Kafui participates in Symposium on Technologies for the Social Action, Malaga-Spain
Kafui was invited as a Panelist to the Symposium of Technologies for Social Action in Malaga, Spain www.e-stas.org.
The essence of e-STAS as a Symposium about Technologies for the Social Action, is to provide an international and multi-stakeholder dialogue, where all the agents implicated in the development and implementation of the ICT’s exchange their experiences, ideas and knowledge with the aim to bridge the digital divide. e-STAS is also to promote, foster and adapt appropriate technologies for social action. It was divided into two parts:
Magisterial lectures by themes and Geographical locations. By themes the following was discussed:
- Infrastructures and low-cost tools
- Services and contents
- The ICT and the Objectives of the Millennium
- Corporate Social Responsibility NGO’s, Volunteers and ICT
- Programmes of access and use of the ICT in groups / areas with the lesser chances for access
By geographical location, the group was divided as such:
- Europe
- South America
- North America
- Asia
- Africa
Kafui discussed the UEW Content Development Initiative Project - www.wikieducator.org/UEW and the Winneba Open Digital Village - www.opendigitalvillage.org as a socio-educational projects in Africa. He discussed during the workshop session, the concept of low-cost technologies research he is involved in through an EU FP7 funded project, the Digital World Forum - www.digitalworldforum.eu.
