1st Conference of African Animal Health Information Workers, 3-5 July 1995, Onderstepoort, South Africa

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Final technical report : Capacity Building for Community Wireless Connectivity in Africa, 1 August to 31 December 2006

The project became a pilot for face-to-face workshops, developing and maintaining a knowledge base regarding wireless for ICT4D, while building partnerships and knowledge networks. The demand for training was enormous, with every workshop over-subscribed. A parallel resource was developed during the course of the project, the ‘Wireless for Development Book.’ The goal of the initiative was to empower communities and individuals in Africa in harnessing information communications technologies for development and social change through the use of wireless technologies

Communication for influence : linking advocacy, dissemination and research by building ICTD networks in Central, East and West Africa (CICEWA); final technical report (1 January 2008-30 June 2010)

This collaboration between the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) aims to identify obstacles to universal affordable access to broadband ICT infrastructure in countries and sub-regions in East, Central and West Africa and to develop two sub-regional ICT policy advocacy networks that will disseminate research while also advocating for ICTD and access to infrastructure at the sub-regional level. The objective is to create a platform for sub-regional connectivity and the effective use of ICTs in development processes. Outputs and initiatives derived from the project are outlined in this report

Building Southern participation at the Internet Governance Forum : report for the period September 2011 - December 2011

The report documents activities and outcomes related to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) fora and events. African Internet stakeholders need to identify their priority Internet governance-related issues and interests depending on their particular national and regional contexts. The IDRC-supported Internet Governance Forum events provided several forums for East African stakeholders to share local Internet governance issues and to showcase the region. This contributed to increasing inclusiveness and participation. In addition, the side events and IGF in general increased Kenya’s place in global Internet governance and policy processes

Communication for influence : linking advocacy, dissemination and research by building ICTD networks in the Andean Region, Latin America (CILAC); final technical report (28 April 2008-30 June 2009)

Telecom reform policy was to increase universal affordable access to telecommunications in the interests of social and economic development. However, in Latin America reform has in practice not worked to ensure universal and affordable access to broadband connectivity. Research was conducted in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela to provide policy analysis from civil society perspectives around the impact of telecom reform on provision of access to broadband infrastructure. The AndinaTIC network was created, which can constitute a civil society voice simultaneously at the level of both regional and national governance institutions, on telecom reform and ongoing issues of access

ICT4D Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Development Project : final technical progress report

Association for Progressive Communications (APC) participates and plays a leading role in the process of enriching current ICT for Development (ICT4D) policy and practice with awareness of environmental sustainability and climate change. APC’s issue papers help civil society organizations in the sector to better understand and respond to these issues. As the world’s oldest online progressive network, a draft guide for NGOs on APC's experience working as a global virtual network was produced. As well an APC-wide action research plan has been developed for APC's research, advocacy and campaigning work in ICTs and environmental sustainability for 2010-2012