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ICT Development Agenda Weekly Newsletter -
1st December 2003
ICT Development Agenda is a weekly, web-based
newsletter produced by the Commonwealth Telecommunications
Organisation (CTO) providing objective information about major
international developments in Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs). In particular, it covers the outcomes of
decision-making meetings and the content of important reports.
The newsletter is intended for those responsible for
decision-making on international and national ICT issues in
developing countries, and those seeking to contribute to that
decision-making process.
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OECD
: OECD Publish Updated Donor ICT Strategies
Matrix
‘Technology is by nature not static, but an
ever-evolving field that is difficult to keep pace with. Donors who
want to use ICT to help meet their ... |
UN
: Prepcom-3 Reconvenes on 5 - 6 December 2003 to Forge WSIS
Outputs
Delegates of the third Preparatory Conference
(PrepCom-3) of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
will reconvene for a second time this ... |
CTO
: CTO Launches Membership Partnership Drive
After more than
100 years of relatively low-profile operation, the Commonwealth
Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) launched a major initiative on
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UN
: Review - Outcomes of WSIS Prepcom-3: Concrete Steps Taken, Yet
Further Negotiations Required To Finalise WSIS Declaration and
Action Plan
‘Concrete targets have been set to overcome the
global digital divide; many issues have appeared on the
international agenda for the first time, and ... |
UN
: UNCTAD E-Commerce and Development Report 2003
The
E-Commerce and Development Report 2003 just released by UNCTAD
‘presents the state of the art in e-commerce and ICT [information
and ... |
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CTO
: CCK calls to Liberalise Wireless Technology in East
Africa
The Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK), has
called on East African countries to fully liberalise the wireless
information technology sector to ... |
Regional
Roundup : Viewpoint: ‘WSIS, so far not so good, tomorrow is another
day for the Second Superpower’
‘One of the biggest failures
of phase 1 of WSIS [the World Summit on the Information Society] is
its inability to accept and assimilate other ... |
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| New documents available through the ICT Development Digital
Library this week:
1) Donor ICT Strategies Matrix by Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
www.ictdevagenda.org/devlibrary/index.php?page=paper&pid=193
2) Involving Civil Society in ICT Policy: The World Summit on
the Information Society by the Association for Progressive
Communications (APC) and the Campaign for Communication Rights in
the Information Society (CRIS)
www.ictdevagenda.org/devlibrary/index.php?page=paper&pid=194
For all resources, please refer to http://www.ictdevlibrary.org/ |
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