[GKD] Welcome Back to the GKD Discussion!
Dear GKD Members, Welcome back to the GKD List! We hope you all had an enjoyable summer. We look forward to resuming our vibrant GKD discussion, and hearing from you regarding your experiences using ICTs for Sustainable Development. GKD membership continues to grow (currently 2500+ members in over 100 countries). We welcome suggestions for particular themes for discussion as well as your ideas for making GKD an increasingly valuable resource. We will soon begin establishing a database of the GKD archives. We will send you proposed categories for the database, which will facilitate searching the archives, and will welcome your input. Many thanks for your valuable contributions to GKD. Warm regards, The GKD Moderators ***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
[GKD] Promoting Community Radios in the Horn of Africa
A three-day symposium on Promoting Community Radios in the Horn of Africa will take place in Addis Ababa from December 11 - 13, 2001. It aims at introducing and discussing the concepts and practices of community radios and their relevance to the Horn of Africa. The intent is to build on what is happening in areas of social development in the Horn and to reflect on the relevance of community radios in advancing social development initiatives. This will be accompanied by relevant experiences elsewhere in Africa that could provide learning opportunities to the Horn. The symposium is expected to generate interest for community radio initiatives among civil society organizations and support from public governing structures in the Horn. Participants of the Symposium on Promoting Community Radios in the Horn of Africa will include: * Community based organizations and local NGOs engaged in community mobilization and social development initiatives. * Community and non-governmental organizations (both local and international) already engaged or interested in participatory and social development media; * Local and national government representatives; * People representing the national and regional radios; * Community-oriented radio projects and stations; * Donors; and, * People from private sector. The symposium is organized by the Horn of Africa Capacity Building Program (HOACBP). HOACBP is a development fund financed by the Government of Canada through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and managed by Oxfam Canada and Oxfam Quebec. The mandate of the Program is to promote the principles of equity and participatory development throughout the Horn. It supports governmental and non-governmental organizations and initiatives that provide opportunities for learning process in participation. To this end HOACBP provides funding to civil society organizations and public governing structures that are engaged in areas of information/communication, non-formal education, justice and gender. If you have any comments and/or suggestions on the Symposium, please contact Ephrem Tadesse 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
[GKD] Indian Company Develops Cheap Technology for Communication
N-LOGUE DEVELOPS CHEAP TECHNOLOGY FOR COMMUNICATION BANGALORE (UNI): A technology company incubated by the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, has come out with a cheap Internet and telecom network which could revolutionise communication penetration in rural areas. Based on the Cordect Wireless in Local Loop (WLL) developed by the Institute, an Internet and telephone kiosk could be set up in a village with a meagre investment of Rs 35,000 to Rs 40,000 and the cost per line could be brought down further from the current Rs 18,000. The infrastructure for the network was being provided by N-Logue, the company incubated by the Institute. Prof Ashok Jhunjunwala, the man behind the development of the technology and head of the Tenet Group of IIT Chennai told newmen here that the pilot project taken up at Kuppam, the constitutency of Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, had been successful. It was being set up in other parts of the country with the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and other private operators showing the initiative. The project was also taken up in Nellikuppam and Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu and Sikar and Dhar in Rajasthan. In Sikar, as many as 1500 villages would be provided with kiosks with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development providing the necessary loan to local service providers and the entire network had been franchised to Shyam Telelink, the private operator... Prof Jhunjunwala said negotiations were also on to set up 1600 links in schools in Durg district of Chattisgarh. Negotiations were on with the local service providers with telephone franchisees being either BSNL or Bharati. Prof Jhunjunwala said the access network would be provided to all parts of the country, other than the top 150 cities, where connectivity was already available. ** CONTACTS: Prof Ashok Jhunjunwala [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
