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SPIDER is hosted by the Dept. of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University from January 1st, 2010

Lotta Rydström — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Due to reorganization at KTH, SPIDER is hosted by the Dept. of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University (SU) from January 1st 2010. SPIDER will remain as a center at DSV, which until now has been a department of both KTH and SU.

Master's program in ICT for development at Stockholm University 2010

Annelie Östlund — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:11:42 +0100

Stockholm University will run a Master's program in ICT for development during 2010. The programme is intended for students and top-level or mid-level administrators and executives who would like to broaden and deepen their knowledge of ICT, its management and application to the developing world.

Students from outside the EU/EEA should apply no later than January 15th, 2010 and students from the EU/EEA apply no later than April 15th, 2010.

SPIDER, UNCTAD och DSV anordnade seminarium om svensk ICT i utvecklingsländer den 19 november.

Annelie Östlund — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:42:53 +0100

Sverige, världsledare inom ICT enligt ny UNCTAD-rapport - men överförs svenskt kunnande till utvecklingsländer?

SPIDER tillsammans med UNCTAD (United Nations Conference for Trade and Development) och Data- och Systemvetenskapliga institutionen (DSV) på Stockholms Universitet/KTH arrangerade den 19 november ett seminarium i Stockholm med titeln "Sverige, världsledare inom ICT enligt ny UNCTAD-rapport - men överförs svenskt kunnande till utvecklingsländer?".

Syftet med seminariet var att öka och bredda kunskapen och kännedomen om ICT och dess användning för att stödja företagande och handel i utvecklingsländer.

UbuntuNet-Connect 2009

Karoline Beronius — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:33:09 +0100

The Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) hosted UbuntuNet-Connect 2009 from 12th-13th November 2009 at Hotel Africana in Kampala, Uganda. UbuntuNet-Connect is the premier event in the area of research and education networking in Africa and brings together policy makers, regulators, service providers, researchers, teachers, content providers, and ICT professionals from around the world. Conference proceedings are available from the conference website.

ECEL - the 8th European Conference on e-Learning

Karoline Beronius — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:11:13 +0100

The number of e-Learning conferences has rapidly grown during the last years. One of the established conferences in Europe is the yearly European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL), which in the end of October 2009 was arranged for the 8th time at the University of Bari in Italy. About 100 persons from all over the world where attending the conference that mostly was divided into 5 parallel streams.

Open call for evaluation of IPID

Annelie Östlund — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:04:05 +0200

SPIDER is currently seeking a consultant to do an external evaluation of the IPID program. Please consult the ToR for further details.

ICT4MPOWER and SPIDER at IST Africa, May 6-8th

Annelie Östlund — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:50:04 +0200

The SPIDER supported project ICT4MPOWER was presented at the IST AFrica conference in Kampala, Uganda during May 6-8th. Karoline Beronius from SPIDER also presented the Swedish experience on ICT4D cooperation in Africa.

SPIDER welcomes a new staff member

Annelie Östlund — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:20:20 +0200

Magnus Lundsten joined the SPIDER team as ICT4D Advisor on May 4th, 2009.

SPIDER participated at eLearning Africa

Annelie Östlund — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:14:18 +0200

SPIDER participated in the conference eLearning Africa 2009 at the end of May 2009. Projects were presented both at a workshop and during regular sessions.

Junior ICT Experts out on internships

Annelie Östlund — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:11:17 +0200

Four new Junior ICT Experts on internships during the summer 2009.