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IICD Teams Up With FAO to Organise International ‘Livelihoods and ICT’ Expert Consultation Workshop
11 03 2010 IICD and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are organising an international ‘Livelihoods and ICT’ expert consultation in The Hague from 24 to 26 February. Participants from organisations with diverse approaches to the topic will discuss the role of ICT in support of rural livelihoods and its impact.
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“We Want to Make Zambians More Comfortable With Blood And Blood Donation”
11 03 2010 Bright Mulenga is the ICT Officer of the IICD-supported Zambian Blood Transfusion Services. Five questions for him about the donation system and the role of ICT.
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IICD Receives 20,000 Euro Donation From ‘CharITy’
11 03 2010 IICD received a cheque worth 20,000 Euros during the 2010 CIO dinner in the Netherlands on March 2. The funds were raised by CharITy, whose chairman Jan Boll presented the cheque to IICD’s Managing Director Caroline Figuères at the dinner. The funds will help youth at IICD-supported education projects.
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African Delegation Visits India to Learn Telecentre Best Practices
11 03 2010 A representative from Ghana’s Community Information Centres (CIC) in Tamale visited several telecentres in the Kerala State in India at the end of 2009. The visit was part of a 10-day study tour.
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IICD Contributes to ‘ICT And Climate Change’ Report
11 03 2010 IICD has contributed to a report that shows how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be used by people in the Global South to reduce the risks they face from climate change. The document was released at the end of 2009 and was co-written by organisations that are active in the field of ICT for development.
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Job Opportunity: Internship Sector Learning and Technology Solutions
25 02 2010 IICD is looking for an intern to work with thematic areas & sector learning, and innovation & capacity building in technology solutions.
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Bernhard van Oranje appointed honorary member of IICD
19 02 2010 His Highness prince Bernhard van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven has been appointed honorary member of IICD. In his role as honorary member, Van Oranje will actively promote the importance of information and communication technology (ICT) for development in Africa and Latin-America.
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Job Opportunity: Manager HR / Team Leader Personnel, Finance and Central Services
15 02 2010 Do you have experience in managing human resources? Are you knowledgeable of Dutch laws and regulations regarding employment in the Netherlands? Do you have experience with staff working abroad?
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Mobile Devices Help Monitor Access to Healthcare in Ghana
08 02 2010 SEND Ghana has launched a project to use mobile devices to collect data to assess if the poor are benefiting from the government’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). IICD will provide technical advisory service and training.
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Crop Price Radio Programme for Farmers goes Nation–Wide in Bolivia
08 02 2010 The IICD-supported radio broadcast that provides information on crop prices to Bolivian farmers in Santa Cruz will now be broadcasted nation-wide. The programme makes farmers more aware of how much they can ask for their products when they sell them, thus increasing their profit.
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IICD and NComputing Collaborate to Boost Development in Africa and Latin-America Using Innovative Low-Cost ICT Solutions
08 02 2010 IICD and NComputing Inc., the worldwide leader in low-cost computing, signed an agreement in December to cooperate to promote reliable low-cost ICT solutions among IICD’s partner organisations in Africa and Latin America.
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Female Bolivian Indigenous Leaders Receive New Tools for Lobbying
08 02 2010 Four regional offices of the IICD-supported organisation for indigenous people in Bolivia (CIDOB) received equipment by Ncomputing last month. This technique makes it possible to use a single computer for several work stations, allowing indigenous women leaders to be more actively involved in discussions about indigenous and women rights.
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Burkina women’s association receives honorary medal for community radio
26 01 2010 Pag la Yiri, a women’s association based in eastern Burkina Faso, received an honorary medal for its work in the Zabré region, particularly its community radio station. The medal, Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite Burkinabé, is one of the highest honorary medals awarded by the President.
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Atos Origin Consultant Demonstrates Free Learning Tools to Zambian Teachers
26 01 2010 Atos Origin consultant Berno van Soest introduced teachers in Zambia to digital tools they can use to enrich their curriculum. This was part of his visit to the IICD-supported ENEDCO project in January 2010. Among the tools was a browser to view Wiki content such as Wikipedia offline and software that can be used to easily create quizzes for students.
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Job Opportunity: Team Leader International Programmes
25 01 2010 IICD is looking for someone to temporarily fulfil this position for 32 hours per week. Do you have experience in working in developing countries and are you available to lead one of our departments?
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Co-founder Taking It Global Addresses IICD-event on Digital Natives
25 01 2010 More than 250 people gathered in Amsterdam on January 15 for the seventh edition of the ICT4D event ‘Fill the Gap’ to discuss digital natives and development. The keynote speaker was co-founder and executive director of Taking IT Global, Jennifer Corriero. The event generated many ideas about how youth in the Global South could use and improve their ICT skills and how youth could be mobilised to use these ICT-skills for development.
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WWW founder visits IICD partner RICNET in Uganda
25 01 2010 Founder of the world wide web Sir Tim Berners-Lee met with IICD local partner RICNET to discuss using ICT for development in Uganda.
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Jozias van Aartsen and Jalbert Kuijper New Members IICD Board of Trustees
19 01 2010 IICD is welcoming two new members on its Board of Trustees. As of 1 January 2010 Jozias van Aartsen, mayor of The Hague, will succeed Mrs. Hella Voûte-Droste in the position of chairperson of the Board. At the same time Mr. Jalbert Kuijper, founder and managing director of Xeed and former Lost Boys director will succeed Bernhard van Oranje, founder of Levi9 Global Sourcing, as member of the Board.
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Law Students in Bolivia Provide Online Consultation to Victims of Domestic Violence
19 01 2010 Law and psychology students in Santa Cruz provide online legal and psychological advice to women victims of domestic violence. This is part of the IICD-supported Casa de la Mujer project. The students are almost finished or recently graduated from the Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno.
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IICD Tests Low-cost Interactive Whiteboard by Using a Game Controller
19 01 2010 IICD’s technical department is currently testing a digital whiteboard that can be made for under 100 Euros (approximately 150 US Dollars) if a beamer and computer are available. The key component of the system is the controller of the Nintendo Wii, that contains an infrared camera.
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Job Opportunity: Officer Knowledge Sharing
19 01 2010 For the period February-July 2010, IICD is looking for a colleague to strengthen the Thematic Networks (TN) team in the area of harvesting lessons learned from IICD experiences in the South and to prepare materials for dissemination.
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Hospitals in Tanzania Test Digital Pen
21 12 2009 IT managers of several hospitals in Tanzania will test a digital pen that could potentially benefit hospital doctors. The pen can convert doctor’s handwriting into a digital file which is easier to archive and takes up less space.
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Global Teenagers Connect Through SMS, Email, Wikis
21 12 2009 Students from Africa, the Middle East, Europe and North America are using sms, email and wikis to learn about food production around the world. This is a good example of how IICD’s Global Teenager Project (GTP) connects cultures and helps young people learn from each other. Watch the GTP video to find out more how this works in practice.
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North Takes Access to ICT for Granted
21 12 2009 IICD’s Denise Senmartin has been chosen as one of just 20 foreigner members to take part in the 70-strong Dutch Third Chamber. The Third Chamber is a shadow parliament in the Netherlands that focuses on international development. The chamber’s 2009-2010 theme is New Technologies for Development. Having grown up in Argentina and experienced economic crises, Denise knows how poverty undermines people’s dignity. She strongly believes ICT can make a difference in developing countries.
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Primary Students in Ecuador Make Newspaper on Computer
21 12 2009 Students in Ecuador are making a digital newspaper to improve their computer skills and their Spanish. The newspaper medium helps them better both their language and writing skills, as well as use of computer programs.
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