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Memory of the Arab World Project
| Project No | ARB-12-01 |
| Title | Memory of the Arab World Project |
| Description | The Hyderabad Action Plan includes regional initiatives that should help achieve economic of scale in ICT development. During the WTDC-10 preparatory process, each region grouped its initiatives and selected the top projects that best met its particular priorities. WTDC-10 adopted 28 initiatives. The BDT regular budget provides seeds money that will be used to attract extrabudgetary funding from development partners. "Arab Digital Content" is one of the 5 initiatives for the Arab Region, and "Memory of the Arab World" is one of the designated project to achieve this initiative. This project aims at documenting and collecting the Arab heritage in addition to making it available on the internet. |
| Area of Action |
Technology & Network Development ICT Applications |
| Status | Implemented |
| Time Frame | From 23/1/2012 To 31/12/2013 |
| Beneficiary Countries | Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros (Union of the), Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, State of Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen |
| Implementing Agency | ITU |
| Cooperation Agency | MCIT, Egypt, represented by CULTNAT, Egypt |
| Report |
 Open Document
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| Financial Scale (CHF) | Less than 100'000 |
| Achievements |
The project objective was to document and collect the Arab heritage in addition to making it available on the internet. |
