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Programa Para o Futuro

Final Report in English

Appendix V: Students Reflections and Testimonials - in Portuguese
Appendix VII: Collection of News Articles about the Project - in Portuguese
Monograph: "Programa para o fututo - Enabling Disadvantaged Youth to Build New Futures," 2005.

Democratic Republic of Congo: Mid-Term Evaluation Report: Community Learning and Resource Center / Complementary Instructional Strategies, June 2004.

Macedonia Connects - Press coverage
A national newspaper listed Macedonia Connects as one of the TOP TEN
best things to happen in Macedonia in the year of 2005.

RITI-Access - New pilot activity Press Release
Project Fact Sheets:

Giurgiu - E-governance Pilot Project (Document Management & Tax Automation System)

Slatina - E-governance Pilot Project (Infosocial Network)

Valcea - E-governance Pilot Project (Environmental Integrated Informatics System)

Library Informatics System - E-governance Pilot Project (National Collective Catalogue & Digital Library)

Calafat - E-governance Pilot Project (Local Economic Development through eLearning Facilities)

RITI-Access Telecenters (ICT4U / Netpoints)

RITI-Access Telecenters (Workspace Center Project)

Targoviste - E-governance Pilot Project (Hospital Integrated Informatics System)

Agrilinks - E-business Pilot Project (Agricultural Portal)

Establishing Community Learning and Information Centers in Underserved Malian Communities: Report of Assessment Mission March 2005.

Asia Near East (ANE) Computer Recycling and Disposal (E-Waste)
Preliminary Research Paper
Prepared for Academy for Educational Development and US Agency for International Development

December 2004
Programa Para o Futuro - Reunion - lots of photos

New Project - IMPACT Macedonia Opens Its Doors

The IMPACT Macedonia Project was launched in November 2004. The project aims at improving productivity and accountability in the public sector. The project will be working with the Ministry of Finance and many other sectors involved with e-Government in Macedonia.

See the more detailed activity description for this project.

DOT-COM / GKD Online discussion : Technology, Globalization and the Poor- October 25 - November 19th.

There will be a virtual conference in association with the "Eradicating Poverty through Profit" conference in San Francisco. The face-to-face conference is organized by the World Resource Institute's Digital Dividend project. The virtual conference will be conducted by dot-ORG and hosted by Global Knowledge for Development (GKD). Read more details on specific topics to be discussed and how to participate.....

The Tech Museum of Innovation Awards

Andy Lieberman was honored, and selected by The Tech Museum of Innovation as one of 25 Laureates for the prestigious awards program, which celebrates those who leverage new and existing technologies to benefit humanity and which uses technology to address the " myriad of challenges we face as a global community". He was chosen from some 320 applications from 80 countries for his work on the Enlace Quiché project now transformed into a Guatemalan NGO. Read more about the 2004 laureates on the Tech Museum web site.

UPDATE: Andy won one of the five final awards on November 10th, 2004, the "Microsoft Education Award." Here is an extract from a Press Release:

"Enlace Quiché was launched in 2000 by the Academy for Educational Development and USAID to demonstrate uses of information and communications technologies to strengthen the training of bilingual (Spanish-Mayan) teachers. Microsoft became an active supporter in 2002. The theme throughout has been helping Mayan communities and schools to cross hte digital divide without leaving their culture and language behind. Now functioning as an independent Guatemalan NGO, Enlace's legacy includes 28 school-based technology centers, 14 interactive Mayan-language CD-ROMs, a virtual community, and a training center. Through these efforts, a rapidly growing critical mass of empowered Mayans are harnessing computer and Internet as tools for development and for strengthening their identity."

Business Week Article - Brazil

Business Week interviewed Cintia Arantes, one of the youth who participated in the Programa para o Futuro in Brazil, for a cover story article titled "Tech's Future" (September 27, 2004). Read the full article on the Business Week web site, or read the "story" providing the broader context for the Business Week article, on the AED web site.

"Debut of the Year" Award for e-Government pilot project in Romania

On September 17-19, 2004, ANIAP organized the annual conference dedicated to solutions for e-administration. This year the event focused on the Interoperability of the Informatics Systems. At this conference, the Giurgiu e-Government pilot project received an award called "The Debut of the Year" for the implementation of the Integrated Solution containing Document Management and Tax Automation Systems.