News

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.

Transmission.cc - reporting from the workshop on online video BUDAPEST, Hungary 13 July 2006 By Maxigas, GreenSpider/Indymedia Hungary

Between June 7 and 10, a workshop called Transmission.cc took place in Rome. It was "a major gathering of video makers, programmers and web producers developing online video distribution as a tool for social justice and media democracy." Maxigas from GreenSpider and Indymedia Hungary participated in...

APC and Colnodo training: When teachers become students BOGOTA, Colombia 12 July 2006 By Olga Paz

As part of APC’s Women’s Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP), Colnodo trained 50 teachers belonging to the Colombian Federation of Educators on the use of basic internet tools.

Colombia: Online communities for sustainable development
Colombia: Online communities for sustainable development 12 July 2006 By AL for APCNews

All online communities are there to connect people who share worldviews and above all, share the need to carry out concrete activities to bring them closer to reality. The environmental movement has been a pioneer in incorporating information and communication technologies (ICTs) for advocacy and as...

Hello, hello... spotlight on how the poor use their phones
Hello, hello... spotlight on how the poor use their phones 11 July 2006 By FN for APCNews

What kinds of phone connections do the poor use? How much do they spend on telecom services? Are they willing to spend more? How do they choose their phone connection? What do they use phones for? And, what difficulties do they face while doing so? Many questions here… but the hints of possibl...

Connected over the air in Paraguay
Connected over the air in Paraguay 11 July 2006 By Nodo Tau

Between April 19 and 29, the Alto Vera district – some 400 kilometres from Asunción, Paraguay’s capital – was host to a mobile wireless connection training. Two members of APC group Nodo Tau participated. One of them, the training team’s Maria Cristina Ojeda found that “the mobile...

BETINHO PRIZE SERIES: Seeing and transforming the world through community telecentres
BETINHO PRIZE SERIES: Seeing and transforming the world through community telecentres 11 July 2006 By AL for APCNews

Read the series of stories about Betinho prize winning projects, narrated by FLASCO Chile. This group was one of the two winners of APC’s 2005 Betinho Communication Prize. According to the jury, their networking efforts are "improving the lives of individuals and communities in Latin America and p...

Forum on the internet in society, Ecuador
Forum on the internet in society, Ecuador 11 July 2006 By APCNews

APC and WiLAC – the information portal about wireless projects in Latin America and the Caribbean – are organising a “Forum on Internet and Society” on July 24-28, 2006 in Quito, Ecuador. This is intended to promote participant involvement in considering information and communication...

FLACSO and the networking programme: Reconciling theory and practice
FLACSO and the networking programme: Reconciling theory and practice 11 July 2006 By Patricia Peña

As an academic centre, FLACSO Chile generates knowledge and reproduces it through its alumni and graduates in different fields of political science. The networking programme falls therefore within the scope of promoting access to and ownership of information.

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