Bulgarian ICT policy monitor
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Highlights

BlueLink launches Freedom of Electronic Speech Campaign
BlueLink has initiated an internet campaign in support of everyone using the World Wide Web to exchange free information and ideas. Read more...

Institutions and civil society debate over the Third sector’s involvement in ICT policy decision making in Bulgaria
Integration of environmental sustainability in ICT policy was a major focus at the National consultation on ICT policy in Bulgaria, led by BlueLink and the State Agency for Information Technology and Communications. Read more...

Workshop “Greening Development through ICT and Civic Engagement”
The workshop will be held on November 1, 2006, during the Internet Governance Forum in Athens will address how communities in the Global South can harness the immense potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in addressing sustainability problems. Read more...

What's New

Bulgarian NGO asks the worldwide Internet community to bring their top priorities during the coming IGF meeting

09/06/2008
Internet Society Bulgaria being an active participant at the WSIS and IGF , expresses their views for the coming International Governance Forum (IGF) in Hyderabad, India.


OECD and YouTube launch “Future of the Internet” initiative

03/06/2008
How can the Internet make the world a better place?” This is the question OECD is asking the public on YouTube, the leading online video community, at www.youtube.com/futureinternet.


100 Stories (with pictures, music and video or podcast embedded if you like )

22/05/2008
For a hundred days preceding One Web Day 2008 bloggers from around the world would have an unique opportunity for exposure to a global audience celebrating One Web Day which will take place globally on September 22 this year.


Europe makes moves toward Internet censorship

29/02/2008
Privacy advocates worry that filtering Internet sites related to piracy, terrorism, and child pornography will have serious effects on the freedom to communicate.


Georgetown University invites applications for the the position of Yahoo! Fellow in Residence

28/02/2008
The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service is pleased to invite applications for the position of Yahoo! Fellow in Residence for the academic year 2008-2009. This one academic year position is funded by the Yahoo! Fund on International Values,
Communications Technology & the Global Internet, which was established at Georgetown University by a gift from Yahoo! Inc.


Experts to Train Roma IT Skills in Bulgaria

18/02/2008
Dozens of Roma from several Bulgarian towns will undergo IT training within a pilot project, launched Tuesday by the State Agency of Information Technologies and Communications.


European Patent Office to move towards paperless applications

22/11/2007
The sixth European Patent Office Online Services Annual Conference took place last week in Como, Italy. The theme End to End Electronic Processing: How to survive when the EPO no longer accepts paper? highlighted the step by step approach that the EPO will implement in the effort to slowly phase out paper patent applications.


'ICT is not an end in itself'

19/11/2007
The societal dimension of information and communication technology (ICT) was the centre of attention at the Information Technology for European Advancement (ITEA 2) Symposium 2007. At the annual event on 18 and 19 October in Berlin, stakeholders from industry, politics and academia discussed what ICT can contribute to global challenges such as the ageing society, the digital divide, climate change, security and healthcare.


On the 9th of November finished the 10th meeting of the Association for Progressive Communication

15/11/2007
BlueLink won the price of the Association for Progressive Communication (APC) for contribution of applying information and communication technologies for resolving environmental problems.


Internet Governance and Sustainable Development

15/11/2007
The connection between these two issues may not be obvious and yet in this increasingly global economy the two are inextricably linked. Sustainable development cannot be achieved without global access to communications and knowledge sharing.


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