This week’s News digest from WebWorld, the website of UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector:
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05-02-2010
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05-02-2010 (Brasilia) UNESCO Brasilia Office hosts sixth edition of Web4Dev conference
To apply Internet-related technologies to social development, UN, UNESCO, CEB Secretariat, UNFPA and UNCTAD are hosting the sixth annual edition of the Web for Development (Web4Dev) Conference. The event will take place on 25 and 26 February 2010 in the Grand Bittar Hotel in Brasília, Brazil. The Conference is also supported by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) and the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br).
04-02-2010 (Paris) UNESCO-supported Boundless Project promotes diversity and cross-border journalism
Promoting cultural diversity and cross-border journalism is a key objective of the Boundless Project, which provides multimedia and television professionals with the opportunity to participate in the Young Euro-Mediterranean Academy for Intercultural Journalism. 12 young journalists took part in the training hosted by Deutsche Welle in Bonn, Germany, from 30 November to 11 December 2009.
03-02-2010 (Bangkok) Popular e-learning CD on ICT in education now available online
When UNESCO’s Bangkok Office announced the release of its E-Learning Series on Information and Communication Technology in Education in June 2009, it was beyond expectation that 3,000 CD-ROMs would run out in just a few months. Requests for copies came literally from everywhere. To satisfy users’ demand, the Bangkok Office makes now its CD available online.
01-02-2010 (Rabat) UNESCO trains Maghreb public service broadcasters to reduce gender stereotyping
UNESCO’s Rabat Office initiates a series of training-the-trainers workshops for media practitioners in Maghreb countries to produce gender-sensitive media content and to reduce stereotyping. The first training targeting public TV professionals will take place in Rabat from 2 to 4 February 2010.
28-01-2010 (Quito) 200 participants attend workshops on media development indicators in Ecuador
About 200 people attended the Workshops on the Application of Media Development Indicators (MDIs) organized by UNESCO’s Quito Office, in collaboration with CIESPAL and the Universo Foundation. The seminars, which took place on 12 January in Quito and on 14 January in Guayaquil, aimed at collecting inputs on the methodology of implementation of MDIs.
25-01-2010 (Paris) Director-General condemns the murder of Mexican journalist José Luis Romero
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today condemned the killing of José Luis Romero whose dead body was found on 16 January.
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