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    ICT for
    Capacity-Building:
    Critical Success Factors

    UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 11-13 May 2005

    UNESCO and the Club of Rome co-organized in Paris a three-day World Conference on Harnessing the Potential of ICT for Capacity Building.

    12 World Regions were connected live via the GDLN network, making a global exchange of experiences possible.

    The event, which was held from May 11th to May 13th, was directed to the second meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis in November.

    The Proceedings are available for download (pdf, 2 MB). Please click on the image above.

    The Conference discussed the use of information and communication technology (ICT), including satellites, for capacity-building, and its key strategic role for achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals.

    The Conference’s main focus was on new delivery methods of nonformal learning and other skills development. It gave particular attention to the special needs of marginalized groups in areas that are unreached by the traditional education systems but could be given access to new forms of education delivery through satellite technologies.

    You can receive a DVD which contains...

       - the complete webcast archive of the conference,
       - a summary video,
       - the proceedings book,
       - additional info about the Club of Rome,
       - Wikipedia info,
       - info about the 100 Dollar laptop project,
       - and a bootable version of Ubuntu Linux

    ...free of charge via the European Support Centre of the Club of Rome:

    Contact:

    European Support Centre of the Club of Rome
    Tuchlauben 8/15   ,   1010 Vienna   ,   Austria

    http://www.clubofrome.at   

    Resources and Links


    Statement of the Club of Rome to the WSIS (pdf, 2.5 MB)

    Statement of the Club of Rome to the Johannesburg Summit (pdf, 1.5 MB)

    Equality and Diversity in the Information Age(pdf, 2.5 MB)

    The Challenge of the Digital Divide (pdf, 2.8 MB)


    The Club of Rome
    European Support Centre of the Club of Rome (ESC)

    Brussels-EU Chapter of the Club of Rome

    European Environmental Education Project - an ESC capacity building project

    UNESCO WSIS Action Directory

    UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society

    UNESCO Free Software Portal

    International Center for Information Ethics


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