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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.

The internet governance debate is one where civil society advocates can make a real difference LONDON, UK 01 April 2005 By Karen Banks

Internet governance brings together two largely impenetrable realms for the average WSIS delegate: the nuts and bolts of the internet – what it is, how it works- and who manages those nuts and bolts. It is too early to predict what the final impact of the Working Group on Internet Governance (...

Markus Kummer, coordinator of the internet governance working group – Diplomacy at the cutting edge GENEVA, Switzerland 01 April 2005 By Maud Hand

As executive coordinator of the Secretariat of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), Markus Kummer prepares sessions, facilitates their work and writes up their reports after meetings. But, as he explains to Maud Hand in a quiet moment prior to PrepCom 2, Phase 2, unlike the classical sec...

WSIS PrepCom 2: A South Asian perspective
WSIS PrepCom 2: A South Asian perspective 01 April 2005 By IT for Change

A divergent discourse between what governments say in Switzerland and what they say at home, the almost complete lack of interaction between government and civil society representatives and an absence of civil society voices from the non-technical sector, characterised the South Asian presence in Ge...

WSIS PrepCom 2: A Latin American civil society perspective
WSIS PrepCom 2: A Latin American civil society perspective 01 April 2005 By Olinca Marino

Olinca Marino from LaNeta, APC member in Mexico, has been following the WSIS process since its beginning. In this report she comments on the united front shown by Latin American governments at PrepCom 2 but notes that the front begins to fall apart significantly in two areas that civil society activ...

APC welcomes the inauguration of the Digital Solidarity Fund
APC welcomes the inauguration of the Digital Solidarity Fund 15 March 2005 By APCNews

APC in a statement welcomed the new Digital Solidarity Fund founded by the President of Senegal which was launched on March 14, calling it "a valuable financial mechanism for ICT for development".

Pangea, Spain: Celebrating much more than 10 years!
Pangea, Spain: Celebrating much more than 10 years! 07 March 2005

Spanish APC member, Pangea, has been at the service of the community of people and organisations that work for social change for more than a decade. It has dedicated itself to this by facilitating communication through e-mail and conferences, internet and web connections. On 9 March 2005 Pangea will...

World Summit on the Information Society: A very long road
World Summit on the Information Society: A very long road 02 March 2005 By APCNews

From 17 to 25 February 2005, the WSIS second Preparatory Committee meeting for the second phase, known as PrepCom 2, took place in Geneva. The February meeting addressed three issues: financing mechanisms, internet governance and the Political Chapeau and operational part (in short, a reaffirmation ...

What can Creative Commons and open content do for Africa?
What can Creative Commons and open content do for Africa? 01 March 2005 By Heather Ford

Creative Commons could be a very useful initiative in West Africa, but there are a number of challenges that need to be taken into consideration before we will see any significant African participation in the global movement. This was the general consensus of participants at a workshop held by the A...

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