According to a document with the catchy title "Directions for Development and Use of Open Source Code Computer Programmes in Bodies and Institutions of State Administration" the [Croatian] Government says it needs to develop, prepare and procure open-source software.
Basically it feels that proprietary software leads to too much dependence on suppliers, which can damage the market competition.
France plans to offer 1.2 million of the country's poorest citizens a computer with broadband Internet access for a daily fee of €1 (US$1.28), to ensure that they have access to the increasing number of government services available online.
The French government has set ambitious targets for making public services available over the Internet, but is concerned that almost half the population still lacks regular access to the Internet.
Reporters Without Borders has condemned a ruling by an administrative court attached to Egypt's council of state upholding an information and communication ministry decision in mid June 2006 that the authorities can block, suspend or shut down any website liable to pose a threat to national security.
The Federal Government has set up a company to integrate its existing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into a national backbone. Called Galaxy Backbone PLC, the integration is expected to further generate reliable data, voice and video transmission.
The new Philippine information and communications technology (ICT) roadmap wants to provide Filipinos with lower-cost computing and affordable Internet access. The new ICT roadmap, which is government's guide in policy-making, is also pushing new and existing projects related to providing universal access to ICT in the country. Presenting the new ICT roadmap, Commission on Information and Communications Technology Chairman Ramon Sales said that Filipinos need to have access to basic governme ...
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for telecommunications, and infoDev, a multi-donor program focusing on information and communication technologies (ICT) for development, today launched the second module of their collaborative online ICT Regulation Toolkit, the Legal and Institutional Framework.
The Government of the Republic of Korea has set up a US$20 million e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund at Asian Development Bank. The fund aims to to bridge the digital divide and promote improved access to information and creating and sharing of knowledge through Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in the Asia and Pacific region. The fund, managed and administered by ADB, will support ADB's developing member countries in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the Wor ...
Internet users are being urged to stand up for online freedoms by backing a new campaign launched by human rights group Amnesty International.
In its fourth year, the Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, through its core activities, working groups and regional nodes, made a substantive contribution to the preparations for the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information Society by sponsoring several regional meetings, organizing a series of global forums, producing several publications and participating actively in events organized by other stakeholders; organized three high-level round tables linking inform ...
This report examines the extent of the technology gap between and within nations, and draws on policy lessons from countries that have successfully moved up the technological
ladder. It elaborates policy frameworks for developing countries to build up their technological capabilities. It also presents the latest work of UNCTAD and the CSTD on measuring the digital divide.
In just a few years the internet has moved from the periphery to the centre of our lives. We have not seen such a life-changing communications technology since the invention of television. As a result it is often easy to forget that the world wide web is still in its infancy: today just 10 per cent of the world’s information is available online. Like any child, the internet is pushing at the perimeters of established systems – business models from the last century, traditional media, long-a ...
Prior to Tunis a “Working Group on Internet Governance” (WGIG) established the following working definition: „Internet governance is the development and application by Governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet.“ - This working definition of “Internet governance”, however, is not substantive but procedural and lacks normative de ...
One of the most significant outcomes of the World Summit on Information Society, which took place in Tunis between 16 and 18 November 2005, was the birth of the Internet Governance Forum.
The roles and functions of the Forum are set out in paragraphs 72-79 of the “Tunis Agenda for the Information Society” (see: important documents). Briefly, its main purpose will be to discuss a wide range of issues related to Internet Governa ...
Venue: Athens, GreeceThe central aim of this paper is to problematise the notion of partnership in development practice, with particular emphasis on partnerships in the field of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). It seeks to challenge taken for granted ideas concerning such partnerships, and it argues that those involved in such initiatives need to have in place formal concepts about their structure, organisation and intention.
The roles and functions of the Forum are set out in paragraphs 72-79 of the “Tunis Agenda for the Information Society”. Briefly, its main purpose will be to discuss a wide range of issues related to Internet Governance, and, where appropriate, to make recommendations to the international community. The working and function of the Forum will be multilateral, multi-stakeholder democratic and transparent.
Greece has offered to hos ...
Venue: Athens, Greece