The AISI Stand @ WSIS

The Stand was visited by scores of delegates including the President of Ghana, the President of Mozambique, Vice-President of Gambia, Ministers from Ethiopia, Morocco and Senegal, and Mrs. Kofi Annan. In addition, several African stakeholders drawn from the civil society, academia, and media, and partners including PICTA members used the stand as a meeting place and for showcasing their products and services. For more on the stand and AISI @ WSIS visit: http://www.uneca.org/aisi/wsis2003/news.htm  

ACP-EC partnership @ ICT4D Platform

The European Commission and ACP exhibited the new ACP-EC Partnership @ ICT4D Platform. The Partnership seeks to create a more favourable context for sustainable development and poverty reduction, and to reverse the processes of social, economic and technological marginalisation. More: http://www.ict-4d.org

Building Knowledge Societies: UNESCO @ ICT4D Platform

UNESCO's vision for knowledge societies is illustrated by the exhibition "Building Knowledge Societies", which contains information about some 280 projects illustrating what knowledge societies can be. The exhibition illustrates UNESCO's conviction that if heads of state and government agree on measures not only to expand the reach of the internet but also to make sure that it contributes to social development, ICT can bring a huge contribution to the lives of millions of people in developing countries and on the fringes of the wealthy societies of the North. More: www.unesco.org/confgen/exhibition2003

IDRC @ ICT4D Platform – Canada Pavilion

A number of best practices were showcased at the IDRC’s stand at ICT4D Platform. These include ICTs and Poverty Reduction, Innovative ICT Policies for Africa, Low-Cost Solutions - (WiFi, VoIP, VSAT), and Empowerment and Capacity Building. More: http://web.idrc.ca/

GKP Day @ ICT4D Platform, WSIS Geneva 2003

The GKP Day @ ICT4D Platform focused on three major panel themes/topics including a) multi-stakeholder partnerships: meeting the challenge of the Millennium Development Goals, b) ICT for poverty reduction: myths, realities and development implication, and c) innovative financing mechanisms for ICT4D: venturing beyond the forever pilot syndrome. For papers and other details: http://www.globalknowledge.org

GKP Showcase Gallery Presentations @ ICT4D Platform

Various Panels were held at the GKP Showcase Gallery section of the Pavilion at the ICT4D Platform. Among the Panels on regional ICT4D Issues, the panel on Africa and the Middle East, moderated by Aida Opoku-Mensah from ECA, focused on 21st century clubs and ThinkQuest Africa, APC Africa Internet Rights Programme, and Status of the Telemedicine and its Application in Mali (Presented in French). Speakers were Mr. Amr Hamdy from RITSEC, Alice Munyua from Association for Progressive Communication (APC), and Dr. Bagayoko Cheick-Oumar from MEDNET. More: http://www.globalknowledge.org

GKP ICT4D Award Winners

The Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) announced the winners of its ICT4D awards, which took place on 11th December at the GKP Pavillion, Geneva Palexpo. The Awards, representing a combined worth of nearly US$ 60,000, are aimed at promoting specific, targeted applications of ICTs in four thematic areas: gender, media, poverty reduction and youth. “The awards presented by GKP and its partners recognize outstanding efforts by women, men and organisations in different parts of the world who have put ICT tools to improve the quality of life,” said Ambassador Walter Fust, GKP Chairman. More: http://www.globalknowledge.org/