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Information and Communication Technologies  | Useful info   International and Regional Organizations Networking and Information Technology Observatory SDNP Networking and Information Technology (NIT) Observatory keeps an eye on related critical issues for developing countries. UN Information and Communication Technologies Task Force (ICT -TF) Youth for Technology Foundation The mission of YTF is to bridge the digital canyon and create self-sustaining Nigerian communities through the establishment of digital villages in rural communities. YTF's focus is on training and providing technology resources to youth (focus on the girl child), rural men and women in an effort to reduce poverty, empower people and create jobs.   more useful info ...  Information and Communication Technologies International NGOs and Networks Information Resources	International NGOs and Networks Information Resources   People Society Environment Communication    Information and Communication Technologies    Media Globalization   Copy South Research Group In 2005, a group of scholars and activists, mostly from the global South, created the Copy/South Research Group to analyse, criticise, and confront the oppressive nature of current global copyright regimes, such as those defended by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, and similar ones around the globe. Freedom of Information Coalition A network of over 150 civil society organizations in Nigeria comprising of civil rights, grassroots, and community-based Non-Governmental Organizations campaigning for the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill and eventual implementation when it becomes law in Nigeria. Fatema Mernissi Fatema Mernissi web-site about new information technology's (IT) impact, focused on local research on the strategic information-fueled rise of civil society in the Moslem world. Morocco. Networks and Development Foundation (FUNREDES) International NGO dedicated to the dissemination of New Information and Communication Technologies (NICT) in developing countries, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean. Association for Progressive Communications - APC International Internet Community for Environment, Human Rights, Development and Peace. APC is a major CSO worldwide network in advocating for and facilitating the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) by civil society. Go to NGO directory Irrepressible.info Selected news Information and Communication Technologies - Wed Aug 27 2008 Communication experts endorse alternative media About 120 communication experts, meeting in Accra, have endorsed a blend of modern information and communication technologies with traditional and other alternative media forms to disseminate information for development in the globalised world. Source: Haayo-MediaTic Information and Communication Technologies - Thu Jul 31 2008 Kenya: inside Nairobi, the next Palo Alto? Nairobi is home to a digital brew that invites optimism about its chances for creating unusual innovations. The city has relatively few wired phone lines or networked personal computers, so mobile phones are the essential digital tool. Source: Pamabazuka See more ...

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