Monday, 6 September 2004

GSN Alliance School Project. At the UN World Summit in December 2003 the Global Schoolnet Alliance was decided on as an international partnership of educational networks and the first project based on eight Millenium Goals to be reached by the year 2015 was launched. These Millenium Goals refer to major world problems such as extreme poverty, lack of primary schooling, maternal death, diseases like HIV etc. To participate in this project, schools are asked to work on these issues in order to first gain facts and then find ways to eradicate these problems at the edge of the 21st century. They also can establish partnerships with any country in the world and add their contributions on the project's website. Do not miss this opportunity to meet teachers from all continents. [Source: EdNA Home Page] 8:43:48 PM

Research: Open Source and the IT Trade Deficit. AUSTRALIA -- In this report Open Source Law looks at the current consistently poor performance of Australia in the ICT industry, as identified by analysis from the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies... identifying one instance in which failure to move... [Source: APC.au ICT Policy & Rights] 7:45:22 PM