[Solar-general] UNESCO and Microsoft sign cooperation agreement

Sab Nov 6 01:54:36 CET 2004

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From: Rik Panganiban <rikp en earthlink.net>
To: plenary en wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UNESCO and Microsoft sign cooperation
agreement
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 18:39:07 -0500

PressConference with UNESCO Director-General and Microsoft Chairman
BillGates
04-11-2004 (UNESCO)

UNESCO Director-General KoÃ¯chiroMatsuura and Microsoft Chairman and
Chief Software Architect BillGates will give a press conference at
UNESCO Headquarters in Paris,France on November 17 (Room II, at 11.30
a.m.) following the signingof a Cooperation Agreement.

Mr Matsuura has qualified theagreement as â€œan opportunity for UNESCO to
put into practice theinternational strategic partnership advocated by
the United Nations tobridge the digital divide.â€ 

The agreement defines eight areasin which UNESCO and Microsoft will work
together, exchangingexperience, know-how and developing projects: 

Educationand learning;

Communityaccess and development;

Culturaland linguistic diversity and preservation;

Digitalinclusion and capacity;

Exchangeand promotion of best practices on the use of ICT for
socio-economicdevelopment;

Fosteringweb-based communities of practice including content
development,knowledge sharing and empowerment through participation;

Facilitatingexchange of information and of software applications;

Sharingexpertise and strategies.

The agreement with Microsoft is part of UNESCOâ€™s cooperation with
agrowing coalition of private sector stakeholders, such as
Intel,lâ€™OrÃ©al, DaimlerChrysler and Hewlett Packard. 
Journalists wishing to attend thepress conference must request
accreditation from 

(Souce: UNESCO Media AdvisoryNo.2004-75)

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17459&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

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RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship 
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