ICT for Ensuring Social, Economic and Political Equality
Abstract
‘History and anthropology teach us that since ancient times, all societies have probably been, each in its own way, knowledge societies. Knowledge was long the exclusive domain of tight circles of wise men and the initiated few. In the Age of Enlightenment, the demand for democracy, and the concept of openness fostered the spread of the ideas of universality, liberty and equality. The diffusion of knowledge enabled by printing press, as well as the extension of education for all accompanied this historical development. Knowledge is today recognized as the object of huge economic, political and cultural stakes. We now have the tools to achieve equal and universal access to knowledge, which offers real prospects for sustainable development and the building of more democratic societies’.
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