Access to information

New Report about Open Data for an Open Society
New Report about Open Data for an Open Society 13 January 2011 Marco Fioretti

Open Data, Open Society is a report written by Marco Fioretti for the Institute of Economics of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.

Quebec government chooses APC glossary as linguistic reference in French
Quebec government chooses APC glossary as linguistic reference in French 12 January 2011 LC

The Office Québécois de la Langue Française, Canada’s official French linguistic authority, is using APC’s 105-word ICT- and human rights-related glossary in a new database that it is creating in partnership with an international francophone linguistic network, Rifal. The database is to act as a standing linguistic reference across the francophone world and can now be accessed online.

APC says, A stand for WikiLeaks is a stand for freedom of information online
APC says, A stand for WikiLeaks is a stand for freedom of information online 07 December 2010 APC

APC has issued a statement to express our deep concern about recent attempts by governments and businesses to close down the whistleblower website WikiLeaks. We call on all governments and the internet community to explicitly reject any form of online content control that limits freedom of expression and information, particularly information that contributes to making governments more transpar...

Open spectrum for development - collected research and articles
Open spectrum for development - collected research and articles 06 December 2010 APC

APC’s open spectrum initiative aims to provide an understanding of spectrum regulation by examining the situation in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The timely research coincides with the rapid growth of wireless and mobile in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and raises fresh questions about the use of spectrum and the policies that govern it. The research looks at how spectrum is assigned, wh...

From piracy to copyright reform - APC proposes new model for South Africa
From piracy to copyright reform - APC proposes new model for South Africa 09 November 2010 Andrew Rens

The South African copyright law is up for reform and access-to-knowledge (A2K) advocates led by the National Council for the Blind have seen some important gains in their engagement with the Department of Trade and Industry. In support APC has commissioned a paper on model A2K legislation. The paper looks at the South African case but is a useful document for anyone anywhere in the world who wa...

Open video films struggle of most marginalised people in Malaysia
Open video films struggle of most marginalised people in Malaysia 08 November 2010 Andrew Garton

On October 23 2007 the Headman of Penan Village in the remote Malaysian state of Sarawak left his wife at a rest area in the forest to check on his traps. He never returned. Two months later his remains were found in a river. The Headman is the final episode in the Sarawak Gone series, a micro-documentary project by Andrew Garton. Sarawak Gone documents the gradual decimation of indigenous li...

Status of Community Radio in Bangladesh
Status of Community Radio in Bangladesh 31 October 2010 AHM Bazlur Rahman S21BR

Status of Community Radio in Bangladesh by AHM Bazlur Rahman S21BR Introduction The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) is aware of its responsibility to administer the allocation of radio frequency, so that it equitably distributed and targeted towards the wellbeing of people, particularly the poor and marginalized.

Bangladesh consultation on AMARC 10 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters
Bangladesh consultation on AMARC 10 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters 24 October 2010 AHM Bazlur Rahman

Bangladesh consultation on AMARC 10 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters Bangladesh consultation on AMARC 10 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters was taken place at LGED meeting room, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The focus of the consultation is recovering Memory Building the Future: Community Radio and Poverty Reduction, Social Inclusion, Good Governance and Sustainable H

Focuss upDATE - October 2010
Focuss upDATE - October 2010 22 October 2010 AHM Bazlur Rahman

In August 2010 the Focuss Info Initiative (www.focuss.info) distributed its very first upDATE. This upDATE gave an overview of the four activities of the Initiative: workSHOPS, inVIDEO, learningFUND and a-CONFERENCE. In this upDATE, we will show what happened around these activities in the past two months. inVIDEO Let’s start with inVIDEO.

Bangladesh Consultation on AMARC10: 10 th World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters
Bangladesh Consultation on AMARC10: 10 th World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters 19 October 2010 AHM Bazlur Rahman

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) is in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. BNNRC promoting the advocacy with the government in relations to community radio with other organizations since its emergence.

« Go back