Monday, December 27, 2004

Young Power in Social Action - Bangladesh ( ICTs for Development).

Young Power in Social Action - Bangladesh ( ICTs for Development).
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1026942?intcmp=700
Established in 1985, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) is a
voluntary social development organisation with the mission to engage
Bangladesh's poor, vulnerable and marginalised youth in bringing
about their own and society's sustainable development. The YPSA ICT4D
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Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 18 December, 2004

Direct URL
http://www.ypsa.org/yprdo/yprdo_background.html

Goal & Objectives
http://www.ypsa.org/yprdo/yprdo_objectives.html
Implementation strategy
http://www.ypsa.org/yprdo/yprdo_strategy.html
Project activities
http://www.ypsa.org/yprdo/yprdo_done.html
Contact
YPRDO - Office
YPSA, Collage Road, Ayesha Villa
Sitakund - 4310
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)
House No # F10(P) ; Road No # 13 ; Block B
Chandgao R / A
Chittagong - 4212 , Bangladesh
Land Line: +88-031-672857
Fax: +88-031-650145
Mobile: +88-018-321432, 017-825068
Internet: www.ypsa.org
eMail: info@ypsa.org
akef@ypsa.org
debobrotochakraborty@yahoo.com

What is YPRDO?

Youth led Poverty Reduction through Digital Opportunities (YPRDO) is
a UNESCO supported project aimed towards affective poverty reduction
& development through the innovative use of Information &
Communication Technologies.

PROJECT AREA

The project is being implemented in Sitakund Upazilla under
Chittagong district, which offers different opportunities for
implementation of the project. The area situated 37 km. away from
Chittagong City flanked by hills and rivers. The total population of
the area is 274,903, Literacy rate is 41.1% and employment status of
men and women are 86% and 21% respectively. 85% of total villages and
65% of total HHs of the Upazilla are under electricity coverage.
Total length of Pucca, HBB and Katcha road is 111.75, 38 and 256 km
respectively. The digital opportunities center will be set up in the
village of MOHADEBPUR of the Upazilla, which is the center point of
the project.

Why Youth Leadership?

The young people are the most socially conscious and active segments
of the population. They are concerned about social issues like
culture, environment, economic inequality, and human rights, lack of
employment opportunities etc. Generally these young people can't
participate in the decision making process, don't have access to the
formal institutions of society. Yet these young people try to
organize themselves voluntarily to address the social problems &
bring about positive social changes. They cover the lack of finance
with their person power, lack of resource with their talent &
intelligence and overcome social barriers with their immense
challenge loving hard working mentality.

As a youth focused organization YPSA have noticed that that
potentially the deprived youths & adolescents of the rural areas are
not behind the urban youths & adolescents. But still the reason why
the rural youths remains behind is not of brain power but of
position. The rural youths have less accessibility to information
because of their position. The reasons adding to this are lack of
access to communication & technology. So if these youths can be
introduced to Information & Communication Technologies they can be
the future leaders to apply it in the field of social development.
Youth are a large untapped resource that have the innovation &
potential to find out ways of using ICTs properly & affective to the
local context.

Unnatural story selection - Media still aims for easy targets - But 2004 better than 2003 overall

Dec. 26, 2004. 09:25 AM
Unnatural story selection - Media still aims for easy targets - But
2004 better than 2003 overall

ANTONIA ZERBISIAS azerbis@thestar.ca
MEDIA CRITIC
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&c=Page&cid=970599109774&ce=Columnist&colid=969907624636

"What is the role of a free and independent press in a democratic
society? Is it to be a passive conduit responsible only for the
delivery of information between a government and its people? Is it to
aggressively print allegation and rumor independent of accuracy or
fairness? Is it to show boobies? No. The role of a free press is to
be the people's eyes and ears, providing not just information but
access, insight and, most importantly, context."

- From America (The Book) by The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

It is, one hopes, a positive sign that a book of media and political
criticism ends up as book of the year by Publishers Weekly.

It is, however, not a good thing that it took a fake news show on a
comedy network to give Americans the real deal on their country.

At least 2004 was an improvement on 2003. This year, some of the
mainstream media, at least some of the time, stepped out of the
pro-war, pro-George W. Bush conga line and stopped beating the war
drums.

The New York Times copped to having swallowed the administration
hook, line and clunker about weapons of mass destruction. The New
Yorker and CBS showed the extent of American war crimes at Abu Ghraib
prison. The networks gave big play to Kevin Sites's video of an
American marine shooting an unarmed Iraqi in a mosque. Another
embedded journalist encouraged a National Guardsman this month to ask
Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about the lack of armoured Humvees
- probably saving many American troops and contributing to the
almost-certain demise of Rumsfeld's long political run.

But it wasn't all good.

[...]

As America (The Book) points out, the media have never been freer -
and "the status never quo-er."

full story

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1103842212752&call_pageid=970599109774&col=Columnist969907624636&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes

OR

http://tinyurl.com/6zede
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See "The Wagon Burner" winner best experimental -2004

The Wagon Burner
Super 8 Film, Video, Audio
Terrance Houle 2003

"Wagon Burner" examines what happens when a boy reclaims his identity
through the simple act of destruction. The boy burns his wagon and
dances to put out the flames. Music is done by Isho Bailey. Houles'
images tell a story older than colonization: the power of resistance
and remembrance.

WINNER BEST EXPERIMENTAL
2004 ImagineNATIVE Film Festival, Toronto, CANADA

Terrance Houle, born in Calgary, is a member of the Blood/Blackfoot
nation. His creative work includes painting, drawing, video/film,
mixed media, performance and installation.

See it at
http://zed.cbc.ca/go.ZeD?POS=430&CONTENT_ID=205377&FILTER_KEY=133369&page=content&user=chagoosh2

Actual file
http://static.zed.cbc.ca/users/f/flawed/files/WagonB02.mov
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Canadian copyright law; CLA Copyright Information Centre

Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 18:43:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Russell McOrmond

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004, Paul Nielson wrote:
> http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm

This information is a bit dated and many of the links are broken.
Our own links on the digital-copyright.ca site are a bit dated as
they focused on the 2001/2002 consultation process, rather than the
upcoming legislation that may be tabled in 2005. Latest is that it
won't likely be
February, and it is uncertain whether there will be another election
before legislation is tabled.

Those Canada-wide that are involved in Copyright Revision should be
at least aware of http://digital-copyright.ca/ which we hope to keep
updated with the latest information on this and related areas of
policy.

Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant:
Have you, your family, your friends (, your enemies) signed the
Petition to the Canadian Parliament for Users' Rights in Copyright?
http://digital-copyright.ca/petition/

Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:53:34 -0600
From: Paul Nielson

Subject: [CPI-UA] CLA Copyright Information Centre

http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm

This section will provide the latest information on revisions to
Canada's Copyright Act and regulations; position statements by
associations and governments on copyright reform; interpretations of
Canadian copyright law; issues related to digital information and
media copyright; international copyright law and the Multilateral
Agreement on Investment (MAI); collective and performing rights
societies; and some readings and writings on Canadian, U.S. and
international copyright.


Table of Contents

1. Canadian Copyright Act
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#cdn_law
Law
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#cdn_regulat
Regulations
2. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#int_law
International Copyright Law
3. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#mai
Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)
4. Position Statements on Canadian Copyright Law Reform & Regulations
Bill C-32 (Phase II)
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#gov_posit
Canadian Government
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#positions_assoc
Associations & Organizations
5. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#interpret
Interpretations of Canadian Copyright Law
6. Digital Information & Related Issues (Phase III)
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#digital_gov
Government Reports & Discussion Papers
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#digital_net_access
Access to Information
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#digital_liability
Internet Content & Liability
7. Media Copyright
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#media_ledg
Legislation
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#media_orgs
Organizations & Institutions
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#media_studies
Studies & Discussions
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#media_us
United States
8. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#collectives
Collectives & Performing Rights Societies
9. Readings & Writings on Copyright Law
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#read_can
Canada
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#read_us
United States
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#read_uk
United Kingdom
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#read_int
International
10. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyrightforum.htm
Discussion Paper On Digital Copyright Issues (issued by the Copyright
Forum, of which CLA is a member)
11. http://www.cla.ca/top/whatsnew/wnjl1901.htm
Public Access to Information Threatened by Copyright Inaction (by Margaret Law)
12. http://www.cla.ca/issues/copyright.htm
CLA Response to the Consultation Paper on Digital Copyright Issues
(Issued by the Intellectual Property Policy Directorate, Industry
Canada and the Copyright Policy Branch, Canadian Heritage)
13. http://www.cla.ca/resources/23april2002.pdf
Copyright Protection in Unpublished Works: Final Report by Wanda
Noel, Barrister & Solicitor (pdf) ~ April 23, 2002

For further information, please contact:

Karen Adams - Convenor, Copyright Committee (2004)
Cameron Library
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2J8
Tel.: (780) 492-6491
Fax: (780) 492-8302
e-mail: karen.g.adams@ualberta.ca