The UAE Ministry of Education has launched the new educational portal, which aims to help all stakeholders, including teachers, students and guardians to interact with each other. The e-Link will provide a package of services for all and make communication and follow-up more easier for all stakeholders.
The Dublin Chamber of Commerce is planning to introduce Wi-Fi service across the city for public transportation system.
The Ministry of Information & Communication Technology (ICT), Azerbaijan is planning to set up 2,500 rural ICT bureaus across the country under its 4th Economic Plan.
France and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are assisting Viet Nam in rehabilitating and upgrading vital infrastructure in one of the poorest regions of the country to improve livelihood opportunities and the standard of living of the rural population in the area.
[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
For the developing countries what matters most in implementing e-Government is low cost, high speed and efficient access network infrastructure.
The University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC) is offering an online course on Local e-Governance in the Caribbean for a third time.
Two reputed IT firms of India, Hughes Communications Ltd, one of the leading providers of broadband satellite networks and services and Microsoft have rolled out a campaign in Jaipur, India to encourage rural citizens about the use of ICT for socio-economic empowerment.
The Jharkhand Government, India has rolled out a computer education and computer-aided education programme to down link based education at the local level. The programme would be covered in 440 schools across the 22 district of the state.
A UNESCO-supported Youth Community Multimedia Centre (YCMC) is teaching people in rural areas about the value of community radio, using a combination of theatre and ICT in Sitakund sub-district in Bangladesh.
