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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 17, 2013
So I was recently taken by surprise when I discovered by mere coincidence that he had become the Chief of Staff for the Interim President of Paraguay, Federico Franco! It was a daring venture: Paraguay was then still under a military dictatorship and it was extremely difficult to advance social work.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 21, 2010
Hot issue this week are the now four proposals on solving the problem of access to print by people with print disabilities globally: The TVI: the treaty sponsored originally by the World Blind Union and supported at WIPO by Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay and Mexico. [I I was one of the co-drafters of the treaty language] The U.S.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 10, 2009
We look forward to discussing a wide range of solutions and proposals at the next meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, including the proposal put forward by Brazil, Ecuador, and Paraguay Relating to Limitations and Exceptions: Treaty Proposed by the World Blind Union.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 8, 2009
Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay joined together to propose that WIPO consider this treaty. Bookshare pretty much has been made possible by the Chafee Amendment, a copyright exception provision in U.S. law that made it legal for us to scan just a bout any book without needing to get permissions first.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 23, 2004
In the fictional "The News from Paraguay," author Lily Tuck weaves romance and imperial ambitions into an intricate and imaginative portrait of life in 19th century Paraguay. Announced in the middle of last week, these two new books are two outstanding accounts of remarkably different histories.
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.
Tech Soup Blog
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
Charles got interested in this type of charitable work while he served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay in the early 1990s. Meanwhile, these computers and devices are being discarded by the millions in the U.S. and other wealthy countries. Paying His Nonprofit Dues. He subsequently worked as an ecotourism developer in Costa Rica.
Tech Soup Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2009
Santa Barbara in 1995 and then spent two years as Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay. Upon finishing his Peace Corps service he began his nonprofit career as the founder and first executive director of Servicios Ecoforestales Para Agricultores (SEPA), a large agroforestry demonstration farm in Eastern Paraguay.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 31, 2006
I learned that my buddy Martin Burt was on the front line of a revolution in Paraguay when mayor of the capital city, by calling in garbage trucks and bulldozers to surround the congress building while the army was busy shooting people.
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). The goal of the Treaty in rough terms is to set a Chafee-style exemption as a norm around the world, and enable cross-border sharing of accessible materials.
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