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From: Tori Holmes ([email protected])
Date: Fri May 17 2002 - 07:03:29 AST

>Digital Opportunity Channel (www.digitalopportunity.org), nuevo canal
>tem�tico de OneWorld para que se escuche la voz del Sur en el debate digital
>
>La red OneWorld (www.oneworld.net) aprovecha la celebraci�n del D�a Mundial
>de las Telecomunicaciones (17 mayo 2002) para presentar un nuevo canal
>tem�tico dedicado al uso y el conocimiento de las nuevas tecnolog�as de la
>informaci�n y la comunicaci�n (TIC) para un desarrollo sostenible. Digital
>Opportunity Channel es una iniciativa conjunta de OneWorld y Digital Divide
>Network (www.digitaldividenetwork.org) de la Fundaci�n Benton, la
>organizaci�n impulsora de OneWorld Estados Unidos (www.oneworld.net/us).
>
>Digital Opportunity Channel pondr� un �nfasis especial en la promoci�n de la
>oportunidad digital en los pa�ses en desarrollo. El editor del nuevo canal,
>Kanti Kumar, explica desde la India que "los pa�ses del Sur han sido
>largamente marginados del di�logo global sobre los beneficios y el impacto
>negativo de las nuevas tecnolog�as. El nuevo canal tem�tico de OneWorld
>pretende ofrecer a las organizaciones y l�deres comunitarios, especialmente
>del Sur, una plataforma desde donde se escuche su voz".
>
>Digital Opportunity Channel tratar� cuestiones como la accesibilidad, la
>generaci�n de capacidades en Internet y nuevas tecnolog�as, la formaci�n en
>TIC para ONG y el papel de las nuevas tecnolog�as en �mbitos b�sicos para el
>desarrollo como la educaci�n, la salud, los derechos humanos o la lucha
>contra la pobreza. El objetivo del nuevo canal tem�tico de OneWorld es
>educar una audiencia global en el uso de las TIC para promocionar una
>verdadera oportunidad digital para todo el mundo. El canal incluye noticias,
>acciones y campa�as, art�culos de opini�n, an�lisis en profundidad e
>investigaci�n, agenda, una gu�a sobre la divisi�n digital, informaci�n de
>financiaci�n y boletines electr�nicos.
...
>Digital Opportunity Channel also brings in the experience of the Benton
>Foundation's Digital Divide Network (www.digitaldividenetwork.org), a
>community of practitioners, activists, academics, policymakers and people
>from ICT industries creating mutual strategies in bridging the digital
>divide.
>
>"Organizations all over the world are implementing creative ICT programs,
>and there is so much we can all learn from each other's experiences,� said
>the Benton Foundation's Andy Carvin, co-editor of the new portal. �Digital
>Opportunity Channel is more than just a Web site. It serves as an online
>community whose participants will work actively to develop smart strategies
>for using ICT to make a real and lasting difference in the lives of people
>living in poverty."
>
>Channel features include news, campaign actions, success stories, opinion
>pieces by leading commentators, in-depth analysis and research, events
>listings, a beginner's guide to digital divide issues, funding information,
>email digests and a dedicated search facility on ICT for development.
>
>OneWorld is funded for Digital Opportunity Channel by the UK Government
>Department for International Development (www.dfid.gov.uk) and the
>Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate General for
>International Co-operation (www.minbuza.nl/english/). The Benton Foundation
>involvement in Digital Opportunity Channel is supported by the AOL Time
>Warner Foundation (www.aoltimewarnerfoundation.org) and the Markle
>Foundation (www.markle.com).
>
>Contacts: Kanti Kumar (New Delhi) [email protected], +91-11-6498789
> Andy Carvin (Washington DC) [email protected], +1-202-454-5627
> Glen Tarman (London) [email protected], +44 (0)20 7091 4541
>
>Note:
>
>1. The theme of this year�s World Telecommunication Day is "ICT for all:
>empowering people to cross the Digital Divide"
>www.itu.int/newsroom/wtd/2002/. Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General, United
>Nations said: "On World Telecommunication Day, let us resolve to bridge the
>Digital Divide between countries, between rural and urban areas, between
>educated and illiterate populations and between men and women. And let us
>act urgently so that all the world�s people can benefit from the potential
>of the ICT revolution."
>See also 'UN Chief Calls for Urgent Action on "Digital Divide"'
>OneWorld on Yahoo! News
>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=655&ncid=655&e=1&u=/oneworld
>/20020516/wl_oneworld/1032_1021584949

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