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| «Le SMS, un vecteur important d'information en temps de crise»
(jpg) 24 March 2008 |
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Foundation Content, French |
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Le Sommet mondial sur la société de l'information (SMSI), dont la première phase s'est déroulée en 2003 à Genève, a été une sorte de révélation pour Daniel Stauffacher, alors ambassadeur pour la Suisse. Prenant conscience du rôle que les technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC) ont à jouer pour la prévention des conflits et le maintien de la paix, l'homme se lance, avec l'ancien président finlandais Martti Ahtisaari et quelques autres, dans la création d'une organisation dédiée au sujet. |
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| WSIS 2010 ICT4Peace Report
(pdf) 15 June 2010 |
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The ICT4Peace Foundation organised a panel discussion at the WSIS 2010 event in Geneva on 13 May anchored to the topic Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs. Haiti is seen as a turning point in the use of ICTs in Crisis Management but many lessons remain unheeded from previous disasters such as the 2005 Tsunami. |
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| Why and When to Use the Media for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
(pdf) 3 April 2008 |
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Announcements |
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The following paper - the sixth in a series of studies into issues related to conflict prevention and peacebuilding - therefore sets out how a civil society organization working in the field of conflict prevention and peacebuilding should deal and interact with the media. As civil society organizations working on conflict prevention and peacebuilding we have a lot to tell the media, but we are not necessarily always effective in getting our message across. |
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| What is ICT4Peace?: Article written for Strategic Foresight Group
(pdf) 9 February 2010 |
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"ICT4Peace is 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. |
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| Web 2.0 Framework
(pdf) 24 June 2007 |
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New Resources |
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Alongside our corporate strategy consulting and research work in the media and technology space, Future Exploration Network has created a Web 2. 0 Framework to share openly. |
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| We Media: How Audiences are Shaping the Future of News and Information
(pdf) 14 May 2007 |
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New Resources |
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We Media: How audiences are shaping the future of news and information By Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis Edited by J. D. |
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| Video of presentation at UN OCHA +5 Symposium
(mov) 26 October 2007 |
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Foundation Content, New Resources |
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Presentation by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation. . |
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| Use and Abuse of Media in Vulnerable Societies
(pdf) 11 May 2007 |
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New Resources, News and Information |
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In the wake of the deadly and destructive civil conflicts so prominent in the 1990s, aca-demics and practitioners have increasingly focused on predicting and preventing civil con-flict, rather than responding to and recovering from it. Accordingly, there have been variousmethodologies developed to identify societies in which violent conflict is likely to occur,and significant research has been conducted into the root causes of civil conflict. |
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| Update 1: Cyclone Nargis: Lessons and implications for ICTs in Humanitarian Aid
(pdf) 20 April 2009 |
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Foundation Content |
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This is an update to the Cyclone Nargis: Lessons and implications for ICTs in Humanitarian Aid report. The original report dealt with the period from 4 – 25 May 2008. |
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| Untying the Gordian Knot: ICT for Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding
(msword) 11 June 2007 |
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Foundation Content, Partner Content |
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Information Communications Technology (ICT) in South Asia, as well as in the rest of the world, is an experiment in progress. Reading the wealth of literature on ICT, it is easy to forget that it is not a panacea for problems facing developing nations. |
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