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A call for applications for Diplo's ACP Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Internet Governance (IG) Capacity Development Programme Foundation Course has been issued to all government and sub-regional/regional institutions of ACP countries involved in ICT and IG policy as well as civil society, business, academia, media, and other interested individuals or groups.
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DiploFoundation is pleased to invite professionals from the ACP (Africa-Caribbean-Pacific) Group of States to register for a training workshop on Internet Governance issues (IG) and ICT policies, taking place from 13-14 May 2010 in cooperation with FOSSFA as part of the pre-conference training programme of the Fourth African Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons, IDLELO4 that will be held from the 17th to 21st May, 2010 in Accra, Ghana.
The training workshop will give participants an overview of the multidisciplinary field of IG (including technical, legal, economic, socio-cultural and developmental aspects) and explain links to the international and regional IG processes (World Summit on Information Society and Internet Governance Forum). The discussions will highlight the importance of IG and ICT issues and its effect on national and regional policies
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The Fourth African Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons (IDLELO 4) to be held from 17th - 21st May, 2010, in Accra at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE).
This knowledge-building and sharing event under the theme: “Development with Ownership” is a forum for African experts and their global partners to share experience in order to expand awareness of the 'open' philosophy and the creation and use of open technologies for the benefit of our people. The emphasis on concrete examples of best practice presented by leaders in the field will further build capacity increasing the momentum of achievements from the previous editions of Idlelo held in South Africa, Kenya and Senegal.
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"How can African IT-businesses make money with Free and Open Source Software?" This is one of the questions that will be discussed at the regional Training of Trainers course on "Advanced African business Models with Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)". The two-week course will run from 31st August - 11th September 2009.
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Toro Development Network is organising a workshop, "Why and How to Get Online: A survey on the Use of Web 2.0 Tools for Access to Community Information & Knowledge Sharing, scheduled for March 5th - 7th, 2008 at Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal.
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