http://netvouz.com/ipfwgweb/tag/resource?feed=rss ipfwgweb's bookmarks tagged "resource" on Netvouz http://www.zei.de/ The work of ZEI contributes to the solution of the problems of European integration and Europe's role in a global context through future-orientated research work; sound policy advice; fruitful dialogue between researchers and decision-makers; and innovative concepts in postgraduate education and continuing education. Through its policy advice, the Center offers fruitful dialogue between researchers and decision-makers, and provides innovative concepts in postgraduate education and continuing education. The work of ZEI integrates legal, economic, social, cultural and political issues in an interdisciplinary context WG links-ALL > WG Organizational related Links - Wider Europe ipfwgweb Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:55:31 GMT http://www.policy.hu/atoev/index.html The paper introduced in this website considers the challenge that copyrights, one of the main forms of intellectual property rights, faces in the software industry of the Central Asia. This challenge is the high level of the unlicensed proprietary software usage in the region, particularly in Tajikistan that is considered as a pilot country for this research. As a potential remedy to overcome this problem the paper considers the free and open source software (FOSS) wide utilization in this country, in particular, and the whole region in general. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers Open Information Policy ipfwgweb Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:52:53 GMT http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0880335742/amzna9-1-20/ref=nosim?dev-t=D26XECQVNV6NDQ%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2 Iván Szelényi and János Ladányi's book(Columbia Univ. Press,2006) draws on historical and demographic data,and examines how the social conditions of the Roma has changed over time and across countries.The aim is to turn an ideological controversy into an analytic project: under what socioeconomic conditions is a social group's situation sufficiently different from earlier times? Is its exclusion from society sufficiently rigid that underclass is the concept that best describes its condition? xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Roma Exclusion ipfwgweb Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:11:37 GMT http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/media/files/copyrightandeducation.html This foundational white paper examines the relationship between copyright law and education. In particular, we wanted to explore whether innovative educational uses of digital technology were hampered by the restrictions of copyright. The authors found that provisions of copyright law concerning the educational use of copyrighted material, as well as the business and institutional structures shaped by that law, are among the most important obstacles to realizing the potential of digital technology in education. Drawing on research, interviews, two participatory workshops with experts in the field, and the lessons drawn from four detailed case studies, the white paper identifies obstacles to this issue. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers Open Information Policy ipfwgweb Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:27:14 GMT http://www.ieis.lu The area of research specialization of the Institute includes East-West relations after the end of the Cold War (new opportunities and risks; building of democracy and market economy), Transatlantic relations: rethinking and redefining the relationship at the political, economic, and strategic levels; and the European integration process, with a focus on the single market, the Maastricht and the Amsterdam treaties, the process of deepening and widening, flexible integration, CFSP, the Schengen process, EMU. WG links-ALL > WG Organizational related Links - Wider Europe ipfwgweb Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:52:29 GMT http://www.soros.org/resources/articles_publications/publications/transparency_20060928/transparency_20060928.pdf The book is a comparative study on access to information in 14 countries. In analyzing over 1,900 requests for information filed in these countries, the book concludes that countries with access to information laws performed better than those with no law or with administrative provisions instead of a law. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers Open Information Policy ipfwgweb Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:34:53 GMT http://www.freedomhouse.org/ Freedom House is a leading advocate of the world's young democracies that are coping with the debilitating legacies of tyranny, dictatorship, and political repression. We conduct an array of advocacy, education, and training initiatives that promote human rights, democracy, free market economics, th ...moree rule of law, independent media, and US engagement in international affairs. Its publications, Freedom in the World, Freedom of the Press, Nations in Transit, and Countries at the Crossroads are regularly used as references by international journalists, press freedom advocates, policy-makers, non-governmental organizations, the US government, and the global business community WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links- Roma Exclusion ipfwgweb Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:21:23 GMT http://www.iiss.org/ The IISS is the primary source of accurate, objective information on international strategic issues for politicians and diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business, economists, the military, defence commentators, journalists, academics and the informed public. The Institute owes no allegiance to any government, or to any political or other organisation. The IISS, through its various activities, seeks to provide excellent information and analysis that can improve wider public understanding of international security problems and through its network, influence the development of sounder public policy WG links-ALL > WG Organizational related Links - Wider Europe ipfwgweb Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:59:45 GMT http://www.right-to-education.org/content/lessons/roul_ww.pdf This report argues that the European Union pressurizes pre-accession countries to comply with minority rights standards that its current members do not recognise. Despite a growing consensus on the rights of minorities in Europe, the precise nature of EU policy on minority rights in education is unclear, as this overview of the subject shows. The report provides a conceptual framework for minority rights in and through education and includes an analytical review of legal and practical developments in four countries involved in negotiations with the European Union. The result highlights huge divergence in practice in minority education, and a lack of clarity in just what the EU promotes. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Roma Exclusion ipfwgweb Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:25:11 GMT http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1169&context=ucsbecon Natural resources can provide either nonexclusive, public and private good outputs. When a country's government does not represent the interests of the entire population, but rather acts on behalf of a select group, the use of resource stocks to provide public good amenities may be under-emphasized. In the article the authors examine four ways in which a nation's political system is linked to the way its natural resources are used. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Sat, 02 Sep 2006 19:05:43 GMT