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Gouvernance, information et domaine public
(2003-05)
Les organisateurs de cette conférence ont demandé d'aborder cinq aspects essentiels du débat actuel sur la gouvernance: l’information, la décentralisation, la participation et l'habilitation, le devoir de responsabilité ...
Study on telecommunications regulation in Africa
(2005-04)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has, for two decades, placed priority on building an information-rich continent through the African Information Society Initiative (AISI). The AISI framework is geared towards ...
ICT standards for African teachers needs assessment : teacher training institutes in focus
(2009-02)
A study entitled “ICT Standards for African Teachers” was commissioned by the UNESCO Institute for Capacity-Building (UNESCO-IICBA) on behalf of UNECA, in the context of the Commission’s ePol-NET for Africa , which was set ...
From the Vantage point of a University librarian
(2007-05)
The most important sub-theme from the point of view of a university is Enhancement of employability through access to information and knowledge through libraries and other information services
Economic information literacy and the development of Sub-Saharan Arican countries
(2007-04)
It has been proven that information availability is a key factor in the development of a society. Brooding and Mayer-Schonberger (2000) summaries this in the following words: 'indeed, accurate and reliable information is ...
National knowledge systems and the status of information access policies in Africa
(2005-04)
Knowledge is increasingly perceived as the principal driver of economic growth and development in both developed and developing countries. “Africa’s most urgent need is knowledge for production and development,” was the ...
Information Literacy and lifelong learning for health in the African region
(2007-04)
In 2000, Member States of the United Nations committed to the attainment of a set of quantifiable Millennium Development (MDG) goals for redressing poverty and improving lives by the year 2015. While all of the eight MDG ...
The Critical Role of Libraries and Information Services in ensuring continuous employability and entreprenuership in the knowledge economy
(2007-04)
Libraries play a critical role in the provision of information to citizens. It is through these institutions that information is disseminated to society at large. This starts from basic life skills information to entrepreneurial ...
Annotated provisional agenda of CODI 2: sub-committee on information and communication technologies and library
(2001-09)
Under this agenda item, the Sub-Committee will consider presentations made by countries on the development and utilisation of ICT applications on the four key areas (education, e-commerce, health and ICT policies and ...
Information in the service of governance: Plenary session no.3: The role of the private sector "Private - Public: A marriage of convenience"
(2003-05)
Internet, Television, Urbanization, Democracy and above all Literacy have transformed the whole world in a small microcosm where African citizens has also ended up by developing new needs, like what is going on elsewhere. ...