Please send your contributions (papers or other resources) related to the theme of the Global Forum on ICT and Innovation for Education to gaid@un-gaid.org.

Background documentation

• White Paper: Information Communication & Technology (ICT) in Education for Development, Prepared by Brian Gutterman, Shahreen Rahman, Jorge Supelano, Laura Thies, Mai Yang, Advisor: Ambassador Rafat Mahdi, The New School University
• Solutions Salon: Education, Jyrki Pulkkinen, GeSCI
• Solutions Salon: Health
• Solutions Salon: Financial and Economic Crisis and Poverty Eradication, Michael Landau, MAP International
• Solutions Salon: Gender, Gloria Bonder, International Task Force on Women and ICT
• Issues paper on Network Development and Outreach
  Presentation on Network Development and Outreach

Statements

• Statement by Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs to the Global Forum on ICT and Innovation for Education
• Remarks by Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs at the World Summit Awards Winners Conference
• Knowledge Promotion and Adult Education, Efim Malitikov, Chairman of Interstate Committee of CIS, President of International Association “Znanie”

Presentations

• Opening comments: Affordable Computing Models for Schools – Successes and Challenges, Peter Hellmonds, Nokia Siemens Networks
• Sustained capacity building with MicroLearning: Intercultural Innovations in Education, Peter A. Bruck, Research Studios Austria
• One Laptop Per Child, Rodrigo Arboleda, OLPC
• Educating the many not the few: A model for change, Shai Reshef, Founder & President, University of the People
• Education Accessible to Persons with Disabilities: Challenges and Opportunities, Prof. Licia Sbattella President’s Delegate for Disabilities, Politecnico di Milano, G3ict Program Committee Member
• Un viaje hacia la interculturalidad para una sociedad del conocimiento inclusiva, Gloria Bonder, ITF
• MDGs and ICTs in the Public Sector, Haiyan Qian, DESA/DPADM
• BluWorld and BluMail
• Introduction to the Talking Book - Education Edition
• Introduction to the Talking Book - Knowledge Edition
• The Professional Development for Educators Program (AME)
• El Programa de Actualización de Maestros en Educación (AME)
• TeachUp! Making a Difference Through Technology-Enabled Education, DOT USA
• E-TIC Project, Viola Krebs and Bayni Soumaila Traoré, ICVolunteers
• Green Voice, Renata Moraes, ICVoluntarios-Brasil
• Involving young people in Innovative Educational ICT Initiative - iwith.org experiences, Ramon Bartomeus, iWith.org
• Youth and ICTs - Mali, Oumar Diamoutene, ICVolunteers

Submitted papers

• Educating ICT Leaders Through ICT – An Innovative Approach, Prof. Amjad Umar
• International Virtual Elementary/Secondary Classroom Activities (IVECA)
• Information Security and Privacy In Emerging Economies - Implications for Global Competitiveness, Brian Fitzgerald, RSA, the security division of EMC Corporation
• Statement and Position Paper: ICT and Innovation for Education - Emphasis on Traditional Knowledge Resource Management, Dhrupad Mathur
• ICTD Ecosystem, Dhrupad Mathur

Other resources

• ICT in Educaction Policies and Plans by country (July 2009)
• 1:1 Technologies/Computing in the Developing World - Challenging the Digital Divide" by Mary Hooker, GeSCI (2008)
• Low cost computing devices analysis toolkit (May 2008), GeSCI
• Deploying 1:1 educational models in large scale: a practical budgeting tool based on TCO, GeSCI
• Macedonia: National strategy for information society development and action plan
  National strategy for the development of electronic communications with information technologies
• About MAP International
  Overview – MAP International