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The UNDESA GAID Annual Meeting, to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 18 – 20 May, 2008 aims to bring together partners to help implement a number of ICT projects of significant, catalysing impact. The Strategy Council and the Steering Committee will meet in Kuala Lumpur to chart the next steps on the path to reaching GAID’s objectives, and will discuss and identify the ways in which they can contribute to the successful implementation of the GAID Business Plan.

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United Nations, 09 APRIL –The United Nations announced today the appointment of new members to the Global Alliance for Information and Communications Technology and Development (GAID).

The new members replace the members of the GAID Steering Committee and Strategy Council hosted by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The new members will carry on the strategic work towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals through ICT policies as laid out by the outgoing members.

United Nations, 07 APRIL – The United Nations appointed today ten young peoples from around the world to a Committee of eLeaders for ICT and Youth to help support its efforts in promoting the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to eradicate poverty and advance development.

The Information Economy Report 2008 - Science and technology for development: the new paradigm of ICT, analyses the current and potential contribution of information technology to knowledge creation and diffusion. It explores how ICTs help generate innovations that improve the livelihoods of the poor and support enterprise competitiveness. The report examines how ICTs affect productivity and growth and reflects on the need for a development-oriented approach to intellectual property rights in order to enable effective access to technology.

Statements and presentations are now available!

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Organizers

The conference is to be jointly organized by the Global Alliance for ICT and Development of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA-GAID, the UN-HABITAT, the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter and the Regional Plan Association.

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I. Investing in education and training

1. Train teachers to integrate technology into classrooms

Computers aren't magic, teachers are. Putting the right technology tools and teacher training in place now will help the next generation learn skills required in today's global knowledge economy.

The mission of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development is to contribute to transforming the spirit and vision of WSIS into action and promoting the use of ICT for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals. It will do so by providing an inclusive, multi-stakeholder global forum and platform for cross-sectoral policy dialogue and advocacy and by catalyzing multi-stakeholder action oriented partnerships encouraged under the GAID umbrella. In itself, it will not have any operational or implementing role.