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This section features articles that are meant to inform readers about perspectives, issues and debates around certain topics considered relevant within the ICT arena, as well as highlights about all those activities and themes that matter to the APC network and the spaces we engage in.

New book on disaster communication richly illustrated NEW DELHI, India 19 February 2008 By Anupama Saxena & Malathi Subramanian for APCNews

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 t...

Cambodian education system switches to Khmer language free software PHNOM PENH, Cambodia 19 February 2008 By Javier Sola

At a ceremony that took place last January, the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport presented a new information and communication technology (ICT) textbook that are to be used in all schools, universities and teacher training facilities in that country. The new textbook teaches the use ...

The APC goes video
The APC goes video 18 February 2008 By APC

Watch the compact and straight-forward, fully subtitled video presenting the Association for Progressive Communications and some of the work of its members. This thirteen-minute film takes you from the beginnings to the current form in which APC pursued the goal of sustainable development and social...

What Latin Americans understand as internet governance
What Latin Americans understand as internet governance 13 February 2008 By Pablo Accuosto and Valeria Betancourt

Through an initiative of the Information Network for Civil Society (RITS), Latin American and Caribbean actors met in Rio de Janeiro in November 2007. Why in Rio and what for? To exchange ideas on the issues that were debated at the second Internet Governance Forum. Read the main pointers.

LaborTech conference call for papers and proposals
LaborTech conference call for papers and proposals 11 February 2008 By Steve Zeltzer

The programme committee for the 2008 LaborTech conference is soliciting papers and suggestions for topics from labour and technology researchers, activists, workers, and educators. The conference will be organised under four themes, with each theme being explored through panel discussions, hands-on/...

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