Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 8, 2009
Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay joined together to propose that WIPO consider this treaty. During the meeting in Geneva, there was worrisome rhetoric coming from the advocacy community, like the Boing Boing post USA, Canada and the EU attempt to kill treaty to protect blind people's access to written material.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 25, 2014
Self-assessment for the poor : Empower the poor to improve their lives with a simple assessment tool, the Poverty Stoplight, invented in Paraguay that helps them assess their poverty with 50 simple questions with three pictures showing the possible answers. If we can do that, it could be the best and most powerful billion dollars ever spent!
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 24, 2010
This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). The concept of TIs uses U.S.
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
Each year, the electronics reuse community awards an annual lifetime achievement award at its Electronics Reuse Conference. The organization created more than 100 websites and then expanded to supply low-cost computers and technology training to underserved communities in developing countries. and other wealthy countries.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
The hot topic was the proposal made by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay, for a global treaty (a treaty for which I was part of the expert drafting team). I think that the advocacy community has an opportunity to continue to lobby the U.S. Nothing I heard from the Copyright Office made me think they were pro-Treaty.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 10, 2009
We must create and develop policies that ensure everyone has a chance to get the education they need and live independently as full citizens in their communities. We are committed to building a world that no longer puts up unnecessary barriers.
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