Dear Colleagues,

People with disabilities form part of the development agenda in bridging the Digital Divide. Accessibility to ICT as a means of economic and social integration and provision of equal access to all serves as a medium to exercise fundamental rights.

It is against this background that World Bank’s Global ICT Department, the Republic of Tunisia’s Ministry of Social Affairs and the e-development Thematic Group have organized a Global Dialogue (GDLN Workshop) through video conference on e-inclusion: Empowering Disabled Populations for the Information Age; a case study of e-Disabled Project in Tunisia funded by GICT (World Bank). The dialogue will highlight some key results, good practices and lessons learned from the Tunisian experience and will also discuss experiences from other parts of the world and the implications for the World Bank operations and its clients.

The event in Kenya will be coordinated by African eDevelopment Resource Centre (AeRC) in conjunction with the Kenya Development Learning Centre (KDLC). The dialogue will take place on Wednesday 10th September from 4.00pm to 6.00pm at the Kenya Development Learning Centre (KDLC) located in the Kenya Institute of Administration College (KIA) Kabete. Participants are however requested to report to the Centre for country discussions at 3.00pm. Results of the discussion will be shared with others during the video conference; this is a knowledge sharing event with more than five countries involved.

Participation to the event is free; however, one needs to register to get access to the venue. If you are interested in participating send an email directly to wangechi@africanedevelopment.org to be registered. Space is limited at the venue; only 25 places are available and will be given out on a first-come-first-served basis.

Deadline for registration is Monday 8th September 2008.

Kindest Regards

Andrew Karanja

African eDevelopment Resource Centre

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Old Muthaiga, Nairobi.

PO Box 49475 00100

Nairobi, Kenya

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