CONTENT Projects
List of APDIP projects related to content development and knowledge management
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e-Primers for the Information Economy, Society and Polity
- This series details the concepts, issues and trends surrounding the information economy, society and polity. It intends to raise awareness and help policy makers and planners understand the relevance of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development, by explaining technical jargon in simple terms.
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Effects of ICTs on media transformation, education and training in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
- Grant awarded in March 2005 to Institute of Journalism & Communication Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy to survey the extent to which ICTs have been integrated into the media industry.
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Open Source GIS/Mapping Solution for the Indian Tsunami Information Resource Center
- Grant awarded in March 2005 to Janastu to provide an open source GIS/Mapping Solution for the Indian Tsunami Information Resource Center.
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Crop Disease Forecasting System and Expert Crop-Advisory to Farmers over Information Kiosk Networks in India
- Grant awarded in March 2005 to Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to survey the extent to disseminate crop advisory and disease forecasting services to farmers in a resource-constrained environment.
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Community GIS, India
- Grant awarded in March 2005 to Collective Research Initiative Trust to develop an open-access spatial data infrastructure, and a set of simple tools and applications for urban planning.
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M-DOK: Mobile Telehealth and Information Resource System for Community Health Workers in the Philippines
- Grant awarded in March 2005 to SynapseHealth Solutions, Inc. to transmit realtime diagnosis and treatment data from the community health worker to a remote physician.
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Mongolian Text to Speech Conversion Tool
- Grant awarded in March 2005 to InfoCon Company Limited to survey the extent to develop Mongolian TTS converter and a simple human computer interface that is suitable for visually impaired people.
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Free Font for Malayalam
- The project aims at creating free software with local language (Malayalam) support in accordance with the established standards, so that ICT applications can be made available at low cost in the language of the people.
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Development of a Web-based Medical Information Repository Integrated with an Artificial Intelligence-based Medical Decision Support System, Malaysia
- Grant awarded in November 2004 to University of Science Malaysia to provide advanced, quality healthcare information and services for all, through the use of information and communication technologies and artificial Intelligence methodology.
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Web-based e-Crop Management, China
- Grant awarded in November 2004 to Agro-ecology Institute, Zhejiang University to use crop simulation model and N module to optimise crop and vegetables production at field level.
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SMS - Based Rice Seed Stock Inventory System for Rice Farmers
- Grant awarded in November 2004 to Philippine Rice Research Institute to enable seed growers and seed centres to link together and share a real-time seed stock inventory system.
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MISSION: A Secure and Easy-to-Use MIS Framework for SHGs, SHG Federations and other Community-based Financial Institutions, India
- Grant awarded in November 2004 to Ekgaon technologies Pvt. Ltd. to develop a management information system (MIS) for managing self-help group (SHG) operations.
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Web-based Integrated Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) Surveillance System in Indonesia
- Grant awarded in November 2004 to Centre for Health Informatics and Learning, Gadjah Mada University to improve the detection and management of DHF cases, and the prevention and control of dengue transmission in the community.
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Developing a New Resource Sharing System and a New Tool to Use Electronic Materials in Multi-Media Format Based on Grid Technology, China
- Grant awarded in November 2004 to Beijing Earthview Environment Education and Research Centre to enable universities and schools to build their own knowledge repositories.
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Dobhase: English-Nepali Translator (Online English to Nepali Machine Translation System)
- Grant awarded in November 2004 to Language Processing Research Unit, Kathmandu University to develop a web based engine that can translate general English texts to Nepali.
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UNDP-APDIP ICT4D Series
- The UNDP-APDIP ICT4D Series comprises publications on specific applications of ICT policies and its impact in accelerating social and economic development.
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Development of Real-Time and Mobile Integrated Water Quality Monitoring System Based on ICT: A Case Study in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
- Grant awarded in November 2005 to Institute of Chemistry, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) to to develop an integrated system that can be used to monitor and control the water quality in a large area and the information is automaticall transmitted real-time to the main server in order to increase the efficiency in analyzing and sharing environmental information.
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Generic Engine for Modules in PrimaCare
- Grant awarded in November 2005 to Primary Care Doctors' Organisation Malaysia (PCDOM) to develop a Generic Engine for Modules (GEM) software that will help develop modules by providing databases, business logics, user interfaces, report templates, etc.
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Traditional, Digital and Satellite-Based Radio Services for Education in the Republic of Nauru
- Grant awarded in November 2005 to University of South Pacific, Fiji Islands to maximize the use of traditional, digital and satellite-based services to extend educational programming and other relevant audio content to students and community residents of the Republic of Nauru.
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Shahmukhi to Gurmukhi Transliteration Solution
- Grant awarded in November 2005 to Advanced Centre for Technical Development of Punjabi Language, Literature and Culture, Punjabi University, India to facilitate electronic and written communication between people living in and originating from East (Indian) and West Panjabi (Pakistani) through the development of a Panjabi Language Transliteration Tool.
