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

New and updated GIS data

Katalin Bodis posted Information | 11 January 2012

New and updated GIS data is available from the Working group pages / Processed GIS data page. The collection of currently available GIS data contains socio-economic data layers (e.g. administrative areas, boundaries and names, data of population density, populated places, network infrastructure,...

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Group: African Renewable Energy Technology Platform - AFRETEP
Christoforos KORAKAS commented on an article | 30 November 2011

Developing the Collective Change Capacity of Societies

Great Interview ... take the time to see the video ... This meeting was really an eye opener on how far the WBI has gone in using ICTs knowledge, crowd-sourcing, social networks etc. to achieve its objectives and refocus their policy ...
Developing the Collective Change Capacity of Societies

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 30 November 2011

Over 3,000 development officials have gathered in Busan, South Korea, this week for an important forum on aid effectiveness. According to Vice President of the World Bank Institute Sanjay Pradhan, who is attending the event, capacity development has yet to attain its full potential for changing...

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Representations of Africa - Media Can Help People be More Confident in Their Capacity

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 27 April 2011

International television and news reporting would be advised to focus more on what works well in Africa and inspire future generations of the continent’s youth, according to Amobé Mévégué, a well known media figure.

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Werner Willeke commented on an article | 2 February 2011

Digital Advances Make Information Sharing an Indispensible Component in Development

I have worked in the development aid project area since more than 14 years now. Frankly said what concerns information exchange in the development aid area I am a little bit frustrated. Sharing knowledge - especially in the 'digital age' - should be easy today. Unfortunately it is not always the...
Digital Advances Make Information Sharing an Indispensible Component in Development

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 18 January 2011

Widespread access to the internet and mobile phones, even in the world’s poorest countries, are making the sharing of information easier than ever before and offer varied opportunities for improving development systems. Find out about some innovative new ideas.

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UNIDO to work with Korea International Cooperation Agency to transfer green technologies to Cambodia

UNIDO Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development Organization posted Information | 12 January 2011

VIENNA, 28 December 2010 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), will work together to facilitate the transfer of environmentally sound technologies to Cambodia. An agreement on this was signed in Vienna today by the...

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Group: UNIDO Brussels - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Christoforos KORAKAS commented on an article | 15 June 2010

Improving Integrated Financial Management Information Systems

Very Interesting reading and presentation too ! One of the issues with IFMIS is that they tend to be very expensive to implement and to maintain ... Beyond the cost in itself, this also means that applying the high failure rates of eGovernement systems seen across the board (60-80% fail either on...
Improving Integrated Financial Management Information Systems

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 1 June 2010

Improving Integrated Financial Management Information Systems Led by expert Dr Carolyne Stanforth.

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Harnessing Information for Change

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 22 April 2010

A new documentary is to be screened in Brussels that presents the experiences of human rights advocates from around the world who have used information and digital technology for positive change.

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