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Addis Ababa
27 - 30 March 2006
WSIS Follow-up Conference concludes with call for access to information for all
By Matthew Baker, 30 March 2006

The World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Follow-up Conference concluded Thursday 30 March with a resolution to develop the Access to Information Network-Africa in order to promote access to, and more effective use of government information for democratic and economic development in Africa.
The opening of International Seminar on the Strategic Management and Democratic Use of Government Information in Africa
By Matthew Baker, 29 March 2006

The International Seminar on the Strategic Management and Democratic Use of Government Information in Africa opened this morning with participants discussing issues of free and open access to information in Africa.
African Virtual Learning Academy offers custom designed training modules to Librarians
By Dawit Isayas, 28 March 2006

The African Virtual Learning Academy (AvLAC) offered to develop training modules to meet the training needs of African Librarians today at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Follow-up Conference on Access to Information and Knowledge for Development.
WSIS Follow-up Conference on Access to Information and Knowledge for Development
By Matthew Baker, 27 March 2006

Representatives of government, national libraries and archives, universities and other research institutions from across Africa gathered this morning for the opening of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Follow-up Conference on Access to Information and Knowledge for Development.

 

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