28-05-2003 Libraries Help Bridge Digital Divide
Christine Deschamps, President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) called for the forthcoming UN World Summit on the Information Society to recognise that libraries had a key role in tackling the growing "digital divide".
27-05-2003 Journalism Asia 2003 Released
"Information Technology and the Digital Divide" is the title of the recently released "Journalism Asia 2003", a unique publication about the press in the Asian context and journalism as experienced by the communities in the region. The issue was published by the Manila based Centre for Media Freedom and Responsibility, with UNESCO's support.
26-05-2003 Training of Women Journalists from Arab Media
Today opens a UNESCO EU Workshop on advanced desk top publishing techniques in Amman, Jordan . The two-week workshop, a part of the UNESCO/EU Project "Promotion of Independent and Pluralistic Arab Media" seeks to contribute to capacity building of women journalists in Arab media.
23-05-2003 Afghanistan's Educational Television Upgrade
The educational television (ETV) service in Afghanistan is now being upgraded under a major UNESCO implemented project. The two year programme, funded by the Government of Italy, includes the rehabilitation of the partially destroyed former headquarters of the ETV service in Kabul, purchase of equipment and training.
22-05-2003 UNESCO's Copyright Bulletin Now Has Own Website
The Copyright Bulletin, published by UNESCO since many years, has now its own website, where its English, French and Spanish versions are regularly updated. The Publication aims at providing information on legal developments in the protection of copyright and neighbouring rights at the national and international levels.
21-05-2003 Reconstructing the Slave Route in the Colonial Era
Reconstructing one of the darkest pages of Argentina’s history, the one of the African slave trade of the Rio de La Plata, this is the aim of the contribution of the National General Archives (Archivo General de la Nacion) of Argentina to the Slave Trade Archives project, being carried out in the context of the Memory of the World programme of UNESCO. More than 500 documents have hence been digitised by the institution with UNESCO’s financial support.
20-05-2003 (Paris) New UNESCO Initiative “ICTs and People with Disabilities"
Today marks the launch of a new UNESCO initiative entitled “ICTs and people with disabilities” which is being inaugurated by a two-day expert meeting entitled “ICTs in the service of persons with disabilities”, that opens today at UNESCO’s Paris Headquarters.
19-05-2003 UNESCO Brings Media to Schools in South East Europe
To bring media to the classrooms in South East Europe by offering an opportunity for young people to learn critical reading and to raise their awareness of the role of the media in democratic society - this is the aim of a recently launched UNESCO project.
16-05-2003 (Moscow) Retraining of Teachers in the Application of ICTs in Education
The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) announces that it would organize a training seminar for teachers and teacher trainers Retraining of School Educators on the Application of ICTs in Education from 26 to 31 May 2003 in Druskinenkai, Lithuania.
15-05-2003 Audiovisual Heritage Preservation on Agenda of Meeting in Mexico
Sound heritage as Memory of the World is the main theme of a Seminar on sound and audiovisual archives for which many international experts are expected next week in Mexico City. The event is being organized by the Mexican Council for Culture and the Arts and Radio Educación, Mexico.
14-05-2003 Libraries and the Information Society: IFLA Compiles Success Stories
As part of the preparation for the World Summit on the Information Society, IFLA and other UNESCO partner organisations are lobbying to stress the importance of archives, libraries and other information services as key actors to provide access to essential resources.
13-05-2003 Electronic Theses and Dissertations Worldwide
Improving graduate education by allowing students to produce electronic documents, use digital libraries, and understand issues in publishing is one of the main objectives of the Electronic Theses and Dissertations movement that will held its sixth international conference next week in Berlin, Germany.
12-05-2003 Media Assistance in Tension and Conflict Areas
Assistance to media in tension areas and conflict zones is on the agenda of a seminar that UNESCO and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) are organizing as a platform for the exchange of experiences and ideas end of this month in the Swedish capital Stockholm.
07-05-2003 Meeting in Cuba to Discuss WSIS Preparation
Preparations of the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) will continue in Varadero, Cuba, next week, when experts from Latin America and the Caribbean will gather for a joint meeting of INFOLAC, UNESCO's Regional Programme to Enhance Co-operation among National Development Information Systems and Networks, and LACNET, the Regional Network of the UN ICT Task Force.
06-05-2003 UNESCO/EU Workshop on Management of Small Newspaper Enterprises
"Give the management of your publications the same importance as to the editorial content that you wish to communicate to your readers" was the main message of Rosamaria Durand, the Director of UNESCO's Office in Rabat, Morocco, when opening a UNESCO/EU Workshop on the Management of Small Newspaper Enterprises here yesterday.
05-05-2003 Afghanistan Celebrates World Press Freedom Day
Three round-table discussions were held in Kabul to mark World Press Freedom Day, on 3rd May. The meetings were hosted by the AINA Media and Cultural Centre - a UNESCO supported training institute - in collaboration with the Kabul Press Club, Reporters sans Frontieres, Media Action International and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
30-04-2003 (Paris) World Press Freedom Day 2003 Celebrated in Jamaica
“Unpunished Crimes against Journalists: A Strategy for Reducing Impunity” will be the main theme of this year’s World Press Freedom Day (May 3) celebrations, held in Kingston, Jamaica. On this occasion, UNESCO is organizing a 2-day International Conference entitled “Freedom of Expression: Early New Millennium Challenges”.
29-04-2003 Mogens Schmidt Joins UNESCO to Lead Division of Freedom of Expression
While UNESCO's Division of Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace prepares for the celebration of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, Mogens Schmidt took office as its new Director yesterday. Schmidt, previously an Assistant Director General of the World Association of Newspapers joined UNESCO after a distinguished academic carrier.
29-04-2003 Unpunished Crimes against Journalists: A strategy for Reducing Impunity
Haiti’s most popular radio commentator, Jean Leopold Dominique, was shot dead on April 3, 2000, as he arrived to work at his radio station. His killers remain free. Similarly, the murderers of Georgiy Gongadze, the editor in chief of the Ukrainian news website, pravda.com.ua, who was found decapitated on November 2, 2000, are still at large. Impunity is enjoyed by the slayers of many journalists around the world.
28-04-2003 Consultations Continue on Text of UNESCO's Digital Heritage Charter
The preparation of an international Charter on the preservation of the digital heritage – resources of information and creative expression that are in digital form only - enters a new phase with UNESCO's opening an electronic forum to discuss the preliminary text of the future international instrument.
25-04-2003 UNESCO Should Help Libraries and Archives in Iraq, Intergovernmental Council Says
Strong support for UNESCO's position and action regarding the events in Iraq, particularly as regards to libraries and archives, was given yesterday by the representatives of 26 countries around the world, who met in Paris for a meeting of the Intergovernmental Council for UNESCO's Information for All Programme.
24-04-2003 Call for TV Productions to be Screened at Indian Film Festival
UNESCO is launching a call for television productions for "THE OPEN FRAME: The International Festival & Forum on Public Service Broadcasting and Cultural Diversity", that the Organization is co-organizing with the Public Service Broadcasting Trust in New Delhi, India from 21 to 27 August 2003.
24-04-2003 UNESCO-Supported Film on Genocide in Cambodia Selected for Cannes Film Festival
"S21, the Khmer Rouge Killing Machine", directed by Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh and produced by the French Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) and Arte with the support of UNESCO, was yesterday officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival.
23-04-2003 World Book and Copyright Day Celebrated Worldwide Today
Today is World Book and Copyright Day. By celebrating this Day on 23 April every year, UNESCO promotes publishing and reading as books have been for long the most powerful tools for disseminating and preserving knowledge. The Day also remembers the importance of protecting intellectual property through copyright.
22-04-2003 Meeting of Intergovernmental Council of UNESCO's Information for All Programme Opens Today
UNESCO's Director General Koïchiro Matsuura will open today at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris the 2nd session of the Intergovernmental Council for UNESCO's Information for All Programme that was created in 2001 in order to help narrowing the digital divide.
18-04-2003 (Paris) UNESCO Prepares Study on Virtual Universities
ICTs may help higher education systems address challenges such as increasing demand and declining resources, a growing diversity of student profiles and demands. UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) is presently exploring policy and planning issues that universities have to face in this context.
17-04-2003 UNESCO Prepares Celebration of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May
Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly as World Press Freedom Day, 3 May is a day to remember and celebrate the principles of press freedom. The main celebration of World Press Freedom Day 2003, organized jointly by UNESCO and the UNESCO National Commission of Jamaica, will be held in Kingston, Jamaica.
17-04-2003 International Expert Meeting on Cultural Heritage in Iraq Ends at UNESCO
Some 30 leading experts met at UNESCO Headquarters today to attempt a preliminary evaluation of the state of the country’s heritage. The meeting sought to determine the urgent measures required to safeguard this heritage, which dates back thousands of years.
16-04-2003 Russian and Kazakh Versions of Digital Library Software
Greenstone, a suite of software for building and distributing digital library collections, is now also available in Russian and Kazakh. With these language versions of the software, prepared by the Kazakh State Scientific Research Institute of Scientific Information on UNESCO's initiative, libraries and archives in Central Asian are now able to build their own electronic collections.
15-04-2003 eNRICH. New Software for Knowledge Management
UNESCO announces the launch of 'eNRICH', a fully customisable knowledge management software for communities to find their way around the mass of information and knowledge resources available on the Internet and to voice community issues and create relevant content of their own.
