Asia Pacific Initiative
Details of the organization
Name *
UNU (United Nations University)
Organization country
International
Website (URL)
http://www.unu.edu
Type *
International organizations
Information about the project
Project title *
Asia Pacific Initiative
Description *
The Asia Pacific Initiative (API) is a partnership between the UNU, Keio University, CISCO Systems (Japan) and LEAD (Japan). The project was launched at the World Summit on Sustainable Development as a Type II Partnership and is designed to utilize satellite technology and the Internet to link field based studies to online learning, communication and real-time next generation broadcasting. The API is an knowledge sharing project and the network of partners is gradually growing with recent additions including a number of universities in the region. Recent activities undertaken to date include multimedia broadcasting experiments (Video over IP), case study development in Okinawa (Japan), the Bangkok (Thailand) and the Greater Mekong Sub-Region, as well as the development of courses on Asia Pacific Sustainability with support from the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) in Japan.
Project website
http://www.unu.edu/api
Geographical coverage *
Regional implementation
None
Status *
Ongoing
from
to
Partners
CISCO Systems (Japan), LEAD(Japan), Keio University
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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Access to information and knowledge
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Capacity building
Millenium Declaration Goals related to this project
Ensure environmental sustainability
Project type *
Project
Connect the World Project *
The project is being considered as contributing to the objectives of the ITU Connect the World initiative?
No