Media
/Information and Communication Technologies
- Thu Jan 18 2007
AMARC at the WSF
The World Association of the Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) will take an active part in the 7th edition of the WSF with the organisation of five workshops and a radiobraodcast that will be aired on the internet.
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Gender
/Information and Communication Technologies
- Thu Dec 28 2006
National gender and ICT policies in Uruguay: A call to action
Although Uruguay is quantitatively well positioned in the ranking of ICT access in Latin America, it lacks national digital inclusion policies that promote the democratisation of the economic, cultural and political opportunities that these tools offer.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Wed Dec 27 2006
New NGO-in-a-box
The Tactical Technology Collective has launched the new NGO-in-a-box: a series of Free and Open Source Software toolkits covering areas such as Audio and Video, Security, Mobile devices and now, Open Publishing.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Fri Nov 03 2006
'Access and capacity-building are key to participative internet governance
As the first Internet Governance Forum that took place Athens draws to a close, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) asserts that "access" to the internet & capacity-building are key to participative internet governance.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Mon Oct 30 2006
Internet Governance Forum
The first meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), takes place between October 30 and November 2, 2006 in Athens, Greece. This is the place where a new world positioning on questions related to the steering of the internet will be debated.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Wed Oct 11 2006
ICANN's New MoU: Old wine in a new bottle
The IGP says that the new agreement between ICANN and the US Government is a cosmetic response to public calls for a DNS governance regime free of dominance by one government and indeed, any government.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Tue Oct 03 2006
WIPO General Assembly puts brakes on Broadcast Treaty, overrules Chairman
The lack of consensus on the decision to move forward with a Broadcast Treaty was one of the most contentious issues at this year’s General Assembly and clouded WIPO’s legitimacy as a democratic institution.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Mon Sep 18 2006
FOSSFA's call on Software Freedom Day
On the occasion of the Software Freedom Day 2006, the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) calls African countries to adopt FOSS and open content to promote development in the region.
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Media
/Information and Communication Technologies
- Tue Sep 12 2006
Little public broadcast of dangerous Broadcast Treaty
Government negotiators and broadcast officials descend on Geneva from 11-13 September 2006 to continue negotiations on a treaty that few people have heard about, yet one which may have damaging long-term consequences for consumers, technology companies, telecommunications providers, and the Internet.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Tue Sep 12 2006
First academic conference on Internet governance
The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) will hold a conference on 29 October 2006 in Athens, Greece prior to the inaugural IGF meeting. Scholars in developing countries are encouraged to submit proposals to participate, no later than 25 September 2006.
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