In Colombia, the Citizens Radio Project is bringing rural communities together. The main aim of IOM project is to encourage different social groups to take part in public interest at the local and regional levels of the country.
The South Asian hub of the world-wide NGO-in-a-box initiative was launched at the start of this year by Mahiti.org, Bangalore with the support of Hivos, Netherlands. NGO-in-a-box is an initiative of the Tactical Technology Collective, Netherlands with the aim of providing effective Free and Open Source Software applications tailored to specific needs of the non-profit sector.
The Indian Government is making easy to transact cash from ATMs in rural areas of India. The Government is planning to set 15 biometric ATMs at village kiosks in five districts across southern India.
Andhra Pradesh (AP) is becoming the first Indian state to install ICT skills in various government initiatives.
Soon people of Tamil Nadu (TN) would be able to book bus ticket online. Tamil Nadu (India) State Transport Corporation is making available online ticket service for the state buses.
The Dubai government is working on a Federal e-Government strategy in order to take public sector activities fully online.
Greek national telco OTE has chosen equipment from US-based Aperto Networks to deploy a pilot WiMAX network at Mount Athos in the Halkidiki region, Greek.
The Nepal Government and local companies are attempting to make Nepal as IT hub. The Nepal Government and local companies are encouraging IT business and promoting the use of digital technologies.
In India, Kerala State Government has released the State draft ICT policy to promote the free software and offering special incentives to companies developing Free and Open Source Software.
The Ministers of Justice of the European Union (EU) have agreed to take advantage of the ICT (e-Justice) for the justice of cross-border and intensify cooperation in this field.
