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8 o d'b 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8oPYo. o o o8P .oPYo. .oPYo. o8P .oPYo. oPYo. .oPYo. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8oooo8 Yb.. 8 8 8 8 `' .oooo8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8. 'Yb. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 `YooP' `YooP8 8 `Yooo' `YooP' 8 `YooP' 8 `YooP8 8 8 :.....::....8 ::..::.....::.....::..:::.....:..:::::.....:.... :::::::::ooP'.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: SUMMARIES PROJECT ... HEADED BY FARAH MAHMOOD IN PESHAWAR Copyleft, may be reproduced with attribution. -----------------------------------[OCTOBER 2007]------ Events and Announcements Call for ICT Researchers The University of Washington Center for Internet Studies (CIS) is conducting a study of public access ICT environments in 25 countries. The research will include an examination of physical infrastructures (libraries, telecenters, kiosks, etc.), public access policies, stakeholder analyses (especially within government), and the information needs of disadvantaged communities, among others. To implement this study, CIS is seeking qualified in-country research teams to conduct interviews, surveys and local language data analyses. The expected timeframe for the engagement is November 2007 through August 2008. For details of this request and list of countries, visit: http://www.cis. washington. edu/projects/ publicaccessICTl andscape/ countryselection.html Interested parties should send a 1-page Expression of Interest in a Word or text file by October 8 to: [email protected] on.edu * * * Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies A Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies will be held on October 5-7, 2007 in Bangalore, India. The workshop is being co-organised by IT for Change, the Association for Progressive Communications, the International Women's Tribune Centre, ISIS International, and Gloria Bonder, the General Coordinator of the Regional UNESCO Chair Women, Science and Technology in Latin America. The goal of the meeting will be to a) conduct a gender analysis of the policy ecology of the information society and the approaches of critical institutional players b) evolve an action plan for research and advocacy and c) develop the structure and processes that facilitate and strengthen the work of the network. www.ITforChange.net * * * Call for Paper: Asia-Pacific Journal on ICST The Information, Communication and Space Technology Division of UNESCAP is preparing its annual Asia-Pacific Journal on Information, Communication and Space Technology, to be published by the end of 2007. The Journal aims to highlight emerging trends and issues related to information, communication and space technology (ICST) for development and contribute to the promotion of an inclusive, people-centered information society in Asia and the Pacific. For this edition, the division is seeking contribution in the form of original papers, related to ICST - ICT strengthened by space technology for content and infrastructure - and showing evidenced ICST impacts on economic development in Asia and the Pacific. More information can be found at http://www.unescap.org/icstd/main/journal- 2007-cfp. Asp * * * e-GovWorld 2007 - November 29-30, 2007 eGov World 2007 will serve as an important milestone with focus six key Mission Mode Projects under National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of India, Mobile Government Practices across the globe and Special Session on Data Centers for enhancing e-Government readiness. . It will be held in New Delhi, India on November 29-30 with the support of the e-Development Thematic Group of The World Bank, Danish Technological Institute, OneWorld SouthAsia, PricewaterhouseCoop ers India and other partners Conference Website: http://www.egovworl d.org * * * Global CIO Dialog on The Human Factor in Re-engineering Government A Global CIO Dialogue on The Human Factor in Re-engineering Government on October 29, 2007 from 8:00-10:30 am ET. It is organized by the World Bank in partnership with George Mason University's School of Management, Development Gateway Foundation and several partners in various countries who will be participating via videoconference. The event brings together some 40 IT leaders from the Asia Pacific region to Washington D.C., and CIOs/e-government leaders from other regions via VC. It is part of a 2.5-day Global CIO Roundtable conference (http://somweb . gmu.edu/globalci o2007/). The event will examine the critical role of the government CIOs and e-champions in citizen-centric transformation of thepublic sector. More information and resources are available at: http://go.worldbank .org/EM0S2AL7T0 * * * Articles Unwrapping ideas at latest 'unconference' They call it an 'unconference' , and it's a small but growing rage among techies wanting to share ideas in town. BarCamps are an international network of 'user generated conferences' that involve open, participatory workshop events. Some 200 people from diverse spheres took part in Mumbai's latest BarCamp, where content is provided by participants - often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related free software or open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats. An 'unconference' is thus a collaborative discussion with no classroom rules. It is a participative session, where the speaker only leads the discussion. Participants can leave if bored or cut in when the 'speaker' is speaking to ask as many questions as they want. Read complete report at http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid= 1128889 * * * MANDATE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO NIH-FUNDED RESEARCH POISED TO BECOME LAW Washington, D.C. October 24, 2007 - The U.S. Senate last night approved the FY2008 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Bill (S.1710), including a provision that directs the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen its Public Access Policy by requiring rather than requesting participation by researchers. The bill will now be reconciled with the House Appropriations Bill, which contains a similar provision, in another step toward support for public access to publicly funded research becoming United States law. The Alliance for Taxpayer Access is a coalition of patient, academic, research, and publishing organizations that supports open public access tothe results of federally funded research. The Alliance was formed in 2004 to urge that peer-reviewed articles stemming from taxpayer-funded research become fully accessible and available online at no extra cost to the American public. Details on the ATA may be found at http://www.taxpayer access.org * * * Telecenters Networking telecentres in East Africa The East Africa Telecentre Leaders Forum (EATLF) discussions have started bearing fruits. The Tanzania Telecentre Network will be launched during a workshop on 25 -27 October 2007. It was the decision of the second EATLF in October 2006 that countries form National telecentre networks. In February 2007, the Kenya Network of Telecentres (Kentel) was formed and this week will see the birth of the Tanzanian Network. The network aims to : To provide a platform for telecentres leaders to exchange ideas and knowledge on rural development. Discuss the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in accelerating development as enshrined in the National Strategy for Growth and reduction of poverty. Explore different ICTs interfaces which are sustainable for telecentres. This workshop will also discuss the role of telecentres in accelerating growth and development. It will look at the vision, mission, objectives and structure of telecentres. The role of the Tanzania Telecentre Association will also be discussed. telecentre.org * * * Sustaining telecentres....join the discussion Telecentre sustainability is a theme central to many current debates among telecentre practitioners, donors, support organizations, and governments. For the most part, telecentres remain dependent on donors or do not have the necessary resources to sustain their activities. The online session of the 4th East Africa Telecentre Leaders Forum is discussing social enterprise and how to sustain telecentres. Loic Commoli, the Social Enterprise Director at NESsT ( www.nesst.org) is leading the discussion. The discussion aims to: - Clarify the role that social enterprise can play in telecentres and sustainability - Present examples of successful social enterprises - Generate ideas for telecentre products and services - Promote the field of social enterprise among regional telecentres - Use the outcomes of this discussion to inform the Fourth East Africa Telecentre Leaders Forum on November 8 and 9 ------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes for All: www.bytesforall.org or www.bytesforall.net Bytes for All Readers Discussion: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bytesforall_readers To subscribe: [email protected] Bytes for All Discussion summary compiled by: Farah Mahmood, [email protected] Pakistan - Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490 12000+ downloadable, sharable hi-res photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]