DAILY SUMMIT TO
BRING GLOBAL POLITICS TO LIFE
Manchester, August 06 2002: The
British Council today announces that The Daily Summit has gone live at
www.dailysummit.net
The
web site will provide news and views live from the World Summit on Sustainable
Development, which runs in Johannesburg from 26 August 4 September 2002. It
will also offer opportunities for debate, discussion, and interaction about the
summit with its international audience.
The Daily Summit is built using web log
software, explains site editor, David Steven. Its a fast, effective and
incredibly cheap technological solution. It forces you to focus on what users
really want which is fresh and relevant content. Were already updating the
site throughout the day, seven days a week. Once the World Summit starts, well
be building the site live from Johannesburg bringing a unique perspective to
the most important international political event for many years.
The
Daily Summit is a bold experiment for the British Council, says Director of
Science, Lloyd Anderson. Tony Blair was the first world leader to pledge to
attend the World Summit. Now there are over 100 world leaders and 65,000
delegates attending. I commissioned this web site because I wanted to bring
alive what will be a controversial, vibrant and, hopefully, groundbreaking
event. The Daily Summit will open a window onto the Summit, while acting as a
gateway to a large number of other resources. It reinforces the British
Councils co-operation with British government departments on international
environment and sustainable development issues.
The Daily Summit is an instant website,
built in just two weeks, according to designer, Abigail Hanson. The beauty of
web logging software is that you get instant results, she says. Weve been
getting visitors from around the world even before todays announcement. It
shows that theres huge interest in this summit. Weve had to make sure our web
servers are up to the task as this site is going to grow and grow!
ENDS
Background for editors:
For more information on The Daily
Summit, to arrange interviews with the team, or to discuss content syndication,
contact Jane Frewer on +44 1202 849993 or David Steven on +44 7939 038832
The World Summit on Sustainable Development will be one of the largest and most
important international meetings ever held. It will focus on the interface
between human society and the environment. A United Nations event, it will
bring together thousands of participants - including Heads of State and
Government, other government delegates, business leaders and representatives of
civil society - to promote concrete commitments to implement sustainable
development.
The British Council aims to win recognition abroad for the UKs
values, ideas and achievements, and to nurture lasting mutually beneficially
relationships with other countries. It works closely with the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, but operates at arms length from government, enabling it
to build long-term international relationships.
The Daily Summit will be updated every day between now and
the summit. It will be live from Johannesburg from 23 August 5 September
2002. It has editorial independence from the British Council. Views expressed
on the site cannot be attributed to the British Council and do not represent
British Council policy.
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