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6 Nandor said the public response was fantastic. “I thought there’d be a bit of stuff handed over but when I turned up & saw all this gear I thought ‘far out’. It demonstrates that New Zealanders have been looking for an opportunity to get rid of old computer equipment in an environmentally conscious way and demonstrates the real need for companies producing electronic gear to take responsibility for the end-of-life disposal of their products,” he said. eDay gave people the chance to dispose of their old computer equipment and mobile phones quickly in an environmentallyfriendly way, and was aimed at raising awareness about the dangers of e-waste dumped in landfills. Mr Zwimpfer said e-waste and its toxic materials, including lead and mercury from old computers, is globally the fastest growing type of waste being sent to landfill - posing a potential toxic hazard for people, animals and the environment. He said more than 250,000 obsolete computers are being stored in New Zealand homes. A recent survey by the CANZ estimated over 10 million electronic devices were being used in New Zealand, with nearly one million being added each year. “I think we’ve helped raise New Zealand’s awareness of the dangers of dumping electronic waste in landfill. That was one of our key aims and we’re really happy with the result,” Mr Zwimpfer said. “Following this weekend’s success we’re keen to support additional communities who want to get involved next year. A number of regions have already expressed interest,” he concluded. The total collected throughout the weekend was more than five times the amount handed in during a Dell pilot computer recycling day held in Wellington last year. eDay is a community initiative designed to raise awareness of the hazardous nature of electronic waste (e-waste), while offering an easy way for households to dispose of old computers and mobile phones in an environmentally sustainable manner. eDay was created in response to a growing concern about the volume of e-waste being dumped in landfills around the country with a potentially toxic effect on the environment. The event was launched in Wellington in 2006 with an extremely successful pilot sponsored by Dell. Fifty-four tonnes of unused computer hardware were collected in one day. eDay 2007 was extended to 12 locations throughout New Zealand. eDay 2007 is supported nationally by Computer Access New Zealand (CANZ), The Ministry for the Environment, Ministry of Education, 2020 Communications Trust, Divers, Remarkit, TES-AMM, Dell and Trade Me. Global scale-up project funded by IFAP UNESCO is strongly advocating the building of knowledge societies where the power of information and communication help people access the knowledge they need to improve their daily lives and achieve their full potential. In this context, information literacy has become crucially important, as a mean to empower people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively to achieve their personal, social, occupational and educational goals. In September 2007, the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme (IFAP) decided to fund a global scale-up project on information literacy and agreed on a series of regional training-the-trainers workshops in information literacy. The project foresees to organize a series of seven to twelve training-the-trainers workshops in information literacy, to be held from 2008 to 2009 in several institutions of higher education covering all regions of the world. The central purpose of the proposed workshop series is to allow “information literacy expert presenters” to instruct 25-50 “trainer-participants” at each workshop in the best available pedagogies for teaching information literacy. Upon completion of the training, the “graduated” trainer-participants would then be expected, in turn, to offer their educational expertise to train all sectors of society in the countries in their respective regions, explaining why and how applying good information literacy practices can help individuals to cope more efficiently and effectively with their personal, family and community challenges - whether social, economic or political. A key motive in funding this project is to sustain and accelerate the momentum lead by UNESCO and IFAP in the last few years, and joined by other international
New ICTs Nuevas TICs 7 Exportación de teleservicios para la inclusión socio-laboral de América Latina y el Caribe ETIS-LAC and national organizations, such as the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) and the National Commission on Library and Information Science (NCLIS), to spread understanding of the information literacy paradigm much more widely and foster the development of information literate people, not only in the education and library sectors but in all sectors of societies. The experts on information literacy acknowledged that although there had been in the 1995-2007 period quite a number of international, regional, sub-regional and country-based expert meetings to interchange experiences, practices and ideas, there remained a critical need to greatly increase the pool of qualified information literacy instructors to provide training to all citizens in all countries. In the proposal, the special target groups that would be given information literacy training ultimately by the trainees successfully completing the workshops are women; pre-school children and youth, including those out-of-school; unemployed and under-employed youths and adults; migrant and refugee populations, especially those stressed by warfare, political and social unrest, or natural disasters; sick or disabled persons; senior citizens; religious and ethnic minorities living in majority cultures; and many other disadvantaged groups. Many host institutions stepped forward to volunteer to host the workshops, and help promote and advertise them. They were asked to take the lead in (1) identifying, recruiting and selecting the workshop trainerparticipants, (2) identify expert presenters who would provide the expert training, and (3) handle the necessary administrative and logistical details. A coordinator at each institution was selected to provide a focal point for planning, implementing and managing the workshop. As of this writing, the host institutions are in the process of planning and implementing their workshops. More information: Misako Ito, UNESCO, Information Society Division m.ito@unesco.org La diversidad de teleservicios otorga a esta forma de trabajo un carácter de masividad que no tienen otras exportaciones, permitiendo que la inclusión socio-laboral sea mayor. Mercado Mundial de Servicios Los servicios se han convertido en uno de los sectores de más rápido crecimiento del comercio internacional. Constituyen cada vez más el componente mayor y más dinámico de las economías actuales, con el agregado que no solo tienen importancia por sí mismos sino que además han pasado a ser los insumos esenciales en la producción de la mayoría de las mercaderías. Se calcula que tres cuartas partes del valor agregado de un producto manufacturero típico son servicios. Ese valor agregado se ha potenciado con el uso de la computadora y la Internet puesto al servicio del trabajo. Se estima que los servicios constituirán el 50% del comercio mundial en el año 2020. Esta evolución estimada provocará la proliferación de nuevas oportunidades de trabajo que no pueden y no deben ser desaprovechadas.
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