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Disaster situations: From the TVE Asia Pacific website. Reference: http://www.tveap.org/disastercomm/ All of us are aware of the biggest maritime disaster the world has known: the sinking of the ‘unsinkable’ HMS Titanic. But what many of us may not be aware of is that the wireless operators on the Titanic had, in fact, received alerts from other ships about massive icebergs in the vicinity. But the operators, overworked with transmitting private messages of the ship’s wealthy passengers...
Nodo TAU is a non-profit civil society association made up by information and communications professionals, educators and social activists. Its aim is to facilitate access to new information technologies for community organisations in the region (including neighbourhood groups, church-based, gender-rights, environmental and grassroots organisations, cooperatives, schools and community centres) as a means of institutional strengthening, as well as fostering communication and coordination among...
Nupef (Center of Research, Studies and Learning) is a private, autonomous, non-profit organisation founded in 2009, whose mission is to generate the conditions for the exercise of digital citizenship, working in the defence of democracy, access to knowledge, freedom of expression, privacy and cultural diversity, among other fundamental rights. Presently, Nupef’s works is organis...
The Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) is a non-governmental organisation initiated in May 2000 by several women’s organisations in Uganda to develop the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among women as tools to share information and address issues collectively. WOUGNET’s vision is a society in which women are empowered through the use of ICTs for sustainable d...
Pangea is an independent non-profit organisation founded in 1993 to promote the strategic use of communication networks and ICTs for development and social justice. It promotes that the sharing of information, knowledge and technical resources among organisations and social movements for the effective and strategic use of ICTs, especially the internet, in a sustainable way, respecting the diver...
The ItrainOnline Multimedia Training Kit (MMTK) is a collection of workshop kits to help trainers working with telecentres, NGOs, community media organisations and the development sector to present effective training courses on a wide range of ICTs and non-ICT topics.
Metamorphosis Foundation works on strengthening the awareness and capacity of citizens and civil society to assume their fullest possible role as activists for democracy, while supporting government to fulfill its democratic role in serving society. Founded in 2004 it's based in Skopje, North Macedonia. The main activities of the organisation include lobbying and advocacy in order to make t...
Alternatives, the Action and Communication Network for International Development, is a Montréal-based non-governmental organisation. Founded in 1994, Alternatives works to promote justice and equality among individuals and communities located in the North and the South. Active in over 35 countries, Alternatives supports local, community-based initiatives working towards the greater econo...
The research: “Effective access of rural communities to broadcasting in equal opportunities: A key strategy for digital inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean” aimed at answering the question: “How can broadcasting be used as a digital inclusion strategy?”.
LaNeta is a civil society organisation created in 1991 as an electronic communication service for non-governmental organisations, other non-profit organisations and agencies that are linked to their work. LaNeta’s experience centres on the non-governmental sector. The majority of its 1,300 users are non-profit organisations.
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