[WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: UNESCO WSIS Conference on ICT Capacity Building

[Rik Panganiban]

This looks like an interesting WSIS-related conference on ICT Capacity  
Building starting today.  Much of the conference will be webcast.

Rik Panganiban
CONGO

Begin forwarded message:

> Special In Focus from WebWorld, the website of UNESCO's Communication  
> and Information Sector:
>
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> ICT for Capacity-Building: Critical Success Factors - Live Webcast
>
> UNESCO and the Club of Rome are co-organizing a three-day World  
> Conference on Harnessing the Potential of ICT for Capacity Building,  
> from 11 to 13 May at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. The live  
> webcast allows you to follow the debates in real time!
>
> Live Webcast:
>
> - audio only, mms://stream.unesco.org/audio
> - low bandwidth video, mms://stream.unesco.org/liveld
> - high bandwidth video, mms://stream.unesco.org/livehd
>
> - Conference homepage,  
> http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php- 
> URL_ID=17638&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
>
> - Conference Programme,  
> http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php- 
> URL_ID=18866&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
>
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> The potential of information and communication technology (ICT) to  
> train and educate communities that have limited or no access to formal  
> education channels will be the focus of an international conference to  
> be opened by UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura at UNESCO  
> Headquarters, and broadcast live on the internet, from 11 to 13 May.
>
> The conference, “ICT for Capacity-Building: Critical Success Factors”  
> will bring together local leaders, community educators and experts in  
> learning from all continents, from as far a field as Brazil,  
> Afghanistan, Senegal and Jordan. The discussions will focus on the  
> critical success factors in using new delivery methods for learning  
> and other skills development, especially for marginalized groups such  
> as rural villages, urban poor, refugees, the visually impaired and  
> those suffering the HIV pandemic.
>
> Using satellite facilities and twelve centres affiliated with the  
> Global Development Learning Network (GDLN), the emphasis will be on  
> learning from actual case studies presented live from Latin America,  
> Arab States, Africa and Asia. During the strategic sessions,  
> development experts, academics, and representatives from industry,  
> non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations will evaluate the  
> impact of the current investment in ICT projects, debating the key  
> issues of sustainability, impact monitoring and evaluation,  
> infrastructure solutions, human capabilities, appropriation of  
> technologies and content by local communities, and the social dynamics  
> of these projects.
>
> Through their discussions, the participants will identify  
> prerequisites and success factors for capacity-building using ICT;  
> collect and disseminate testimonies and case studies from around the  
> world on how to make a quantitative leap in development by using ICT;  
> and explore with the IT industry the need for technology that is  
> appropriate to the development environment and that meets the needs of  
> the people.
>
> The event is one of UNESCO’s thematic meetings in preparation for the  
> second meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis,  
> Tunisia, 16-18 November 2005).
>
> (UNESCO Media Advisory No. 2005-31)
>
> - Conference homepage,  
> http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php- 
> URL_ID=17638&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
>
> - Conference Programme,  
> http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php- 
> URL_ID=18866&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
>
> Webcast:
>
> - audio only, mms://stream.unesco.org/audio
> - low bandwidth video, mms://stream.unesco.org/liveld
> - high bandwidth video, mms://stream.unesco.org/livehd
>
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RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations  
(CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org
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