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

chris addison commented on an article | 24 February 2014

Achieving Financial Inclusion with ICTs: The Donor Role

Readers may also be interested in the articles out this week in ICTupdate 76:Mobile Finance - http://ictupdate.cta.int . This issue includes an interview with USAID on their support to Mobile Money. Also see the blogpost in the ICT and Space group on Capacity4Dev: http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/...
Achieving Financial Inclusion with ICTs: The Donor Role

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 13 February 2014

With an estimated six billion cell phone subscribers worldwide, development actors are embracing the potential of using phones and other information and communications technologies – ICTs - for development purposes. Ecdpm’s Kathleen van Hove asks CGAP microfinance specialist Antonique Koning how...

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Summary on COPERNICUS

Sergio Garcia uploaded a new Document | 24 January 2014

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Summary on COPERNICUS, previously known as Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)

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Group: Earth Observation and Space
EGNOS in Africa

Sergio Garcia uploaded a new Document | 24 January 2014

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Presentation about the case for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) in Africa.

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Group: Earth Observation and Space
EGNOS Presentation

Sergio Garcia uploaded a new Document | 24 January 2014

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Presentation on the benefits and uses of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), currently being extended to Africa.

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Group: Earth Observation and Space
GEAS July 2013

James Morris updated the Document | 13 September 2013

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Publication Date: July 2013 This edition of the Global Environmental Alert Service explains how satellite imagery can tell stories about environmental change by providing visual evidence of both positive and negative large-scale local environmental change. UNEP's satellite imagery work and its...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
ict's for tvet

Rafael Barrio uploaded a new Document | 4 September 2013

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Group: Education and Development
GEAS July 2013

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 2 September 2013

fromhotspotstohopespots-connectinglocalchangestoglobalaudiences.pdf 880.08 KB

Publication Date: July 2013 This edition of the Global Environmental Alert Service explains how satellite imagery can tell stories about environmental change by providing visual evidence of both positive and negative large-scale local environmental change. UNEP's satellite imagery work and its...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Stepping Up Flexible Support for Media and Freedom of Expression

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 13 June 2013

The explosion of on line journalism, blogging and social media has given anyone the technical capacity to become a news publisher, putting the spotlight on the key issues of training and safety.

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Stepping Up Flexible Support for Media and Freedom of Expression

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 13 June 2013

The explosion of on line journalism, blogging and social media has given anyone the technical capacity to become a news publisher, putting the spotlight on the key issues of training and safety.

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