OCCAM, the Observatory on Digital Communication in special Consultative status at UN ECOSOC

OCCAM, the Observatory for Cultural and Audiovisual Communication in the Mediterranean was established in 1996 by UNESCO. In 2003, it has been formally associated to the United Nations Department of Public Information and since 2005 holds the Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC. Our goal is to promote the diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies in developing countries and acts in close cooperation with the most important international organizations in order to eradicate poverty through a wise use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Organizer of the Infopoverty World Conference, an annual high-level meeting held at the UN Headquarters, with parallel sessions at the EU Parliament Offices in Milan and in several capitals around the world, focused on how ICTs can help in fighting poverty.