/Disability.html Most of the resources you will know, but perhaps a few will be new to you. On this page, on the lower left hand side, is a photo of a poster from Ghana, and it really got to me. People with disabilities in Africa have a particularly harsh time, and I think a poster like this would definitely make someone think twice. Here is the direct link: http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/ict4d/Who%20is%20disabled.jpg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Moving on in February
After four years, my contract at the UN Volunteers program is at last coming to an end. I will leave UNV in mid-February... but not Germany. I am hoping to stay here in Deutschland through 2006. The position I have held at UNV, managing the Online Volunteering service (www.onlinevolunteering.org), should be announced very shortly. When it is, it will be posted here: http://stone.undp.org/undpweb/ohr/ohrjobs.cfm In the next two years, I will concentrate on finishing my Master's Degree in Development Management with Open University (www.coyotecommunications.com/development/), continuing language studies, and pursuing consulting work in NPO/NGO capacity-building. My UNV email will work for most of 2005, but I'm always reachable via my own web site: http://www.coyotecommunications.com Specifically: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I plan on continuing to participate on this online discussion group after I leave UNV, as time allows. So, until February... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] OpenOffice.org In Swahili
Slashdot says: "A [1]reported on Gnuheter (in Swedish) and elsewhere, [2]OpenOffice.org has been [3]translated to Swahili in a joint collaboration effort of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and a company called IT+46, and funded by the university and [4]Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. Neither Microsoft Office nor Windows supports Swahili. Currently, only the Tanzanian dialect has been completed, but Kenyan, Congo and Ugandan dialects are on their way. It's called [5]Jambo OpenOffice and is part of the [6]Kilinux Open Swahili Localization Project." Links: 1. http://gnuheter.org/article.php?sid=3454 2. http://www.openoffice.org/ 3. http://www.o.ne.tz/pressrelease_en.php 4. http://www.sida.se/ 5. http://www.o.ne.tz/ 6. http://www.kilinux.org/ Discuss this story at: http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=04/12/08/1456251 (or, ofcourse, right here on the Digitial Divide Network) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] nominations sought for Development Gateway Award-deadline Feb. 28, 2005
COMPETITION LAUNCHED FOR SECOND DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY AWARD Nominations are being sought for the second Development Gateway Award. The $100,000 award will recognize outstanding achievement in using information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve people's lives in developing countries. The first award, previously called the Petersberg Prize, was given earlier this year to the Grameen Bank-Village Phone project, through which women entrepreneurs can start a business providing wireless payphone service in rural areas of Bangladesh. Grameen Bank-Village Phone was chosen from over 200 nominations for its significant impact in creating a new class of women entrepreneurs who have raised themselves from poverty while serving their communities. An international panel of independent jurors will review and select the finalists and winner of the second award, which will be presented in mid-2005. The deadline for submission is February 28, 2005. For information, rules, and access to the online nomination form, please go to: http://home.developmentgateway.org/award?intcmp=800 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] French Version of UNESCO Guide on Community Multimedia Centres Now Available
(English version follows second) La version française du guide sur les Centres communautaires multimédia vient d'être publié 23-12-2004 (UNESCO) L'UNESCO vient de publier la version française du guide sur les Centres communautaires multimédia intitulé "Guide pratique des Centres Multimédia Communautaires". Ecrit par des praticiens reconnus et des chercheurs travaillant sur les CMC ou les TIC pour le développement, le guide est disponible en version papier, CD Rom et sur Webworld. Ce manuel est un outil pratique pour l'élaboration des CMC ou d'autres modèles de média communautaires (centres d'informations, télécentres, centres d'apprentissage communautaires, etc...). Ce guide pourra être susciter l'intérêt du personnel et dirigeants, des groupes communautaires, des ONG favorisant la prise en charge communautaire, des planificateurs en communication travaillant pour le développement, des formateurs, des partenaires de projet et des chercheurs. Ce guide est destiné à ceux qui cherchent à monter un CMC ou un centre d'information, car il couvre un éventail de sujet allant de la diffusion audiovisuelle communautaire à la gestion du télécentre. Onze chapitre sont dédiés à des questions spécifiquement liées aux CMC : différents types de CMC, technologies appliquées aux CMC, engagement de la communauté, développement de la formation et des capacités, organisation, recherche et évaluation, durabilité, recherche d'information et de contenu. Cette publication contient de nombreuses illustrations, des exemples pratiques et des cas d'école de CMC opérationnelles qui en font une référence facile à utiliser. Le guide est désormais disponible en anglais et en français. Ce guide est complémentaire du kit de formation multimédia (MMTK), un matériel pour atelier de formation en accès libre que l'UNESCO développe avec ses partenaires. Les premiers modules sont disponibles sur http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/ French Version of UNESCO Guide on Community Multimedia Centres Now Available 23-12-2004 (UNESCO) UNESCO has just published the French version of a handbook on Community Multimedia Centres entitled: "How To Get Started And Keep Going: A Guide to Community Multimedia Centres". Written by reputed practitioners and researchers working on CMCs or ICT for development, it is available in hard copy, CD Rom and on WebWorld. The book is a practical tool intended to be of use to those involved in CMCs or other models of community media (information centers, multipurpose telecentres, community learning centers, etc.). Staff and managers, community groups, NGOs working for community empowerment, communication planners supporting development activities, trainers, project partners and researchers may all find the guide of interest. It will be of particular use to those wanting to start a CMC or a related information center, as it covers range of topics linked to community broadcasting and telecentre management. Specific CMC issues, ranging from types of CMC to relevant technologies, community involvement, developing training and skills, organizational matters, research and evaluation, sustainability and sourcing information and contents are dealt with in eleven chapters. It contains numerous illustrations, practical examples and case studies from operational CMCs, which makes it a user-friendly reference. The guide is available now in English and French. This book is a complementary resource to the Multimedia Training Kit (MMTK), a comprehensive suite of workshop-ready, open-access training materials that UNESCO and a group of stakeholders are developing. The first modules of this tool are available on http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] how to help those affected by the tsunamis
Many of us on this list work in international development, and almost all of us work for mission-based organizations. You are, therefore, probably already being asked by volunteers and others how to help those affected by the devastating tsunamis in South East Asia. There are two excellent web sites that I suggest to help guide those who are interested in identifying what organizations are working in this region that would be happy to accept donations to help the people affected by these tsunamis, and provide extensive updates on relief efforts: http://www.reliefweb.int http://www.oneworld.net -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Digital Communities - conference June 5-9, Italy
DIGITAL COMMUNITIES 2005 Benevento/Napoli, Campania, Italy June 5-9, 2005 Digital Communities is an international network of scholars, policy makers, and urban analysts who share an interest in the relationship between information technologies and urban life. The Digital Communities conference in 2005 is in Benevento and Napoli, Italy. The conference will explore a wide range of themes associated with information technology, the knowledge economy, technology policy, and the significance of place in cyberspace. Of special interest is the experience of locations within the Mediterranean region. Digital Communities 2005 is led by Maria Paradiso (Università degli Studi del Sannio) and organized in collaboration with Michigan State University (Mark Wilson, Kenneth E Corey), the IGU Commission on the Geography of Information Society (Aharon Kellerman, University of Haifa ; Henry Bakis, University of Montpellier III ) and the Journal of Urban Technology (Richard Hanley). Digital Communities 2005 is supported by RCOST-Research Centre on Software Technology, Centro di Competenza ICT, MARS-Mediterranean Agency for Remote Sensing and Università degli Studi del Sannio For more information http://www.ssc.msu.edu/~espace/DC2005.html If you would like to participate by presenting a paper or organizing a session, please read the conference details listed in the call for papers. http://www.ssc.msu.edu/~espace/DC2005Call.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] narrated flash web tour of various DDN members' pro bono work
> i'll be focusing on the pro bono work people are > involved with -- whether it be web design, teaching, > computer refurbishing, video production, or anything > of that sort. Those of you who are engaged in pro bono activities to support initiatives to help bridge the digital divide are VOLUNTEERS, and there is a community that is set up specifically for such volunteers: the UNITeSCommunity, an interactive online discussion group, part of the United Nations Information Technology Service (www.unites.org) and the UN Volunteers programme (www.unvolunteers.org) This group has an international focus, and most of the members are volunteers are working onsite in developing countries. However, volunteers working to help bridge the digital divide in any country is welcomed to join: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitescommunity/ We have very few women on the group -- would really like to see more women volunteers engaged in ICT4D on the list, as well as those who are engaged in activities to encourage more women to learn about and use ICTs. But, ofcourse, anyone engaged in ICT4D as a volunteer is welcomed to join. Hope to see you there. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
