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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.

Chakula: Eye on Kenya's "ICT Week" NAIROBI, Kenya 04 May 2004 By APCNews

Conference-goers at a major multistakeholder event dedicated to discussing Kenya’s draft ICT policy were outraged to discover that the most recent government draft was ‘confidential’ and only being circulated to a select few. “Efforts to query the government representatives present did not b...

APC comments on the first draft National ICT Policy for Zambia JOHANNESBURG, South Africa 02 May 2004 By Chakula

In a letter to the Zambian ministry for communications and transport, APC has commended the Zambian government for its efforts in drafting a holistic national ICT policy and for disseminating the draft online to make it possible for the public to submit comments. “We value the broad definition of ...

The complicated world of ICANN – part one
The complicated world of ICANN – part one 01 May 2004 By Carlos Afonso

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – the body that’s responsible for managing the registration and distribution system of domain names (eg. www.apc.org) in the internet – held its first meeting of 2004. More than 600 people from different countries took...

Foro Mundial sobre Gobernanza de Internet: No hay acuerdo acerca de qué no funciona y  qué hay que reparar
Foro Mundial sobre Gobernanza de Internet: No hay acuerdo acerca de qué no funciona y qué hay que reparar 30 April 2004 By APCNoticias

Un foro mundial sobre gobernanza de internet, realizado por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) en marzo fue la plataforma más abierta e inclusiva que ha habido hasta el momento para tratar temas de gobernanza de internet, pero el tiempo fue demasiado escaso como para desglosar las dive...

Global Forum on Internet Governance: Not everyone agrees on what is broken nor on what fixing might involve
Global Forum on Internet Governance: Not everyone agrees on what is broken nor on what fixing might involve 29 April 2004 By APCNews

A global forum on internet governance organised by the United Nations in March was the most open and inclusive platform for addressing internet governance issues to date but time was too short to disaggregate the various areas of policy and regulation that are loosely grouped under “internet gover...

La Ond@ Rural (The Rural Vibe): Workshop on radio, ICTs and rural development
La Ond@ Rural (The Rural Vibe): Workshop on radio, ICTs and rural development 28 April 2004 By APCNews

This Latin American workshop considered a series of proposals for promoting the effective use of ICT and radio for rural development so that rural radio stations, networks, specialists in ICT for development and policy decision-makers, start to take into account the effectiveness of combining radio ...

Free and open source software sweeps US non-profit tech conference
Free and open source software sweeps US non-profit tech conference 28 April 2004 By Mark Surman

Looking around at the recent Non-Profit Technology Enterprise Network conference in Philadelphia, it would have been easy to think that free and open source software is sweeping the non-profit world. With an attendance of over 700 people, this year’s NTEN event featured a full track of six wor...

Are ICTs contributing to women's empowerment in Central and Eastern Europe?
Are ICTs contributing to women's empowerment in Central and Eastern Europe? 28 April 2004 By APC WNSP

This was an underlying question addressed in the evaluations of six information and communication (ICT) initiatives from Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, which participated in the field-testing of the Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM). Evaluated initiatives varied from a...

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