Message-ID: <35722877.CBF0C98E@idn.org> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 00:05:11 -0400 From: "Christopher L. Byrne, Director" <mailto:info@IDN.ORG> Subject: This week at the International Development Network Web Site To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Apologies for Cross PostingGood day!
The IDN has introduced its first Discussion forum to be added to the IDN Web Site at http://www.idn.org/. It provides readers to respond to the newly updated ViewPoints Column, "Information Technology and Third World Countries".
Other new items this week on the IDN Web Site (http://www.idn.org/):
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IDN Membership Directory
Biographical sketches of IDN Members and list of pending membership applications. ____________________________________________
Tools You Can Use:
UNIDO Interactive Guide to Business Networking ____________________________________________
Quick Link of the Week:
3rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting on the Telecommunications and Information Industry ____________________________________________
New Links:
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) - primary regional vehicle for promoting open trade and practical economic cooperation.
APEC Internet Collaboration Center - provides a new model of how policy-makers in government, business and academia can work collaboratively across the Internet to advance foreign policy initiatives in the Asia Pacific region.
APEC Sustainable Development Training & Information Network - links training and information resources throughout APEC to promote capacity building and human resources development.
APEC Telecommunications Network for Emerging Infections - provides a new avenue for enhanced, rapid communications about disease threats in the Asia Pacific Region.
CharityVillage - Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector.
Community Aid Abroad (Oxfam in Australia) - an independent, democratic, community-based Australian organisation promoting social justice and the alleviation of poverty through the funding of development projects both overseas and in Aboriginal Australia.
Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) - a multi-donor effort to address poverty through the support and promotion of micro-finance institutions.
Export-Import Bank of the United States - aids in financing and to facilitate U.S. exports.
Global Fund for Women - a global network of women and men committed to a world of equality and social justice, works with women and provides them with the financial means to enable them to attain this vision.
National Center for APEC - serves as a liaison between the U.S. private sector and U.S. government representatives to the APEC process, encourages U.S. involvement in APEC, and works to expand public understanding of the benefits of APEC to the U.S. economy and society.
Organization of African Unity - Official Web Site of the Organization of African Unity Headquarters in Addis Ababa, contains OAU News, Documents and Publications, Overview information, Conference information and other information resources.
Overseas Service Bureau - a not-for-profit development agency that aims to build links and increase cooperation between Australians and people living in developing countries.
Pax World Service - works toward a more just and equitable world by initiating and supporting innovative, catalytic programs that encourage peacemaking, citizen diplomacy and sustainable development.
PLAN International - Started during the Spanish Civil War in 1937, PLAN International is now one of the world's largest and most experienced child-focused development organisations.
United Nations Development Programme, New Delhi, India - Sustainable Human Development programmes with focus on Poverty Alleviation, promoting Gender Equality, Environment Regeneration and better Governance.
United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine (UNISPAL) - collection of United Nations documents relating to the question of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East since 1947.
United States APEC Index - Index of US-Based APEC Related Sites.
US-ASEAN Business Council - premier national private organization in the United States representing private sector interests in ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
U.S. Trade and Development Agency - A service of the U.S. government helping American companies create jobs through exports.
Women's Village Banking - dedicated to fighting poverty in Central America through a unique partnership relationship with indigenous nonprofit agencies.
Women's World Banking - global not-for-profit financial institution established to advance and promote the full economic participation of women.
Women's Development Banking (WDB) - To increase women's capacity to control their environment and take their rightful place in the development of a democratic and non-sexist South Africa. __________________________________________________________
The IDN plans to continue our growth and offerings. If you have not yet thought about a membership/sponsorship in the IDN, we encourage you to consider becoming a sponsor/member of the fastest growing, most comprehensive and current International Development Web Site on the Internet! Information is available at http://www.idn.org/membership/