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Information and communication
technologies (ICT) policy decisions affect anyone
who wants to take advantage of the opportunities that
new technologies can offer. Will the national policy
favour technology that is state-of-the art but not
affordable in rural areas? Will your government provide
service subsidies to poor or disabled people? Will
your government encourage the development of software
that illiterate people can use? All of these are pressing
questions whose answers depend on the ICT policy choices
made by governments and other official decision-makers.
The APC Monitor has collected
resources that help civil society organisations and
others understand policy and regulation related to
ICT so that you can begin to engage and influence
policy processes affecting ICT adoption and implementation
at national, regional and global levels. Many of the
resources are also produced by APC.
 The African Community Radio Managers Handbook 
Across Africa, more and more people are becoming excited about this thing called community radio. The problem has always been trying to explain it in a way that makes sense to people, wherever they live. The handbooks is meant to describe the process of community radio as precisely as possible.
Produced by: AMARC
Free Press: Beginner's Guide to Media Reform
The Beginner's Guide presents an introductory look at media reform for people new to the issue. Why is the media system the way it is? Why is it important to the issues I care about? What's being done to fix it?
Digital Futures: A Need-to-Know Policy Guide for Independent Filmmakers
A guide to help independent filmmakers understand the impacts of digital technology and the policy issues effecting their art.
How to Do Community Radio
Several ways and means are possible to set up a community radio, organize it or compose its equipment. This primer builds on the experience of Tambuli, which in the past ten years has grown from one community radio to a network of 25 stations. Often located in remote rural areas, these stations are “operated in the community, for the community, about the community and by the community”.
Produced by: Mr. Louie Tabing
The One to Watch: Radio, New ICTs and Interactivity
The cases presented in this book are among the first examples of the convergence of radio and new ICTs for development, and the book underscores the significant potential of the combination. In this convergence, radio promises to take on even greater significance and value. For this reason, we believe that radio is the one to watch.
New Handbook on Media Law in Southern Africa
The Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) have published a new handbook on media laws in Botswana, Swaziland and Zambia, enabling journalists and press freedom advocates to better understand the conditions under which media function in these countries.
ICT Policy: A Beginner's Handbook
This book by APC lays out the issues and dispenses with the jargon to encourage more people to get involved in ICT policy processes. It is for people who feel that ICT policy is important but don't know much about it, e.g. a government official worried about a gap in her technical knowledge of how the internet works, a human-rights worker concerned that his need to send secure email is being challenged by national government policy, a citizen fed up with paying exorbitant rates for dial-up internet access and ready to organise…
Produced by: APC/Ed. Chris Nicol
SADC Media Law Handbook for Media Practitioners
A comparative overview of the media law environment and practice in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa published by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Nelson Mandela Institute, Law School - University of the Witwatersrand.
ICT Policy for Civil Society Training Curriculum
The ICT Policy for Civil Society training course builds the capacity of civil society organisations to understand policy and regulation related to information and communication technologies (ICT) so that they can begin to engage and influence policy processes affecting ICT adoption and implementation at national, regional and global levels. This is a five day course with each session planned to last approximately 1.5 hours. The modules can be used stand-alone as training on a particular topic or used together as part of a longer course. Modules are in English with some in Spanish.
Produced by: APC
Computer Aided Research and Reporting
This workshop presentation, from Highway Africa 2004, is aimed at journalists who would like to use the internet to enhance story researching and reporting.
Produced by: Ismail Jinnah
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