Starting from the belief that e-inclusion should be the strategic choice, and full engagement of every citizen is the key to the success and healthy development of e-society, this paper puts forward that “Information Commons” model can be applied to a larger target group: the disadvantaged citizens for their information rights and e-literacy education. Three IC applications: residents’ communit...

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The purpose of this paper is to report on the development of comparable set of metrics, or else – a benchmarking standard – on the Latvian non-life insurance market. In this research we used a case study methodology, deploying a number of research strategies, namely: in-depth interviews with heads of industry associations and a survey of representatives of insurance broker companies. We argue t...

Literacy is documented as a fundamental human right. The ability to exercise this right improves an individual’s life chances by achieving their personal, social, occupational and educational goals, and it opens opportunities for social, economic and political integration. Currently in an information and knowledge society, there is a salient need for Information Literacy (IL). IL can be defined...

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This paper raises questions about assessment and the knowledge or learning society. It focuses on the emergent field of alternative assessment and its links with practices usually described, by default, as traditional assessment. 1 This is a revised version of a paper discussed at the EDEN 2004 Annual Conference, New challenges and Partnerships in an enlarged European Union: Open, Distance and ...

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Knowledge is known as the main capital for survival in competitive era. The governments have also understood the importance of knowledge in this era and try to manage their knowledge efforts at the national level within their organizations in both public and private sectors. The intelligent governments are moving towards knowledge society and support knowledge activities in an effective way. Th...