WIZ: a schools' rough guide to the world - MJO Merlin John Online "... with its international perspective for education, WIZ is an invaluable, interactive resource schools and colleges can use to show students how, for worse or better, all the world is connected." World InfoZone 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. WIZ has benefited from contributions from government departments and various organizations around the world. Reviews and comments.

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

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.

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.

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.

WIZ's Newslink provides a global perspective of news from places such as Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.

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