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| I-Power: The Information Revolution and Stability Operations
(pdf) 28 September 2007 |
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Franklin D. Kramer, Larry Wentz, and Stuart Starr Center for Technology and National Security PolicyNational Defense University February 2007 Information and information technology (I/IT) can significantly increase the likelihood of success in stability operations— if they are engaged as part of an overall strategy that coordinates the actions of outside intervenors and focuses on generating effective results for the host nation. |
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| ICT as a Tool for Environmental Education, Peace, and Reconciliation
(pdf) 22 June 2007 |
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Please download the full paper from here . Abstract In this paper we describe a project that emanates from a conception of environmental education as peace education and utilizes ICT as a tool for bringing communities together and enriching ways of communication. |
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| ICT for disaster management in least developed countries and small islands in the Asia Pacific Region
(pdf) 2 June 2008 |
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Foundation Content, New Resources |
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This brief paper is an attempt to map how ICTs can and have helped in disaster management even in least developed countries in the Asia Pacific region and suggests that though key stakeholders may (today) be averse to the accountability and transparency that ICTs bring to disaster management frameworks, their increasing use by citizens are a compelling argument to fully integrate them into all aspects of disaster early warning, management, mitigation and response. Authors: Daniel Stauffacher and Sanjana HattotuwaOriginally written for UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID) . |
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| ICT for disaster management in the Asia-Pacific region - Chapter for Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book
(pdf) 2 June 2008 |
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Foundation Content, New Resources |
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An adaptation 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. . |
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| ICT for Poverty Reduction
(pdf) 22 July 2007 |
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Looking at poverty alleviation in Asia and the role that ICTs can play, including a list of case studies. . |
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| ICT Foresight - consultation and campaigning in the age of participatory media
(pdf) 24 June 2007 |
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This is the first in a series of ICT Foresight reports looking at how new technologies are changing the environment in which, and the ways in which, VCOs work. This report examines the impact of ICT on the sector's 'voice' and representation roles by looking at the activities of consultation and campaigning. |
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| ICT Foresight - how online communities can make the net work for the VCS
(pdf) 24 June 2007 |
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This is the second in a series of Third Sector Foresight reports on the emerging relationship between voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) and information and communication technology (ICT). ICTs have been with us for some time – though evidence suggests that VCOs have not readily taken advantage of them – but the pace,breadth and disruptive nature of their increasingly widespread introduction and use make this a good point at which to review progress and look at future opportunities. |
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| ICT4Peace - A Concept Note and Roadmap
(pdf) 23 July 2007 |
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Announcements, Foundation Content, New Resources, Projects & Programmes |
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ICT4Peace aims to enhance the performance of the international community in crisis management through the application of information Communications Technology (ICT) – technologies that can facilitate effective and sustained communication between peoples, communities and stakeholders involved in crisis management, humanitarian aid and peacebuilding. Crisis management is defined, for the purposes of this process, as civilian and/or military intervention in a crisis that may be a violent or non-violent with the intention of preventing a further escalation of the crisis and facilitating its resolution. |
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| ICT4Peace - A Concept Note and Roadmap (French)
(pdf) 25 September 2007 |
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Foundation Content, French, New Resources |
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ICT4Peace (Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication pour la paix) a pour objectif de relever le niveau de performance de la communauté internationale dans la gestion de crise en s’appuyant sur l’utilisation des technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC). Celles-ci peuvent, en effet, contribuer à rendre plus efficace, dans la durée, la communication entre individus, communautés et autres acteurs impliqués dans la gestion de crise, l’assistance humanitaire et le rétablissement de la paix. |
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| ICT4Peace - E-Book
(pdf) 5 August 2007 |
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A report on ICT4Peace, with a Preface by Kofi A. Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations. |
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