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

Mobile technology for agriculture

Julia Nietsch posted Information | 27 May 2015

Information and communication technologies are a major driver of socio-economic development in emerging countries, particularly in rural areas. By providing innovative services tailored to the needs of the local population – in the fields of health, education, administration, agriculture or...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Mobile services for agriculture in Africa

Julia Nietsch created a new event | 21 May 2015

04 Jun

From 4 June 2015
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by Orange

Interested in mobile technology for development? Join our *panel debate on mobile services for agriculture in Africa on Thursday June 4th 12.30 -13.45! *( https://eudevdays.eu/topics/oranges-proposal-lab-project-mobile-agricult... [1]) [1] https://eudevdays.eu/topics/oranges-proposal-lab-project-...

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Group: European Development Days
Agenda 36th WGET ICT Innovation Forum

Rahel Dette uploaded a new Document | 9 April 2015

agenda_36th_wget_ict_innovation_forum_29-30_april_dubai.pdf 69.85 KB

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Group: innov-aid
Technology for education? Not really!

Fernando Aidos posted Information | 2 April 2015

http://www.dw.de/lifelinks-education-mobile-africa/a-18358008?maca=en-ne...

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Group: Education and Development
Agriculture’s Data Revolution

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 25 March 2015

“If we can replace the hand hoe with a smartphone as the most common tool in the hands of an African farmer, then we are halfway towards our dream,” said Theo de Jager, President of the Pan African Farmers Organisation and the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions. That dream is to...

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Girls in ICT International Day

Gunel Huseynova created a new event | 19 March 2015

23 Apr

From 23 April 2015
in Baku (Azerbaijan)

Organised by DIG IT WOWOMAN

Celebration of International Girls in ICT Day

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Project: TECH-TECH XANIM WOWOMAN
TECH-TECH XANIM WOWOMAN PAGE

Gunel Huseynova created a new WIKI page | 13 March 2015

This is a page of TECH-TECH XANIM WOWOMAN Project initiated with the main purppse to encourage women to IT fields by promoting and training them.

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Project: TECH-TECH XANIM WOWOMAN
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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Group: UNESCO
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

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