ICT & Space

ICTs are promoted in development cooperation efforts because more than 3 billion people can't afford communication services or live in rural and remote areas, where access to information and communication technologies is scarce or absent. ICTs fall into four main categories: computing and information technology, broadcasting, telecommunications and internet.

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Big Data - Communication policy - GIS - Hardware and software - Internet access - IT training - Mobile technology - Radio/television/print media - Satellite imagery - Technology transfer

Conference - The Promise of Information and Communication Technologies for Persons with Disabilities

Brussels UNESCO updated the event | 3 December 2014

08 Dec

From 8 December 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by DG DEVCO and UNESCO

Innovative solutions are urgently needed to address the negative impact of poverty on people with disabilities and towards the inclusion of disability as an integral part of the sustainable development agenda. This conference will feedback on the outcomes of a major international conference...

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Conference - The Promise of Information and Communication Technologies for Persons with Disabilities

Brussels UNESCO created a new event | 26 November 2014

08 Dec

From 8 December 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by DG DEVCO and UNESCO

Innovative solutions are urgently needed to address the negative impact of poverty on people with disabilities and towards the inclusion of disability as an integral part of the sustainable development agenda. This conference will feedback on the outcomes of a major international conference...

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Group: UNESCO
Big Data for Development: Challenges & Opportunities

Rahel Dette uploaded a new Document | 24 November 2014

2012_un_global_pulse_big_data_for_development_challenges_opportunities.pdf 3.34 MB

Abstract : This paper outlines the opportunities and challenges, which have guided the United Nations Global Pulse initiative since its inception in 2009. The paper builds on some of the most recent findings in the field of data science, and findings from our own collaborative research projects. It...

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Group: innov-aid
Katya Ivanova commented on information | 4 November 2014

UNESCO's study on reading and mobile technology

Interesting study. Thanks for sharing! In the same line of thought and building on the foundations of this study, Mobile Learning Week 2015 - UNESCO's flagship ICT in education event, is going to focus on leveraging technology to empower women and girls, especially those living in disadvantaged...

Group: Education and Development
Big Data: Big Potential

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 8 September 2014

Imagine being able to gain information instantly about whether a development project is reaching its intended recipients, or where the next cholera outbreak might be, or track the fluctuating wealth of every district in Cote d’Ivoire. These are some of the possibilities of Big Data analysis, where...

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Big Data: Big Potential

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 6 August 2014

Imagine being able to gain information instantly about whether a development project is reaching its intended recipients, or where the next cholera outbreak might be, or track the fluctuating wealth of every district in Cote d’Ivoire. These are some of the possibilities of Big Data analysis, where...

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UNESCO's study on reading and mobile technology

Daniele Di Pillo posted Information | 16 May 2014

UNESCO published a new study on the role of mobile technology in literacy and learning achievements. Title: Reading in the Mobile Era Publisher : UNESCO, April 2014 Abstract: Mobile technology can advance literacy and learning in underserved communities around the world, according to a new report...

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Group: Education and Development
marco mayer commented on an article | 14 April 2014

Communication is the Responsibility of All Staff, says EuropeAid Deputy Director General

large scale training of staff in communication is a must
Spurring Development and Combating Disease with Mobile Phone Data

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 7 March 2014

International telecommunications company Orange, recently tested the potential for Big Data to contribute to development when it released anonymous data from five million-plus cell phone users in Cote d’Ivoire and invited researchers to see what they could do with the information.

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Using Mobile Networks to Bring Medical Services to Remote Areas

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 7 March 2014

In some of the Amazon regions of Peru, it can take up to 10 hours of uncomfortable and expensive travel by boat to reach a hospital. But new technologies are bridging this physical gap and allowing even the most remote forest communities to access a doctor quickly.

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