[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) added a whole new dimension to the issues of Internet Governance in its Tunis Agenda. Development came into focus as a key agenda.
Representatives from 21 countries of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have signed a new agreement on several issues including cyber security and universal access. Dubbed as the ‘Bangkok Declaration’, signed at the APEC Ministerial Meeting on Telecommunications and Information Industry (or TELMIN) in Thailand.
[This article was published in the January 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The African Knowledge Exchange (AKE), a multi-country workshop, was organised by the Global e-Schools Communities Initiative (GeSCI) on 3rd – 4th December 2007, in Nairobi, Kenya.
[This article was published in the January 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Book received
[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
There is a need to evolve a formal body of knowledge; it is important to recognise the need of Internet Governance (IG) as
a formal discipline.
[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The distance education initiative of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has been in operation since 2002
[This article was published in the March 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The 2003 Declaration and Action Plan documents that emerged out of the first phase of the WSIS consultations in Geneva acknowledged that equitable access to the information society was the most critical ingredient to bridge the information and knowledge divide.
The US government’s decision to give more autonomy to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was welcomed by the European Commission this week.
A non-governmental organisation is working to involve civil society organisations in the formulation of government Information and Communications Technology (ICT) policies.
UNESCO will launch an international community of practice on local e-Government through its ‘Information for All Programme’.
