APDIP Projects in Sri Lanka
List of APDIP projects in Sri Lanka
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The First Model e-Village in Sri Lanka Paves the Way for 24-Hour Connectivity in Other Rural Communities
- Sri Lanka's first outdoor wireless computer network is now up and running. Surprisingly, it is not in Colombo. It is not even in any of the other key places. It was installed in Mahavilachchiya, a little known village, 40 km from the nearest town Anuradhapura, and surrounded three sides by the Vilpattu jungle.
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Children of Tsunami: A Regional Communications Initiative
- Children of Tsunami is a regional communications initiative tracking how ordinary people rebuild lives and livelihoods after the Asian Tsunami Disaster. This is an initiative of TVE Asia Pacific and APDIP is a partner. The films can now be downloaded online.
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Regional Workshop on Asia-Pacific E-Government Initiatives, Bangkok, Thailand, 24-25 April 2006
- As part of the project entitled "Capacity Building of Asia Pacific e-Government Initiatives," APDIP, UNDP's Asia Regional Governance Programme and the United Nation Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) jointly organized a regional workshop in Bangkok, Thailand on 24-25 April 2006 to review and disuss 20 case studies from 12 different Asia-Pacific countries. This workshop was held back-to-back with egov Asia 2006, the Asian e-government conference, and at the same venue in Rama Gardens Hotel and Resort in Bangkok.
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ICT4D Awareness Creation Event for the UNDP Regional Centre Colombo and UNDP Sri Lanka Office Staff, 18 January 2006
- APDIP joined hands with the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka in conducting a special ICT for development (ICT4D) awareness creation session for the staff working in the UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo and UNDP Sri Lanka Country office staff on January 18, 2006.
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FOSS Country Reports
- The International Open Source Network (IOSN) has published five country reports on wiki.
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4th National Information Technology Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15-16 August 2005
- Dr. Gihan Dias, Member of APDIP's Advisory Panel on Internet Governance presents a paper entitled, "Voices from Asia-Pacific: Internet Governance Priorities and Recommendations at the National IT Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 15 to 16 August 2005.
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New 2005/2006 Edition of the Digital Review of Asia Pacific Launched
- The new and updated edition of the Digital Review of Asia Pacific contains authoritative reports on how 29 economies/countries are using ICT in business, government and civil society written by senior authors who live and work in the region. Included are three subregional chapters on the Pacific Island States, ASEAN and APEC.
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Piloting Mobile ICT Access Models, Sri Lanka
- Grant awarded in March 2005 to Kothmale Community Radio Station Radio Listeners Group to to explore new models of access to a range of locally relevant content.
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South Asia Public Sector ICT Summit, Hyderabad, 24 - 25 January 2005
- This Summit provides a platform and opportunity for policy-makers to discuss and share their knowledge and experience in the various e-Government initiatives in their respective countries.
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Community Mesh Network for Mahavilachchiya, Sri Lanka
- Grant awarded in November 2004 to Information and Communication Technology Agency, Sri Lanka to develop a low-cost wireless broadband architecture for providing high-speed Internet access services in Mahavilachchiya.
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APDIP-Cisco Networking Academies
- APDIP and Cisco Systems, Inc., successfully completed their three-year programme to bring Internet education to students in developing countries in the Asia Pacific region. They surpassed the original goal to set-up ten Cisco Networking Academies in nine developing countries in the region and have since established seventeen academies that have trained over 400 students.
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ICT-focused Regional Human Development Report (RHDR)
- The RHDR explores linkages between ICT and the human development objectives of the UN Millennium Development Goals.
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Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2003/2004
- This bi-annual review provides facts, figures, data and analysis of the state-of-the-art of ICT and Internet diffusion, adoption and application in 25 Asia-Pacific countries. It serves as a one-stop reference source on the state-of-practice and future trends in ICTs for development and ICTs for industry for policy- and decision-makers, technology practitioners and experts, researchers, and educators in the region.
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e-Awareness Seminar Series for Asian Parliamentarians (e-ASSAP)
- The project seeks to raise awareness of Members of Parliament who are responsible for making decisions on the allocation of resources, and endorsing ICT for Development initiatives.
