DeV - The Newsletter for ICT and Development

Editorial

DeV is a new free monthly newsletter that focuses on Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for
development. It includes the latest information concerning ICTs in development, best practices, latest calls for funding, e-training news, and upcoming events. If you have information to contribute to the newsletter please submit to [email protected]

Contents

* Using ICT to fight HIV/AIDs.
Many projects are starting to use email, the Internet and CD-ROM
material to teach and reach more people to provide them with Sexual
and Reproductive Health (SRH) Information and Services. Projects
such as World Link and organisation such as IPPF and WHR are using
such technologies to reach their beneficiaries.

* Internet Helps Education in Nepal
Nangi is a little known village in Nepal, but thanks to the
Internet, and to an education pioneer, Nahabir Pun, its name is now
on the map. Nahabir Pun who brought computers and the Internet to
Nangi, and by establishing the Nangi web site, was able to provide
information about Nangi and Nepal to the world.

* Tackling the Digital Divide
There are thousands of initiatives aimed at tackling the digital
divide but there are bound to fail if they just focus on computers
and connections, according to a study undertook by Bridges.org.

Regular Features

Latest Funding:
20th International Conference on Technology and Education
ICT Africa 2002.
IST program for indirect RTD action
Resources:
Free IT tutorial.
English as a Second Language (ESL) Online Resource
Database.
A large and bibliographic database on Population, Family
Planning and related health issues.
Upcoming Events and Conferences
InfoDev 2001 Symposium
"Global E-Quality - Rethinking ICTs in Africa, Asia and
Latin America"
Online discussion on the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Statistics
There are over a half a billion internet users in the world
Email is 30 years old
80% of the internet is in English

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Jennifer

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Jennifer Miquel
- Project Officer -
European Centre for Population
and Development (ECPD)
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B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
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