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Millennium Development GoalsThe UN Millennium Development GoalsSubmitted by admin on Wed, 02/05/2007 - 07:42.
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world's countries and all the world's leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world's poorest. W3C: Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development02/06/2008 - 09:00 03/06/2008 - 05:00 The W3C Workshop on the "Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development" aims to understand specific challenges of using mobile phones and Web technologies to deliver services to underprivileged populations of Developing Countries. Location(s)Fecomercio Conference Center São PauloBrazil » ( categories: ) Second Ministerial Conference on the Information Society eLAC200706/02/2008 - 09:00 08/02/2008 - 16:30 The II Ministerial Conference about the Information Society eLAC2007, will be held next 6, 7 and 8 of February, 2008 in El Salvador. The region will evaluate the implementation of eLAC2007 and could adopt new goals and objectives. Location(s)Radisson Hotel 89 Avenida Norte y 11 Calle Poniente, Colonia Escalón San SalvadorEl Salvador UN News: UN partners with European Commission to boost ICT investmentSubmitted by admin on Wed, 19/12/2007 - 12:46.
A new agreement between the United Nations telecommunications agency and the European Commission aims to attract greater investments in information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in the Caribbean, Africa and Asia and the Pacific. The collaboration between the UN International Telecommunication Union ITU) and the Commission is a follow-up to commitments made at the Connect Africa Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, in October when the EC expressed support for the agency's regulatory reform initiatives in Africa. World Bank: Information and Communications for Development: Global Trends and Policies 2006Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/11/2007 - 21:11.
This report offers a realistic assessment of experiences, trends, and outlook on the ICT sector, with a focus on actual results and justified expectations. It attempts to track and analyze global ICT development trends and to provide empirical evidence of the benefits that ICT is providing in terms of economic growth and poverty reduction. Indicators for the MDG targets, among others, have been incorporated into the ICT At-a-Glance tables compiled for this report. » ( categories: ) ECA: Connect Africa Summit adopts five goals to bridge the digital divide in AfricaSubmitted by admin on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 07:41.
The Connect Africa Summit which took place in Kigali, Rwanda, on 29 - 30 October 2007, ended with the adoption of five goals to bridge the digital divide in Africa. The Summit, which was held under the patronage of the President of Rwanda, Mr. Paul Kagame, gathered over a thousand participants from 54 countries, including six Heads of State and Government. Forty-three countries in Africa were represented, including 23 at the Ministerial level. » UN News: UN, Google and Cisco unveil online tool in battle against global povertySubmitted by admin on Fri, 02/11/2007 - 14:24.
The United Nations has teamed up with technology leaders Google and Cisco to launch a new online site to track global progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – the set of ambitious targets the world has set itself for slashing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy and other social ills by 2015. MDG Monitor is a web application that tracks real-time progress toward the Goals in a number of categories in nearly every country in the world. » ( categories: ) Liverpool Daily Post: Africa deserves help to make most of internet possibilitiesSubmitted by admin on Thu, 01/11/2007 - 13:35.
Rwanda – for so long in the headlines as a country suffering a plight close to self-destruction – is now hosting a major conference about how this huge continent can be better connected to the internet. » ( categories: ) Statement by Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs to the Connect Africa SummitSubmitted by admin on Tue, 30/10/2007 - 14:06.
President Kagame, I am truly honoured to join you today on behalf of the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, and to deliver his message to you. I quote: “It is a great pleasure to send my greetings to this Connect Africa Summit. On behalf of the United Nations family, I express my appreciation to President Kagame and the Government of Rwanda for hosting the Summit at this strategic time. » People's Daily Online: ICT to be catalyst in Africa's economic, social developmentSubmitted by admin on Tue, 30/10/2007 - 12:59.
Information and communication technology (ICT) will be a catalyst in all sectors of the economy in Africa, Hamadoun Toure, secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), has said. A "Marshall Plan" for ICT connectivity was required to provide universal access by 2012, Toure said at a press briefing Sunday, one day before Connect Africa Summit, which is aimed to improve the information and communication technology infrastructure of Africa. » 
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