News related to the Governance Sector http://www.iicd.org News related to the Governance Sector daily 1 2007-06-22T12:38:49Z Annual report 2007 now online! http://www.iicd.org/articles/annual-report-2007-now-online We are pleased to present IICD’s first online annual report. With only a few clicks you will be able to read all about our work, results and impact in 2007. No publisher annemiek 2008-06-30T11:47:19Z News Item Working with War Child to apply ICTs in governance in war affected districts http://www.iicd.org/articles/working-with-war-child-to-apply-icts-in-governance-in-war-affected-districts Since the end of 2006 IICD is cooperating with War Child to formulate and (partly) implement a pilot project of nine months in a series of activities. The project “ICT in governance in war affected districts” covers three districts in Northern Uganda: Gulu, Kitgum and Lira. No publisher annemiek 2008-05-16T07:50:47Z News Item IT company Altran offers support to Africa http://www.iicd.org/articles/it-company-altran-offers-support-to-africa IT company Altran, part of the French Altran Group, recently signed an agreement for three years with IICD. The company will send her employees to development projects in Africa. The collaboration is mainly focusing on sharing knowledge and expertise in the field of e-governance with both IICD and its local partners in Africa who want to apply ICT to alleviate poverty and to improve basic facilities like good governance. No publisher annemiek 2008-03-18T19:35:52Z News Item Dutch IT company Altran supports ICT projects in Tanzania and Zambia http://www.iicd.org/articles/dutch-it-company-altran-supports-ict-projects-in-tanzania-and-zambia IICD has been collaborating with the Dutch subsidiary of the consultancy organization, Altran, since October 2007 on several IICD-supported projects that need technical assistance and advice about eGovernance. Altran consultants will spend the first year focussing on projects in Tanzania and Zambia, possibly expanding to other countries at a later date. No publisher annemiek 2007-12-18T08:56:24Z News Item Expanding Africa’s Broadband Capacity: The Connect Africa Summit http://www.iicd.org/articles/expanding-africa2019s-broadband-capacity-the-connect-africa-summit The recently held Connect Africa Summit in Kigali, Rwanda had two aims: to bring connectivity to Africa and to promote ‘Connect Africa’, a new partnership that seeks to expand the ICT infrastructure in Africa, especially Internet broadband. No publisher annemiek 2007-12-17T21:39:28Z News Item