A Workshop Report on ‘Right to Information’ Act, 24 July 2006, Hyderabad, India

[This article was published in the October 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

What one needs for creating Technology Based Higher Education (TBHE) -environment in Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) are necessary logistics like multimedia projectors, computers, Internet connectivity with necessary bandwidth, skilled e-content development group, technology-friendly HEI administration, adaptability of the learners to TBHE environment, etc.

DST (South Africa) switching over to FOSS

South Africa’s department of science and technology (DST) is taking bold steps towards switching to free and open source software (Foss) and is starting to move its first desktop users over to Linux.

CSI gets 100 eGov projects from 21 states for evaluation

The Computer Society of India (CSI) has received over 100 eGovernance projects from 21 States for evaluation based on the project features, sustainability and technology innovation.

NIC, IBM team up to boost national portal of India

National Informatics Center (NIC) has partnered with IBM (NYSE:IBM) to power the national portal of India (india.gov.in) enabling delivery of government services to its citizens.

UNWTO partners Microsoft to support tourism economies in Africa

Rwanda Office for Tourism and National Parks (ORTPN) has been selected to be a model for executing e-Tourism in Africa.

e-Voting drive in Bahrain launched

A campaign has been launched last week in a workshop on e-Voting at InterContinental Hotel in Bahrain which was attended by 50 representatives of various political societies and non-governmental organisations.

GKP International Forum and Members Meeting, 8-10 May 2006, Colombo, Sri Lanka

[This article was published in the July 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

GKP International Forum on Cross-Sector Partnerships 2006 was held in Hotel Hilton, Colombo, Sri Lanka from 8-9th May 2006, followed by GKP Annual meeting. Global

Global Alliance for ICT and Development announces members list

The Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Development, a new initiative of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to promote effective use of ICT for development, announced the members of its Steering Committee and Strategic Council for the first year, in view of its inaugural meeting on 19-20 June in Kuala Lumpur.

e-Governance readiness in Gulf progressing

The recent e-Governance readiness report compiled in a report by the United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs (UNDESA), informs about the increasing trend of e-Government readiness in UAE which reached 50 percent as compared to 91 percent for United States, which is leading the index.

A separate classroom for Haryana teachers

The government of Haryana and Intel India join their hands together to equip teachers of Haryana to became professionally well in the computerised environment in schools.