APC Talk

This section is a space where APC's staff, members and readers can open up conversations on topics that are of interest for the ICT community. It is a space where authors get to be themselves – sometimes to express opinions and challenge the readers on issues and topics that are close to them, sometimes to share their personal experience on an event or a current debate. The views expressed in this section do not necessarily reflect the views of APC or its network, but that does not make them any less valuable.

APC members in 2017: Women shaping journalistic practice in Bulgaria 25 September 2018 BlueLink.net

In October 2017, BlueLink held a roundtable with practising journalists, university journalism professors, media representatives and gender experts in Bulgaria, focused on women shaping journalistic practice in Bulgaria. The results of the roundtable were summarised in a publication.

APC members in 2017: Protecting Guasu Metropolitan park in Paraguay with the help of social media 24 September 2018 Asociación Trinidad

In January 2017, the Paraguayan Ministry of Public Works began to dig two large trenches, four metres deep, in Guasu Metropolitan Park, the last natural forested area in Asunción. Asociación Trinidad, along with other civil society representatives, began to research ways to stop the work.

APC members in 2017: ALIN promotes access to information in remote areas of Kenya
APC members in 2017: ALIN promotes access to information in remote areas of Kenya 24 September 2018 Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN)

Arid Lands Information Network's innovative approach to information and communications technologies (ICTs) and knowledge management received a boost in 2017 when it deployed a Community Education, Business and Information Centre (CEBIC) in Samburu County, Kenya.

APC members in 2017: 7amleh Center advances its work in freedom of expression and digital rights through research and Palestine Digital Activism Forum
APC members in 2017: 7amleh Center advances its work in freedom of expression and digital rights through research and Palestine Digital Activism Forum 24 September 2018 7amleh

7amleh Center has been laying the foundations for awareness and advocacy on digital rights in Palestine through the publication of groundbreaking research and bringing key policy makers to engage with Palestinian civil society in the first-ever Palestine Digital Activism Forum (PDAF) in...

Right to Know - Episode 2: Reaching the unreachable
Right to Know - Episode 2: Reaching the unreachable 24 September 2018 Andrew Garton

In this second episode, we travel to the Indo-Nepalese border and listen in on two public meetings where some people discover, for the first time, just what a pension is, and a building we are filming in is struck by lightning.

Preserving digital rights during elections in Cameroon
Preserving digital rights during elections in Cameroon 23 September 2018 Avis Momeni

APC member PROTEGE QV participated in a multistakeholder symposium on solutions and approaches to limit misinformation and hate speech online, while preserving the digital rights of internet users in Cameroon, particularly during elections, organised by Internet Sans Frontières.

I’m headed to AfriSIG 2018 and here’s why…
I’m headed to AfriSIG 2018 and here’s why… 20 September 2018 Babatunde Okunoye

The African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG), organised by APC and the African Union Commission, has emerged as the leading platform for developing the next generation of internet governance professionals in Africa.

Right to Know - Episode 1: Into the Media Dark
Right to Know - Episode 1: Into the Media Dark 17 September 2018 Andrew Garton

In this first episode, we discover what the United Nations Development Programme means by India's media dark, we find a broadband wireless tower made entirely from junk, and children from different castes sing together on a videoconferencing platform in Rajasthan.

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