Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme

New release: This APDIP e-Note examines what role governments play in promoting ICT access and use by SMEs. Additionally it outlines considerations for public policy.

• Published: 2007-02-07

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Over 130 IT professionals of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from more than 27 countries gathered today at Sukabumi, Indonesia for a nine-day Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) conference and training camp called 'ASIA SOURCE II'. The key objective is to promote the use of FOSS for social and economic development and to build a network of FOSS practitioners and trainers with Asia.

• Published: 2007-01-22

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On the eve of the disaster’s second anniversary, on 21-22 December 2006, a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand brought, what one of the participants described as, a 'wave' of conflicting and complementary ideas on key communications learned from the tsunami. The discussions from the meeting is being captured in a book that will explore the different and sometimes conflicting roles individuals from various professions play in communicating disaster risks; and suggest some ways forward in promoting effective communication before, during and after disasters.

• Published: 2007-01-13

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This APDIP e-Note introduces the concept of pro-poor e-governance; gives two examples of e-governance projects targeted at poor and vulnerable groups; and provides a comprehensive approach to pro-poor e-governance comprised of seven building blocks.

• Published: 2007-01-12

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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.

• Published: 2007-01-03

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This publication, with a foreword by Prof. M. S. Swaminathan, systematically analyzes 18 projects in India that use ICT for the benefit of poor people, and provides recommendations on how ICT can be applied to the massive, widespread and seemingly intractable problems of poverty. The publication also ranks the projects by their relevance, service delivery, community participation and empowerment, equality in decision-making and benefits, sustainability, replicability and their prospects for being scaled-up.

• Published: 2007-01-02

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BANGKOK, 19 December 2006 - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), IBM and Oracle today announced a joint research initiative to help Asia-Pacific countries share and create strategies, blueprints and policies for adopting the right blend of open standards and technology services. The goal will be for more countries to develop universally compatible applications and networks to make internal and external government services and transactions more automatic, affordable and efficient.

• Published: 2006-12-19

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THE CODEBREAKERS, a two-part documentary that investigates how countries are using free/open source software (FOSS) for development, first shown on BBC World TV, was translated into Uzbek and aired on Uzbek TV during September/October 2006.

• Published: 2006-12-18

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Open Source Software can empower Southeast Asian enterprises, says regional conference FOSS@Work

• Published: 2006-12-08

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This publication is a collection of 13 papers developed for a pre-World Summit on the Information Society seminar, produced in partnership with UNIFEM and IT for Change. It showcases perspectives that critique the engagement with new technologies in various development sectors such as the governance, media and work.

• Published: 2006-11-25

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