22. June 2007

The Peace and ICT Research Project website contains some interesting information on the possible uses of ICT for peacebuilding. As noted on the website, the aim of the project was to:

“…analyze and identify possible relationships between conflicts and the set of technological and educational inequalities known as the digital divide. Each member of the research team is focusing, in their own local context as well as the global, on the confluence of new technologies/education and the quest for peace and equal opportunity. Thus, the research effort seeks to identify the perceptions of youths and other contributors to policy creation in diverse cultural and economic settings. It will make enquiry into the views and perceptions of youth towards possible implementation of new communication technologies for promotion of peace and tolerance.”

Welcome to ICT4Peace.org, the website of the ICT4Peace project!

  • Description of the ICT4Peace initiative
  • What does ICT4Peace.org offer you?
  • Welcome statement by Daniel Stauffacher
  • Links to publicationsICT4Peace is an initiative to promote the use – and explore the potential – of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in humanitarian and peace operations. The ICT4Peace website is a community platform, giving you the opportunity to connect with groups and people interested in ICTs in humanitarian and peace operations.Our goal is to facilitate connection and learningaround the uses of ICTs in the community of peace and humanitarian actors. Members can use this website to promote their activities, share their experiences, and create a community around basic principles and good practice in the use of ICTs in their work.
  • Registered Members can: Non-Members can:

    Welcome statement from Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation and former Swiss Ambassador to the WSIS

    Dear Colleagues,This process developed out of my involvement as co-organiser of Phase 1 of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Switzerland in December 2003.Despite evidence that conflict has a direct and negative impact on development processes, ICT4Peace was not a priority of the first phase of the WSIS. The Swiss government felt that it was worth exploring these issues further, particularly in the context of WSIS and the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.

  • We hope that the website will become a useful resource for the emerging ICT4P community, and that it will provide a platform for ongoing research and dialogue in this critically important but under-supported field. Please send us any comments and suggestions you may have concerning ways to promote the objectives mentioned above and to make the website a vibrant and helpful community resource.
  • Yours, Daniel Stauffacher

Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation and Former Delegate of the Swiss Federal Council for the World Summit on the Information Society

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