| The GKD List, moderated by the Education Development Center, provides an ongoing forum for discussion of a range of issues related to the role of knowledge and information as tools of sustainable development. The objective is to develop a body of suggestions, cases, examples, and other material that can be made available to donors, multilateral organizations, businesses, and NGOs to assist them in their decision-making.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have sponsored GKD to facilitate broad discussion of the Global Knowledge 97 Conference themes, in all walks of the civil society. Participants, especially those in the South, are encouraged to use the GKD List to express their own needs, experiences, and suggestions related to the List discussion themes.
Discussion topics include (but aren't limited to):
- Proposed policies, strategies, tools, and partnerships to improve
access to and use of information resources by the poor in rural and
urban areas alike
- Case studies, best practices, and other examples of activities that
have expanded access to information and knowledge among the poor
- Success stories of efforts, including public-private partnerships,
to build "knowledge for development" capacity in developing
countries
- Research findings of relevance
The "Global Knowledge 97: Knowledge for Development in the Information
Age" Conference was held in Toronto, Canada, June 22-25, 1997. The
Conference drew an estimated 2,000 participants: senior government
officials, local knowledge builders, the NGO community, business
leaders, and other experts from around the globe. It focused on three
core themes:
- Understanding the information revolution and its implications for developing countries and the world's poor
- Sharing strategies, experiences and tools in harnessing knowledge
for development
- Building new partnerships that empower the poor with information and
knowledge, foster international dialogue on development, and
strengthen the knowledge resources of developing countries.
The Conference explored each of these themes along six tracks:
- Empowering the Poor with Information and Knowledge
- Establishing Policy and Regulatory Frameworks that Support an Information Economy
- Harnessing Information and Knowledge: Infrastructure, Capacity-Building and Applications
- Fostering Science and Technology in Developing Countries
- Using Information and Knowledge to Support an Informed Public,
Effective Governance, and Civic Dialogue
- Expanding Life-Long Learning and Distance Education Opportunities
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Janice Brodman janiceb@edc.org
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