======================================================================== Digital Dividends: A televised debate for BBC World TV
http://www.apdip.net/news/ictpovertydebate ======================================================================== What role do ICTs have in alleviating poverty? This is one of the many questions that will be fired at a distinguished panel on 30 September 2005 at the International Telecommunication Union Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The debate will be broadcast on BBC World Television on 22 October 2005. We have just had a Millennium Summit Plus 5 in New York. To no-one’s surprise, the ambitious so-called "Millennium Development Goals" for halving poverty are not being met. Could that be because in the 21st century we are overlooking the 21st century solution for bridging the divide between Rich and Poor? Namely: to invest more in ICTs – television, radio, computers, the Internet, mobile phones, and so on? On 30 September 2005, at the headquarters of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Geneva, dev.tv is staging a Debate on the emerging agenda for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). An invited audience of 50 ICT movers and shakers will fire questions at a distinguished panel. The Debate will be broadcast on BBC World Television on 22 October 2005, in advance of Phase II of WSIS, which will take place in Tunis, Tunisia, on 16-18 November 2005. This is your chance to have a say by sending your questions to Anita McNaught, moderator for the Debate. Send your questions right up to 12:00 GMT on 29 September 2005 on [EMAIL PROTECTED], and we will do our best to make sure they are put to the panel. This Debate is staged with support from UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP), Global Knowledge Partnership and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Christine Apikul UNDP-APDIP _______________________________________________ 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.
