 Capacity building: ICT POLICY FOR CIVIL SOCIETY |
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 ICT Policy for Civil Society: Training Curriculum
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Society training materials build the capacity of civil society organisations to
understand policy and regulation related to information and communication technologies
(ICT) so that they can begin to engage and influence policy processes affecting ICT
adoption and implementation at national, regional and global levels. Materials use the modular MMTK format, which allow trainers to build
up their own workshops from the components provided. For more information about the MMTK
and for training materials on other topics visit
http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/.
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INDIVIDUALS UNITS
ALL MATERIALS AS
A SINGLE ZIP FILE
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We request that you send us any modifications or developments
you make to or translation of these materials to apc-policy@apc.org
so that we can share them with other people that may find them useful. If you have any questions or are planning to run this course and
would like support please get in touch with APC at
apc-policy@apc.org.
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| Overview: Materials for use with all ICTs policy units. |
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| Developed by: Kate Wild and APC. Overview: This is an introductory unit
and is meant to consolidate an understanding of ICT and its impact/use in modern life. |
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| Developed by: APC Overview: An introduction of the
history of the internet and how the internet works, as well costs associated with internet
costs. |
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| Developed by: Kate Wild and APC. Overview: This unit introduces
participants to ICT policy and its various aspects. |
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| Developed by: Kate Wild and APC.
Overview: This unit introduces
participants to the ICT policy process. |
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| Developed by: Kate Wild and APC. Overview: This unit introduces
participants to the links between policy, legislation and regulation. |
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| Developed by: Kate Wild and APC. Overview: This unit introduces
participants to the increasing number of international and regional influential actors.
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| Developed by: APC. Overview: An overview of civil
society’s interest in ICT policy. |
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| Developed by: Miller Esselaar &
Associates and APC. Overview: The issues related to
privatization, liberalization and competition in telecommunications. |
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| Developed by: APC Overview: This unit provides an
overview of Human Rights conventions, the different ‘generations’ of human
rights, how these can be interpreted in the context of ‘the information
society’, and explicitly as communication rights, and how the securing of
communication rights is a fundamental pillar in securing all human, economic, social,
cultural, civil and political rights and why it is important to apply a human rights
perspective in the development of ICT policy. |
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| Developed by: David Souter Overview: This paper presents a review
of African participation in the first phase WSIS process (i.e. the Geneva summit held in
December 2003 and the preparatory process leading up to it). It is not intended as a
comprehensive analysis, but to stimulate discussion about ways in which African
participation - particularly that of African civil society - can be more effectively
structured during the second phase of the summit.
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| Developed by: APC Overview: This unit provides an
overview of the key concepts in gender analysis, and introduces the various approaches to
gender awareness development, as well as the basis for an exercise where participants can
understand their own interventions against the Sarah Longwe "Women’s empowerment
cycle". |
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| Developed by: APC Overview: This unit provides an overview of
critical gender and ICT issues, their relevance for ICT policy formulation, programme
design and implementation, as well as the monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment of
ICT initiatives. It also provides an introduction to the Gender Evaluation Methodology
developed by the APC WNSP. |
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| Developed by: bridges.org
Overview: This
unit will explain the basic concepts of the Real Access/Real
Impact framework and demonstrate how it can be used
to improve the way that ICT is used for socio-economic
development. |
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Social
exclusion in the information age |
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| Developed by: Amy Mahan Overview: This
unit introduces participants to issues related to social
exclusion and examines threats and opportunities arising
from social exclusion and globalisation. It also examines
the issue of harnessing regulation to fight against
social exclusion in the information society. |
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ICTs
for Development |
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| Developed by: Amy Mahan Overview: This
unit introduces participants to the issues involved
in using ICTs for development. It also addresses the
relationship between ICTs and the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) and has a section on indicators and measuring
the digital divide. |
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Developed by: Vanessa Vasques, Highway Africa.
Overview: This unit looks at advocacy journalism, what it means, how it can be used,
and how it is different from traditional journalism. |
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