New book outlines the importance of role of communications in local development

 
(07 10 16) Conference proceedings from the World Congress on Communications and Development to be released on Wednesday, October 24 at 3:00 eastern standard time... The Rome meeting last October gathered policy makers, communications consultants and Indiginous peoples from around the world to discuss the effectiveness of communications to assist local development projects...
Last fall, KO's Brian Walmark conducted a presentation at the Rome gathering on the work of K-Net to migrate broadband to remote and isolated First Nations in Ontario's far north... Indigenous people from around the world shared their experiences with communication at the local level...
To see the web stream for the book launch, click here.