Transforming the Digital Divide into Digital Opportunities for Rural Populations: Role of innovation and partnership building in rural education

Summary: Objectives: provide an international
forum for critically investigating the
threats and opportunities from the
digital divide on rural populations;
highlight lessons and experiences
learned from best practices; explore
possibilities of networking of best
practices; build partnerships
between key stakeholders.The Conference deliberations shall culminate in the development
of follow-up and joint action in line with the World Summit for
Information Society (WSIS) to be presented at WSIS 2005 in
Tunis, Tunisia.Owner: Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, International Research and Training Center on Rural Education (INRULED), FAO

Organisation:

UNESCO

Web:

http://www.inruled.org

Articles:

Article 31: Leisure, recreation and cultural activities

Article 17: Access to appropriate information

Link :

http://www.inruled.org

Countries

China

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