By fundsforngos3, on January 4th, 2012% The African Media Initiative (AMI), leading African media organization, has announced to contribute $1 Million for creation of a fund to encourage innovation in news industry. AMI is ranked as the largest association of media owners and operators in Africa. A new African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC) is also being launched to encourage . . . → Read More: African Media Initiative Announces $1 Million Fund for News Innovation
By fundsforngos, on November 23rd, 2011% Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum is currently inviting photographers from across the world to send entries for the Environmental Photography Exhibition that will be organized by the museum in the coming days. . . . → Read More: Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum invites Entries for Environemental Photo Exhibition
By fundsforngos, on November 3rd, 2011% International aid agency Oxfam on October 19, 2011 released an e-book, the digital edition of its report “Growing a Better Future: Food justice in a resource constrained world”. The release of this digital report coincided with the launch of ‘GROW Week’, a week that is full of activism aimed at highlighting flaws in the existing food system of the world forcing one billion people to go hungry every day. . . . → Read More: Oxfam releases eBook “Growing a Better Future: Food Justice in a Resource Constrained World”
By fundsforngos, on September 27th, 2011% The Digital Media and Learning (DML) is inviting proposals for two competitions that will be organized under the main DML Competition. The two competitions for which the proposals are sought include a design competition on Badges for Lifelong Learning; and a research competition on Badges, Trophies, and Achievements.
Badges Competition: Badges For Lifelong . . . → Read More: Proposals Invited for Fourth Digital Media and Learning Competition
By fundsforngos, on September 12th, 2011% Entertainment Education (EE) Conference
The first EE Conference was held in 1989 in California; since then international conferences have taken place in the US, Holland and South Africa. This year India – with its kaleidoscope of arts, cutting edge technology and dynamic movie industry – is hosting the 5th International EE Conference to . . . → Read More: Fifth Entertainment Education Conference: Short duration entries invited for Digital Media Competition focused on Motivating Behavior Change around any health topic
By fundsforngos, on August 22nd, 2011% Google in partnership with Associated Press (AP) is inviting applications for AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship program initiated to promote digital and new media skills in student journalists. This program will be administered by the Online News Association. This scholarship program is perfect for the undergraduate or graduate students in the U.S. who . . . → Read More: Google and Associated Press invite applications for Journalism and Technology Scholarship
By fundsforngos, on April 6th, 2010% The Information Program is an initiative of the Open Society Institute (OSI) established “to increase public access to knowledge, facilitate civil society communication and protect civil liberties and the freedom to communicate in the digital environment.” It is focused upon enhancing the information access of the disadvantaged people in less developed countries and . . . → Read More: OSI’s Information Program supporting NGOs and Civil Society Groups
By fundsforngos, on April 6th, 2010% Access to Knowledge
Under the Access to Knowledge, the focus areas are Intellectual Property Reform, Open Access Initiative, Open Educational Resources, Open Access to Law and eIFL.net. The Intellectual Property Reform area works to reduce barriers to access, production and exchange of knowledge and knowledge-based goods. The Open Access Initiative is for . . . → Read More: OSI’s Information Program supporting NGOs and Civil Society Groups -2
By fundsforngos, on April 6th, 2010% Civil Society Communication
The civil society communication area under the Information Program of the OSI focuses upon the vitality of information for NGOs and civil society organizations. Information is very critical for such groups to manage their operations. However, as these organizations are sometimes ill-equipped and under-resourced to manage and . . . → Read More: OSI’s Information Program supporting NGOs and Civil Society Groups -3
By fundsforngos, on April 6th, 2010% Open Information Policy
Under the Open Information Policy component, OSI aims to “to broaden communications access in the most disadvantaged countries and to protect the freedom to communicate in the digital environment.” Under the component, the focus areas and grants include Free Expression and Privacy Online and Affordable Communications Access. The . . . → Read More: OSI’s Information Program supporting NGOs and Civil Society Groups -4
By fundsforngos, on January 31st, 2010% “The Science Dissemination Unit (SDU) at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy, facilitates the transfer of knowledge and the exchange of scientific information via information and communication technologies.
Starting in 2010, the SDU is offering an academic webcasting grant to have an “off-the-shelf” solution for . . . → Read More: SDU Grants openEyA Recording System, including Software/Hardware for NGOs in Developing Countries
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