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Sierra Leone: Koroma Launches Internet Portal
allafrica.com: January 26, 2012- President, Ernest Koroma has Launched the Transparency-International (T-SL) Portal at State House on Tuesday January 24. More >

Indian State Inaugurates US$4.5 Million Date Centre
futuregov.asia: January 26, 2012- Kerala, a state in Southern India, has launched its second government data centre at the cost of 22.5 Crore Rupees (US$4.5 million) to enable government agencies within the state to offer new services. More >

25 January 2012

Now Available on UNPAN

The publication entitled Insight into the Basics of World Dynamics by Mr. Oliver De Meistre is now available on UNPAN.

To read more click on either Overview or Full-Text.

16 January 2012

Call for Papers

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is hosting a conference entitled Democracy, Governance and Curbing Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa from 8-10 August 2012. The conference program development committee welcomes proposals that feature high quality conceptual papers, as well as qualitative and quantitative empirical research papers. Proposals from individuals at all stages of their careers are welcome, including graduate students. The deadline to submit all proposals is 31 January 2012.

For more info click here.

16 January 2012

UNITAR Announces its 2012 Online Executive Education

The Public Finance and Trade Programme of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) announces its 2012 online executive education on financial trade and intellectual property.

To view the complete list of courses, please click here.

12 January 2012

DPADM and UNU-IIST Agree to Collaborate on e-Government

After a presentation made to DPADM staff by Mr. Tomasz Janowski, Senior Research Fellow, United Nations University-International Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST) on 10 January 2012, DPADM and UNU-IIST agreed to collaborate in the area of e-Government.

To read more click here.

30 December 2011

UN E-Government Survey Blog Post Ranked in the World Bank's Top Ten Blog Posts in 2011

The blog post entitled "The UN E-Government Survey: Towards a More Citizen-Centric Approach" submitted by Tanya Gupta is ranked the 5th highest blog post by readership in the World Bank's top ten blog posts in 2011.

To read more click here.

21 December 2011

Featured News: ECLAC Presents an Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean and an Outlook for 2012

In the publication Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2011, launched this Wednesday, 21 December, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) predicts a slowdown of growth in the region in 2012, due to global economic turbulence, in particular in developed countries.

This annual document is one of the most important ECLAC publications and it analyses the main features of recent growth of the economies in the region, and the outlook for 2012. To view the publication, please click here.

15 December 2011

Featured News: Clinton Hails Oman's eGov, ICT Initiatives

Former US President Bill Clinton hailed the Sultante of Oman for promoting excellent e-Services and for making sterling progress in the ICT sector during his keynote address at the Ceremony for the Sultan Qaboos Award for Excellence in eGovernment. The award ceremony was held on 12 December 2011 in Muscat, Oman.

To read more click here.

14 December 2011

e-Gov World 2012

The e-Gov World 2012 conference will take place from 19-20 January 2012 in New Delhi, India. This year's conference has been conceptualized in consultation with government and multilateral agencies to deliberate on the implementation framework of Mobile Governance in India.

To showcase your applications and register for this conference click here.