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70 international experts and e-activists met in Budapest on Friday
September 19 to discuss EU-wide policies on data retention and to develop

International experts and e-activists meet in Budapest to discuss data retention on the internet

Press announcement

September 18, 2008

VENDREDI 20 juin 2008, Île de Gorée, Sénégal – « Un accès universel et abordable aux technologies de l’information et de la communication servant le développement de l’Afrique, voilà not

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), an international non-profit actor on internet access worldwide, has stated its whole-hearted support of the Independent Communications Authority o

FREE MEDIA, FREE SOCIETY

[Statement of the Foundation for Media Alternatives on the Arrest of Media Persons in relation to the Manila Peninsula incident of 29 November 2007]

Intergovernmental and civil society organisations propose a self-regulatory mechanism to foster participation, access to information and transparency in internet governance at the Internet Governance

Convened by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) on the 28th of October 2007, civil society groups have called for new forms of corporate governance to develop the ICT infrastructure i

The first APC FOSS Prize established in 2006 to honour Chris Nicol, a long time FOSS advocate and activist who for many years, worked with APC, has been jointly awarded to:

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has been roundly criticised in the past and this new study from APC concludes that the summit “is not the best starting poin

A new watchdog report monitoring promises made by governments and the United Nations to ensure that information technology is used to benefit millions of people, was launched in Geneva on May 22.

A new watchdog report monitoring promises made by governments and the United Nations to ensure that information technology is used to benefit millions of people, was launched in Geneva on May 22.

A new watchdog report monitoring promises made by governments and the United Nations to ensure that information technology is used to benefit millions of people, was launched in Geneva on May 22.

A new watchdog report monitoring promises made by governments and the United Nations to ensure that information technology is used to benefit millions of people, was launched in Geneva on May 22.

In September, APC will award the $4,000 USD prize to up to three of the
outstanding initiatives mentioned below.

The short listed Chris Nicol FOSS Prize finalists in 2007 currently

A new watchdog report monitoring promises made by governments and the United Nations to ensure that information technology is used to benefit millions of people, was launched in Geneva on May 22.

“The internet can only be a tool to empower the peoples of the world if a number of crucial rights* are recognised, protected and respected,” states Association for Progressive Communications (APC

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), a network of civil society organisations working with ICTs and the internet for social justice and sustainable development thinks that the IGF is

A new prize, the APC Chris Nicol FOSS Prize, will be launched on Friday in Mexico City.

International appeal

In July 2006, APC is to hold a workshop at Johannesburg, which will crystal-gaze into the future and discuss the future of SAT3, a crucial submarine cable on which hinges Africa's chances to get a smo

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) condemns the unjust detention of free speech bloggers and journalists in Egypt.

Africa currently has to pay for some of the most expensive bandwidth in the world.

APC launched our new-look Africa ICT Policy Monitor website in French on the final day of the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia.

Under the incredulous eyes of the participants at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), journalists and human rights defenders were manhandled, insulted, and then violently beaten.

Citizens’ Summit on the Information Society (CSIS)

Tunis, November 16-18, 2005

First announcement and call for support

CSIS Press release ­ October 24, 2005

For young people living in poverty in coastal Kenya, surfing the internet and learning how to use computers make most sense when these skills mean better economic opportunities and work-readiness.

NO EMBARGO

PRESS RELEASE

April 11 2005

NEW GENDER AND ICT POLICY WEBSITE HELPS WOMEN MAKE ICT POLICY A PRIORITY

"Connectivity is a term referring to the means by which people are connected to or are able to access communications channels such as the internet, email, computer and people networks."

APC condemns the actions by US and European law enforcement agencies to seize independent online news service Indymedia’s web servers, which has led to the closure of more than 21 of the more than 1

Karen Banks of the APC’s Women’s Programme (APC WNSP) is being honoured as recipient of the first Anita Borg Award for Social Impact at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conferenc

Kenya's new Minister of Information and Communication, Hon.