UNESCO supported campus radio on air in Rwanda
The first university / community radio station in Rwanda was officially inaugurated on 18 November 2005 in the Southern town of Butare, where the National University of Rwanda (NUR) is located.
You, Me and HIV/AIDS. Workshop for young TV producers concluded in Accra
A two-week workshop on HIV/AIDS for young television producers was concluded in Accra on Friday,18 November, with a call to combat stigma and discrimination against people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS.
Director-General condemns assassination of Bangladeshi journalist Gautam Das
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today condemned the murder of Gautam Das, the Faridpur District bureau chief and correspondent of the daily “Samakal” in Bangladesh last Thursday.
Director-General condemns murder of Philippines journalists Ricardo "Ding" Uy and Robert Ramos
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today condemned the murder, in separate attacks, of Philippines journalists Ricardo “Ding” Uy and Robert Ramos denouncing the alarming level of violence faced by media professionals in the country.
Parliaments must ensure freedom of information and freedom of expression
"Freedom of expression is inseparable from freedom of information, the basis for access to knowledge", said former UNESCO Assistant Director-General Henrikas Ioushikavitshius speaking on behalf of UNESCO at a parliamentary panel in Tunis last week.
UNESCO welcomes endorsement of freedom of expression, cultural diversity and access to information at WSIS
On 18 November, the Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, welcomed the endorsement by 176 States attending the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis, November 16-18) of UNESCO’s vision of “knowledge societies”.
Role of higher education in the construction of knowledge societies at WSIS agenda in Tunis
A Round Table on the "Role of UNESCO in the Construction of Knowledge Societies through the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme”, the third of three events organized by UNESCO at the Tunis meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society, is taking place today.
Access to information and knowledge at WSIS agenda in Tunis
A High-Level Round Table on “Shaping the Future through Knowledge”, the second of three events organized by UNESCO at the Tunis meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society, is taking place today.
New regional centre in Tunisia to help youth participate in the knowledge economy
UNESCO and Microsoft Corp, in cooperation with the Youth Observatory of the Tunisian Ministry of Youth, today inaugurated the InfoYouth Centre, a regional community technology centre for North Africa, designed to provide youth with access to, and skills training in, the information technologies (IT).
Access to cyberspace for people with disabilities at WSIS agenda in Tunis
A Workshop on "ICT and Persons with Disabilities", the first of three events organized by UNESCO at the Tunis meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society, is taking place today.
User Hands'on workshop for the Space for Science project at Alcatel Alenia Space in Cannes
A User Hands'on workshop for the Space for Science project took place on 7 and 8 November at Alcatel Alenia Space in Cannes.
UNESCO promotes knowledge societies at WSIS
UNESCO will host a series of events to promote the use of information and communication technology to build inclusive and empowering “knowledge societies” during the World Summit on the Information Society* (WSIS II, Tunis, November 16-18). UNESCO’s vision of knowledge societies is based on four principles: freedom of expression; quality education for all; universal access to information and knowledge; and respect for cultural and linguistic diversity.
Online version of UNESCO’s Stand for WSIS launched
UNESCO’s stand, which is inaugurated this week in Tunis at the World Summit on the Information Society, can now be visited online. It showcases many examples of how UNESCO contributes to implement the WSIS Action Plan.
Second World Electronic Media Forum to discuss role of electronic media in Information Society
Top broadcasters and information specialists from around the world convene in Tunis on 15 and 16 November for the second World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF), where they will discuss the key role of radio, television and the new electronic media in the evolving information society.
Empowering youth through ICT workshop in Seoul
Youth organizations from 13 Asian-Pacific countries will send their Chief Information Officers to a training workshop on "Empowering Youth through ICTs" that takes place this week in Seoul under UNESCO's INFOYOUTH Programme
UNESCO hosts workshop in Harare as follow-up to 2nd World CDS/ISIS Congress
UNESCO recently hosted a one day workshop on CDS/ISIS, UNESCO’s software for database management, as a follow-up to the 2nd World CDS/ISIS Congress held recently in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.
UNESCO at WSIS in Tunis
UNESCO is an active participant in the Tunis meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society (16-18 November 2005), organizing three events and an exhibition that promote the concept of building “knowledge societies”.
Israel establishes National Committee for Information for All Programme
Israel recently announced the establishment of a National Committee for the Information for All Programme headed by Niv Ahituv of Tel Aviv University .
Bibliotheca Alexandrina hosts colloquium on information literacy and lifelong learning
Forty experts in the areas of information literacy and lifelong learning from all regions of the world are presently gathering for a Colloquium at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt.
New publication on ‘New Technologies for Literacy and Adult Education’
New technology can provide powerful new tools for enriching the lives of poor people and communities in unprecedented ways says a recent UNESCO publication entitled “New Technologies for Literacy and Adult Education. A Global Perspective”.
UNESCO supports gender approach for media professionals during elections in DRC
Assisted by UNESCO, three women’s journalism organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo recently hosted a workshop on reinforcing professional capacities and the treatment of information during election periods.
Knowledge versus information societies: UNESCO report takes stock of the difference
A UNESCO report launched today urges governments to expand quality education for all, increase community access to information and communication technology, and improve cross-border scientific knowledge-sharing, in an effort to narrow the digital and “knowledge” divides between the North and South and move towards a “smart” form of sustainable human development.
To promote presence of African languages in cyberspace UNESCO continues support for N’ko project
UNESCO continues its support for a project enabling African languages written in N’ko, an alphabet developed in 1949, to be present in cyberspace through the development of fonts for the N’ko script and their use in hard and software.
Online courses on art, design and technology in the Arab States started
An online course “Introduction to Art and New Media in the Arab States, with a case study of Lebanon” started last Monday with 38 students. This first course of a master class on Art, Design and Technology for the Arab States is part of UNESCO's DigiArts initiative.
UNESCO online special “Towards Democracy in Iraq” now in Arabic
The UNESCO Special Focus “Towards Democracy in Iraq”, a website to support UNESCO’s action for human rights and freedom of expression in Iraq, is now available on the in Arabic in addition to English and French.
Initiatives to refurbish PCs can narrow digital divide, experts say at UNESCO
In a bid to contribute to universal access to information, experts discussed at UNESCO’s Paris Headquarters last week how developing countries could benefit from the European Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment.
UNESCO's IPDC supports advocacy for free expression in Africa
Representatives of media organizations will meet from 28 to 30 October in Accra, Ghana, to build a coalition for campaigning for freedom of expression and democratic development in Africa.
Media Education: Role of knowledge societies
This theme shall serve as an objective for a seminar uniting a group of experts of the two rivers of the Mediterranean, through French Commission for UNESCO, which is to be held on 27 and 28 October 2005 in Paris.
ICT supporting the educational needs of blind, rural Ethiopian youths
The Boarding School for the Blind in Wolaito Soddo, a small rural town in Ethiopia, has now doubled its ICT capacity within the framework of a UNESCO project aimed at integrating ICT into the school’s learning programme.
IFAP funded research on information literacy in China and Indonesia
Research on information literacy in China and Indonesia started in September 2005, conducted by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) with funding from UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP).