CONTENT News and Events
List of APDIP news and events related to content development and knowledge management.
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APDIP Shares Knowledge and Lessons Learned from 56 ICT for Development Projects in the Asia-Pacific Region
- The Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme for Asia-Pacific is directed at encouraging original and innovative information and communications technology solutions to development problems. This publication reviews and analyzes 56 projects from 14 different countries funded by the Programme between 2002-2005. Projects are focused on access to information and communication; capacity building and education; policy and social research; technical innovation; environment and agriculture; and health and medicine.
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APDIP e-Note 10 on Expert Systems
- This APDIP e-Note provides a summary of what expert systems are and how they operate; the opportunities they can provide in building capacities and promoting empowerment; and the general processes involved in developing an expert system including the challenges faced.
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APDIP Donates 15 e-Primers to Wikibooks
- APDIP realizes how fast a published book gets out-of-date, especially in the fast-moving field of information and communications technology for development (ICT4D). APDIP has therefore donated 15 of its e-Primers to Wikibooks for free use and update (see list below).
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Think Positive: The Asia Face of HIV/AIDS Available Online
- Think Positive: The Asia Face of HIV/AIDS is a compilation of productions by 11 national broadcasting companies across the Asia-Pacific region. The productions were officially launched at the Asian Television Forum in Singapore on 30 November 2005. These television productions are now available online.
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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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Television Productions on HIV/AIDS From 11 Countries Available Rights-Free
- Completed productions of "Think Positive: The Asian Face of HIV/AIDS" are available for exchange between the participating broadcasters as well as being made available rights-free to all Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) members and other broadcasters.
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National Conference and Exhibition on Participatory Telecenter Services and Content Development for Rural Areas, Jakarta, Indonesia, 14-15 December 2005
- This national conference and exhibition organized by Partnerships for e-Prosperity for the Poor (Pe-PP) aims to bring together telecenter and rural development stakeholders.
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Launch of HIV/AIDS TV Programme - "“Think Positive: The Asian Face of HIV/AIDS”
- Think Positive: The Asia Face of HIV/AIDS is a compilation of productions by 11 national broadcasting companies across the Asia-Pacific region. The productions were officially launched at the Asian Television Forum in Singapore on 30 November 2005.
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APDIP e-Note 5 on a Model Community of Practice
- Out Now: APDIP e-Note 5 - Building Online Communities of Practice: The International Open Source Network Model
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International Open Source Network - A Case Study
- This case study investigates the methodologies and best practices used by the International Open Source Network (IOSN) that have helped it achieve its current status of advocacy within the worldwide context of Free/Open Source Software (FOSS).
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Fijian Spell Checker for OpenOffice.org
- A USP-IOSN Microgrant awarded in September 2004 to Dr. William J. Blanke and Dr. Paul Geraghty to create a spell check dictionary for the Fijian language for use with the OpenOffice free/open source software suite of office programs.
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APDIP Launches New Series: APDIP e-Notes
- UNDP-APDIP is pleased to announce the launch of a new series entitled “APDIP e-Note”. The first two APDIP e-Notes are now available online at www.apdip.net/apdipenote/
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"Asia-Pacific HIV/AIDS Reports" Production Planning and Training Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, 8-10 August 2005
- Participating broadcasters from the Asia-Pacific region will be creating a series of “HIV/AIDS Reports” for television programming. This workshop provided an opportunity for broadcasters to come together to learn from previous HIV/AIDS-related productions and share ideas in preparation for the development of HIV/AIDS Reports in broadcasters' respective countries.
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Twelve Asia-Pacific Television Producers Join Hands to Raise AIDS Awareness
- Asia-Pacific television producers join hands to co-produce “HIV/AIDS Reports” highlighting grass-roots response to the global health epidemic.
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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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Free/Open Source Software Guide to Localization Published
- APDIP's International Open Source Network has produced a guide on Free/Open Source Software Localization.
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APDIP Latest News Delivered to your Desktop
- APDIP can now bring direct to your desktop, browser or personalized webpage, our latest news, projects and resources on information and communication technologies for development in Asia and the Pacific region. Try out APDIP’s RSS feed.
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Free/Open Source Software Localization Primer Published
- APDIP's International Open Source Network initiative has produced a primer on Free/Open Source Software Localization.
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ICT R&D Grants Programme for Asia-Pacific: March 2005 Competition Round
- The ICT R&D Grants Programme is pleased to announce the March 2005 Competition round for ICT R&D grant applicants from the Asia Pacific region.
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Expert Group Meeting : Open Source Software for Knowledge Management, Bangkok, Thailand, 11-13 October 2004
- The meeting assessed the needs, and defined areas for open source software development, and developed regional strategies and mechanisms for promoting the use of open source software for knowledge management.
