Organisation
CECS is the oldest computer training non-governmental organisation in South Africa, established in April 1985 for the technological empowerment of the historically disadvantaged. CECS establishes and maintains non-profit computer training facilities to service community information and communications technology (ICT) developmental needs, by building computer skills and capacity, especially among the historically disadvantaged, as well as engaging in policy making and research. The objectives ...
AZUR Développement’s mission is to provide leadership in the sociocultural and economic development of the Republic of Congo and of Africa in general. As a non-political, non-profit organisation, AZUR Développement works in the following areas: promoting art and culture; promoting women's empowerment and sustainable development; bringing comprehensive assistance to disadvantaged and vulnerable populations; and protecting the environment.
Since its inception in 2004, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) has positioned itself as the leading centre for research and analysis of information aimed at enabling policy makers in east and southern Africa to understand international ICT policy issues. Its overall goals are to develop the capacity of African stakeholders to contribute effective...
PROTEGE QV, which stands for "Promotion of Technologies that Guarantee Environment and Quality of Life" in French, is a Cameroonian non-governmental organisation created in 1995. It aims to promote individual and collective initiatives to promote rural development, protect the environment and improve the well-being of communities. PROTEGE QV believes in the power of ICT to provid...
Although EsLaRed was legally registered in November 1999 as an independent organisation, it has carried out training and dissemination activities on ICTs since 1992 through Universidad de los Andes. Based in Merida, Venezuela, EsLaRed is a non-profit, private, academic institution dedicated to the development and promotion of research and dissemination of information and communications technolo...
LaborNet was founded in 1991 to build a democratic communication network for the labour movement. LaborNet’s directors believe that the new communication technology must be put to use to revitalise and rebuild the labour movement. To that end it has established the first regular labour news web page in the United States of America. LaborNet has continued to work at building up its network, no...
BlueLink is a virtual network offering a broad variety of internet-based services for all those interested in issues related to the environment, natural resources and sustainable development in Bulgaria. It is a place to post and obtain information about domestic and international environmental news, events, campaigns, activities and projects, as well as a forum to communicate and exchange...
Computer Aid International is a UK-based charity and social enterprise that works with ICT to alleviate poverty and overcome discrimination and disadvantage. It receives large numbers of donated computers and other ICT equipment which is refurbished and provided to local in-country partners and projects. Some 300,000 computers have been provided in over 100 countries. Computer Aid promotes...
EngageMedia is a media, technology and culture organisation focused on the strategic use of video to address critical social and environmental issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
One World Platform started as One World Platform for Southeast Europe (OWPSEE) in 2005 as an online media platform that provided material in four languages, and worked as an active and efficient Southeast European online community unified in efforts to promote faster democratic developments and positive change within civil societies of the region, through interactive platforms and cooperation (...
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