The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grantmaking foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. At [...]
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Open Society Institute – George Soros
Posted in cooperation, lobby, media, ngo, ong, pace, peace, people, politic, politica, security, sicurezza, society, società, sustainability, tagged batory, central european, ceu, charities, charity, civil society, communism, democracy, democrazia, diritti umani, eastern europe, est, europa, filantropia, fondazione, fondi, foundation, funding, george soros, human rights, independent media, movements, movimenti, no profit, open society, open society institute, OSI, partecipazione, participation, reform, revolution, riforme, rivoluzioni colorate, rivouluzioni, soros, soviet union, studenti, students, sviluppo, transition, transizione, università, university on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Guardian International Development Journal Competition
Posted in media, ngo, ong, society, tagged article, competition, contest, development, freelance, guardian, journal, journalism, media, poverty, writers, writing on May 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Do you have the ability to be a top-notch journalist? Could you write the sort of articles the Guardian would be happy to publish? Here is the chance for your work to be published alongside some of the best journalism in the UK.
The Guardian, in partnership with eight UK-based international non-government organisations (NGOs), wants to [...]
Google Ocean – Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans
Posted in IT, cooperation, data, ecology, enviroment, free, internet, media, science, technology, web 2.0, web application, tagged 3D, algae blooms, bathymetry, coral reef, currents, data, database, enviroment, google, google maps, google ocean, lamont_doherty, map, mape, mapping, ocean, oceani, sea, shipwreck, topografia, topography, weather patterns on May 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We’ve got Google Earth and Google Sky. Next up will be a map of the world below sea level–Google Ocean. The company has assembled an advisory group of oceanography experts to create a 3D oceanographic map.
The tool–for now called Google Ocean, is expected to be similar to other 3D online mapping applications. People will be [...]
DARFUR: “China and USA in New Cold War over Africa’s Oil Riches”
Posted in energy, media, peace, people, politic, tagged africa, chad, china, cold war, darfur, engdahl, globalresearch, oil, oil riches, petroleum, reserves, sources, sudan, uranium, usa on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by F. William Engdahl
The case of Darfur, a forbidding piece of sun-parched real estate in the southern part of Sudan, illustrates the new Cold War over oil, where the dramatic rise in China’s oil demand to fuel its booming growth has led Beijing to embark on an aggressive policy [...]
Ten Reasons Why “Save Darfur” is a PR Scam to Justify the Next US Oil and Resource Wars in Africa
Posted in advertising, ecology, energy, enviroment, international organization, lobby, media, ong, peace, people, politic, resource, society, tagged africa, arab, black, bruce dixon, congo, darfur, dixon, genocide, globalresearch, lobby, media, oil, pr scam, resources, save darfur, sudan, uranium, US, war on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by Bruce Dixon
The “Save Darfur” Hoax, pt.1/2
The star-studded hue and cry to Save Darfur and “stop the genocide” has gained enormous traction in U.S. media along with bipartisan support in Congress and the White House. But the Congo, with ten to twenty times as many African dead over the same period [...]
Skype free calls
Posted in IT, free, internet, media, people, technology, tagged calling, canone, cellulare, chiamate, computer, flat, free calls, gratis, internet, landlines, mobile, pc, phome, senza limiti europa, senza limiti mondo, senza limiti uno, skype, telefono, telefono fisso, telephone, unlimited country, unlimited europe, unlimited world, voip on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by ElasticIllusion
Free calling
You’ve downloaded Skype, and so has your friend. Free Skype-to-Skype calls. To anywhere in the world. And at any time, day or night, morning or weekends.
You can also use Skype to make pretty cheap calls to phones and mobiles. Unlimited calls to landlines any time, day or night.
Unlimited [...]
e-Government
Posted in IT, internet, media, people, society, technology, tagged banda larga, citizen, cittadino, commercio elettronico, e government, ebusiness, imprese, information, internet, italia, ITC, servizio publico, Tlc on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by sunnyboots via youtube
e-Government refers to the use of internet technology as a platform for exchanging information, providing services and transacting with citizens, businesses, and other arms of government. e-Government may be applied by the legislature, judiciary, or administration, in order to improve internal efficiency, the delivery of public services, [...]
