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<P class=MsoNormal><O></O><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The NICCD website (<A href="http://www.niccd.org/"><FONT color=#800080>http://www.niccd.org/</FONT></A>) provides a repository of new materials on climate change, ICTs and developing countries including:<O></O></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">- <A href="http://www.niccd.org/resources.htm"><FONT color=#800080>Two background papers</FONT></A></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> that review the literature in this field, and propose a new framework for understanding ICTs, adaptation and "e-resilience".<O></O></SPAN></P>
<P><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">- <A href="http://www.niccd.org/resources.htm"><FONT color=#800080>Seven thematic papers</FONT></A></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> that summarise current evidence on ICTs, climate change and the topics of mitigation, adaptation, disaster management, strategy, governance, gender, and emergent technologies.<O></O></SPAN></P>
<P><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">- <A href="http://www.niccd.org/casestudies.htm"><FONT color=#800080>Nineteen project case studies</FONT></A></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> that have been professionally edited for use in practitioner/strategy guidance, training materials, or research.<O></O></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">- <A href="http://www.niccd.org/strategybriefs.htm"><FONT color=#800080>Four strategy briefs</FONT></A></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> written for policy makers, strategic planners and senior researchers, that summarise conceptual and action-based priorities for use of ICTs in relation to climate change in developing countries.<O></O></SPAN></P>
<P><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">- <A href="http://www.niccd.org/workshopguide.htm"><FONT color=#800080>A training guide</FONT></A></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> for those who wish to run their own training workshop on ICTs, climate change and development.<O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We encourage you to share ideas on ICTs, climate change and development via <A href="http://groups.google.co.uk/group/niccd"><FONT color=#800080>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/niccd</FONT></A> and comment on key issues at: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="http://niccd.wordpress.com/">http://niccd.wordpress.com</A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><O></O></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The case studies are the product of the University of Manchester's "Climate Change, Innovation and ICTs" research project, funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre (<A href="http://www.idrc.ca/">http://www.idrc.ca</A>) and managed by the University's Centre for Development Informatics (<A href="http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk/"><FONT color=#800080>http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk</FONT></A>).<O></O></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Richard Heeks & Angelica Ospina<BR>Centre for Development Informatics<BR>University of Manchester, UK<O></O></SPAN></P>
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