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In an effort to accelerate global access to electronic information for economic development, environmental protection, and social equity, the Hewlett-Packard Company has launched a unique initiative called the "HP Sustainable Future Program." Based on an agreement between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and HP, the initiative is geared to helping developing countries receive a wide range of information technology, consulting and support services that could expand the use of the Internet and computer systems worldwide.During the first phase of the multi-year agreement, HP will donate a wide range of new HP computing equipment, including enterprise servers, personal computers, printers and other peripherals to the UNDP's Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP). Donations will assist the SDNP in building an on-line information access and communication network in 16 countries worldwide, including Hungary, where the REC was selected to receive a valuable donation. HP technical personnel or business partners will also act as advisers to SDNP staff to ensure that local users in the developing countries are trained.
The SDNP, founded in 1992, links government bodies, universities, NGOs, the private sector and individuals in 30 developing countries for the purpose of exchanging critical information on sustainable human development. "The SDNP capitalizes on the global thirst for information by identifying key sources of critical data and by supplying this data via electronic networks to developing nations," said James Gustave Speth, Administrator, UNDP.
