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| The Communication Initiative Network features the ICT4Peace Inventorisation Wiki |
| # Monday Jun 30 2008 at 03:07 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
| TheICT4Peace Foundation's ICT4Peace Wiki is now featured in the Communication Initiative's website . |
| Training for Peace: The Governments of Egypt and Japan, and UNDP launch a project to develop the leading peacekeeping and conflict resolution centre in Cairo |
| # Sunday Jun 29 2008 at 19:48 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
Cairo,Wednesday 18 June 2008 – Today, the Cairo Regional Centre for Conflict Resolution and Peace-keeping in Africa (CCCPA) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will launch a project, funded by the Government of Japan, to strengthen the capacity of CCCPA as a regional and international centre of excellence in the vital area of peacekeeping and conflict resolution in Africa. |
| Launch of PeaceIT - June 2008 |
| # Saturday Jun 28 2008 at 06:16 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
CrisisManagement Initiative has published the first issue 2008 of "Peace IT! Using ICTs to prevent, manage and resolve crises". The journal aims to further the debate on how to advance the professionalism in preventing, managing and resolving crisis through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). You will find it attached in this mail, but you are also able to find the journal online at the CMI website (www.cmi.fi). |
| Roundtable on ICT Technologies for Peace-building and Crisis Management at Responsibility to the Future: Business, Peace and Sustainability |
| # Wednesday Jun 18 2008 at 06:40 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
The ICT4Peace Foundation will conduct a Roundtable on ICT Technologies for Peace-building and Crisis Management on Friday, June 27, 2008, 11:30-13:00, Nehru Centre, Mumbai as part of the Resp |
| 2008 International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution |
| # Wednesday Jun 18 2008 at 06:32 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
SpecialAdvisor of the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa, chaired a panel on Online Dispute Resolution and Peacebuilding at the 2008 International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution held in Victoria, Canada from 18 - 19 June 2008. The Forum has as its purpose the bringing together of the world's leading practitioners, academics, theorists, and online negotiation application developers, to share...continue reading |
| ICT for disaster management in the Asia-Pacific region - Chapter for Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book |
| # Monday Jun 2 2008 at 10:47 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
Anadaptation of the essay by Daniel Stauffacher and Sanjana Hattotuwa, ICT for disaster management in least developed countries and small islands in the Asia Pacific Region, that is published in the official Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book on behalf of the Commonwealth Secretariat. The Book is the Secretariat’s primary communications tool to promote opportunity and potential within the 53 Commonwealth countries a...continue reading |
| ICT for disaster management in least developed countries and small islands in the Asia Pacific Region |
| # Monday Jun 2 2008 at 10:42 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
Authors:Daniel Stauffacher and Sanjana Hattotuwa Originally written for UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID) Disaster management is an imperfect science. It is impossible to accurately predict when and where a disaster will occur. Yet efforts towards drawing up national and regional disaster risk management strategies have encountered significant challenges. Studies show that the problem lies not with the use and adoption of technology per se, but with the more en...continue reading |