ICT4D PWD is a Social Network Community of people and organizations working together to improve the social and economic impact of Persons With Disabilities, Opportunities for connecting (PWDs) through ICTs.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have the potential for making significant improvements i… Continue

A couple of weeks ago, the Chairman of UNDESA-GAID, Mr. Talal Abu Ghazaleh, wrote to the GAID community about the outcomes of the Global Forum and Annual Meetings in Monterrey and presented the Action Plan for the upcoming year. If you have not done so already, please take some time to review these documents and use this platform to respond and collaborate with your peers about how you might be able to help implement the Action Plan for the coming year.

THANKS!

-The UNDESA-GAID Secretariat… Continue

The Civil Society and Outreach Unit of the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) would like to invite civil society organizations to share their though… Continue

The Information Technology Authority (ITA) today launched the Community Knowledge Center (CKC) Project in Oman.

The Community Knowledge Center in Salalah is the first Center to begin training sessions, with the first course having already started Saturday, 10 October 2009. The CKC Project was launche… Continue

Open Consultations on Financial Mechanisms: Meeting the Challenges of ICT for Development (8-9 October, Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland)

• It's was the first time that the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) holding Open Consultations on the Financial Mechanisms for Meeting the Challenges of ICT for Development – addressed to all WSIS stakeholders, including international organizations, governments, private sector, NGOs, others.
• This meeting was hosted by ITU and organized jo… Continue