> The first edition of the "Digital Review of Asia-pacific" will be launched in
> July 2002
>
> June 28, 2002 - The first edition of the "Digital Review of Asia-Pacific"
> will be published in July 2002. The Review will be a bi-annual review providing facts, figures, data and analysis of the state-of-the-art of ICT and Internet diffusion, adoption and application in 25 Asia-Pacific countries.
>
> The "Digital Review of Asia-Pacific" is a joint collaboration by Pan Asia
> Networking [PAN] of the International Development Research Centre [IDRC] of
> Canada, the Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme [APDIP] of UNDP,
> and the UNESCO Chairs in Communication Network [Orbicom].
>
> The review will provide regional overviews summarising ICT trends in the
> region. Furthermore, the review will be made available in three formats:
> Firstly as an electronic online database, secondly as
> an electronic publication mounted on a CD-ROM, and thirdly as a printed
> monograph. Two editions of the publication are currently being streamlined
> and finalised. The second one is to published in
> January 2003.
>
> To implement this project, a national specialist on ICTs will be identified
> in each of the 25 countries to be covered by The Digital Review of
> Asia-Pacific as the main contributor for his/her country. The project will
> aim to identify a panel of contributors comprising both members of the
> academe and industry, who are already conducting on-going periodic reviews in
> their countries.
>
> The Digital Review of Asia Pacific will be mounted on the PAN server in
> Singapore using the Virtual Bookshelf [VBS] concept designed by PAN. In
> addition to this, the project will explore hosting and
> online sales via other websites, such as those managed by: APDIP, One World,
> ISSD, Bellanet, Panos, ITDG, e-Commonwealth, etc. Furthermore, the paper copy
> of the publication will contain URLs of the Digital Review websites where
> updates to the Digital Review can be found. CD-ROM edition are also planned
> and are aimed at reaching Asia-Pacific users who have access to computers but
> not stable nor affordable Internet connections.
>
>
> Related Links
>
> - Pan Asia Networking of the International Development Research Centre
> (IDRC): <http://www.panasia.org.sg/>
>
> - UNESCO Chairs in Communication Network (Orbicom)
> <http://www.orbicom.uqam.ca/>
>
> Contact for this news: Axel Plathe (a.plathe@unesco.org), UNESCO, Information
> Society Division
>
>
>
>
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