PRESS RELEASE GHANA�S YOUTH BEGIN JOURNEY TOWARD WSIS ACCRA 2005
Wednesday, 15th December 2004 @ Kumasi As part of activities lined toward World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) African Regional Conference in Accra from 2 � 4 February 2005 tagged �WSIS Accra 2005�, an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Campaign for young people was launched in Kumasi on Wednesday, December 15th 2004. The event is the first in the series of a ten (10) month Campaign dubbed National Youth Information Society Campaign (NYISC). The Campaign, which is being organized under the theme �Developing the Youth to Meet the Challenges of the Information Society� aims at bringing together young people from every corner of the country to get developed, empowered, informed and deliberate on issues toward the building of a sustainable Information Society in Ghana. This includes sensitizing the youth on the essence of ICTs as well as give them practical training on how they can use ICTs for their personal development. The Campaign Coordinator, Mr. Leopold Armah stated during the opening ceremony that ICTs are a pivotal key to the successful and timely implementation of the ultimate median goal of our country�.that is moving from developing country status to development where abject poverty would belong to the past. According to him the future of our country lies in the hands of all of us and more especially the young people, because they are the best 'bridge' between the present generation and the future. He indicated that the energies of youth, coupled with their ability to adapt, their creativity and their spirit of enterprise, make them critical players in development. Hence investing in them is a sure way of moving Ghana from a third world status to a first world. In a speech read on his behalf by Mr. N. Odoi, the Deputy Regional Director of Education, the Minister of Communications, Hon. Kan Dapaah said that the idea of the Information Society seeks to ensure that emerging economies benefit from the potentials of ICT in their developmental agenda. He therefore called on all stakeholders to ensure effective participation of all in building an effective information society. The Campaign is being organized by African Youth Initiative and PRIME RESOURCES under the auspices of Ministries of Communications and Education and in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Other partners include Ghana Information Network for Knowledge Sharing (ginks) and TechGov. About three hundred and fifty (350) young people and their tutors drawn from junior and senior secondary schools across the Ashanti Region participated in the event. They were taken through topics such as; opportunities for the youth within the emerging Information Society and ICTS and its impact on knowledge sharing, rural development and health. Other activities lined up include National Youth ICT Essay Competition; ICT Sensitization Outreach to the five (5) Regional capitals; Online Discussion and Media Encounters. NYISC Secretariat, Ministry of Communications Tel: 021 � 685608 / 024-4699905 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== LEOPOLD L.L. ARMAH P.O. BOX GP 175 ACCRA,GHANA. Tel: +233-24-4699905 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hj.resumes.yahoo.com/armahleo/armahleo "Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads" ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
