World InfoZone

World InfoZone (WIZ) has been acknowledged by many international juries and participated as an Education Finalist in the Global Junior Challenge (Rome) in 2002 and 2004 and in the Stockholm Challenge in 2004, 2006 (also Culture) and 2008. WIZ was chosen as a Finalist by the GJC in 2009.

Review: MJO Merlin John Online WIZ: a schools' rough guide to the world

World InfoZone was originally started as an introduction to the Internet in a London school in 1997. Since then the country studies section has grown to cover most of the world. World InfoZone has benefited from contributions from individuals, educational institutions, government departments and various organizations all around the world. We would like to acknowledge contributors and the encouragement and validation from the Global Junior Challenge (GJC) in Rome and the Stockholm Challenge.

Linking The World: UK Facts looks at the UK's links with the rest of the world, for example, Brunei, Cameroon, China, Greenland, Guyana, Iceland, Kenya, Lesotho, Myanmar, PNG, Suriname etc. Find your country's links with other parts of the world in the World InfoZone country studies.

Europe: Read about member countries of the European Union. Following the break-up of the USSR new member countries joined in 2004 and 2007.

Former Yugoslavia included Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.

Former USSR included countries in Europe and Asia. Europe: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia. Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Read the news in Newslink: What's going on around the world? WIZ's Newslink aims to provide a global perspective of world events: news from places such as Angola, Korea, Vietnam, Guatemala, Panama, Falkland Islands, Paraguay, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, American Samoa , FSM, New Caledonia, Tonga and Vanuatu.

The Linking Our World project, a case study in Global Communication, was a Finalist in Sweden's Stockholm Challenge Award for "contribution in the global movement of building a better Information Society for all" - 2004 Education and 2006 Culture.

African Origins: It has been estimated that only sixty thousand years ago a small number of our ancestors took part in migration from Africa. The descendants of these people populated the world. The use of DNA testing reminds us of our common ancestry. The feature links to relevant sections in WIZ.

We would like to thank members of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) Kyrgyzstan for photographs on this page.