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| Welcome statement from Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation and former Swiss Ambassador to the WSIS |
| Friday May 11 2007 at 19:09 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
| Dear Colleagues, Since 2005, the Swiss government has funded a project called “ICT4Peace” that focuses on the application of information and communication technology (ICT) to support activities promoting peace in areas of conflict. This process developed out of my involvement as co-organiser of Phase 1 of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Switzerland in December 2003. Despite evidence that conflict... continue reading |
| Launch of new website for ICT4Peace Foundation |
| Thursday May 17 2007 at 04:38 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
| Dear Colleagues and Friends, We are pleased to launch the ICT4Peace Foundation's new website. Our new website sports a new look and feel, and features enhanced functionality and ease of use. Featuring RSS feeds for easy access to information, new additions to the library and an updated and growing list of li... continue reading |
| Geneva Security Forum - 20-21 June 207 |
| Tuesday May 29 2007 at 07:54 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
The Geneva Security Forum is a unique annual two-day international security conference, showcase and training centre in Geneva, Switzerland. Held in June each year, the gathering will be a top-level forum that will target key stakeholders in the highly competitive and rapidly changing global security market: policymakers, business leaders, key practitioners, and thought leaders who will work together to anticipate and address the issues on the global security agenda. The Geneva Security Forum... continue reading |
| Micro-grant Proposals for Blog Outreach |
| Monday Jun 4 2007 at 05:58 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
Rising Voices, the outreach arm of Global Voices , is now accepting project proposals for the first round of microgrant funding of up to $5,000 for new media outreach projects. Ideal applicants will present innovative and detailed proposals to teach citizen media techniques to communities that are poorly positioned to d... continue reading |
| Knight Foundation grants for community news media |
| Tuesday Jun 5 2007 at 23:51 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
In 2007, Knight Foundation will again award $5 million in grants to individuals, organizations or businesses with ideas and projects that will transform community news. Anybody, anywhere in the world is eligible for funding — if the project meets all of the following criteria:
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| An Award, An Event, A Community: The Stockholm Challenge 2008 |
| Thursday Jun 7 2007 at 04:45 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
The Stockholm Challenge 2008 programme features six category awards for ICT for development projects and a chance to win the prestigious Stockholm Challenge Trophies. The prize ceremony in the City Hall will take place during Challenge Week from May 18 - 22, 2008. An extended programme of workshops, conference, study visits and social gatherings will bring toge... continue reading |
| Launch of ICT4Peace inventory wiki: A global database ICT in crisis management, humanitarian aid and peacebuilding |
| Tuesday Aug 28 2007 at 18:48 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
27th August 2007, Geneva, Switzerland: The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its ICT4Peace Inventory Wiki, accessible immediately from http://www.ict4peace.org/inventory-1.html. |
| ICT4Peace now on Facebook |
| Thursday Sep 13 2007 at 20:37 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
The ICT4Peace Foundation has opened a Facebook group to raise awareness and share information on its ICT4Peace process . Please join the ICT4Peace Facebook group here - you'll need a free Facebook account, that you can create continue reading |
| Welcoming new members to the ICT4Peace Foundation Advisory Board |
| Tuesday Oct 2 2007 at 20:15 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
The Foundation is pleased to welcome Nigel Snoad and Dag Nielson to its Advisory Board. Between them, Nigel and Dag bring to the Foundation a wealth of technical knowledge and applied field experience of great value in helping shape the Foundation's understanding of and approach to ICT4Peace, as articulated in our Mission Statement. For more details of Nigel and Dag, please click... continue reading |
| Launch of ICT4Peace: An International Process for Crisis Management at United Nations, New York |
| Monday Oct 22 2007 at 22:27 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
| ICT4Peace aims to enhance the performance of the international community in crisis management through the application of information and Communications Technology (ICT) – technologies that can facilitate effective and sustained communication between peoples, communities and stakeholders involved in crisis management. 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 preve... continue reading |
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