Financing models

APC: Of empty purses and tattered pockets: Stitching funding back into gender and ICT

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/07/2008 - 12:13.

Thandiwe Mathenjwa, a 43 year-old single mother of 11 from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, opened up a discussion on financing for ICT at the UN in this year's session of the Commission on the Status of Women. She's part of a self-help, income generating group called Fancy Stitch, a supplier of artistic greeting cards, picture frames and clothing. Her voice, image, work and experience - her digital story - kept the policy and finance debate away from abstraction and rooted in women's realities.

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FDC: Banking the Unbanked: Technology's Role in Delivering Accessible Financial Services to the Poor

Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/05/2007 - 06:04.

The Microdevelopment Finance Team (MFT) carried out pilot projects in Uganda to determine the role technology could play in increasing the reach of microfinance. The team envisioned a "data transaction backbone" that would link microfinance clients to their financial institutions and beyond. The resultant technology was known as the Remote Transaction System (RTS).

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World Information Society Day 2007 - Tale of Two Worlds: Keeping Pace with a Moving Target

17/05/2007 - 15:00
17/05/2007 - 18:00

A special event commemorating the World Information Society Day was held on 17 May 2007, 3:00pm – 6:00pm at the ECOSOC Chamber of the United Nations Headquarters.

The United Nations General Assembly, through Resolution A/RES/60/252, called on the observance of the World Information Society Day to raise awareness on the role of information and communication technologies and the Internet in bridging the digital divide and bringing together societies and economies towards a common goal of an inclusive and people-centered Information Society.

Location(s)

United Nations Headquarters
First Avenue at 46th Street
New York, NY, 10017
United States
See map: Google Maps
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Informal summary - "UN Meets Silicon Valley", Mountain View, CA, 28 February 2007

The special event "The United Nations Meets the Silicon Valley" was held on 28 February 2007 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, attracting approximately 225 participants.

The event consisted of: (I) an opening session featuring high-level speakers; (II) three panel discussions on overlap of interests between the United Nations and Silicon Valley communities and three corresponding parallel action session break-outs; and (III) a closing session on key learnings and next steps.

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EETimesAsia: UN, SV leaders to bring technology to developing countries

Submitted by admin on Wed, 07/03/2007 - 09:30.

Members of a special United Nations group recently met with Silicon Valley leaders to explore how the technology industry, government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can come together to bolster development around the world.

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HBS Working Knowledge: What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish

Submitted by admin on Tue, 27/02/2007 - 15:12.

If the world's large corporations really are the greatest drivers of wealth creation, it only seems reasonable that their capabilities and resources can be focused on global poverty, says professor emeritus George C. Lodge. Here's the case for a partnership between business, the United Nations, and NGOs. Key concepts include:

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