Sometimes, it’s a two-blog day…
I’ve already blogged today, about how training opportunities are all around you, but I have to blog again to note that today, May 17, is World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. The theme is Better life in rural communities with ICTs. It is the subject of NetSquard’s May Net2 Think Tank.
Some things I’ve written related to the subject of phones, smart phones, computers, Internet, etc. – improving lives in rural communities:
- What keeps women out of ICT4D projects? (blog)
- Women’s Access to Public Internet Centers in Transitional and Developing Countries (web page)
- How Cell Phones Benefit Vulnerable People (blog)
- Handheld computer technologies in community service/volunteering/advocacy (web page)
- United Nations Information Technology Service – UNITeS (archived web site)
- Free & open source software brings huge benefits to developing world (blog)
- UN Volunteer ICT4D Assignments – the link will take you to the archived page at archive.org. These profiles are presented by country.
It’s a subject I’ve long felt passionate about!
The purpose of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide. 17 May marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union.
The WTISD web site has lots of free information you can download and use to help you promote the day, and the material is in a variety of languages (English, ????????, ??????, Español, Français, ?????????????? and no text). Too late for this year? No worries – start planning now for next year!
Tags: ICT4D, net2thinktank, NetSquared, access, ICT, United Nations, rural, communities, community