January '98
Agreement between the Communication Sector Regulatory Corporation
A national information system for law and legislation
The Centre as the focal point for the World University Consortium(WUC)
Visits
Special Workshop on Geographic Information Data Dictionary
The National Seminar on Cyber Economics
Excerpts from speech
Conference
Editor’s choice of useful sites
Issues List
Agreement between Telecommunication Regulatory Commission and the National Information Centre
An agreement between the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission and the National information centre concerning coordination in Internet activities, was signed.
The National Information Centre will provide the Commission with Internet connection and services.
Fiber optics will be used with 2 mbs and through a bandwidth of 64kbs from the Centre.
The Commission will be responsible for the provision of hardware and software needed for the connection.
A national information system for law and legislation
On 22/10/1997 a workshop about a national system for law information and legislation was held in the centre.
25 specialised participants representing 12 organizations attended the workshop.
Organizations included participants from the Prime Ministry, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Islamic affairs, the Parliament, Lawyers Syndicate, the University of Jordan and the Royal Scientific Society and the Jordanian Judicial Institute.
The report that was prepared by an international expert was discussed and was supported by GTZ, the German Agency for Overseas Development.
The subject of the report revolves around basic concepts concerning the requirements for establishing a computerized information system for law and legislation and regulations for decisions of the Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal and Cassation.
The Centre has been coordinating with the related organizations to plan for and establish data base for this subnetwork.
The Centre as the focal point for the World University Consortium(WUC)
The National Information Centre was designated as the focal point for the novel project of the WUC .
The WUC is an alliance of accredited and established international universities working together to enhance and develop worldwide educational online education and online library services.
Its library accesses electronically over 1000 online general academic and scientific databases and library catalogues of world-class university, research and public libraries.
WUL will make available the ability for access to the library from any PC by way of personal subscriptions.
Fees will be charged on a monthly basis.
The National Information Centre, in its capacity as the Jordan National Library, will be a branch of the World University Library with all branch universities as affiliates of the World University Library.
Management of the library will be under the auspices of the World University Consortium , the United Nations University and International Network Water, Environment and Health.
visits
A Yemeni delegation visits the Centre
A delegation from the National Information Centre of Yemen visited the Centre to see in actuality the Jordanian experience in the establishment of a national information centre.
The delegation was headed by the president of the National Information Centre.
They were briefed by the staff of our centre on the aims and objectives and shown the plans of.
The president of the Jordanian Centre expressed his willingness to assist the Yemeni counterpart in everything they need, including training, to help them build the National Information Centre.
A Canadian Delegation Visits the Centre
On 12/11/1997 a Canadian delegation from the organization "Human Resources Development" visited the Centre .
The delegation was shown around and they were given a presentation about the Centre .
The delegation visited organizations that work with human power and human resources in order to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a human resources development system.
The system will be connected with the education output in the Jordanian market.
The German Ministry for International Cooperation delegation visits the Centre
In 14/11/1997 the German Ministry for International Cooperation and the German Agency for Development visited the Centre.
It is worth mentioning that the GTZ has contributed financially to the execution of few projects related to the National Information System.
Special Workshop on Geographic Information Data Dictionary
A national seminar on the National Geographic Information Data Dictionary was held on 1/11/1997 in the Jerusalem Hotel.
The purpose of the seminar was discussion of the structure and content of the dictionary that was prepared by a committee from National Information Centre, The Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre and the Land and Surveys Department and to invite ideas and comments from a wide spectrum of users at the national level.
The seminar was organized by the National Information Centre in cooperation with the Land and Surveys Department and the Royal Jordanian Geography Centre.
More than 75 participants from various public and private institutions attended .
Speakers addressed the following subjects:
It showed, to a large extent, the involvement and enthusiasm of the institutions and the need for such a dictionary.
The dictionary will unify work and standardize concepts and procedures for establishing a national geographic information system.
It will be a great asset to information processing and retrieval from the location point of view.
Seminar on Cyber Economics
Under the patronage of His Highness Prince Al-Hassan, a national seminar on " Cyber Economics" was held on 8-9/12/1997.
The seminar was organized by the National Information Centre in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) in Jordan.
The seminar, which lasted for two days and was held at the Radisson Sass Hotel.
The two-day workshop gathered government officials , the private sector, research institutes and interested organizations to address issues related to knowledge-based economics .
Papers that were presented discussed various subjects related to the following themes :
Cyber-economy is about skillful management of information , information technology and highly skilled labour.
The ultimate aim of the seminar is to raise the standards of training and education , allowing information technology to permeate all sectors of Arab economy and provide high telecommunication services, create an Arab workforce that can benefit national discussions on the future of developments in cyber economy and to prepare Jordan for the twenty-first century information revolution challenges and internetworking technology.
Excerpts from the opening speech of the President of the NIC in the Cyber Economics Conference
" Cyber economics is the economy that relies on information technologies with an objective of efficient management of information so that knowledge-based industries are the core of the economy sector.
Jordan, to prepare for entering the twenty-first century, has established the National Information Centre to manage its information infrastructure.
The National Information System, is established in coordination with the public and private sectors.
Challenges are great especially in globalization which caters for narrowing the gap in the use of basic technologies that are related to information technology.
This convergence of technologies has a big effect on our daily life and our working style.
There is an accelerating use and development in electronic commerce .
We now speak of digital currency, multimedia email that is competing with regular mail, faxes, and telephone calls in commercial business .
Web pages on the Internet has become a more effective means for marketing.
It supersedes marketing flyers and commercial advertisements.
Electronic conferencing and electronic document exchange has helped people to work from home and this in turn has reduced the cost of participation in national activities.
We have started to use concepts like virtual reality, virtual cities, virtual roads ,virtual trips and virtual classroom.
All these concepts denote realities that will distinguish the next century.
Challenges are big and there is a need to formulate strategies and plans to absorb the economic and social that ensued from the information revolution to share the burden in the information society.
One of the aims of the conference is to understand the realities of the Jordanian cyber economy and look into the requirements of the information age of the next century.
Another aim is to initiate national dialogue in future socio-economic development and challenges of globalization , communication and the information revolution.
Also, we would like and to stress the importance of comprehensive development in respect to coordination and cooperation at the national regional levels.
Conference :
European Information Technology Conference, EITC’97, November 1997, Brussels, Belgium
the Centre participated in the European Information Technology Conference that was organized by the European union in Brussels.
The Conference was attended by 1500 experts and specialists in information technology .
They presented a myriad of subjects including modern technologies and its uses in communication , information networks, education, informatics and applications in commerce, industry and management.
The Conference emphasized the importance of globalization in narrowing the gaps in industries in information technology especially the industries that are related to information and communication and its effect on information editing and use.
Coinciding with the conference was a n exhibition of research projects that were financed by the European Union and the state of the art of modern technologies in the service of the communities
EUROýMED, Latocha, Spain, Nov. 1997.
The NIC participated in the workshop that was organized by the European Union in coordination with the Spanish Government on Information Technology Applications in Industry
The President of NIC gave a n opening speech for the workshop in which he stressed the importance of information technology in developing communities and industries
He also emphasized the importance of north-south and south-south cooperation in scientific research and modern applications in industry
!00 European experts participated in the workshop, including participants for the Mediterranean region
Coordination and cooperation opportunities were discussed in the field of information technology in industry
Excerpts from the opening speech of the President of the NIC in the Cyber Economics Conference " Cyber economics is the economy that relies on information technologies with an objective of efficient management of information so that knowledge-based industries are the core of the economy sector
Jordan, to prepare for entering the twenty-first century, has established the National Information Centre to manage its information infrastructure
The National Information System, is established in coordination with the public and private sectors
Challenges are great especially in globalization which caters for narrowing the gap in the use of basic technologies that are related to information technology
This convergence of technologies has a big effect on our daily life and our working style
There is an accelerating use and development in electronic commerce
We now speak of digital currency, multimedia email that is competing with regular mail, faxes, and telephone calls in commercial business
Web pages on the Internet has become a more effective means for marketing
It supersedes marketing flyers and commercial advertisements
Electronic conferencing and electronic document exchange has helped people to work from home and this in turn has reduced the cost of participation in national activities
We have started to use concepts like virtual reality, virtual cities, virtual roads ,virtual trips and virtual classroom
All these concepts denote realities that will distinguish the next century
Challenges are big and there is a need to formulate strategies and plans to absorb the economic and social that ensued from the information revolution to share the burden in the information society
One of the aims of the conference is to understand the realities of the Jordanian cyber economy and look into the requirements of the information age of the next century
Another aim is to initiate national dialogue in future socio-economic development and challenges of globalization , communication and the information revolution
Also, we would like and to stress the importance of comprehensive development in respect to coordination and cooperation at the national regional levels
Editor’s choice of useful sites
Computer lessons on-line
http://www.zdu.com
Information about browses, plug-ins and ActiveX controls.
http://browser watch.Internet.com
Flying tool bars offers display enhancement for Netscape Navigator.
http://www.webcom.com/flyingtb/index.html
Statistics meter related to web traffic analysis.
http://mytimer.com
Provides detailed information on forensic sciences including firearm and toolmark identification, criminal law, crime-scene processing and a lot more.
http://users.aol.com/murrk/index.htm