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Women Empowerment Through Information Technology
07/27/2005, Africa, Gender
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.

WGIG report released in 6 official languages
07/16/2005, ,
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.

Regional Action Plan and other documents of Asia Pacific WSIS Conference in Tehran, Iran
06/25/2005, ,
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.

UNDP APDIP Releases ORDIG Policy Brief and Input Paper on Internet Governance
06/22/2005, ,
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".

An information policy handbook for Southern Africa
06/15/2005, ,
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

UNESCO toolkit to help educators establish schoolnet programmes
04/06/2005, ,
This toolkit is designed to help education planners and practitioners integrate information and communication technologies (ICTs) into education systems. It is meant to be a practical resource about ICTs in education, and more specifically about setting up and operating schoolnet programmes and projects. A schoolnet programme is an organised set of activities that expands the use of ICTs and promotes sharing of educational resources by teachers and students at schools. Schoolnet programmes may be located inside or outside government, may be large initiatives with substantial funding, or smaller innovative projects without big budgets.

A Guideline for NGOs for active participation in the WSIS 2005 in Tunis
01/17/2005, ,
The diploma thesis available here studies the impact of civil society on the World Summit on the Information Society. Based on an analysis of the Youth Caucus’ work it describes which practical steps are necessary to feed NGO interests into global summit processes.

How to Do Community Radio
12/12/2004, ,
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”.

SADC Media Law Handbook for Media Practitioners
11/23/2004, ,
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.

How to set up a Computer Refurbishment Centre in Africa
11/09/2004, ,
How to Set Up and Operate a Successful Computer Refurbishment Centre in Africa: A Planning and Management Guide" is the result of a study undertaken by bridges.org in early 2004, which examined the methods and strategies of the computer refurbishment industry, focusing on Africa. This guide describes the steps involved in opening a computer refurbishment centre in Africa and managing it into productivity.

Time To Get Online - Simple Steps to Success on the Internet
11/01/2004, ,
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.

Policy Guide for Gender and ICTs from the APC Women's Programme (WNSP)
10/14/2004, International, Gender
ICTs offer immense possibilities for reducing poverty, overcoming women's isolation, giving women a voice, improving governance and advancing gender equality. This potential will only be realised if all factors which contribute to the current 'gender digital divide' are recognised and addressed in all ICT policy making spaces. The APC and APC Women's Programme's message is simple and clear: if these concerns are not addressed we face the danger that WSIS and other policy processes, will fail in addressing the needs of women, and will contribute to reinforcing and reproducing existing inequalities, discriminations and injustices. The APC WNSP's ten-point policy guide provides an overview of key gender and ICT concerns.

ICT Policy for Civil Society Training Curriculum
10/14/2004, ,
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.

ICT Policy: A Beginner's Handbook
10/14/2004, ,
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…

Guide to Organising a National Consultation on ICT Policy
10/14/2004, ,
APC's FAQ about Conducting a National WSIS Process outlines the steps to take and key components in organising a national consultation around ICT policy, in this case specifically the debates raised by the United Nations conference on the Information Society (WSIS).

ICT4D - Information and Communication Technologies for Development
10/06/2004, International, ICT Policy
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."

Guide to International ICT Policy Making
04/27/2004, International, ICT Policy
The guide aims to provide an overview of the diverse range of Intergovernmental agencies, regional organizations and non-governmental bodies that shape, manage and regulate the global ICT landscape. Entities are concerned with market regulation, providing technical expertise and innovation, and/or using ICT to address development problems.