| | Information, Communication and Space Technology DivisionUpcoming Events and Meetings |
| ICSTD Activities |  |  National Stakeholders Consultation Workshop on Empowering Rural Areas through Community e-Centres (CeCs)
The Bangladesh's National Stakeholders Consultation Workshop on the project "Empowering Rural Areas through Community e-Centres" (CeCs) was organized in Dhaka on 18-19 June 2008 at the Spectra Convention Centre. The project was funded by ADB's Japan Fund for ICT (JFICT) under the SASEC program while jointly executed by ADB and ESCAP. In overall, the project aims to reduce poverty, empower communities, and improve the quality of life in rural areas in participating countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and India through increased accessibility of information and communication technology (ICT) and the associated e-services by establishing e-Centres (CeCs).
[26 June 2008] | |  | |  Consultative Meeting for the Establishment of Regional Knowledge Network of Telecentres in Central Asia
The Consultative Meeting for the Establishment of Regional Knowledge Network of Telecentres in Central Asia was organized in Baku, Azerbaijan on 6-7 May 2008. The Meeting was one of many activities of the United Nations Development Account project entitled "Knowledge networks through ICT access points for disadvantaged communities", which is being implemented jointly by the five United Nations Regional Commissions. [6 June 2008] | | | |  Sub-Regional Workshop on Community e-Centres for Rural Development
ESCAP jointly with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) organized the Sub-Regional Workshop on Community e-Centres (CeCs) for Rural Development from 16 to 18 April 2008 at New Delhi, India, under the project entitled "Empowering rural areas through community e-centres under South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) program" that is being executed by ADB and ESCAP, with funds provided by ADB's Japan Fund for ICT (JFICT).
The workshop gathered senior officials, national consultants and resource persons to examine the progress of the project in the participating countries, including sharing outcomes of the project so far and sharing information on problems encountered and lessons learned during the implementation of the project, share good practices on CeC particularly in the SASEC region, and discussed future project implementation strategy at the regional and national levels. [23 April 2008] | | | |  ICSTD Promotes the Use of Satellites to Combat Disasters in Asia and the Pacific
The Asia-Pacific region has been the victim of some of the most devastating disasters in human history. Over the last ten years, six out of ten of the most deadly natural disasters occurred within the region.
To help prepare the countries of the region for future disasters by exploring ways of effectively utilizing information collected from Earth observation satellites, the ICSTD organized a Regional Symposium on Disaster Management in Bangkok from 19 to 21 March 2008 . High-level officials from the national disaster management authorities of 22 countries participated in the Symposium.
In his address at the opening session, Mr. Shigeru Mochida, Deputy Executive Secretary of ESCAP, noted that "effective disaster management relies greatly on effective information management. Relevant and timely information is indispensable to supporting decision-making on risk assessment, mitigation planning, monitoring and early warning, and rescue and relief activities". He added that information collected from satellites could be a major contributor to improve the effectiveness and timeliness of disaster management. [24 March 2008] |
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