Scientific tempered online forum for women
An online forum, AGORA to support women’s contribution towards scientific progress has been launched by UNESCO and cosmetics company L’Oreal.
An agenda of ICT research and innovation is proposed at Vienna
Viviane Reding, the Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media, proposes a new impetus for the European ICT research and innovation agenda in Vienna last week.
Government of Egypt’s initiative to instill ICTs in education
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by the Government of Egypt recently with 12 companies in the Oracle Consortium to provide ICT hardware, software, digital content and teacher development to secondary schools.
Ninth Malaysia Plan to focus on ICT based curriculum in education
In the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP), government aims to develop a knowledge-based economy to create a competitive and resilient workforce with high moral values.
RCC developing electronic birth registration system
A unique step has been taken by The Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), Bangladesh for developing an electronic birth registration system (EBRS).
ICT charter aims higher than black middle class
The black economic empowerment (BEE) charter on information communications technology (ICT) is not merely being implemented to create a black middle class but to ensure that South Africa becomes an information society through the bridging of the digital divide while increasing the number of participants in the economy, Advocate Dali Mpofu said on Tuesday.
Online: Forum on gender and ICT
[This article was published in the October 2003 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The economic and political marginalization of women, especially in developing countries, is leading to their stunted growth.
ICTs for poverty reduction
[This article was published in the July 2003 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
ICT applications in developing countries are often part of an overall strategy for economic growth, relying on the trickle-down effect to those in poverty…. Moreover, poverty is more than just a lack of income.
