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Kind regards,
Jo Pierson
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This is an enquiry e-mail via https://iamcr.org/ from:
Mika YAMANAKA<m.yaman...@unesco.org>
Dear Sir, Madam,
I would like to kindly request you to circulate the announcement
below among your members. UNESCO is actually launching a online
debate on mobile phones for development and I thought your members
might be also interested in contributing this global debate. You are
also welcomed to join UNESCO’s online community “WSIS Platform of
Communities”, to use it as a place for promoting IAMCR activities
and to explore networking opportunities. Over 2000 people have now
joined this platform.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Best wishes,
Mika Yamanaka
Information Society Division
Communication and Information Sector
UNESCO paris
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UNESCO will launch the first of a series of debates on ICTs and
development on the WSIS Platform of Communities website (www.wsis-community.org
) on 11 April. The debate will last until 25 April. A summary of
insights from the debate will be published as a contribution to this
year's WSIS Forum which is to be held in Geneva from 16 to 20 May
2011, and to discussions by international development agencies.
The debate is on the Social and Economic Impact of Mobile Phones in
Developing Countries.
The debate opens with a background comment on mobile phones in
development (from the debate moderator, Dr David Souter) and two
opening statements of the importance of mobile phones for social and
economic development. The opening statements are by Rich Ling, who
focuses on social impact, and Abi Jagun, who focuses on economic
impact.
A number of interviews with experts in mobile phones and development
are also used to set the scene. The interviews are with Jenny Aker,
Ken Banks, Roxanna Barrantes, Harsha da Silva and Alison Gillwald.
UNESCO urges everyone with an interest in mobile phones and
development is encouraged to join the debate and raise issues which
you think should be discussed. You are also welcome to draw
attention to new developments and insights on the issues.
Summaries of the issues and comments from the moderator will be
posted as the debate progresses.
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