[GKD] New Community Wireless Connectivity Project (Africa)

Dear Colleagues, This month APCNews will not be published, so to keep you up-to-date with APC in the meantime, we thought you'd be interested to read about a new project that is underway in Africa, and in planning for Latin America and Asia-Pacific. APC's new "Community Wireless Connectivity" pr

[GKD] APCNews - November 2004

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[GKD] APC Urges Action In Support of Indymedia

Dear GKD Members, Several of you have enquired how you can support Indymedia in their struggle to recover their information and their right to communicate. We attach this communication from them. Best wishes from all at APC. ACTION ALERT: Ur

[GKD] WSIS II: APC Papers on Financing the Info Society and Internet Governance

Discussion papers on the sticky issues of financing ICT initiatives in developing countries and internet governance feed new WSIS phase June 24 2004 -- The second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) - the first-ever UN conference on information and communication - has start

[GKD] APC Comments on the First Draft National ICT Policy for Zambia

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- In a letter to the Zambian ministry for communications and transport, APC has commended the Zambian government for its efforts in drafting a holistic national ICT policy and for disseminating the draft online to make it possible for the public to submit comments. "We v

[GKD] JOB: Communications and Information Policy Programme Manager

Please help us circulate. -- Thank you very much. == OPENING: Communications and Information Policy Programme Manager ORGANISATION: Association For Progressive Communications (APC) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: May 9 2004 ===

[GKD] Brazil Still Lacks a Digital Inclusion Strategy

OPINION: GESAC, SCD, FUST, XPTO and Digital Inclusion? Carlos Afonso, director of planning at RITS - APC's Brazilian member organisation, - outlines the digital inclusion opportunities and initiatives carried out in Brazil so far, from the successful ones to the dismal failures. According to Afons

[GKD] APCNews - February 2004

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[GKD] APCNews - Special Edition on WSIS

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[GKD] New Handbook Aims to Get More People Involved in ICT Policy

"ICT Policy: A Beginner's Handbook" - a new book from APC South Africa, December 18 2003 -- APC's new book lays out the issues and dispenses with the jargon to encourage more people to get involved in ICT policy processes. This book is for people who feel that ICT policy is important but don't kn

[GKD] APC at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

APC, APC Women's Programme (APC WNSP) and Member/Partner Activities at WSIS == Policy decisions being made today will impact on the peoples of the world's ability and potential to use ICTs as tools in their work tomorrow. At the United Nation

[GKD] New Training Helps Civil Society Understand ICT Policy

New training pack helps civil society organisations understand how ICT policy decisions affect their work JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- APC and CTO are proud to announce the release of the "ICT Policy for Civil Society" training pack. The pack includes a curriculum and accompanying materials to b

[GKD] APC Betinho Communications Prize Finalists

Espanol e Portugues abajo/abaixo. === ANNOUNCING THE FINALISTS OF THE APC BETINHO COMMUNICATIONS PRIZE 2003 Recognising people-centred technology initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean =

[GKD] Strategic Use of ICTs by Civil Society

Please circulate. Apologies for cross-posting. == APC's Latest Annual Report: Strategic use of ICTs by civil society and engaging civil society in ICT policy JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 6 2003 -- In the course of 2002 APC focuse

[GKD] New Book Highlights Priorities for WSIS

Dear GKD Members, I thought you would find this book of interest, given our past discussions about the role of international organisations in promoting access and effective use of ICTs to support development objectives. Best regards, Karen Higgs APC WSIS Coordinator Tel: +44 7712 553 582 Email

Re: [GKD] Gender and ICT in Jamaica

ticularly boys and teens, into empowering them-self's, in and through > ICTs, and get them off the street, where crime is often their only > option... > Any country had to deal with similar situation? Karen Higgs, APC Communicat

[GKD] APC Gender and ICT Awards

APC WNSP AND GKP GENDER AND ICT AWARDS Information and communications technologies (ICTs) play a growing role in the world's societies, and have the potential to help disadvantaged groups increase their participation in the civic, social, political, and economic processes critical to achieving cha

[GKD] APC Launches Guide to Running a NationalWSIS Consultation

Please help us circulate this widely, so that as many groups make take advantage of this resource as possible. Thank you! == APC Launches Guide to Running a National ICT Policy Consultation for the World Summit on the Information Soc

[GKD] APC Betinho Communications Prize: Latin America andCaribbean

Dear GKD Members, I wanted to share with you the latest on APC's Betinho Communications Prize in 2003. We hope you will urge all qualified candidates to apply! Best regards, Karen Higgs APC === FINAL MONTH FOR APPLICATIONS! TH

[GKD] UNESCO/APC Multimedia Training Kit Released

Dear GKD Members, I thought you would find this recent APC resource, a "Multimedia Training Kit," of interest. --- RELEASE OF "UNESCO/APC MULTIMEDIA TRAINING KIT" "The farmers' cooperative that uses our telecentre can never find the i

Re: [GKD] RFI: Computer Donations To The Third World

acing their old machines as they did previously. "It's also proving really difficult getting even a basic dial-up Internet connection in certain areas of the city," said Luis. - APCNews http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=12181 Best wishes Karen Higgs APC

[GKD] APC Online Event: Understanding Civil Society Portals

ONLINE EVENT FROM APC: UNDERSTANDING CIVIL SOCIETY PORTALS 7-30 July 2003 APC invites you to an on-line learning event: "Understanding Civil Society Portals". The learning event is based on the study "Understanding Civil Society Portals", realized by APC one year ago in cooperation with five mod

[GKD] World Summit on Information Society - APC CritiquesDraft Declaration

ts/listing-all.asp?lang=en&c_event=pci|1& c_t ype=all|> [en espanol] Para ponerte en contacto con APC o con el PARM de APC acerca de la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Informacion, escribe a Valeria Betancourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> END -- __

[GKD] Project Enables Access for Schoolchildren in Namibia

ractice. APC: http://www.apc.org Our policy work in Africa: http://africa.rights.apc.org FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Contact: Karen Higgs APC Communications Cassinoni 1085 11200 Montevideo Uruguay Tel: +598 2 400-6460 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Photos available: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===

[GKD] Prize for Using the Internet for Social Justice

ww.apc.org/espanol/betinho Best regards, Karen Higgs, APC Communications Manager Tel: +598 - 2 - 419-6192 Int. 116 (GMT -4) APC: http://www.apc.org APCNews: Civil society's monthly e-bulletin on strategic uses of the Internet to promote social justice and equality. From the APC, an inter