Marovo Lagoon is a large Lagoon in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.
It is very remote with few amenities and has about 10,000 people living in villages scattered around the idyllic setting.

The Marovo Lagoon Learning Net will build on the existing VSAT Distance Learning Centre in the Southern end of the lagoon and is created by the local villagers in an effort to learn how to manage their natural resources better

2020’s role will be to partner with GKP and Rural Link to provide a broadband link from Bekebeka to the centre of the lagoon at Batuna and equip a Telecentre in the Regional Training Centre

View the Full Executive Overview for this Project (PDF - 350KB)

View the project Wiki here (External Link)

May 2008 - (Press Release): Education Minister makes virtual visits to two schools

The Minister of Education, the Hon Chris Carter, made a virtual visit to two schools today without leaving his car. The Minister joined in an audioconference with students at New Plymouth Girls’ High School and City Impact Church School in Browns Bay from his ministerial car in Auckland while driving between two engagements to open school buildings.

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April 2008 - (Press Release): Sustainable Management Fund helps keep more toxic waste out of landfills

Environment Minister Trevor Mallard has announced a funding boost for eDay 2008 with $200,000 granted from the Government’s Sustainable Management Fund. The funding will help build eDay local capacity, allowing the event to expand to more regions across the country, as well as aid in developing local skills in handling e-waste.

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April 2008 - ICT in Schools Report for 2007 Now Available

The 2007 ICT in Schools Report - a project run by the 2020 Communications Trust - is now available for download and review. Hard Copies of the Report are also available upon request.

The report presents a glowing picture of ICT infrastructure in schools with one computer for every four primary school students and one computer per three students in secondary schools.  This is in striking contrast to the ratio of 1:18 in primary schools and 1:10 in secondary schools in 1995.  Furthermore, most of these computers are connected to the Internet.

For full findings of the report - please view either the full, or summary versions of the report, available below.

View Full 2007 ICT in Schools Report (PDF - 5MB)

View Summary 2007 ICT in Schools Report (PDF - 4MB)

View Press Release (PDF - 111KB)

The 2020 Communications Trust was established in 1996, initially to fulfil a variety of projects and obligations set out under the Wellington City Council's InfoCity project.
Since then, the Trust's reach has expanded nationally via a number of highly acclaimed initiatives - each has a particular focus on empowering people to use ICT as a pathway to engage more fully in their communities, their countries and in today's global village.

The ongoing aim of the Trust is to promote dialogue and understanding through local action. Separate regional trusts have subsequently been established to ensure local responsiveness .
Collectively, this network of Trustees, along with our affiliates, operate under a common mission:

To help ALL New Zealanders benefit from the opportunities of the new digital era - especially from the internet.