Monthly Archives: March 2009

Global Voices Book Challenge

March 30, 2009
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Global Voices Book Challenge

April 23 is UNESCO World Book Day – and just because the Global Voices team loves blogs, doesn’t mean we have forgotten other forms of the written word! In fact, because we think reading literature is such an enjoyable way to learn about another culture, we have a fun challenge for all Global Voices...

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Like a man on earth

March 26, 2009
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Since 2003 Italy and Europe have asked Libya to stop the African migrants. What are the Libyan police really doing? What do thousands of African men and women suffer? And why does everybody pretend they do not know about it. Giving voice to the Ethiopian refugees living in Rome, the film “Like a man...

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Open mind and 2.0, egov receipt for Europe too)

March 21, 2009
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Open mind and 2.0, egov receipt for Europe too)

Some egovernment experts, organized a workshop in Brussels, on March 16th, as they thought that distance is increasing between what it’s possible using web2.0 and what the governments mean for using ICT for Innovation and presenting some project already running. The workshop Public services 2.0: How to implement and promote user-driven open innovation in...

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Federica, the first Italian higher education project for OER

March 11, 2009
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Federica , a comprehensive e-learning portal established in 2007 at Federico II University in Naples, Italy, is launching its release 2.0 on Friday March 13th, 2009, «Our public University mission — explained Guido Trombetta, Federico II President — convinced us to avoid any password or other limitations to knowledge access. Each individual can access...

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-90 to European Election Days

March 5, 2009
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-90 to European Election Days

The countdown to the European election days is started, maybe owing to the economic crisis, but it is not an interesting topic for our media: after the decision of the barrage to the 4% for parties (and we may discuss about the utility of this barrage, as in Europe there is not a problem...

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