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UNESCO has supportd the creation of an INFOYOUTH Public Internet Café at the main library building in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, on the eve of the International Day for Youth (12th August 2003). The Internet Café, which has twelve Compaq Pentium 4 computers and a networked HP laserjet printer, is also equipped with a Galaxy satellite Internet system.
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Asia and Pacific: Afghanistan
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The Kabul University?s Campus FM radio station which broadcasts on a frequency of 106.7 MHz FM, is based in the University?s Faculty of Journalism and serves both as a training tool for journalism students and an educational out-reach voice for the University in its efforts to further engage the local community. The equipment for the radio station was funded by UNESCO and supplied through the Mallard Company in the UK. It was installed by a UNESCO consultant. Further professional radio operations training is being provided to Faculty of Journalism staff by two technical experts funded by the Government of France.
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The Kabul University?s Computer Training Centre, located within the Faculty of Journalism, was funded under UNESCO?s INFOYOUTH programme and comprises eight computers and a high-speed Internet connection. The facility enables students, especially girls and women, to have dedicated access, free of charge, to global information and e-mail connections without leaving the Faculty premises. UNESCO?s two Afghan IT specialists are providing training to staff and students in a range of Internet and computer applications.
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The Kabul University?s Media Library for students and staff contains thousands of books received after a UNESCO global Internet appeal. The message seeking assistance was carried on UNESCO?s Webworld web-site in early 2002. At that time, the Faculty of Journalism?s dusty reference shelves contained a few old magazines and only one book, Das Kapital by Karl Marx. Now, thanks to the UNESCO appeal and the generosity of donors worldwide, the shelves are stocked with some of the latest media, journalism and technology titles sent by individuals, publishers and universities in the USA and Canada, UK, France, Germany and other countries in Europe, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand, as well as from Africa and Latin America.
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The UNESCO project ?Educational Radio and TV Centre in Kabul (Afghanistan)? consist in completely upgrading and rehabilitating distance education services in Afghanistan. Apart from renovating the building, UNESCO with $2.5 million funding from Italy has equipped the ERTV Centre with furniture, internet access and 40 computers linked through a Local Area Network (LAN). Some digital television equipment has also been provided, with complete radio and television studios. Under the project, UNESCO has provided three months of intensive training in fields such as TV and radio techniques, use of digital equipment, programme production, English language proficiency and computer literacy. In the next phase of the project, ten ERTV staff members will receive advanced training at the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD).
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