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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.

Guides

 Free/open source software (FOSS) policy in Africa: A toolkit for policy-makers and practitioners
"Free/open source software (FOSS) policy in Africa: A toolkit for policy-makers and practitioners" is targeted at governments that are investigating whether and how they can integrate FOSS into their strategies for social and economic development. It provides a broad overview of how FOSS fits into national ICT policy-making, outlines the areas where governments can take policy decision related to FOSS as well as some of the possible approaches, and lists activities related to FOSS policy from across Africa.

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Click here to download the country policy table
 

 Managing ICTs in South African Schools; A guide for School Principals
The purpose of this guide is to give principals and senior school management information on using and managing ICT resources so that they can provide leadership in their schools. The guide also considers some implications of the use of the computer and related resources for teaching and learning. The authors hope that it will also be a valuable resource for other senior members of the school staff, and for School Governing Bodies.

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 ICT Handbook on Cyber Law and Civil Society
The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), in partnership with law firm Cheadle, Thompson, Haysom, is pleased to announce that its new book Cyber Law for Civil Society- A Resource Guide has just been released.

Publications

 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.

Click here to download the handbook (421kb) (PDF)