<incom> Nine Finalists Selected For Stockholm Challenge - GKP Awards 2007 (Modified by Geert Lovink)

[gkp at gkps.org.my]

  Press Release
 
Nine Finalists Selected ForStockholm Challenge - GKP Awards 2007
   
Kuala Lumpur, 31 October, 2007.  A total of 119 projects had been 
nominated for the Stockholm Challenge – GKP Awards 2007, and nine were 
chosen by the jury as the best examples of the role of 
Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in Information and Communication 
Technologies (ICT) for Development. The winners will be announced and 
celebrated during GK3, Third Global Knowledge Conference taking place 
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 11 to 13 December 2007. They will also 
be sponsored by GKP to participate in Stockholm Challenge Week in May 
2008.

The Stockholm Challenge GKP Awards 2007is a new ICT prize promoted by 
Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) and the Stockholm Challenge. The 9 
finalists in four ICT4D categories contested are:
   
Culture:
  * Network of Public Libraries - Medellin Metropolitan Area
* Viva Favela

Economic Development:
  * Enabling financial inclusion and increasing efficiency of Self Help 
Groups Microcredit Federations
  * KhmerOS - Khmer Software Initiative
   
Education:
  * Shilpa Satya Project - Digital Self Learning for remote, rural 
students lacking educational resources and teachers
  * TOPIC64 - National network of E-learning centers in 64 provinces of 
Vietnam
  * Information Dissemination and Equal Access (IDEA) Project
   
Public Administration:
  * The etuktuk project
  * Rashtra Grameena abhivruddi samacharam - an ICT tool for poor people

  Details of these projects, along with the other nominated projects, 
can be viewed athttp://gkp.stockholmchallenge.se

  For full text, click here.
 
For more information, please contact:
 
Ulla  Skidén, Project Manager
Stockholm Challenge                                         Telephone 
+46 (0) 70 678 72 82    
Email: ulla.skiden at stockholmchallenge.se  
Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Executive Director
Global Knowledge Partnership
Telephone + 60 (3) 2162 3000
Email: gkp at gkps.org.my

 The Stockholm Challenge is a networking programme for ICT 
entrepreneurs. It demonstrates how ICT can improve living conditions, 
economic growth, spur collaboration and spread innovative ideas 
globally.
   
  Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) is the leading multi-stakeholder 
network promoting innovation and advancement in Knowledge for 
Development (K4D) and ICT for Development (ICT4D) via knowledge sharing 
and partnership building.  
Relevant Links:
* GKP: http://ww.globalknowledge.org

* The Stockholm Challenge: http://www.stockholmchallenge.se
 GKP Event on the Future – GK3, Third Global Knowledge Conference
"Emerging People, Emerging Markets, Emerging Technologies"
11-13 December, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Find out how to participate @ www.GKPEventsOnTheFuture.org