- Workshop on Science Commons, 18th January, 2008
- Architects Wanted: March Deadline for Media Center Designs (Kenya, Nepal, and/Or Ecuador)
- Workshop Report: The Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies
- A Primer on an e-Learning for Health Initiative in the Philippines
- Cell phone users in Bangladesh hit 33.1 million
- OneRoof: Do well and do good
- Youth Employment Systems Fund (YES) Announces Business Plan Competition
- New UNU-WIDER website
- Intellectual Property Rights Trends in India-2007
- P3DM Where? Participatory 3D Mapping activities across the Globe
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1. Workshop on Science Commons, 18th January, 2008
One of the key determinants of today’s world is the speed with which innovation takes place and is brought within the sphere of production. The growth of technology is a continuous driver of the economy. While a lot of discussions have taken place on...
Contributed by Shambhu Ghatak on 21 Jan , 2008
2. Architects Wanted: March Deadline for Media Center Designs
(Kenya, Nepal, and/Or Ecuador)
Global Design Competition Launched to Create One Connected World AMD and Architecture for Humanity challenge the creative world to develop sustainable technology centers for the AMD Open Architecture Challenge Architecture for Humanity has launched...
Contributed by Janet Feldman on 18 Jan , 2008
3. Workshop Report: The Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies
A strategy planning workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies (GDISP) was held on October 5-7 2007 in Bangalore, India, co-organised by IT for Change, the Association for Progressive Communications...
Contributed by Deepa Shankaran on 18 Jan , 2008
4. A Primer on an e-Learning for Health Initiative in the Philippines
Overview of the e-Learning for health thrust of the National Telehealth Center of the University of the Philippines in Manila
Contributed by Joselito Montalban on 17 Jan , 2008
5. Cell phone users in Bangladesh hit 33.1 million
The number of cell phone users in Bangladesh hit 33.10 million at the end of November 2007 with the six operators acquiring around 770,000 additional subscribers in the month. Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has recently...
Contributed by Monjur Mahmud on 16 Jan , 2008
6. OneRoof: Do well and do good
OneRoof offers a distinctive model for doing business in under-served rural communities of the developing world. The organsiation’s mission is guided by the simple phrase ‘do well and do good’ Founded in October 2005, in San Francisco, California,...
Contributed by Esther Nasikye on 16 Jan , 2008
7. Youth Employment Systems Fund (YES) Announces Business Plan Competition
YES, the global fund for youth entrepreneurship, recently announced the launch of the ICT Business Plan Competition to support young entrepreneurs ages 18-35. The competition will run until January 18, 2008. Competition winners will be awarded...
Contributed by Whitney Harrelson on 15 Jan , 2008
8. New UNU-WIDER website
In Janaury 2008, the new website for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) was launched. The previous site had served its purpose for over nine busy years, and the new fully searchable...
Contributed by Adam Swallow on 15 Jan , 2008
9. Intellectual Property Rights Trends in India-2007
Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) play an important role in the social, economic and cultural development of a society. Intellectual Property Rights in India (IPRs in India) are gaining lot of attention and importance in India. IPR Helpdesk of...
Contributed by Praveen Dalal on 13 Jan , 2008
10. P3DM Where? Participatory 3D Mapping activities across the Globe
P3DM Where? is an interactive world map based on Google Maps technology operated by participatory mapping and development practitioners. It serves for locating Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM) exercises worldwide. P3DM is a community mapping method....
Contributed by Giacomo Rambaldi on 12 Jan , 2008 |
