| Error 404: Barriers to Digital Inclusivity - 04/01/2021 |
| World Economic Forum |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | International |
| COVID-19 has accelerated and broadened the Fourth Industrial Revolution with the rapid expansion of e-commerce, online education, digital health and remote work. These shifts will continue to dramatically transform human interactions and livelihoods long after the pandemic is behind us. This change can provide huge benefits to societies—the response to COVID-19 is full of examples, from the abilit (...) |
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| Community Networks for rural communities in Colombia - 23/06/2020 |
| Asociación Colnodo |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | The Americas | Colombia |
| From Colnodo we accompany processes of rural community networks of Intranet, Internet and mobile telephony, so that indigenous and rural communities that in Colombia have not been able to access quality communication services appropriate to their needs, can design build and maintain their own technological means of communication. During the confinement due to the COVID-19 health crisis, these netw (...) |
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| Educational platforms - 15/06/2020 |
| COOLAB |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | The Americas | Brazil |
| Not long ago many schools banned smartphone use in classrooms, and suddenly the pandemic forced so many classes to be done online, several students with limited connectivity had their studies jeopardized. We also tried to address this issue in the #liberaowifi action, described above. But there also issues with the educational platforms themselves: many of them are not adapted to low bandwidth, lo (...) |
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Perma Link Keywords: Educational, community network, research |
| TSF connects 10 medical centers, covering more than 160,000 patients - 11/06/2020 |
| Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | Arab States | Syria |
| To ensure the protection of the Syrian population, TSF is increasing the number of vital ICT connections in support of medical teams on the ground, to enable them to be better equipped in the face of this trying crisis. |
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| Protocol for Accompanying Community Network Deployments in Social Isolation Scenarios - 10/06/2020 |
| Asociación Civil AlterMundi |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | The Americas | Argentina |
| To use international funds and USF for immediate deployments, wherever there is a community in a position to deploy a community Internet network. Here you can find a Protocol for Accompanying Community Network Deployments in Social Isolation Scenarios: https://altermundi.net/protocolo/ |
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| COVID-19: Adaptation through Community Radio in Bangladesh - 01/06/2020 |
| Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | Asia & Pacific | Bangladesh |
| Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has been mobilizing all community radios for developing and broadcasting awareness building programs on COVID-19: contamination to protect lives and livelihoods since March 1, 2020 to 31 May 2020. During March 1, 2020 to 31 May 2020 BNNRC has been working on COVID-19 covering the following issues: 1. Animate CSOs, Government, health serv (...) |
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Perma Link Keywords: COVID-19 |