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Equitable access: Papers and commentaries July 2008Workshop summary
WSIS Follow up: APC contribution to the Secretary General's report on progress

The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is one of the UN bodies that took up the follow up of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). This is APC’s contribution to a CSTD meeting where a report from the Secretary General on progress made in WSIS follow-up and implementation was presented, that took place on May 2007 in Geneva, as part of a series of WSIS follow-up meetings.

June 2008
WSIS Follow up: APC contribution to the session on Development-oriented policies for an inclusive information society

The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is one of the UN bodies that took up the follow up of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). This is APC’s contribution to a CSTD meeting meeting dealing with development-oriented policies for a social-economic inclusive information society, including access, infrastructure and an enabling environment, that took place on May 2007 in Geneva, as part of a series of WSIS follow-up meetings.

June 2008
Statement presented by APC's Anriette Esterhuysen at the closing of OECD ministerial in Seoul, June 2008 June 2008OECD_Closing_18062008.pdf
APC Organisational Profile (May 2008) May 2008Word | PDF
The Case for “Open Access” Communications Infrastructure in Africa: The SAT-3/WASC cable: submission for the ITU May 2008
Statement from APC on the IGF open consultations, Geneva, February 2008

The first preparatory meeting for the next Internet Governance Forum (scheduled for December 2008 in India) was held in Geneva on 26 February 2008. APC issued a statement recommending the implementation of regional and national IGFs, using sustainable development as a key theme and advising on the format of working groups to address and follow up on key issues.

February 2008
APC Organisational Profile (November 2007)

The APC organisational profile for 2007 includes details on APC programmes, monitoring and evaluation within APC, the board, members, staff, finance and fundraising, website statistics, and more.

November 2007Word | PDF
APC statement from the 2007 Internet Governance Forum

The Association for Progressive Communications’ initial assessment of the second Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and suggestions for moving towards the third forum in New Delhi in 2008.

November 2007English
Map: APC networking and collaboration November 2007Map
APC reflections at the commencement of the 2nd IGF

APC’s reflections and priorities at the commencement of the second Internet Governance Forum held in Rio de Janeiro in November 2007. This document includes APC’s assessment of the first forum, held in Athens in 2006, and highlights our priorities for the second IGF.

November 2007APC_Reflections_on_the_IGF_Nov2007.pdf
APC Internet Rights Charter

The APC Internet Rights Charter is available in nineteen languages. Thanks to APC members working in policy around the world, check out the charter in Urdu, Filipino, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Catalan, Russian and more!

November 2006Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian | Bengali | English | Spanish | French | Portuguese | Macedonian | Czech | Bulgarian | Catalan | Filipino | Russian | Hausa | Yoruba | Khmer | Romanian | Albanian | Urdu
Monitoring ICT policy in Latin America

APC’s ICT policy projects monitor relevant policy developments at national and regional levels. This involves research, building online content (through websites and e-newsletters) and networks, and implementing capacity-building workshops with civil society organisations.

November 2005English | Spanish
World Summit on the Information Society Phase II, Tunis, PrepCom I Report

This report touches on issues such as the human rights and ‘north-south’ agendas, as well as the preparation by civil society in the WSIS process up to 2004. It includes brief observations, suggested discussion points and strategies needed to protect and strengthen civil society participation in the WSIS process.

July 2004English
NET GAINS: African Women Take Stock of Information and Communication Technologies June 2000English
Women in Sync

Women in Sync is a three volumen tool kit that captures the APC WNSP experience of getting women online during the 1990’s, including running the onsite internet center at the 1995 World Conference on Women, and case studies from Latin America, Africa, Asia and Central Europe.

March 2000
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