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

Lunchtime Conference on Satellite Navigation in Africa

Capacity4dev Team updated the event | 19 June 2012

24 May

From 24 May 2012
in Bruxelles (Belgium)

This conference is organised by the EuropeAid Development and Cooperation Directorate-General is open to the public. Please register to EUROPEAID-INFOPOINT-CONFERENCES@ec.europa.eu

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Group: Earth Observation and Space
European Satellite Navigation Systems Could Foster Development in Africa

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 19 June 2012

While the European Union is developing Galileo and operating EGNOS, the two first European satellite navigation systems, the potential benefits of using these technologies for the socio-economic development of the African continent were presented recently in Brussels.

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European Commission and World Bank Institute's Staff Share Insights Towards Innovation in Capacity Development

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 7 June 2012

The World Bank Institute and the European Commission’s DG Development and Cooperation recently held a one day workshop to discuss their respective approaches to capacity development and explore ways of enhancing WBI- European Commission synergies.

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EGNOS in Africa - presentation from EuropeAid Infopoint 24.05.2012

Capacity4dev Team posted Information | 4 June 2012

Watch the powerpoint presentation from the EuropeAid InfoPoint presentation on the potential development benefits of Satellite Navigation in Africa EGNOS in Africa presentation 24.05.2012 from Capacity4Dev

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Group: Earth Observation and Space
Lunchtime Conference on Satellite Navigation in Africa

Capacity4dev Team created a new event | 22 May 2012

24 May

From 24 May 2012
in Bruxelles (Belgium)

This conference is organised by the EuropeAid Development and Cooperation Directorate-General is open to the public. Please register to EUROPEAID-INFOPOINT-CONFERENCES@ec.europa.eu

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Group: Earth Observation and Space
Joanna Pszczola commented on an article | 12 May 2012

Improving Development Outcomes With the Use of New Technologies

Have been very inspiring to be part of the seminar! the use of New Media, new technologies - collecting the citizen feedback -via simple sms collecting systems- bringing those citizen voices and feedback out to the world gives innovative and breakthrough insights on the capacity development and...
Presentation by Aleem Walji, Head of Innovation at World Bank Institute

Capacity4dev Team posted Information | 8 May 2012

Aleem Walji: Presentation to the European Commission from Capacity4Dev View more presentations from Capacity4Dev

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Group: Public Group on Design, Monitoring & Evaluation
Improving Development Outcomes With the Use of New Technologies

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 8 May 2012

Aleem Walji, Head of the Innovation Team at the World Bank Institute, explains how the bank has applied a knowledge-based approach in combination with new technologies to revolutionise capacity development.

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New Features on capacity4dev.eu

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 17 April 2012

Today, most donors recognise that knowledge is a key element of capacity development. The European Commission, DG EuropeAid launched capacity4dev.eu in 2009 to facilitate knowledge sharing. New features of the platform were released in March 2012 to further broaden its usability and scope.

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Cyber Activism and the Tunisian Revolution – an Insiders' Testimony

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 3 February 2012

Social media did not "cause" the end of Ben Ali’s reign last year, but it played a vital role in accelerating the course of events and enhancing the citizens' capacity to impact political events, according to Tunisian cyber activist, Amira Chebli.

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