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African Copyright & Access to Knowledge (ACA2K)
The ACA2K Project is probing the relationship in African countries between national copyright environments and access to hard-copy and digital learning materials within an access to knowledge (A2K) framework – a framework which regards the protection/promotion of user access as one of the central objectives of copyright law.
Balancing Act
Balancing Act is facilitating the development of content for the internet and other new media technologies in Africa that will have an impact on people’s lives and that they will want to use, in the three fields of economic, social and cultural development.
comAfrica.org
ComAfrica Institute, the former Brazilian Committee of Solidarity with the Peoples of South Africa and Namibia – COMAFRICA, aims to bridge academic research with the implementation of foreign policy by sectors of the Brazilian civil society as a public policy.
Comunica
Comunica explores and supports ways that local and independent media in less developed countries are making use of information and communication technologies to strengthen efforts for development and democracy.
E-joussour
The majority of the Maghreb and Mashreq NGOs are not in a position to benefit from the advantages of Internet visibility. The Forum des Alternatives Maroc Association (FMAS) initiated in partnership with Oxfam Novib and Alternatives/AlterInter the project of the Maghreb/Machrek civil socity portal.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) works to defend free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights. Their work includes providing legal support for individuals whose rights have been violated by the US government or corporations, campaigning, advising policymakers and information spreading.
Idealist - Action Without Borders
Database with over 25,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 153 countries. The organizations can be searched or browsed by name, location or mission. Provides job openings, volunteer opportunities, events, internships, campaigns, and sundry other resources posted by organizations all over the world.
Net Dialogue
The Net Dialogue website aims to shed light on international Net governance and spur public discourse on this emerging body of regulation. The site is intended for the benefit of people in government, business, civil society, international organizations, the media and the public at large.
OneWorld
Information, links, campaigns and documents on a broad range of human-rights, environment and sustainable-development issues.
Southern Africa Media Diversity Journal
The Southern Africa Media Diversity journal publishes analytical and reflective content on media practice for those involved in media in Southern Africa.
Terralingua
Terralingua is an international, non-profit organization that aims to support the perpetuation and continued development of the world's linguistic diversity by exploring the connections between linguistic, cultural and biological diversity, through a programme of research, information, applied work, and advocacy.
The Communication Initiative
The Communication Initiative is a partnership of development organisations seeking to support advances in the effectiveness and scale of communication interventions for positive international development.
The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC)
The EJISDC is a forum for practitioners, teachers, researchers and policy makers to share their knowledge and experience in the design, development, implementation, management and evaluation of information systems and technologies in developing countries.
The Media Research Hub
A new online resource for researchers, advocates, practitioners, and policymakers working for a more democratic and participatory public sphere.
The OpenNet Initiative
The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) is a collaborative partnership of four leading academic institutions aimed at investigating, exposing and analyzing Internet filtering and surveillance practices. The ONI intends to uncover the potential pitfalls and unintended consequences of these practices, and thus help to inform better public policy and advocacy work in this area.
The Panos Institute
The Panos Institute works with media and other information actors to enable developing countries to shape and communicate their own development agendas through informed public debate.
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