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Dezenas de discursos durante o primeiro dia de discuss�es em Tunes.
Aqui ficam alguns excertos:

1. Koffi Anan (secret�rio-geral da ONU)
“The UN system is ready to help member states and all stakeholders to implement whatever decisions are taken at this Summit, including on Internet governance. But let me be absolutely clear: The United Nations does not want to �take over�, police or otherwise control the Internet. The United Nations consists of you, its Member States. It can want only what you agree on. And as I understand it, what we are all striving for is to protect and strengthen the Internet, and to ensure that its benefits are available to all“;
2. Fernando Dias dos Santos (primeiro ministro de Angola)
“Nous avons le plaisir d’annoncer qu’en 2004 l’indice d’acc�s num�rique (IAN) de l’Angola a atteint le double de la valeur calcul�e il y a deux ans par l’Union Internationale des T�l�communications (UIT), sur base des informations dont disposait l’Angola relatives � 2001, ann�e ou nous avons r�ussi � �tablir la paix“;
3. Thabo Mbeki (presidente da �frica do Sul)
“We therefore agreed fully that this World Summit should mandate the Secretary General of the United Nations to convene the Internet Governance Forum to enable multilateral, multi-stakeholder, democratic and transparent dialogue to take place covering all relevant areas“;
4. Serge Tchuruk (Alcatel)
“En conclusion, je voudrais vous redire ma conviction que le foss� num�rique n�est pas une fatalit� et que le haut d�bit pour tous n�est pas un r�ve. Alcatel y travaille avec ardeur. D�abord en d�veloppant les technologies et les solutions dont nous avons parl�. Ensuite en investissant � vos c�t�s. Vous pouvez compter sur la poursuite de cet engagement partout dans le monde et celui du secteur industriel que je repr�sente ici, en partenariat �troit avec vos gouvernements, l�UIT, les NGO, et les acteurs �conomiques“;

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Open Source Media

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by a t r i u m.

Os bloggers, muitos deles jornalistas, que h� algum tempo haviam reunido esfor�os em torno deste Pajamas Media lan�am hoje o Open Source Media, um espa�o onde se pretende combinar o esp�rito do Open Source com o jornalismo.
Na apresenta��o do projecto pode ler-se:
“Where journalists once gave us “experts say,” blogs give us the experts themselves. And where faceless, “objective” editorial boards once handed down opinions and endorsements, bloggers sound off, the numbers on their public sitemeters lending them unassailable credibility as voices for the rest of us“.
E ainda:
“OSM’s mission is to expand the influence of weblogs by finding and promoting the best of them, providing bloggers with a forum to meet and share resources, and the chance to join a for-profit network that will give them additional leverage to pursue knowledge wherever they may find it. From academics, professionals and decorated experts, to ordinary citizens sitting around the house opining in their pajamas, our community of bloggers are among the most widely read and influential citizen journalists out there, and our roster of will be expanding daily. We also plan to provide a bridge between old media and new, bringing bloggers and mainstream journalists – more and more of whom have started to blog – together in a debate-friendly forum“.

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design premiado

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By a t r i u m.

“Stressed Newspaper Days” � a apresenta��o multim�dia de Pedro Almeida que abre hoje, em Oeiras, o programa do congresso ib�rico de design gr�fico, “�h02 – Lo Mejor del Dise�o Period��stico Espa�a&Portugal / O Melhor do Design de Jornais Espanha&Portugal“. O congresso decorre at� sexta-feira e � organizado pela sec��o ib�rica da Society of News Design.
Durante o congresso ser� apresentado o livro �h02, que inclui os vencedores da anterior edi��o do certame.
Pedro Almeida foi premiado no “�h02”, pelos trabalhos de edi��o e composi��o gr�fica do jornal “P�blico” (p�ginas ‘Hoje’ do caderno Local Porto e suplemento Fugas) e do “umjornal – a Universidade do Minho em not��cia”, um projecto que, entretanto, desapareceu.

Declara��o de interesse: sou amigo do Pedro Almeida, com quem partilhei momentos inesquec�veis ao longo dos tr�s anos de vida do umjornal.

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by a t r i u m.

A segunda fase da cimeira mundial sobre a sociedade da informa��o come�a hoje em Tunes, n�o se livrando a organiza��o de um permanente debate em torno dessa escolha muito particular de localiza��o.
Os que conseguirem ultrapassar a incongru�ncia de se discutirem planos de abertura generalizada da net – presume-se, segundo regras de respeito pela diversidade – num cen�rio de t�o ostensiva viola��o desses mesmos direitos podem aceder � emiss�o em directo das sess�es e podem, no entretanto, passar os olhos nos v�rios documentos preparat�rios j� dispon�veis.
Em simult�neo, tamb�m em Tunes, acontece a cimeira dos cidad�os sobre a sociedade da informa��o, reunindo representantes de um consider�vel n�mero de ONG’s e de grupos ligados a projectos alternativos de comunica��o.

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