The round table is the only gathering of its kind to facilitate UN Inter-Agency collaboration on communication for development.
Analyzes, evaluates and contributes to the development of Sector wide approaches and strategies for harnessing the potential of information and communication for development in cluster countries, in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
He suggested that UNGIS could work through the UN country teams to propose to governments possible actions in response to national priorities in the area of information and communication for development.
The UN Resident Coordinator, Patrice Coeur-Bizot, emphasized that communication for development has acquired new significance and meaning during the preparations of the current United Nations Development Framework in which the UN India Country Team has been closely engaged.
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The fourteen stories in this selection were produced by members of rural and marginalised communities in Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and Bangladesh who participated in eight digital story telling workshops supported by UNESCO International Programme for Development of Communication (IPDC).
ICT4ID is a UNESCO project that encourages the use of information and communication technologies for intercultural dialogue and to contribute to the development of communication capacities of indigenous people.
Community Radio Madanpokhara established in 2000 with support from UNESCO's International Programme for the Development of Communication.
The UK in currently a member of the Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC).
The UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity represents the outcome of a process that began in 2010 at the request of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC).
In bringing together pharmacy schools and faculties from all regions of the world with UNESCO and FIP, the UNITWIN Network in Global Pharmacy Education Development (G-PhED) enables synchronised and powerful development in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences education and improves communication for scientific innovation, healthcare outcomes, and ultimately, the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Communication is a major driver of development, especially for children.
"We hope that this training initiative will be the start of an ongoing partnership between the University of Pretoria and the community of Zithobeni, where information and communication technologies could be more and more used for sustainable development, " says Kirstin Krauss, a PhD student from the Department of Informatics, who has piloted the previous UNESCO-funded ICT training project in deep rural Kwa Zulu Natal.
This will help attain health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by improving communication for scientific innovation and healthcare outcomes.
For more than a decade, the office has encouraged the development and implementation of effective regional research policies, as well as infrastructure development and collaborative networks for qualitative science communication.
The students attend a 2 month program, learning basic business economics, retailing, and communication skills, culminating with the development of a business plan for a local business.
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With the likes of Google, Nuance and Vlingo now offering mobile speech-recognition services for phones, and the development of entertainment systems and vehicle communication, such as Ford's Sync platform, Parakeet may be flying into a growing market.
Billy Hayes, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, said the development was "the best possible Christmas present for the majority of our agency members".
Aside from mechanical challenges, what was missing that may have spurred personal robotics development was a dedicated programming language specifically for robot control and communication.
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