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APC enters into a partnership with privacy specialists London 24 April 2008 By FD for APCNews

A new online privacy and data protection consultancy firm called ‘80/20 Thinking’ is partnering with the internet rights network Association for Progressive Communications (APC) to support initiatives in developing countries that are working towards strengthening democratic processes and civil l...

CICEWA East Africa Workshop Nairobi 15 April 2008

Mobile phones and poverty reduction: Can this shortcut work in Latin America?
Mobile phones and poverty reduction: Can this shortcut work in Latin America? 02 April 2008 By Natalia Uval for APCNews

Mobile phones can be the way into the information society for lower income people and less developed regions. Some structural factors help: mobile phones do not require either electricity or special training and the costs of connectivity are much lower than those of landline telephones.

Battlefield internet: Belarusian civil society active despite censorship
Battlefield internet: Belarusian civil society active despite censorship 02 April 2008 By Pavel P Antonov for APCNews

Zelyonaya Set’s headquarters are no different from any other non governmental organisation (NGO) office in Central and Eastern Europe. Still, something is a little different here, where an online network for environmental groups is being set-up for Belarus.

apc.au celebrates Document Freedom Day
apc.au celebrates Document Freedom Day apc.au 26 March 2008 By Grant McHerron for apc.au

APC member apc.au releases ten years of essays, lectures, reports and articles dealing with information communication technologies for cultural development to celebrate Document Freedom Day 2008

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