10-04-2006 (Beijing) Serving persons with disabilities with ICT in China
14 years old Yang Xiaomei from China is one of those persons with disabilities whom UNESCO helps facilitating acces to information and knowledge through ICT.
07-04-2006 (Paris/Cannes) UN Family media at MIPTV 2006: New programmes for sharing the world's stories
The United Nations family, including UNESCO, joined the leading TV market to share stories and projects with major international broadcasters at MipTV 2006, closing today in Cannes, France.
06-04-2006 (Paris) Greenstone finalist of Stockholm Challenge Award
The Open Source Greenstone Digital Library project has been retained as a finalist in the education category of the Stockholm Challenge intended to award the best ICT projects for social and economical development.
05-04-2006 (New York) UN General Assembly endorses outcome of World Summit on Information Society
The General Assembly of the United Nations in New York yesterday endorsed the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, which concluded in Tunisia last November.
05-04-2006 (Paris) Open Educational Resources: Report on online forum now available
For 6 weeks at the end of last year, some 480 individuals from 90 countries came together virtually to take part in an Internet discussion forum on "Open Educational Resources" hosted by UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP).
04-04-2006 (Paris) Reel Peace Project in Sierra Leone draws to a close
Following the successful Reel Peace project in Sri Lanka in 2002-2004, a new phase of the project in Sierra Leone that was launched in 2004 draws to an end.
03-04-2006 (Kingston) UNESCO’s Information for All Programme launches pioneering Library Cadet Programme in the Bahamas
A pioneering library cadet project was launched on 23 March 2006 in The Bahamas with support of UNESCO's Information for All Programme (IFAP).
31-03-2006 (Kingston) UNESCO's IPDC enhances media capacity at Radio St. Lucia
UNESCO’s International Programme for the development of Communication (IPDC) supports the creation of a digital newsroom at Radio St. Lucia (RSL).
30-03-2006 (Beirut) UNESCO and Microsoft inaugurate community technology learning centre in Lebanon
UNESCO, Microsoft and the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) announced on 16 March 2006 the establishment of a Community Technology Learning Centre at St. John Monastery during a special ceremony held at the monastery premises in Byblos, Lebanon.
29-03-2006 (Paris) Director-General deplores the death of Colombian journalist Gustavo Rojas Gabalo
UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today expressed his dismay over the announcement of the death of Gustavo Rojas Gabalo on 19 March at a clinic in Medellin (Colombia).
28-03-2006 (Paris) UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize 2006 awarded to Lebanese journalist May Chidiac
On the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today designated Lebanese journalist May Chidiac, winner of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2006.
28-03-2006 (Paris) World Press Freedom Day 2006 website now online
A new UNESCO website in support of the World Press Freedom Day that is celebrated on 3 May is now online providing regular news services, practical information, links to conferences, thei programmes, speakers and participants’ lists, etc.
28-03-2006 (Paris) Consultation on post-WSIS action for cultural diversity on 12 May in Geneva
Discussions on implementing the Geneva Plan of Action in the fields of cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content are on the agenda of a UNESCO organized consultation on 12 May in Geneva.
27-03-2006 (Monrovia) UNESCO sponsors media training in Liberia
On 14 March 2006, the Liberia Media Center (LMC) launched a one-month training programme for Liberian media professionals.
24-03-2006 (Paris) IPDC to develop indicators to promote free and pluralistic media
The Intergovernmental Council of UNESCO's International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) will launch a broad consultation to develop indicators for media development.
23-03-2006 (Kathmandu) CMC Tansen mobilizes support for reconstructing history
Nobody had foreseen the overnight destruction of the historical Tansen Durbar (Royal Palace) located in the district of Palpa in western Nepal. This magnificent seat of power built in 1927, a major tourist attraction, was recently burnt to ashes.
22-03-2006 (Paris/Kabul) Afghan Ad Hoc Communication and Information Commission moves ahead
Sustainability, accountability, and trends of the Afghan media were the focus of talks during the inaugural meeting for the Ad Hoc Independent High Commission of Communication and Information for Afghanistan held last week at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
21-03-2006 (Paris) Director-General requests liberation of U Win Tin, winner of the 2001 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura yesterday renewed his request for the liberation of U Win Tin, winner of the 2001 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
20-03-2006 (Paris) Laurence Zwimpfer of New Zealand new chair of Intergovernmental Council of UNESCO's Information for All Programme
The Intergovernmental Council for UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP), will be chaired in the coming years by Laurence Zwimpfer of New Zealand. Mr Zwimpfer was elected today by the representatives of the Council's 26 Member States.
20-03-2006 (Honiara) Investing in the future of Solomon Islands media
Over four intensive weeks in February and March 2006, 42 participants from every media and communications organization in the Solomon Islands, as well as NGOs with active media programmes, attended training in radio presentation, sales and marketing, writing for news and investigative journalism.
17-03-2006 (Dakar) Training in creating and managing PC refurbishment
A UNESCO supported Schoolnet Africa initiative to train local entrepreneurs to create and manage PC refurbishment, maintenance and recycling centres in West Africa enters a new phase with a training course in Dakar next week.
16-03-2006 (Paris) Information for All on UNESCO’s agenda next week
On Monday, 20 March, opens at UNESCO’s Paris Headquarters the 4th session of the Intergovernmental Council for UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP). The three day event brings together representatives of 26 Member States elected to the Council and Observers from governments, civil society and the private sector.
16-03-2006 (Paris) IPDC Council to meet on 21-23 March
Representatives of the 39 Member States of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) will meet for their 25th session from 21 to 23 March, at UNESCO Headquarters.
16-03-2006 (Paris) Director-General condemns the murder of Iraqi journalist Muhsin Khudhair
UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today condemned the murder of Muhsin Khudhair, editor-in-chief of the magazine Alef Ba, who was killed in Baghdad on 13 March.
15-03-2006 (Rabat) Environment is favourable for development of knowledge society in Morocco
The ICT landscape in Morocco is changing rapidly offering new challenges for quality content development as showcased at a UNESCO organized round table on “Knowledge societies and development in Morocco” on 2 March in Marrakech.
14-03-2006 (Paris) UNESCO Director-General condemns murder of Mexican photographer Jaime Arturo Overa Bravo
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today condemned the murder of Jaime Arturo Olvera Bravo, a freelance press photographer who was shot on Thursday, 9 March, in La Piedad, in the state of Michoacán, in Mexico.
14-03-2006 (Paris) Ad-hoc independent High Commission of Information and Communication for Afghanistan meets at UNESCO
Afghanistan’s Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Sayed Makhdom Raheen, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, yesterday opened the meeting of an Ad Hoc Independent High Commission of Communication and Information for Afghanistan.
13-03-2006 (UNESCO) UNESCO Director-General condemns murder of Iraqi TV presenter Munsuf Abdallah al-Khaldi
The Director-General of UNESCO Koïchiro Matsuura today condemned the murder of Munsuf Abdallah al-Khaldi, a presenter for Baghdad TV, and of a passenger travelling with him in his car on 9 March on the way from Baghdad to Mosul in northern Iraq.
13-03-2006 (New Delhi) Health information launched at Seelampur ICT centre
In a new initiative, the Seelampur ICT Centre, a UNESCO supported community center north eastern of India‘s capital New Delhi, has now started an information campaign on anemia.
10-03-2006 (Paris) Revised and improved Education Makes News training kit goes online
UNESCO has launched revised and improved the EFA media training and resource Kit “Education Makes News” for writing and reporting on Education for All (EFA), an international initiative to achieve education for all by 2015.
