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Promoting information literacy: lessons from education and lifelong learning
(2007-04)
Literacy in general and functional literacy in particular are at the heart of any educational empowerment. Simply defined, literacy relates to acquisition of skills to use written language. Literacy is a powerful tool that ...
African virtual library and information network (AVLIN) AVLIN advisory committee (AAC) : report of the first meeting of AAC
(2003-05)
The document focuses on the African Virtual Library and Information Network (AVLBV) AVLIN Advisory Committee (AAC) Report of the First Meeting of AAC.
Women and information communication technologies: setting the context for information literacy programme and social change in Cameroon
(2007-04)
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) define information literacy as the ability to identify, locate, access, evaluate and apply the needed information. Such a definition highlights the importance of ...
Report on ECA activities in the area of geoinformation since the fifth session of the Committee on Development Information (CODI-V)
(2009-01)
The Secretariat of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is pleased to submit its report on activities carried out by ECA in the area of Geoinformation since the fifth meeting of the Committee on Development Information ...
CODI compendium of recommendations and resolutions
(2007-04)
The present Session represents a new start for CODI showing the importance of the information issues in the various economic and social activities, becoming consequently a strategic resource for African development and ...
Subcommittee of Geo-information synthesis report of activities of ECA sponsored regional centres of excellence in the field of Geo-information
(2007-04)
This report is a synthesis of activities that are relevant to the work of the Subcommittee on Geo-information, undertaken by regional centers of excellence in geo-information sponsored by the United Nations Economic ...
Report on ECA activities in the area of information and communication technologies, information systems and libraries (1999-2001) and programme of work for the biennium (2002-2003)
(2001-08)
The Economic Commission for Africa has carried out a number of activities in the area of ICT during the last two years (July 1999 to September 2001). One of the key accomplishments is the holding of the first African ...
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 ...
Third meeting of the Fifth African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) on the African Information Society Initiative (AISI) : meeting report
(2009-04)
This document is a meeting report on The Third meeting of the Fifth African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) on the African Information Society Initiative (AISI), taken place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 28 April – ...
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 ...