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IFAP
launches an
online database
of projects
New Zealand’s
national eDay diverts
nearly 300 tonnes of computer
waste from landfills
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Over five hundreds projects
submitted to the Information
for All Programme (IFAP) for
funding are now made available
for consultation on IFAP
website.
Laurence Zwimpfer and Di
Douglas and Laurence Zwimpfer
Further to a call for proposals launched
in 2005, the Bureau of the Intergovernmental
Council for IFAP has
received more than 500 project proposals
for funding from organizations all over the
world. The IFAP Special Fund, supported
by voluntary contributions from UNESCO’s
Member States and other donors, has allowed
the Bureau to fund only a limited
number of the proposals following specific
criteria. The projects were funded mainly in
IFAP’s three priority areas, namely information
literacy, information preservation and
information ethics.
This database provides online access to all
these projects, whether they are funded
or not. It seeks to provide Member States
and future donors with basic information
on projects still looking for funding, up to
date information on projects under implementation,
statistical data, as well as some
concrete stories demonstrating how access
to information and knowledge can change
people’s lives.
IFAP is an intergovernmental programme,
created in 2001. It seeks to narrow the gap
between the information rich and the information
poor, and supports the development
of common strategies, methods and
tools for building an information society
for all. It also provides a framework for international
co-operation and partnerships.
On 29-30 September, at the occasion of national
eDay, Kiwis (a nickname for New Zealand’s people)
cleared their homes of nearly 300 tonnes
of old computer equipment and mobile phones,
diverting them from being dumped in landfills.
eDay, a free drive-through event was held in
Wellington, Invercargill, Wanaka, Alexandra,
Queenstown, Wanganui, Rotorua, Whakatane,
Tauranga and Hamilton from 9am to 3pm yesterday
(Saturday 29 September), and on Auckland’s
North Shore and Manukau City from
10am to 2pm today (Sunday 30 September).
National organiser, Laurence Zwimpfer, IFAP’s chair (UNES-
CO’s Information for All Programme), said the response
around the country was phenomenal, with more than
6,900 carloads of electronic waste (e-waste) dropped off at 12
venues over two days. Thanks to the event, more than 26,000 computer
items including monitors, CPUs and printers were diverted
from being dumped in New Zealand’s landfills.
“This doesn’t include all the little items such as keyboards,
circuit boards and mice that will also be recycled,”
Mr Zwimpfer said.
Trade Me founder and eDay supporter, Sam Morgan, joined the
Wellington collection yesterday, delivering old computer equipment
to the Westpac Stadium carpark site and helping to unload
vehicles, while Green MP Nandor Tanczos rolled his sleeves up and
worked at the Hamilton event at the corner of Empire & High
Streets, Frankton.