otra noticia nefasta para la educación y la cultura. -----Mensaje reenviado----- From: Rik Panganiban <[email protected]> To: [email protected] 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 KoïchiroMatsuura 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 “an opportunity for UNESCO to put into practice theinternational strategic partnership advocated by the United Nations tobridge the digital divide.” 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 UNESCO’s cooperation with agrowing coalition of private sector stakeholders, such as Intel,l’Oréal, 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_SECTI... ________________________________________________________________________ =============================================== RIK PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) web: http://www.ngocongo.org email: [email protected] mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524