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The Iwith.org 5th Christmas E-card Design Contest is Open

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:20:00 +0100

Attention organizations and artists! The Internet is offering you a new opportunity for creativity, involvement, and Christmas cheer: creating and sending Christmas e-cards to support charitable causes. Easily send your Christmas and New Year's greetings while adding some meaning to them. Participate in Iwith.org's Christmas E-card Campaign.

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Tic and third sector: Interesting conference in Vienn

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:29:00 +0100

The Esplai foundation, ARCI association and D-O-T consulting firm, beneficiary of Iwith.org, with the support of DG JRC-IPTS, are organising the Workshop “e-Inclusion: role of large Third Sector organizations”, the 30th november, as a part of an important meeting regarding ICT and The European Union.

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�The Digital Divide in Education", is the focus of the 5th International Seminar of the ...

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:16:00 +0100

The 5th International Seminar of the UNESCO E-Learning Chair at the UOC Fighting the Digital Divide through Education, will take place between November 12th and 14th in Barcelona with the presence of international speakers.

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II Conflictology Congress in Barcelona: Iwith.org attending

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:21:00 +0100

From October 27th to 29th, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya is hosting the second Specialists’ Congress-Meeting to analyze, study, reflect, debate, share and most of all, to discuss and emphasize proposals about the different situations in which conflicts appear. Iwith.org was invited to attend.

Iwith.org promotes the ICT among universitaries.

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:12:00 +0100

Two�important agreements made in recent weeks between the Universities and iwith.org show how they also penetrate into the study and use of ICT.

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Latin America and ICTs united through ELAC

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:41:00 +0100

The Strategy for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (ELAC for its acronym in Spanish) has published the first of six thematic bulletins dedicated to each chapter of the eLAC2010; these bulletins can be found in the Information Society Programme portal, on the ECLAC’s website.

Why ICT's can be a development tool?

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:59:00 +0100

Why does Iwith.org work with new technologies (ICT)? or How can technologies be a tool for development and progress? we were interviewed in VITA Europe, and there we tried to explain those questions. Also,� at the end of this article we give you a video example, not an iwith.org's one, but a testimony that could perfectly fit on our objectives!.

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Yasun� Oro Verde, advertising in press

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:27:00 +0100

Here you can find links to articles and interviews about the "Yasun� Oro Verde"� Tour in Barcelona.

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Successful conferences on development organised by ANUE with many beneficiaries of iwith.org present

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:26:00 +0100

Concerned with the lower and lower and less effective international contribution to development the Spanish United Nations Association, ANUE, organized in Barcelona the course ‘Tools for Development: Improving Aid for Africa’ with the purpose of launching a new model of International Contribution to Development that makes the most of the aid given. Among the speakers were Iwith.org and many of its beneficiaries.

Courses on new communication tools for organisations

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:02:00 +0100

Following its successes in July this year, Avalon is now offering new courses on the methods of communication that have emerged with new technologoy and the opportunities they represent for the third sector. iwith.org is participating as a trainer in a practial workshop.

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A solidarity technology caravan

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:10:00 +0100

Iwith.org, via Reursa, one of its beneficiaries, has managed to get computers that will be able to bring the ICT to the North of Africa via a solidarity caravan, which will visit Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia.

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Yasun�, Green Gold, lands in Barcelona

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:09:00 +0100

The movimiento Idun, an Iwith.org beneficiary, is fulfilling a dream: a tour with the authorities from the Francisco Orellana municipality, in Ecuador, to alert to the negative consequences of oil exploitation in the Ecuadorian jungle. They will arrive in Barcelona on October 14 to demand that oil cease to be the main exploitation in the region and to present a beautiful photography book, Yasun� Oro Verde (Yasun� Green Gold).

ANUE one of the Iwith.org beneficiaries, is offering a course on redefining the current ...

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:39:00 +0100

The idea emerged as a result of the recent assessment of development assistance undertaken by the United Nations in Spain, ANUE. The course is oriented around case examples from Africa and includes some practical workshops to facilitate its understanding. ANUE is one of our organization beneficiaries and Ramon Bartemeus, Resource manager of Iwith.org will be facilitating one of the course workshops.

"Rethinking the digital divide" Conference, Leeds, England, 2008: Iwith.org's views

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:41:00 +0100

Guillermo Arbel�ez, from depapaya.org, helped with representing Iwith.org at the XV Conference on Learning Technology in Leeds, England. You can find his impressions from such an important event and of our participation in the Posters section.

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New Postraduate Course on Communitarian Intervention and Resoultion of Public Conflicts by the ...

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:42:00 +0100

This programme is the only one exclusively devoted to the management and resolution of public conflicts�by all kind of institutions and entities, companies, mass media, etc with different scopes of actions such as partipipation and safety among others.

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Iwith.org and Alternative Channel present the Video Award on the Global Eco Forum of Barcelona

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:21:00 +0100

This autumn �Eco-union organizes , the 1st Global Eco-Forum: Responsibility, sustainability and eco-innovation an international meeting where will be discuss the reflection, the interrelations and the generation of new ideas for a more sustainable and responsible society. At this appointment will be presented by Iwith.org and Alternative Channel the Award for the Best Video in Spanish after the only in-person act of the event that will take place on October 7th in Barcelona.

Warning bloggers: this October 15 you have a commitment!

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:34:00 +0100

This 15th October 2008 is the Blog Action Day!.�This year�the topic�for all podcasters, videoscasters y blogers can speak at length is Poverty.�Organizers hope that for�one day all of them, could leave their regular work to raise from different perspectives, a debate on this issue.

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Iwith.org to Attend Leeds Convention on the Digital Divide

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:00:00 +0100

Our organization will attend and display a poster. It will demonstrate our confidence in reducing the digital divide through access to new technologies and education.

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Felicidades Xarxanet, el portal de informaci�n internacional para el tercer sector catal�nHappy ...

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:41:00 +0100

Xarxanet.org provides international information of Catalans NGOs on activities and best practices of associations, through their Castilian, English and French versions. Iwith.org manages subportales Xarxanet.org of Civil Society, a site created by and for civil society, the most visited sections of Xarxanet in June. The number of visits they received shows the interest that exists in the world of associations, to know best practices and opportunities for international presence in the world.

Iwith Signs a Collaborative Agreement with ICV

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:12:00 +0100

They are two organizations that work with new technology and in the virtual domain. Both believe in the "developing" power of TICs and as such, they have collaborated to give life to interesting projects and future opportunities.

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Iwith.org offers a new course for Organizations about new Channels of Communication

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:17:00 +0100

Since 2001, Avalon has been organizing initiatives for associations. Now it is offering new courses aimed at learning the opportunities that the new channels of communication represent for the Third Sector. Iwith.org will participate as a Trainer for one of them.

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Make the most of your Blog

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:41:00 +0100

For some time now Google has been offering to help Bloggers or web-page owners get the most out of their sites and out of the people who visit them, by placing virtual advertisements. Each click makes something for the owner of the blog. This division of Google is called Adwords and in view of the high demand but also low awareness, Google is organising on-line seminars on how to use this tool effectively.

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Problems with Firefox while opening some websites

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:07:00 +0100

Despites the many advantages of new Firefox 3.0, some difficulties may occur when you try to open some web pages. We show how to resolve this problem quickly. Let's read...

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Fot�grafo Voluntario del Forum Alternative Channel expone en el FIB

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:39:00 +0100

As part of the show being held alongside the Festival Internacional de Benic�ssm, Samuel Rodr�guez, a photographer who actively collaborated on images for the Forum Alternative Channel, has been chosen as one of the 6 winners. Congratulations from all of us here.

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Iwith.org beneficiaries make headlines: winning prizes and putting on exhibitions

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:17:00 +0100

The examples of Algo Bueno and Mesclad�s� show how important it is for an organisation to have a good quality web page that is constantly updated…We invite you to learn about their experience.

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Reveal the Digital Divide in Your Vacation Photos

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:54:00 +0100

For the second consecutive year, iwith.org is�sponsoring�the iwith.org Summer Photography Competition, in order�to reveal the various levels of access to technology that exist around the world. We�suggest that you take your camera on vacation and look around. Surprise us with a photo that will make the web visitors to our site aware of the issue.

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Conflicts and their relation with new technologies in Iwith.org�s course in Universitat de Girona.

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:09:00 +0100

Within the framework of the Master and postgraduate studies of resolution of public conflicts, the University of Girona ( UdG) offers four alternatives of specific training in the topic, one of which will be given by Ram�n Bartomeus, Resource Manager for� Iwith.org.

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Succesful conference of the Third Sector and New Technologies

giacomo@iwith.org (Giacomo Calvo) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:55:00 +0100

With an emphasis on the preperation of informatical material and the education, the second meeting of New Technologies and the Third Sector had been organized by SISOSCAT in Barcelona. In the following article we'll present you the most important data and informations of the discussions.

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Iwith.org & the Forum Alternative Channel in the Solidaria TV show in Vilafranca

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:21:00 +0100

Vilafranca TV was one of the means that provided an ample coverage of the Forum Alternative Channel. We invite you to see the transmitted report in the Solidaria TV show where the Forum's activities are widely detailed (speaker's corners, workshops & conferences), additionally an interview with Ram�n Bartomeus is included, resource chief of Iwith.org.

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Ghana - Gain a smile: attend a beautiful solidarity concert

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:07:00 +0100

A tenor, a violinist, two pianists and the members of the NGO Ghana - Gain a smile that support rural African orphanages invites you, on June 12th, to an intimate concerto so that the music becomes a good excuse to gain smiles.

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New Technologies and the Third Sector walking hand on hand again

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:59:00 +0100

This 29th of May 2008 on the garage of Palau Robert, the second edition of the Third Sector and New Technologies conferences will take part. They are organized by SISOSCAT and this year are aimed to third sector entities having among their beneficiaries the dropout collectives or on risk to be socially excluded, mainly on Catalonia but also on any place on Earth. Sisoscat works everyday to diminish the digital breach, both by training and donating equipment.

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New site for supportive young people

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:31:00 +0100

The NGO Interm�n Oxfam has launched a web aimed at supportive young people implicated in this institution, just like other initiatives such as la Mediatek, by Grec. www.dalelavueltaalmundo.org looks for volunteers for summer music festivals, suggests an ideas-to-change-the-world contest and offers the possibility of winning a trip to visit a cooperation project -among many other different proposals.

Barcelona celebrated the Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue Night, together with some other 37 countries

giacomo@iwith.org (Giacomo Calvo) — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:57:00 +0100

At Plaza del Rey, a series of events were held by 1001 Actions for Dialogue organization. There, associations gathered to celebrate cultural heritage of the Euro-Mediterranean Region.

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New Training Offer from Iwith.org: Connect Your Organization to New Technology

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:30:00 +0100

Thanks to the support of FTIC,�Iwith.org, an NGO specializing in bringing new technology to Not-for-Profit Organizations,� is offering three new Online courses. You will�definitely be interested in this!

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List of Winners Internet Day 2008

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:30:00 +0100

This 17 of May, although Sunday, were decided the winners of the contests organized for�the celebration of the Internet Day . Iwith.org contested in the category “Access” with the bocatics.

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IAVE Youth Office in Catalonia

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:00:00 +0100

The long-awaited IAVE World Youth Conference in Panama (International Association for Volunteer Effort) was the best occasion for the worldwide official presentation of the IAVE Youth Office in Catalonia, a project managed by Fundaci�n Catalunya Voluntaria.

Forum Alternative Channel: An international success

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:44:00 +0100

The Forum Alternative Channel: Social Networks and Responsible Media made the conference to an international success, creating a good initial point for the second conference in New York next November.

The Forum Alternative Channel in the Press

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:00:00 +0100

Many Media channels are making the�Forum Alternative Channel be heard. Here we have�included the TV3�news video for you to watch.

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May 17th is Internet Day: Iwith.org's Bocatics are Candidates!

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100

Bocatics, those small capsules of simple and practical knowledge available via the Internet serve as our introduction at the next celebration of Internet Day. We invite all of our Iwith.org friends to vote for this tool before May 17th!

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Interview with the winner of our International Book Day Contest

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100

We have used the Internet to learn more about Ronald Castillo Flori�n, the winner of our Books 2008 Competition. The author already has experience using the Internet to promote his work; in fact he has a blog which he updates daily.

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"El Pr�ncipe Esquivo" winner of the Iwith.org International Book Day contest 2008

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100

The collection of poems by Ronald Franklin Castillo Florian, from Peru, has been the most downloaded book in the 2008 contest. As of 12 o'clock on 22 April there were more than two thousand clicks to download one of the 23 works posted on our web site. Once again, we would like to thank the authors for their generosity and trust and the readers for their faith in the project.

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Meeting Centered on Human Rights in Africa held in Barcelona

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100

For the first time, human rights were analysed from the voices of their actors, a fact made possible by the meeting organised by ADANE and CEA in Barcelona.

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First Statistics on Saint George�s books download figures

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100

After 8 days of the publication of the books on our website and now that we are less than 2 weeks away from the final of our Competition of the Day of the Book, we are giving you the first count of the download figures.

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The Internet to the Rescue of Yasuni, in Ecuador

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100

A Spanish NGO, and Iwith.org partner, has decided to offer, via photographs and other medium available on the Internet and the Ab�core platform, to raise awareness about oil and timber interest on the Amazon region in Ecuador.

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New Iwith.org Course With 100% Scholarship for NGO Members and Collaborators

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100

Iwith.org is a NGO that introduces Internet to organizations of the third sector. We are already helping more than 120 organizations with their websites. Another way to pass knowledge is through our Online courses. Take advantage of this unique opportunity. 100% scholarships for NGO's or volunteers for the "News on the Web" course.

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You can now download books from the Iwith.org Certamen

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100

Whichever book receives most downloads between now and the 22nd of April will be accredited with Iwith.org's international book-day prize. The objective of which is to contribute to a useful online culture.

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First Day UN-GAID Meet Web 2.0: Impressions of Jordi Duran i Batidor

joduba@iwith.org (Jordi Duran i Batidor) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:00:00 +0100

It has been a long journey, with very interesting experiences that we have lived today in the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, but I would like to share with you, before the day is over, what this journey has been.

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Iwith.org participates in the debate about web 2.0 at the UN

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Our NGO has been invited by the Global Alliance for the Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID), an initiative approved by the General Secretary of the UN in 2006. The alliance responds to the need and demand created by different actors of an inclusive global forum and a platform for the dialogue on the use of the ICT (Information and Communication Technologies). Through this dialogue it is expected to meet the internationally agreed objectives for development and its subsequent reduction in poverty.

Nearly finishing preparation for the Alternative Channel Forum

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:00:00 +0100

�Alternative Channel, the international Web-TV on sustainable development and humanitarian causes, and Iwith.org organize the first Alternative Channel Forum.This international event will take place in Barcelona, April 30, 2008. Its goal is to be a meeting point for:

Media/Press contact for accreditation: Iwith.org or Alternative Channel

Reporters Without Borders calls for online demonstration: for Press Freedom

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:00:00 +0100

In this way, this NGO has declared 12th March 2008 as the first International Online Free Expression Day.

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