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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.
 Toolkit: Communicating with policymakers 
This toolkit is specifically geared towards the needs of researchers and practitioners in civil society organisations, including development NGOs, research institutes, think tanks, universities and networks. The toolkit addresses the questions of how researchers and CSOs can best "communicate evidence" in order to inform or influence policy, to achieve their own stated development objectives, or simply to make their own knowledge accessible and understandable to a wider audience. [File type:.pdf download / 466kb]
Produced by: Ingie Hovland, ODI
WGIG report released in 6 official languages
The United Nations Secretary-General released the Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance and is available on the WGIG website in the 6 UN languages.
Campaigning for Freedom of Expression
A new IFEX campaigning handbook is a 120 page manual that provides a toolbox of tips, good practices case studies and resources for campaigning.
User Guide to "Good Practice Paper on ICTs for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction"
This page provides users with information on how to better understand the report "Good Practice Paper on ICTs for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction", as well as how to further explore its key issues.
New Gender And ICT Policy Website Helps Women Make ICT Policy A Priority
Gender and technology activists, the APC WNSP, have launched GenderIT.org, a new information and communications technology (ICT) policy portal for women and policy-makers. ICT policy is not just about legislation of infrastructure and operators. Good ICT policy can promote economic empowerment. It can counter the negative uses of ICTs, such as trafficking of women. GenderIT.org promotes the need for gender advocacy in ICT policy as well as the "how to" of pushing for policy change.
Developing and Using Indicators of ICT Use in Education
This manual describes why and how to use indicators in evaluating ICT and education programmes.
Produced by: UNESCO
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.
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.
ITU and infoDev Launch New Online Regulation Toolkit
"This new ICT Regulation Toolkit will provide ICT policy-makers and regulators with practical approaches and instruments to support their decision-making," said infoDev Programme Manager Mostafa Terrab. "It is a unique resource designed around three key features: it is an interactive, on-line tool allowing for user feedback and enhancement; it is dynamic in that its contents will evolve to reflect new developments in the sector; and it is forward-looking, foreseeing and anticipating policies and regulations that fully leverage the potential of new technologies to maximize access for all throughout the developing world."
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
Why should intellectual property rights matter to civil society?
IPR has affected the public’s access to knowledge in the public domain and to copyrighted works, limited legitimate opportunities for cultural appropriations, stifled learning, creativity, innovation thus placing curbs on the democratisation of knowledge. IPR has also infiltrated into the domain of food and medicine, threatening the sustainability of indigenous knowledge and biodiversity.
Regional Action Plan and other documents of Asia Pacific WSIS Conference in Tehran, Iran
High Level Asia-Pacific Conference for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) formulated and adopted a regional action plan and an action plan. Civil society organizations (CSOs) reacted vehemently over this action plan that did not include the views and participation of CSOs in its development processes. This regional action plan along with civil society responses are kept here.
Citoyennes africaines de la société de l'information
Ce manuel traite, du point de vue des femmes, des enjeux liés à l’entrée des pays africains dans la société de l’information. Il présente, à l’intention des décideurs et acteurs publics, civils et privés, un plaidoyer sur la prise en compte du genre dans les politiques de TIC pour une société africaine de l’information juste, plurielle et inclusive.
Women Empowerment Through Information Technology
This book attempts to demonstrate that ICT technologies are powerful tools for women to use to overcome discrimination, to achieve full equality and well-being, and to participate in decisions that impact the quality of their lives and the future of their communities. It is written for policy makers and development leaders to use as a reference tool to help to help mainstream gender issues in areas of technology development.
Produced by: Usha Sharma
UNDP APDIP Releases ORDIG Policy Brief and Input Paper on Internet Governance
After almost ten months of research and activities, UNDP-APDIP's Open Regional Dialogue on Internet Governance (ORDIG*) has produced a two-part report entitled, "Voices from Asia-Pacific: Internet Governance Priorities and Recommendations".
Produced by: UNDP-APDIP
Gender Perspectives on the Information Society - South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar Papers
Even as information technologies have pervaded the way many of us connect with our work and world, it is equally true that from IT-powered globalisation, to the telecom revolution and the advent of egovernance, the impact of technology is indeed felt by all women. The range of issues linked to new technologies, with implications for development practice, political economy analyses and social justice, underscore the need for feminist engagement on the information society discourse.
An information policy handbook for Southern Africa
This handbook focuses on experience and lessons learned with ICT, ICTs in education and e-Commerce policy in Southern Africa. It provides examples of projects to dates and explores their successes and failures. It begins with an overview of information technology policy generally. A selected number of priority areas for information policy development are presented and key global and regional structures of importance to ICT policy are discussed
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
Time To Get Online - Simple Steps to Success on the Internet
The 150-page "Time To Get Online" materials are centered around the five essential "steps to success on the Internet". The first half of the materials is geared towards creating internet-savvyactivists. The second half will help them to become effective Internet champions, capable of leading their organizations through the challenging process of integrating the Internet into everything they do. The Appendices and accompanying CD-ROM (print version only) contain a wealth of additional resources for continued learning, freely distributable computer software and more.
Produced by: Kabissa
ICT4D - Information and Communication Technologies for Development
Published online by Knowledge for Development, the goal of this "self-paced" course is to familiarise participants with "key concepts and issues related to the potential and real impacts of information and communication technologies [ICTs] on the social, economic and political development of the less developed countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America."
Produced by: Barbara Fillip
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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