Korea, Japan to sign e-government deal Source: The Korea Herald, by Kim So-hyun, http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2010/03/10/201003100029.asp Focus: Governance, E-government, Government Summary: Korea is set to export its e-government systems to Japan a hundred years after it was forced to adopt Japan's administrative system and rules under its colonial occupation. 5 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Mar 09, 2010

Parliamentarians to Sign Giant Soccer Ball Source: Bua News Focus: Governance, E-government, Government Summary: Pretoria - Parliamentarians are today expected to sign a giant soccer ball with messages of hope for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 2 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Mar 09, 2010

Training Project for Jobless to Find Their Feet Source: The Good News Focus: Governance, E-government, Government Summary: A scheme to train and re-skill retrenched workers was launched by Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana on Friday. The Training of the Unemployed Project had so far registered 774 trainees who were receiving tuition in fields such as plumbing, boilermaking, welding, electrical and mechanics, he said in Johannesburg. 3 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Mar 09, 2010

IMF Wants New Power to Supervise Global Financial System Source: web.worldbank.org Focus: Governance, E-government, Government Summary: “The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants new authority to supervise the global financial system, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Friday…. ‘We must build on this positive momentum: to transform the Fund into an institution even better equipped to meet the challenges of the post-crisis era,’ Strauss-Kahn told a meeting of the Bretton Woods Committee….” 6 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Mar 08, 2010

“Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All”: UNDP Administrator Helen Clark's Message on Women's Day Source: scoop.co.nz Focus: Governance, E-government, Government Summary: Right now, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is gathering in New York to review progress towards gender equality since the groundbreaking Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. That landmark conference recognized the barriers women face in achieving full equality, and an internationally agreed plan to address the problem, titled the Beijing Platform for Action, was ... Read More 11 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Mar 08, 2010