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Recent mobile phone initiatives in Bangladesh are allowing patients to reach a health worker for advice at no cost 24 hours a day, receive prenatal care reminders and even send complaints about patient care.  “It is difficult to manage doctors for [a national population of] 140 million people. We are using mobile phone service to bridge this treatment gap, “Abul Kalam Azad, a senior

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eHealth is the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for health. It is recognised as one of the most rapidly growing areas in health today. However, limited systematic research has been carried out to inform eHealth policy and practice. This is why the Global Observatory for eHealth (GOe) is an important new initiative of the WHO. Established in early 2005, the Observatory's

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Deadlines:  29th February 2012 for innovative health technologies 30th April 2012 for eHealth solutions Medical devices and eHealth solutions have the potential to improve lives. However, too many people worldwide suffer because they don’t have access to the appropriate health technologies. This call highlights the importance of these innovative technologies towards improved health outcomes and

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INVOLVE's national conferences bring together people with a common interest in public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research. This includes members of the public, service users, researchers, research commissioners and representatives of voluntary sector organisations. This 8th biennial conference aims to encourage critical thinking and discussion about:- how people are

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ePart2012 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from a wide range of academic and applied backgrounds to provide a unique opportunity to better understand political engagement in a virtual environment and to discuss specific advances in eParticipation from different disciplinary perspectives. The conference is aimed at those who wish to update themselves on research advances in

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Primer 1 is designed to provide background information that students in undergraduate and graduate programmes can use as a starting point in the exploration of the various dimensions of the linkages through case studies of ICT applications in key sectors of development in Asia-Pacific countries. As the youth of today go on to occupy leadership positions in society in the coming years, and

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APCICT and the University of Indonesia are partnering to deliver a 3-day Primer Series Training of Trainers workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia, for over 30 professors and trainers from 5 universities in Indonesia and the National University of Timor-Leste.  The participants will receive training on Primer 1of the Primers Series on ICTD for Youth and develop strategies to implement and deliver the

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Frontiers of Democracy: Innovations in Civic Practice, Theory, and EducationPlease hold July 19th-21st, 2012 for the Frontiers of Democracy II conference at Tufts University's downtown Boston campus. This year, Frontiers will revolve around a diverse set of rehearsed 10-minute talks on aspects of civic studies and democratic renewal, each followed by small-group discussions. Participants will

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Beyond ICT4D: New Media Research in Uganda is a collection of ethnographic reports from diverse perspectives of those living at the other end of the African ICT pyramid. Crucially, these texts refocus on the so-called “ICT4D” debate away from the standard western lens, which depicts users in the developing world as passive receivers of Western technological development, towards Ugandans whose

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The International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis has travelled through Europe. After visiting Birmingham, Amsterdam, Essex, Kassel, Grenoble and Cardiff, interpretivists of various kinds will gather in Tilburg, the Netherlands.The theme of the 7th conference on interpretative policy analysis is Understanding the Drama of Democracy. In the age of mediatisation, network governance, and

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eBled 2012 is the 25th eBled conference and this is a reason to celebrate. What began as a Slovenian conference with topics around Electronic Data Interchange is for decades now an International forum for researchers, practitioners and policy makers and attracts participants from all over the world. Throughout the first twenty five years, the Bled conference went along with the new Economy, the

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The 2012 ODR Forum 2012 will be held in Prague on 27-29 June 2012. This meeting of the Forum is the 11th annual congress on online dispute resolution. The Prague venue will present the current wide picture of online dispute resolution globally and its best practices, from national and cross-border ODR systems in the most developed countries to mediation of disputes in the poorest or most violent

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Institute of Public Governance and Management ESADE Barcelona - Campus Sant Cugat, Barcelona, SpainAs governments seek to remodel and restyle their services, e-Government continues to stir interest and attention. New dynamic issues such as e-democracy, e-citizenship, interoperability, e-identity and e-voting have become core elements in the development of public sector delivery. The multi-tier

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Computer Education Program In Nepal, computer literacy is a skill which is valued almost as highly as standard literacy! It is therefore a huge advantage to learn the basics of computer use and this is something which our volunteers of Computer Education Program ( CEP ) can help with. By assisting children and youths with theoretical and practical computer classes, Volunteers make a difference in

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Personal Democracy Forum, the world’s leading conference exploring and analyzing technology's impact on politics and government, returns to the NYU Skirball Center June 11-12, 2012. Hundreds of individuals interested in how technology is changing politics, governance and society will gather at the ninth annual Personal Democracy Forum conference in New York City.For more details please visit:

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The IADIS Mobile Learning 2012 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of mobile learning research which illustrate developments in the field.For more details please visit - http://www.mlearning-conf.org/

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Embedding Collaborative Governance in Universities, Communities, and GovernmentNumerous centers for collaborative governance have sprung up at universities across the country and around the world. These centers seek to assist citizens and leaders to engage in dialogue, discussion, problem solving, and conflict resolution around public issues. Few would argue against the need for such centers,

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The theme for this year’s meeting, Civic Engagement 2.0: Re-Imagining, Strengthening and Deepening Our Civic Work, is inspired by web 2.0 applications (e.g., social media, blogs, Wikis) that are not only the next iteration of an existing application, but also facilitate collaboration, information sharing, and user-centered design. The theme poses the following set of questions: How can we make

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The dg.o meetings are an established forum for the presentation, discussion, and demonstration of interdisciplinary digital government research, technology innovation, applications, and practice. The meeting is taking place June 4-7, 2012, at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD.For more details please visit: http://www.dgo2012.dgsna.org/

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The German Development Institute (GDI) and the Swiss Center for Research on Direct Democracy (C2D) are seeking paper submissions for a joint panel to address the topic of Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) and democratic governance in Latin America.At the beginning of this century, publications analyzing the link between Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and

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The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution will organize the seventh national conference, ECR2012: "Working Across Boundaries," to be held on May 22-24, 2012, at the JW Marriott Starr Pass in Tucson, Arizona. ECR2012 will be a three-day event filled with training workshops, plenary discussions, technology exhibits, panel sessions and presentations across four proposed conference

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In modern democracies, people are to be empowered by means of information and communication technologies. Transparency and access to data, new ways of interacting with government and democratic institutions cause profound changes in society. Social media and the new forms of societal behaviour, including content generation, collaboration and sharing as well as network organisation change our

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Transparency Camp is an “unconference” for opengov: an event where, each year, journalists, developers, technologists, policy-makers, government officials, students, academics, wonks, and everyone in between gather to share their knowledge about how to use new technologies and policies to make our government really work for the people -- and to help our people work smarter with our government.As

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The IADIS Information Systems Conference (IS 2012) aims to provide a forum for the discussion of IS taking a socio-technological perspective. It aims to address the issues related to design, development and use of IS in organisations from a socio-technological perspective, as well as to discuss IS professional practice, research and teaching. For more details please visit: http://www.is-conf.org/

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In 2010, a record 30.6 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide poured into the atmosphere, the highest carbon output in history. Preventing a temperature rise is the biggest challenge of our time.The ICT sector is a relevant contributor to green house gas emissions and global warming due to its tremendous presence in our everyday life but also a key technology for the fight against global warming in all

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