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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.

300 participants to join SANGONeT's ICTs for civil society meet JOHANNESBURG, South Africa 14 February 2006 By David Barnard

APC member SANGONeT holds its "ICTs for Civil Society" conference on March 7-9, 2006 at Johannesburg, together with its South African NGO Web Awards 2006. A number of speakers from organisations doing interesting work have firmed up participation in the event, and over 300 participants are expected....

GreenNet helps launch more content-rich sites LONDON, United Kingdom 07 February 2006 By GreenNet

London-based APC member GreenNet has had a "dynamic" past year as far as its web sites go. After three years of developing tools for dynamic web site construction, it is seeing the results in the form of content-rich sites that it has helped launch into cyberspace.

CEPES, Peru: Rolling out the applications for action in the Andes
CEPES, Peru: Rolling out the applications for action in the Andes 06 February 2006 By APCNews

CEPES, the Peruvian Centre for Social Studies, is unrolling web projects one after the other. For the last three years, the Peruvian APC member has been promoting website solutions for a variety of actors working in Peru’s rural and often remote districts. Small farmers, passionate environment...

Internet governance debate shifts to Malta, island with highest internet penetration
Internet governance debate shifts to Malta, island with highest internet penetration 06 February 2006 By APCNews

An international conference entitled "Internet Governance: The Way Forward" is being organised on February 10-12, 2006 by the DiploFoundation in Malta, a small and densely populated island nation consisting of an archipelago in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea which incidentally also has highest ...

Resources for sustainability of non-profits now available online
Resources for sustainability of non-profits now available online 04 February 2006 By SANGONeT

SANGONeT has gathered a collection of resources on sustainability for NGOs, ranging from information on Monitoring and Evaluation and the importance of Credibility and Ethics to matters such as Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship as well as tips relating to practical concerns that others have...

BlueLink launches first NGO e-election in Bulgaria
BlueLink launches first NGO e-election in Bulgaria 03 February 2006 By BlueLink

The first NGO e-elections in Bulgaria were held at the end of 2005, facilitated through the Civil e-Representation Platform designed by APC member in Sofia, BlueLink. This is an internet-based tool for electing representatives of NGOs in working groups and committees at institutions that implement e...

The right to communicate gains relevance at the World Social Forum in Venezuela
The right to communicate gains relevance at the World Social Forum in Venezuela 02 February 2006 By Dafne Sabanes Plou

The Coalition for the Right to Communicate in Latin America and the Caribbean launched a continental campaign during a panel held concurrently at the VI World Social Forum and the II Social Forum of the Americas in Caracas, Venezuela, on the 26th of January. It was decided to strengthen the actions ...

Khmer software initiative: an APC member takes language solutions to 13 million
Khmer software initiative: an APC member takes language solutions to 13 million 30 January 2006 By Javier Sola

"2005 has been a good year for KhmerOS, and, we hope, for Cambodia’s technological future," says APC member Open Forum Cambodia, writing out of the southeast Asian kingdom of 13 million. Here’s an update of their project to create a Khmer-language solution in computing.

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