ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/TDD/2015/Pamphlet.1
Country: Arab region
Publication Type: Information material
Cluster: Statistics, Information Society and Technology
Focus Area: Technology & innovation
Initiatives: Digital Arabic Content
SDGs: Goal 14: Life Below Water
Keywords: Arab countries, Arabic language, Digital divide, Entrepreneurship, Technological innovations, Digital technology, Internet, Innovations
Digital Arabic Content promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in the Arab region
January 2015
The growing interest in DAC is reflected in the activities and programmes carried out by several Governments of Arab countries, such as programmes for digitizing Arab cultural heritage content implemented by some ministries of culture, and initiatives by education institutions. However, measuring DAC remains a major challenge, given the limited mechanisms and methods to measure internet content, including social media networks, documents, files and various audio and video media.
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The growing interest in DAC is reflected in the activities and programmes carried out by several Governments of Arab countries, such as programmes for digitizing Arab cultural heritage content implemented by some ministries of culture, and initiatives by education institutions. However, measuring DAC remains a major challenge, given the limited mechanisms and methods to measure internet content, including social media networks, documents, files and various audio and video media.
