The population is getting more
aware of the issues brought about the development of ICT usage,
especially the Internet, thanks to the several activities
arranged this year throughout the country. There are indeed a few
events worth of mentioning, although the third quarter of this
year (2000) has witnessed no major promotion actions:
- Expo-Med 2000 (see specific
entry in the database): an event/international meeting
that took place in a province near Algiers and held the
exposition of new inventions of young participants
- In the EUMEDIS initiative
framework, the Algerian focal point for this initiative
organized five thematic workshops in July and September
2000. The 5 EUMEDIS Workshops (see specific entry in the
database)dealt with the five sectors of interest of the
EUMEDIS initiative: Health networks, E-commerce,
Multimedia access to tourism and cultural heritage,
Research applied to industry, commerce and innovation and
ICTs applied to Training.
- An economic review entitled
"MUTATIONS" (see specific entry in the
database) edited by the CACI (Algerian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry) is mainly devoted to the impact of
ICTs in the economy. Competitive intelligence,
information systems, Internet etc. are the keywords of
the themes dealt by the review.
- A governmental action has
made the previous decisions more palpable towards the
introduction of ICTs in schools. The academic year
2000/2001 has been opened with the endowment of 28
schools with computer equipment including the Internet
access and an appropriate training for the teachers. This
initiative is called The Modern Scholl Operation (see
specific entry in the database).
- SAIDAL, the greatest Algerian
pharmaceutical Company has launched an important
operation of training in New technologies and Internet
directed to its staff. In the light of the awareness of
the managers of this Company of the importance of ICTs
for the competitively in the economy of today, the
"SAIDAL ICTs Training Campaign" (see specific
entry in the database) will last 6 months from July to
December 2000 and will target more than 100 trainees.
