ISTD has Organized Exhibition along with the First Session of CODIST

CODIST-I Exhibition was organized along with the First session of the Committee on Development Information, Science and Technology (CODIST-I) organized by the ICTs and Science & Technology Division (ISTD) of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). The exhibition took place from April 29 – May 1, 2009 at the UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

CODIST-I Exhibition and visitors
The following are list of institutions and companies that have exhibited at the first CODIST-I Exhibition 1 African Society for Science Research & Technology (ASSRT) 2 Alcatel-Lucent 3 Department of Science & Technology (South Africa) 4 Economic Commission for Africa (ICTs, GeoInfo and S&T) 5 Ernst & Young 6 ESRI 7 Ethiopian Airlines 8 Federal Ministry of Science & Technology, Nigeria 9 Fugro Maps 10 GeoMark 11 GIS Society of Ethiopia (GISSE) 12 Hagbes P. L. C 13 Harmony Hotel 14 International Council for Science- Regional Office for Africa (ICSU-ROA) 15 International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and CGIAR 16 Japan Aerospace Exploring Agency (JAXA) 17 Jupiter International Hotel 18 MicroSoft 19 National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) 20 NBTI (Nigeria) 21 Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) 22 Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys(RECTAS) 23 System Technology 24 Wudassie Souvenirs 25 ICTs and Science & Technology Division, UNECA
Various resource documents and and the CODIST-CD were distributed to the Conference participants.

More than 300 copies of the CODIST-I CD which holds all the presentations made at the various events and other essential documents was distributed.

Books, Briefing Papers and brochures distributed during CODIST

Books

Item	Number of copies
African E-Markets Information and Economic Development	210
The African Information Society Initiative: A Decade's Perspective	200
Africa Networking : Development Information ICTs and Governance	52
African Info. Society Initiative (AISI) - English	102
African Info. Society Initiative (AISI) - French	95
African CSOs Speak	98
Measuring ICT: The Global of ICT Indicators	95

 

Briefing Papers

Item	Number of copies
Measuring the Information Society for Development: SCAN ICT	85
Government with an e	73
Libraries and the Info. Society in Africa	62
The Information Society and the role of Academia	61
E-Government: the case of the Gambia	110
E-commerce challenges in Africa	48
e-strategies for Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goals	92
Towards an Information Society in Africa	13

Brochures

Item	Number of copies
CODIST  Brochures	410
CODIST-I desk Calendar/TIGA 2009	305
African Science to Business Challenge Science with Africa	252