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Events

Strategy Council and Steering Committee Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18 – 20 May, 2008

The UN DESA GAID Annual Meeting will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 18 – 20 May, 2008.

The meeting aims to bring together partners to help implement a number of ICT projects of significant, catalyzing impact on the development of ICT infrastructure, services and applications. This year’s Annual Meeting will focus on issues of Access and Connectivity, particularly for the Asian and Island States as well as Innovative Funding Mechanism for the implementation of the ICT infrastructure, services and applications.

Other resources

Connectivity case study COLNODO: Neighborhood Information Units in Colombia

The Neighborhood Information Units (NIUs) are public Internet access centers located in marginal areas of the city of Bogotá.

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Installing meshed Internet and VOIP in remote Bolivian towns

LocustWorld and IICD are building a wireless mesh and bringing internet connectivity and voice telephony in remote mountain towns to support the Bolivian agricultural economy.

Strategies, programs and experiences to overcome the digital divide and provide universal access to new information and communic

In this paper we analyze public policies and programmes associated with ICTs in Latin America and the Caribbean, with an emphasis on initiatives to provide universal access to the Internet. (In Spanish).

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Second quarterly report on connectivity in Ecuador

This new report discusses the public initiatives on the use of ICTs for development in Ecuador. (In Spanish).

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Towards a Jamaican Community Action Plan

Analysis of case study of micro enterprise entrepreneurs operating in the Jamaican tourism industry

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