ISBN-10: 9211045347, 9789211045345 Link/ Website: Click here Internet Governance: A Grand Collaboration : an Edited Collection of Papers Contributed to the United Nations ICT Task Force Global Forum on Internet Governance, New York, March 25-26, 2004 The papers provides useful information on how many different organizations are already governing the Internet and its effects on…
Information accessibility is the first step of empowerment in a country like India, where 70% population lives in 638,365 villages, and most of them are located in the remotest regions of the country. Reportedly, rural and underdeveloped countries are not able to access information due to lack of basic information, infrastructure and means to access…
“How multi-stakeholder works – or doesn’t work so well – will be the subject of a considerable number of panels and workshops in Bali.” [Source: IP-Watch.org, October 21, 2013]
The concept of making Ecocide an international crime has been around for decades. From the 1970s onwards there has been growing support from government, business and communities to make Ecocide the fifth International Crime against peace to stand alongside the crime of Genocide by amending the Rome Statute. It is part of an emerging body…
Project/Organization Name: SMS Campaign by Election Watch Software (EWS) Initiated by: Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) About the project: The SMS campaign enabled by Election Watch Software (EWS) is an application that provides citizens of India unbiased facts and information regarding candidates they vote for in Parliamentary, State Assembly and other elections. The information is based…
The role of the Internet grows every election. Soon its uniqueness will no longer be unique. It will play an even bigger role in an election than it currently does. There is going to be a national election that is going to be about the Internet the way that 1984 was about TV for the…
Project/Organization Name: VoiceRTI Initiated by: VoiceRTI About the project: VoiceRTI is a voice-based platform that enables citizens to interact with their elected representatives via an automated call-in and playback Internet – Integrated Voice Response (IVR) system. The project VoiceRTI is conceived under the Informed Voter Project of Mumbai Votes. Mobile phones have become the most pervasive and ubiquitous…
Twitter may not be able to freely monetize Twitter diplomacy, but its characteristic of how much influence 140 characters and broadcasting across the Internet can have. Tweeting is a great way to share thoughts and information with friends and followers, as long as you stay safe, keep it civil, and most importantly, be interesting. We…
Project/Organization Name: Tracking Livelihood Entitlements for Rural Communities (TERcoms) Initiated by: Women Organization for Socio Cultural Awareness (WOSCA) About the project: Women’s Organization for Social Cultural Awareness (WOSCA) created a mobile-based monitoring system – Tracking Entitlements for Rural Communities (TERComs) – that tracks the accuracy of important social protection delivery services entitled to the poor. The system…
Project/Organization Name: Swara Initiated by: The Mojolab Foundation / CG Net Swara About the project: Swara Platform and Network Swara IVR is a technology platform that enables real-time feedback from the grassroots regarding administrative schemes and other areas of governance and democracy. It has been successfully piloted since 2010 in Chhattisgarh and other parts of Central India…