Local access and community networking

Seeding change: Nodes that Bond women overcome access gaps at the Portal sem Porteiras community network in Brazil
Seeding change: Nodes that Bond women overcome access gaps at the Portal sem Porteiras community network in Brazil 09 June 2021 APCNews

How are APC partners improving their communities’ lives? The feminist project Nodes that Bond has developed circles of women with an emphasis on technology at Portal sem Porteiras, a rural community network in Brazil.

Community Networks Stories: How Portal sem Porteiras is strengthening its nodes with true human connections among women in Brazil
Community Networks Stories: How Portal sem Porteiras is strengthening its nodes with true human connections among women in Brazil 09 June 2021 Portal sem Porteiras

The Portal sem Porteiras (PSP) community network is bridging gender inequalities within the world of technology in Brazil. Find out more about the impacts of the Nodes that Bond project in this beautiful story collectively created by PSP participants.

Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 36
Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 36 27 May 2021 APCNews

Welcome to the 36th monthly round-up of developments impacting your local access networks.

Seeding change: Fantsuam Foundation mobilises ICTs to fight poverty and disadvantage in northern Nigeria
Seeding change: Fantsuam Foundation mobilises ICTs to fight poverty and disadvantage in northern Nigeria 26 May 2021 APCNews

How are APC members improving their communities’ lives? Fantsuam Foundation works on empowering community members, particularly women, to find means of employment and income to meet their own development needs using ICTs.

Technological autonomy as a constellation of experiences: A guide to collective creation and development of training programmes for technical community promoters
Technological autonomy as a constellation of experiences: A guide to collective creation and development of training programmes for technical community promoters 20 May 2021

From recommendations to reflections on the diversity of communities’ values and principles, this guide offers an important contribution to people, organisations and communities that see training as crucial to promote their communication and telecommunications processes within their territories or regions, especially for community networks.

Guide launch: Technological autonomy as a constellation of experiences – a guide on training programmes for technical community promoters
Guide launch: Technological autonomy as a constellation of experiences – a guide on training programmes for technical community promoters 11 May 2021 APCNews

We are pleased to announce the online launch of this unique publication on the participatory implementation of training initiatives. Find out more and be sure to save the date on 20 May 2021 to join us for a conversation on training experiences from communities around the world.

APC at the Stockholm Internet Forum
APC at the Stockholm Internet Forum 04 May 2021 APCNews

APC's participation will focus on highlighting strategies to counter gender-based violence online, discussing the intersections between technology, the environment and the exercise of human rights, debating the impact of COVID-19 on human rights, and promoting meaningful internet access.

Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 35
Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 35 29 April 2021 APCNews

Welcome to the 35th monthly round-up of developments impacting your local access networks.

Seeding change: Zenzeleni provides community-rooted connectivity in rural South Africa
Seeding change: Zenzeleni provides community-rooted connectivity in rural South Africa 28 April 2021 APCNews

How are APC members improving their communities' lives? Find out how Zenzeleni Community Networks has been growing its capacity to provide internet access while building a local source of income alongside community members in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province.

Open call for grants to support community networks in the global South
Open call for grants to support community networks in the global South 07 April 2021 APCNews

The Local Networks initiative announced its 2021 grant programme for projects involving existing or new community networks linked to technological innovation and appropriation, gender and women’s participation, community-led processes and policy-related aspects. The call is open until 30 April.

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