A regional seminar entitled "Digital Opportunities for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) - Community Multimedia Centres" will be held by UNESCO in Bucharest, Romania, from 12-16 November 2001. International development partners are invited to the November 16 session on project co-operation. For further information, see http://www.unesco.org/webworld/bucharest.html This meeting comes within the framework of UNESCO's international initiative for Community Multimedia Centres (CMCs), which aims to promote community empowerment and to address the digital divide by combining community broadcasting with Internet and related technologies. The Bucharest meeting follows a successful seminar on the same theme in Kothmale (Sri Lanka), 22-27 January 2001. See: http://www.unesco.org/webworld/public_domain/kothmale.shtml. UNESCO will invite 30 project managers from radio stations, community telecentres and networked associations throughout Eastern Europe to explore the potential of convergence between these two types of facilities in a four-day workshop (12-15 November). Professionals active in the field are welcome to participate in the workshop as observers, at their own expense. The workshop will be followed by a roundtable on 16 November attended by international development partners to discuss project support. This is expected to provide the impetus for a new international co-operative initiative to empower and network communities in the region, particularly disadvantaged or marginalised communities, by reinforcing existing facilities, creating and networking CMCs. Development partners are invited to attend all or part of the workshop preceding the roundtable. For further information, visit http://www.unesco.org/webworld/bucharest.html Or contact: Stella Hughes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rosa Gonzalez at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------ ***GKD is an initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.globalknowledge.org>
