Internet Access and Training Program (IATP)

IATP News for March 18-31, 2005

Central Asia

IATP Web Content Development

In the past year, IATP has conducted more than 470 Web chats;
IATP users have posted approximately 4,400 online resources to IATP servers during the past year for a total of 10,022 hosted sites;
More than 2,180 trainings on Web design basics have been conducted by IATP in the past 12 months.
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Journalists and Observers throughout Kyrgyzstan Unite to Discuss Outcomes of Parliamentary Elections
On March 18, IATP access sites in Kant, Isfana, Jalalabat, Naryn, Kara-Balta, Karakol, Kerben, Talas, Balykchy, Osh, Mayluu-Suu, and Batken, Kyrgyzstan, hosted an online discussion on the Kyrgyzstani parliamentary elections for nearly 30 participants, including alumni of US government-sponsored exchange programs, local media representatives, and observers from local and international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). More

Caucasus

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Alumni Discuss Armenia 2020 Project Online
On March 29, the IATP office in Yerevan held an online event on the Strategic Development of Armenia and the Armenia 2020 project (www.armenia2020.org). Armenia 2020 is a scenario-building initiative that focuses on the study of development models for the Republic of Armenia until the year 2020. The project was represented by Artashes Kazakhetsyan, the project’s director, and by Anush Hovsepyan (FLEX 96, Muskie 04), the project’s public relations officer. The event was organized to contribute to alumni awareness about the project, its goals and future activities, as well as to create a wider, shared view of possibilities and future development of Armenia while identifying ways for alumni to become a part of this grand initiative. More

Western Eurasia

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Lawyer Conducts Online Course on Consumer Rights Protection in Moldova
During the second half of March, four new online students registered for a second round of a distance learning (DL) course created by IATP DL Consultant Vadim Vasiliev, a lawyer for the Astra Association for Consumer Rights Protection in Chisinau, Moldova. More