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| ICT4Peace Foundation - 2009 Year in Review |
| # Sunday Dec 27 2009 at 19:11 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
| Dearfriends and colleagues, 2009 was again a very busy and successful year for the ICT4Peace Foundation. As you might remember, the ICT4Peace process was launched with the support of the Swiss Government in 2004 and lead to the publication at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis in 2005 of the groundbreaking report of the UN ICT Task Force: The Role of ICT in Preventing, Responding to and Recovering from Conflict and the adoption of...continue reading |
| What is ICT4Peace?: Article written for Strategic Foresight Group |
| # Thursday Dec 17 2009 at 08:33 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
"ICT4Peaceis the belief, supported by a growing body of practitioners globally, that Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) including mobile phones help in all aspects of peacekeeping and peacebuilding. Much is made of ICTs exacerbating violent conflict and war, including the increasing threat of cyberwar, hate speech online and use of mobile communications for acts of terrorism. However, the practice and theory of ICT4Peace respectively confirms and suggests that these same t...continue reading |
| ICT4Peace calls for better disaster preparedness and crisis management at the Copenhagen Climate Summit |
| # Monday Dec 14 2009 at 04:33 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
ICT4Peacecalls for better disaster preparedness and crisis management at the Copenhagen Climate Summit |
| The Role of Communications Technology During Natural Disasters and Conflicts |
| # Thursday Dec 10 2009 at 18:39 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
Asnatural disasters and civil conflicts increase worldwide, so too does access to new and lower cost technologies. The United Nations Foundation and Vodafone Foundation Technology Partnership’s latest report, New Technologies in Emergencies and Conflicts, examines the evolving role communications technologies play before, during and after crises.
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| Interview with Daniel Stauffacher at Internet Governance Forum 2009 (IGF) |
| # Friday Dec 4 2009 at 23:22 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
The Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation Daniel Stauffacher is interviewed by Egypt's Nile TV at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in November 2009. Dr. Stauffacher talks about ICT for peacebuilding, the collaboration with the UN on Crisis Information Management and other issues. To watch the video, click continue reading |
| 3rd high-level luncheon on Crisis Information Management (CiM) at the United Nations in New York |
| # Wednesday Dec 2 2009 at 02:58 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
| 24November 2009: Held at the office of the Swiss Mission in New York, the 3rd high-level luncheon on Crisis Information Management (CiM) was co-organised by the Office of Information and Communications Technology at the UN, the Swiss Mission to the UN and the ICT4Peace Foundation. It was co-chaired by UN ASG and CITO Dr. Soon-Hong Choi and Ambassador of Switzerland Peter Maurer. Around twenty-five participants were present at the luncheon meeting. These incl...continue reading |
| ICT4Peace Foundation accompanies UN CITO on mission to Haiti (MINUSTAH) |
| # Wednesday Dec 2 2009 at 02:58 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
3- 6 November 2009: Dr. Daniel Stauffacher and Mr. Sanjana Hattotuwa from the ICT4Peace Foundation were invited to participate in a field mission to Haiti by Dr. Soon-Hong Choi, UN CITO/ASG. The mission was organized by Mr. Rudy Sanchez, Director, Information and Communications Technology Division, DPKO. At meetings in Port au Prince, Gonaives and Les Cayes, Dr. Choi outlined three specific goals for his visit as follows:
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