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The Acacia Initiative is an international effort to give sub-Saharan African communities the ability to apply information and communication technologies to their own social and economic development.
Advisory Network for the African Information Society (ANAIS)
The Advisory Network for the African Information Society (ANAIS) was established to facilitate social use of information technology by Africans following the Geneva Conference on Africa and new information technologies (October 1996). It aims at facilitating the appropriation of information technology and communication (ITC) by Africans.
Africa: Internet Connectivity Status (new!)
http://www3.sn.apc.org/africa/partial.html
The
site provides country-wise status of Internet Connectivity in Africa.
Provides access to political news relating to various countries in Africa to enable greater awareness of citizens in political processes and debates.
African Information Society Initiative (AISI) (New!)
http://www.bellanet.org/partners/aisi/
The AISI action framework calls for the elaboration and implementation of national information and communication infrastructure plans involving development of institutional frameworks, human and technological resources in all African countries.
Africa
Knowledge Networks
http://www.unsia.org/aknf/
Africa Knowledge Networks Forum is
an initiative led by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to facilitate
knowledge- sharing and research partnerships between professional networks,
and between them and key knowledge end- users, including policy- makers,
trainers at institutions of higher learning, civil society organisations
and the private sector.
Africa Technology Forum (new!)
http://www.africatechforum.com/
The Forum will serve as a platform for high-tech companies of African origin or for companies with interests in Africa to discuss issues of common interest and network. The Forum will serve to encourage entrepreneurship in the African community by disseminating latest ideas and intelligence on the high-tech industry.
The
AVU will seek to tap the potential offered by new technologies to overcome
the financial, physical and informational barriers that prevent increased
access to high quality higher education in sub-Saharan Africa.
African Digital Library- West African Resources
Over
the next three years, the "Multi-Lingual Digital Library for West African
Sources" will develop a multi-media digital library of West African sources
in multiple languages that includes sound, text and image content from
multiple countries. These materials will be made freely accessible over
the Internet in the United States, West Africa, and throughout the world
- many of them for the first time.
African Information Society Initiative
http://www.bellanet.org/partners/aisi
The
African Information Society Initiative (AISI) is an Action Framework to
Build Africa's Information and Communication Infrastructure which was adopted
in May 1996 by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Conference of Ministers.
AISI is also the principal activity within the United Nations System-Wide
Special Initiative on Africa programme on Harnessing Information Technology
for Development.
Agricultural
Knowledge and Information Systems for Rural Development (AKIS/RD)
http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/EXdirect/EXre0027.htm
Many farmers fail to benefit from
technological and other advances. In too many countries, the productivity
and incomes of the poorer farmers have stagnated or even decreased. This
is not solely due to a lack of investment in education, research or extension.
It can also be traced to a number of other causes, such as poorly functioning
markets for inputs, products, or credit.
Alliance for Community Technology (New!)
http://www.communitytechnology.org/
The mission of the Alliance for Community Technology (ACT) is to lead in advancing the use of computing and communication technology globally to serve people (to help people help themselves) through community serving organizations. It is committed to a human-centered focus on the creation, use, understanding, training and dissemination of appropriate technologies to support communities whether these communities are defined by geography, organizational structure or common interest.It will focus particularly on disadvantaged communities.
Andhra
Pradesh (India) Electronic Governance Initiative
http://apts.gov.in/twins/
TWINS is a unique IT project taken
up by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India, to take the benefits of
Information Technology to the Common man.
APC Womenâs Networking Support Programme (New!)
http://www.gn.apc.org/apcwomen/
APC through its programme work on - training, participatory research, policy and advocacy in the area of gender and information technology, information facilitation, regional programme support, aims to respond to gender inequities and offer opportunities to women from many regions of the world.
Article 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression (new!)
The organisation monitors, research's, publishes, lobbies, campaign's and litigate's on behalf of freedom of expression wherever it is threatened. It develops standards to advance media freedom, assist individuals to speak out and campaign for the free flow of information.
Asia-Pacific
Development Information Programme (APDIP)
http://www.apdip.net/
Asia-Pacific Development Information
Programme, is an initiative developed and funded by the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) and covers 42 countries in the region through
24 UNDP country offices. The programme is implemented by the UN Office
for Project Services (UNOPS). APDIP aims at assisting member countries
in the use of Information Technology (IT) to foster social and economic
development.
Asia
Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
http://www.apnic.net
Addressing the challenge of responsible
Internet resource distribution in the Asia Pacific region.
Asia: Promoting ICT for Human Development in Asia- Realizing the Millenium Development Goals
http://www.apdip.net/rhdr/overview.asp
An initiative of Asia-Pacific
Development Information Programme, the Asia Pacific Regional HDR Initiative, and
Human Development Resource Centre, New Delhi.
ICT has become an indispensable tool in the fight against world
poverty. ICT provides developing nations with an unprecedented opportunity to
meet vital development goals such as poverty reduction, basic healthcare, and
education, far more effectively than before. Those nations that succeed in
harnessing the potential of ICT can look forward to greatly expanded economic
growth, dramatically improved human welfare and stronger forms of democratic
governance.
Asian Pacific Women's Information Network Center (APWINC)
Asian Pacific Women's Information Network Center (APWINC), established in Nov. 1996, aims at promoting women's informatization and women-related communication technologies in the Asia-Pacific region including South and North Koreas.
Athena Alliance (NEW!)
http://www.athenaalliance.org/
The Athena Alliance looks at the challenges which the transition to information economy and network society pose to communities and individuals. It seeks academic, corporate and grass-roots input in order to provide tools for dealing with these challenges.
Australian Institute of Computer Ethics (AiCE) (NEW!)
The mission of AiCE to undertake research and provide > teaching, consultancy and advice to individuals, communities, organisations and governments at local, national and international levels regarding the actual and potential impacts of computing and related technologies on society and its citizens.
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/B-SPAN/
This new "Webcasting station" from the World Bank lets users anywhere tune in to the numerous seminars, workshops, and conferences the Bank holds in its Washington headquarters. At present, there are only a few archived interviews and presentations, but in the future, the site will feature numerous live broadcasts as well as a virtual library of video segments on development and poverty issues.
http://www.balancingact-africa.com
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, with a particular focus on cultural content.
Bellanet
http://www.bellanet.org
Bellanet is an international initiative
working with the development community to increase collaboration. We support
partnerships by providing advice and assistance on more effective use of
information and communication technologies (ICTs).
Benton
Foundation
http://www.benton.org
The foundation works to realise the
social benefits made possible by the public interest use of communications.
It seeks to shape the emerging communications environment and to demonstrate
the value of communications for solving social problems.
Best Practices Database (New!)
This searchable database contains over 1100 proven solutions from more than 120 countries to the common social, economic and environmental problems of an urbanizing world (including on the use of Information and Communication Technologies). It demonstrates the practical ways in which communities, governments and the private sector are working together to improve governance, eradicate poverty, provide access to shelter, land and basic services, protect the environment and support economic development.
Brazil: Prefeitura.SP (new!)
http://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br
Prefeitura.SP is the online portal of the SÑo Paulo city government. It contains a wealth of information, including all types of social services offered and a list of government agencies' contact information. It especially encourages participatory government by including a step-by-step guide on how to participate in making the budget of the city, town meeting schedules, and informal online polls regarding the services of the city.
Bridges.org's mission is to empower people in developing and emerging countries to use technology for themselves by providing public education about technology use, promoting policy-making that removes barriers to the use of technology and creating a body of knowledge about digital divide issues.
Some
of the most relevant software/Internet/computer/IT ventures in South Asia,
ironically, fail to get the attention they merit. bYtES For aLL is an attempt
to swim against the tide. Through a website and an e-mail based mailing
list, we hope to update interested readers about interesting ventures.
Attempts that focus on people before profits.
A web-site dedicated to advancing the policy and practice of capacity building in international development cooperation.
Center
for Democracy and Technology
http://www.cdt.org/
The Center for Democracy and Technology
works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the
digital age. With expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT seeks practical
solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in global communications
technologies.
To
take the state-of-the-art technology to the people in rural areas and use
its benefits for social upliftment by way of education, employment, empowerment
and enrichment .
Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT) (new!)
The Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT) is a distributed center designed to serve as a national resource for stimulating research on innovative, technology-enabled solutions to critical problems in K-14 learning. Our approach is to foster and conduct collaborative research and development in areas that we believe promise significant advances in learning.
Central
Vigilance Committee
http://cvc.nic.in
A pioneering Indian Initiative toward
e-vigilance. Its function is to advise and guide Central Government agencies
in the field of vigilance.
Centre for Alternative Agricultural Media (CAAM), India (new!)
The
Centre for Alternative Agricultural Media (CAAM) - India - focuses on farmer
friendly communication systems. It aims to promote alternative efforts
in agricultural communication, bridge the communication gap between farmers
and scientists/government, set up a library on alternative agriculture
and alternative agricultural communication, and maintain a website and
publish an e-bulletin.
The Chapter 2 Network is a clearinghouse of information and communication for social justice issues in South Africa. Through its website, it provides information about advocacy campaigns; training on Advocacy and lobbying, including learning practical skills through the Advocacy game; research on political intelligence, policy analysis and legislation monitoring and networking opportunities to interact with other civil society organisations who are engaged in social justice advocacy.
Cisco
Network Academy Program
http://www.cisco.com/edu/academies/index.html
An innovative program that is bringing
Internet education to students through a powerful partnerhip of academic
institutions, government, community organisations, and business worldwide.
Cisco has introduced the program in developing countries because it believes
that the internet and education will be the great equalisers of the next
century, creating enormous opportunities for people and countries that
succeed in harnessing the power of information and knowledge.
UK: CitizensOnline (new!)
http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/
An
independent not for profit organisation committed to promoting universal
internet access and to addressing the issues of the digital divide.
Civil
Society Internet Forum
http://www.CivilSocietyInternetForum.org
The Civil Society Internet Forum (CSIF)
is a new international Internet community launched in July 2000. It has
two basic goals: to make the Internet a ground and instrument for global
civil society beyond national boundaries; and to work for the democratization
of the Internet and Internet governance.
Community
Commerce and Knowledge Network (ComKnet)
http://www.comknet.org.uk
The project consortium team brings
together a new media technology consultancy with experience in knowledge
management, a university with an excellent track record in disseminating
manufacturing technology, a newspaper committed to the use of technology
within the community, and a local Internet Service Provider. The collective
skills of the project team will be used to help the community discover
its own knowledge and share it with those who can benefit from its application
within their own businesses and lives.
Community Learning, Information and Communication (CLICC) (NEW!)
Multi-directional flows of information, communication and learning form the basis upon which decisions are taken and change and action occur. Complex processes are involved in translating a particular piece of information or knowledge into changes in attitude and, in turn, into changes in action.
Community
Kiosks
http://www.worldccr.org/kiosks.htm
The project envisions a computer community
kiosk in every community in every undeveloped country by 2004.
Computer
Aid International exists to recycle donated computers for re-use in schools,
and community organisations in developing countries. It aims to maximise
the number of second-use computers reaching schools and community organisations
in developing countries.
Computer Bank Project (new)
http://www.computerbank.org.au/
The Computerbank Project is an Australian initiative to supply free GNU/Linux systems to low income individuals, community groups and disadvantaged schools. This Project has resulted in the formation of volunteer organisations in several Australian states.
Computers
for India
http://www.computersforindia.org
The Computers for India Coalition
serves to bring together needy NGO's in India, with Indian community organizations,
and partner (donor) organizations in developed countries to implement projects
in the areas of education and rural development that use Information Technology
to meet their stated objectives.
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
A public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned about the impact of computer technology on society
Connect
for Kids
http://www.connectforkids.org
The Web site offers a public space
on the Internet for adults÷parents, grandparents, educators, policymakers
and others÷who want to make their communities work for kids.
CreditWatch (new!)
http://www.creditwatchindia.net
Creditwatch is developing an interactive platform which will link the poor and small business owners (in association with NGO intermediaries) with credit institutions for assessing credit needs and in designing credit products in a consultative and participatory environment.
The
Democracy Online Project has three principal goals: the establishment of
a research base for the study of online politics, especially with respect
to American campaigns and elections, the design, testing, refinement, and
promotion of an appreciation statement regarding appropriate standards
of practice for the conduct of online campaigning; and the creation and
public promotion of an online public space where good campaign practices
and democratic values may thrive.
Democracy Project (New!)
http://www.democracyproject.org/
The Democracy Project is the sponsor of Quorum.org, a citizen-centric public space on the Internet. Our goal with Quorum.org is to allow citizens to inform themselves, engage each other and political leaders, and help shape the public agenda. With 35 million people going online this year for election information, we have a unique opportunity to set the standards for an online public space.
Development
Communications International
http://www.devcomm.com/
The site aims to bring the world together
via informative media production, by availing internet-based technology
and information to networks around the world who need it; and in the production
of informative cross-cultural video projects, to be distributed world-wide
in collaboration with an international network of humanitarian, ecological
and development related groups in North America, Asia, Africa and Latin
America, in service to the diverse people of developing countries and their
vanishing cultures.
Development
Communications Network (formerly the Spinning the Web Network)
http://sdgateway.net/noframe/project.htm
Using the Internet to meet the goals
of sustainable development. Network members co-operate to: develop new
tools and content about sustainable development, build capacity for using
electronic communications more effectively, promote member information,
share experiences about managing sustainable development communications.
Development Marketplace (new!)
http://www.developmentmarketplace.org/
The
fundamental objective of the Development Marketplace is to promote innovation
in development, particularly at the grassroots level, with the benefits
being made available to the international development community at large.
Development Space (new!)
http://www.developmentspace.com/
DevelopmentSpace is an online marketplace for the exchange of resources and ideas to help the developing world. Intelligent software and design produce a straightforward site for our users: social entrepreneurs, service providers and social investors.
Digital Africa (new!)
http://www.aitecafrica.com
The web page
of Africa's leading ICT publisher. It includes regular stories on computing,
telecomms and the internet. Also useful information on ICT events run by
AITEC.
Digital
Democracy (Media Channel) (New!)
All over the world the Net is changing
how people understand and participate in democracy. As elections take place
this month in Colombia, Kosovo, the United States and across Africa, MediaChannel
affiliates explore how the Net is transforming.
Digital
Divide
http://www.digitaldivide.org
Digital Partners is a nonprofit research
institute spawned by Seattle's late-90s emergence as a global powerhouse
in Internet marketing. The purpose is to tap expertise in hopes of achieving
breakthroughs in world poverty.
Digital
Divide Campaign (One World)
http://www.oneworld.net/campaigns/digitaldivide/index.html
Communications technologies are playing
an increasingly important role in economic development, education, health
and governance. The exclusion of billions who are poor, illiterate, rural
or non-English speaking from the evolving global information infrastructure
has serious effects and the digital divide is fast becoming a critical
issue for developing countries.
Digital Divide Network (new!)
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
The Digital Divide Network Web site offers a range of information, tools and resources that help practictioners stay on top of digital divide developments. The site looks at the causes and effects of the divide from four distinct angles: technology access, literacy and learning, content, and economic development.
Digital Dividend (new!)
http://www.digitaldividend.org
Our goal is to bridge the global digital divide through business solutions that bring connectivity and digital services to unserved populations in developing regions.
The Digital Freedom Network (DFN) promotes human rights around the world by developing new methods of activism with Internet technology and by providing an online voice to those attacked simply for expressing themselves.
Digital Partners (new!)
http://www.digitalpartners.org/
Digital Partners aims to tap the power of the digital economy to develop market-based solutions that benefit the world's poor, by fostering a global leadership movement in which the market-development acumen of IT entrepreneurs is linked with the poverty-alleviation activities of social entrepreneurs, foundations, and development institutions.
The Digital Opportunity Initiative (DOI) (new!)
A public-private partnership of Accenture, the Markle Foundation and UNDP, the DOI was launched at the G-8 Okinawa Summit in 2000 with the aim of identifying the roles that information and communication technologies can play in fostering sustainable economic development and enhancing social equity.
This website will serve as an information resource on the DOT Force process, and a link to various opportunities for public consultation and input into that process. This site is, like the DOT Force report itself, a work in progress, and we invite you to return regularly for updates.
E-connexions
http://www.e-connexions.net
E-connexions aims to be the link to
connect ideas, people, businesses, customs and traditions to further a
better understanding among people from all over the world.
E-Governance
Projects in India (Ministry of Information Technology)
http://www.mit.gov.in/eg/home.htm
http://www.iisd.ca/voltoc.html
A reporting service which keeps informed citizens worldwide about global environmental negotiations, processes and decisions. The service is especially useful for developing countries to keep track of Global Governance issues.
East Africa Teacher.Net: Promoting ICT Training for Teachers (new!)
http://www.eastafricateachers.net/
The development of a portal site to network all teacher training colleges in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda as a first phase towards the establishment of a portal site including all educational institutions in Eastern Africa. The intention is to create a virtual platform for exposure and exchange of information. The portal should-- through links -- provide information about the institutions, the programmes on offer, new projects and any other information that is of concern to the targeted educational institutions and their target groups.
Electorales.com
is the premiere political Internet news and tools provider for Spanish-
speaking markets around the world.
Electronic Information Network
The Electronic Immigration Network aims to link major information providers with advice workers and practitioners dealing with all issues relating to immigration, refugee and nationality law and practice in the United Kingdom.
Electronic
Networking for Rural Asia/Pacific (ENRAP)
http://www.enrap.org
ENRAP aims at bringing the benefits
of the Internet to IFAD-supported rural development projects in the poorest
parts of Asia/Pacific. Effective use of Internet information resources
and communication facilities shall contribute to the empowerment of rural
communities and help address their development objectives.
Emarketer (new!)
eMarketer
is the world's leading provider of internet statistics. Its reports combine
original analysis with aggregated numbers from leading sources worldwide.
ENTERWeb
http://www.enterweb.org/
ENTERWeb is an annotated meta-index
and information clearinghouse on enterprise development, business, finance,
international trade and the economy in this new age of cyberspace and globalization.
Entovation
International
http://www.entovation.com/
Committed to enhancement of prosperous
sustainability of enterprises around the world through the optimal flow
of knowledge in innovation systems.
Equal access is a public/private partnership founded on a unique, low-cost digital radio and multimedia broadcasting system. It builds off an existing $1 billion satellite infrastructure that broadcasts to the developing world. To utilize a portion of this infrastructure, =access is building a coalition of partners to provide much needed information and educational content to hundreds of millions of under-served people throughout the world. Once fully operational, the total reach will be 4.6 billion people in 133 countries. Equal Access has established the ÎEqual Access Asia Development Channelâ (ADC) on the WorldSpace Digital Satellite System. ADC is a digital audio broadcast that can be received across Asia. The technology allows a clear digital audio signal to be received by an inexpensive, handheld portable receiver direct from the satellite. This technology is capable of providing, at low set-up and ongoing costs, information to even the most remote locations, independent of local telephony or electricity infrastructure.
European Institute for Communication and Culture http://www2.arnes.si/~ljjavno1/
The European Institute for Communication and Culture (Euricom) is a non-profit organisation registered under Slovene law, whose purpose is to further research and publication in the general areas of mass communication, media studies, and cultural studies. In keeping with its unique position bridging the two parts of the formerly divided Europe, Euricom is particularly concerned with the relationship of the mass media to issues of democracy and democratisation.
European
Survey of Information Society Projects and Actions
http://www.ispo.cec.be/esis/
At the beginning of 1997, ISPO, the
Information Society Promotion Office of the European Commission has launched
a project called ESIS (for European Survey of Information Society), with
the objective to build an Inventory of projects as well as to assemble
European data concerning promotional activities undertaken by public authorities
and private actors, be they European, national, regional or local.
Feminist Interactive Radio Endeavour FIRE (new!)
By all means, connecting voices, technologies and actions to give a voice to the voiceless. Feminist International Radio endeavour (FIRE) is a non profit, non governmental organization desducated to amplifying women´s voices in international communications. It produces FIRe in Internet Radio, a biannual magazie "Women´s Voices on FIRE" and a local radio program in Costa Rica by the name "Está Legal".
India:
FOOD India
(new!)
FOOD India is a 20-year-old non-profit
organization based in India conducting research on social development and
implementing welfare programs in the field of employment generation, poverty
alleviation, cost effective housing, education, health, water and sanitation,
energy conservation, ICTs, electronic NGO networking, E-commerce, institutional
and capacity building for women networks.
FUNREDES
is
a Non-Governmental Organization, dedicated to the dissemination of New
Information and Communication Technologies (NICT) in developing countries,
especially in Latin America and the Caribbean. The in collaboration with
Internation Organizations, NGO's, the States, Administrations, and public
or private institutions, with the objective of contributing to regional
development and integration.
GeekCorps
Gender
and the Digital Divide Seminar Series (new!)
http://www.worldbank.org/gender/digitaldivide/index.htm
The
Gender and the Digital Divide Seminar Series is being sponsored by the Gender
and Development and Girls' Education Thematic Groups, and Bridging the Digital
Divide through Education Task Force of the World Bank. The series looks at the
impact that information and communication technologies (ICT) are having on
gender relations and innovative ways that ICTs are being used to overcome gender
inequalities and bridge the digital divide.
Gender
Awareness Information and Networking System (GAINS)
http://www.un-instraw-gains.org/
(GAINS)
is a "one stop" web-based electronic system for:
producing, managing and disseminating gender related knowledge and information,
Conducting collaborative research on emerging gender issues, facilitating
consultations and dialogue between different stakeholders on global critical
issues using a gender perspective, and Training and capacity building on
women and gender issues.
Gendered
Radio
Generation
Net (New!)
Generation
Net engages young people in the political process, tapping the power of
the Internet to democratically determine our own non-partisan agenda, raise
public awareness of pressing issues, and coordinate grassroots advocacy
campaigns to generate national policy changes.
Geographical
Knowledge Networks (Geo-Know.Net)
Geo-Know.Net
for short, is a non profit organisation that exists to encourage and enable
access to the Internet for individuals, groups and organisations that are
actively working in environmental conservation and/or development practice.
GhaCLAD
is committed to the inclusion of Africa, specifically Ghana, in the mushrooming
information technology movement and the empowerment of disadvantaged groups
in rural d urban areas gaining access to both indigenous and emerging
information communications technologies.
Gilat
Satellite Networks Limited
Global
Internet Project Initiative (GIPI) (New!)
The
idea is to advocate good internet policy around the world--"good" means
policies that help the internet become more widely accessible and more
"free". The project is building a (physical) network of policy activists
and providing them with resources to be able to do the advocacy work.
Globally
Integrated Village Environment (GIVE) (New!)
http://www.austria.eu.net/give/
GIVE
is acting as a catalyst organisation for social innovations possible and
required by the potential of telecommunication and information technology.
As this catalyst, it works as organizer of conferences and meetings. The
main focus is sustainable development in its relation to information and
communication. Information and communication are the most powerful tools
to shape physical environments, and GIVE is devoted to the full comprehension
of this power.
Global
CN 2000
Global
Development Gateway (World Bank)
Global
Development Learning Network (GDLN)
Global
Development Network (GDN)
Global
Information Infrastructure Commission
Global
Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC)
The
Global Internet Liberty Campaign advocates : prohibiting prior censorship
of on-line communication; requiring that laws restricting the content
of on-line speech distinguish between the liability of content providers
and the liability of data carriers etc.
Global
Knowledge Activity Information Management Systems (GK-AIMS)
Global
Knowledge Partnership
Global
Teenager Project
http://www.gondwana-it.org/ASBL/Training/xTraining.html
GONDWANA
ASBL- ICTD is a Belgian non-profit organisation specialised in ICT awareness
campaigns and training for educated people active in disadvantaged and
economically isolated communities in Sub-Sahara Africa. It offers online
training and seminars.
Green-eCommerce
(new!)
http://www.green-ecommerce.com
Green-eCommerce
links the people and organizations around the world who are working on the
environmental impacts of the networked economy. Its goal is to foster the
research, policies, and programs that can lead to a sustainable digital future.
GreenNet
is a not-for-profit Internet Service Provider dedicated to supporting and
promoting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights and the
environment, through the use of Information and Communication Technology
(ICT).
Health
Information for Development Project
The
Health Information for Development project is seen as the first phase of
the much-larger, $45 m/£30 m Information Way stations and Staging
Posts project, which aims to establish a global network of 1,000 health
information resource centres that will provide locally appropriate content
on health issues. The project is intended to reinforce existing health
services and education systems, not replace them.
Horizon
Solutions
I-Connect
(new!)
http://www.iconnect-online.org
ICDRI
(new!)
The
International Centre for Disability Resources on the Internet is involved
in the activity of collecting and presenting disability resources on the
Internet, along with various other tasks. By building and maintaining this
Center, ICDRI is working to improve communications amongst disability-related
groups on a worldwide basis. This will enable everyone to use resources
more effectively.
Interactive
Health Ecology Access Links (IHEAL) is an international service network
dedicated to improving the presentation of information about health and
the environment to the general public and non-governmental communities.
IHEAL was created in February 1999 by non-governmental organisations seeking
to implement the Principles of the Aarhus Convention and in fulfilment
of the Ministerial Declaration, subsequently adopted by ministers of health
and environment at the Third Ministerial
Conference on Environment and Health in June 1999.
INDEV:
India Development Information Network
India:
Computers for India/DigitalEqualizer
http://www.digitalequalizer.org/
Computers for India is a forum for
knowledge sharing and collaboration for US and India based community
Organizations working to promote the use of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) for development, with a focus on schools and community
Internet centers in India. http://indiadigitaldivide.org/
This
website is developed by the Microland Group as a not-for-profit effort
for the Digital Divide Initiative of the World Economic Forum. The overall
objective of this public website is to raise awareness on the Digital Divide
in India and to collect and showcase projects and activities that have
been carried out in India that help bridge the Digital Divide between India
and the rest of the world.
Indian
IT- Task Force
India:
Centre
for Electronic Governance
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~egov/
The
centre has been set up at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
(IIMA) with the twin objectives of identifying worthwhile applications
and disseminating knowledge and skills for successful implementation of
electronic governance applications amongst the bureaucracy and other stake
holders.
India
: E-Governance
Projects (Ministry of Information Technology)
A
new division of Electronic Governance has been set up in the Ministry of
Information Technology as an initiative to accelerate the usage of Information
Technology in all spheres of Governance. The E-Governance division examines
the practical implications of IT related issues in the Government with
the aim of improving services to the citizens.
India:
GNU (new!)
http://www.gnu-india.org/index.html
GNU-India
is the Indian gateway to Free (Swantantra) Software Movement. It is an
effort to get people who are interested in GNU and its projects under one
flag, so that we can get lot more work done as well as have lot more fun!
India
: Land/Property Registration in Andhra Pradesh
http://www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/egov/cardcs.htm
Land
is a major resource and a reason for conflict in areas where pressure on
land is high. In developing countries, land related information such as
ownership maps etc. is available only in the hands of few which increases
the chance of its misuse. Land registration offices throughout Andhra Pradesh
now operate computerized counters to help citizens to complete registration
requirements within an hour instead of several days, as was necessary under
the earlier system. The lack of transparency in property valuation under
the old system resulted in a flourishing business of brokers and middlemen
leading to corruption.
Indusscitech
INFO
21: Information and Communications Technologies for Development
INFODEV
"Information
for Decision-Making", Chapter 40 of Agenda 21.
Info
Tech for Poverty Reduction
http://gateway.arsdigita.com/gateway/page?item_id=30
Web-section
of Global Development Gateway on Information and Communication Technologies
for poverty reduction.
Information
Technology at USAID
Information
Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA)
http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/tca/
The
Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA) is an information and communication
technology (ICT) focused exhibition and learning centre to demonstrate
to African policy makers and planners the value of ICT for development.
Information
Systems in Developing Countries
Info
Tech Project of UNRISD
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/infoyouth/index.html
The
INFOYOUTH Network was initiated in 1991 by UNESCO in order to meet two
main challenges: on the one hand, the necessity to counteract the splintering
of various and scattered information sources and networks on youth, and
on the other, the urgent need to implement appropriate and coherent youth
policies from local to global levels.
Institute
for Global Communications
The
Mission of IGC is to advance the work of progressive organizations and
individuals for peace, justice, economic opportunity, human rights, democracy
and environmental sustainability through strategic use of online technologies.
Institute
for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS)
Interconnection
(new!)
A
non-profit group that donates websites, computers and provides internet
training to organizations dedicated to benefiting the local community or
environment in developing countries
International
Centre for Information Ethics
http://v.hbi-stuttgart.de/~capurro/icie-join.html
ICIE
is a platform for exchanging information about worldwide teaching and research
in the field of Information Ethics. It gives the opportunity to meet each
other and provides news on ongoing activities by different kinds of organizations.
International
Council for Information Technology in Government Administration
(New!)
The
International Council for Information Technology in Government Administration
(ICA) is a nonprofit international association. It promotes and facilitates
the informal exchange of ideas, knowledge and experiences on the management,
organizational impactand use of information technology (IT). Annual conferences,
study groups, regular publications and frequent contacts between ICA members
and associates are used to achieve ICA's goals.
International
Institute of Communications
International
Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
International
Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)
International
Women's Tribune Centre (NEW!)
The
International Womenâs Tribune Centre (IWTC) is dedicated to achieving
womenâs full participation in shaping a development process that
is just, peaceful and sustainableFor the last 25 years, IWTC has played
an important role as a major information, education, communication, networking,
technical assistance and training resource for women worldwide.
Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Internet
Public Policy Network (IPPN)
Internet
Societal Task Force (ISTF)
The
Internet Society's mission is to assure the open development, evolution
and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.
IT4DEV
(new!)
IT4dev
strives to improve the socio-economic conditions of developing countries
using IT and Internet. IT4dev works with Governments, International Organizations,
Corporations and Financial Institutions assisting in the fields of policy-making,
capacity building and projects strategy, design and implementation.
IT
for Development Programme of UNDP (INFO 21)
Kabissa's
aim is to provide a space on the Internet for the African non-profit
sector. We seek to support African non-profits in their effort to take
advantage of ICT and Internet as a means for achieving their humanitarian
objectives. We operate on the principles of inclusiveness and collaboration,
and invite large and small organizations and initiatives that share our
goals to join as members and partners.
Kiskeya
Alternative
LaGrange,
iVicinity Create Electronic Village (new!)
LaGrange,
Ga., has launched a city-wide Community Link program that allows residents
with common interests to share information through highly-interactive,
organization-specific Web sites. Groups and membership organizations such
as neighborhoods, sports teams, schools, religious congregations and civic
associations can create and respond to content which can include calendars,
newsletters, classified ads, surveys, meeting notices, message boards,
and community alerts. Site administrators can provide sites with up to
five custom news links and 18 global news feeds selected from a menu of
60 categories.
http://www.aed.org/learnlink/task/index.html
LearnLink
uses information, communication and educational technologies (IECTs) to
strengthen learning systems essential for sustainable development. Learnlink
applies IECTs to link individuals, groups and organizations and improve
their capacity to access resources to meet learning needs.
Links
to Low-Cost/ Recycled Computer Resources
http://www.scn.org/teched/computers.htm
Comprehensive
list of US based resources for availing low-cost/ recycled computers.
MACHREQ/MAGHREB
Gender Linking and Information Project (MACMAG GLIP)
The
project is a forum for debate, a medium for participatory learning and
a channel for dialogue and exchange on women, gender and development in
the Middle East and Maghreb region.MACMAG
GLIP primarily targets grassroots development organizations and activities
and aims at supporting, facilitating, documenting and disseminating field
experiences and expertise in mainstreaming gender in development particularly
at field/project and policy levels.
http://www.makingthenetwork.org/ Making
The Net Work aims to help those planning to get their organisation or
neighbourhood online, or create local technology centres. We are also interested
in virtual teams and networks.
MATRIX
is devoted to the application of new technologies in humanities and social
science teaching and research. The Center creates and maintains online
resources, provides training in computing and new teaching technologies,
and creates forums for the exchange of ideas and expertise in new teaching
technologies.
MahilaWeb
is hosted on NepalNet site with the objective to inform and share information
about women and gender in Nepal locally and globally. It updates information
collected from NGOs, INGOs, GOs, Media and Private Sectors, on the 12 critical
areas of concern of the Beijing Platform For Action (BPFA) and other gender
issues in Nepal.
Manager's
Electronic Resource Center (new!)
A
site developed to meet the needs of health managers from all parts of the
world by providing thousands of resources to help find answers to your
most pressing management questions.
Media
Action International aims to promote a more effective use of the media
to help local populations in crises and to strengthen the role of information
in humanitarian and development initiatives.
McConnell
International
Microsoft's
social investment programme (new!)
http://www.microsoft.com/southafrica/community/
The
Microsoft corporate social investment programme strives to contribute towards
improving the quality of life of historically disadvantaged South Africans.
Technology has become an integral part of our lives and, as history evolves,
it is a determining factor that we cannot afford to ignore. It has become
imperative that South Africa demonstrates its ability to apply its technical
skills to be recognised and competitive as a first world country.
Methodology
and Social Impact of the Information and Comunication
Technologies
in America) is a two year project with two objectives :strengthening
of the NICT social actors in Latin America and the Caribbean and experimentation
of an articulated methodology for communication within virtual communities.
Morino
Institute
NetAid
Networked
Intelligence for Development
http://www.newstatesman.co.uk/nma2001about.htm
Each
year New Statesman‰s New Media Awards focus national attention on
the growing use of new media and how it impacts on a wide range of issues.
Observatory
on the Information Society of UNESCO
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/observatory/index.shtml
The
Observatory's main objectives are to raise awareness on the constant evolution
of ethical, legal and societal challenges brought about by new technologies.
It aims to become a public service readily accessible to all by providing
updated information on the evolution of the Information Society at the
national and international levels and fostering debates on the related
issues.
One
World Radio News Service in Real Audio
http://www.geekcorps.org
Geekcorps is committed to expanding
the benefits of the Internet Revolution internationally. We use information
technology to improve the economic prospects of developing nations.
http://radio.womensnet.org.za
The clearing house contains radio-ready
programmes produced by radio stations and women's organisations which they
are able to share and download on the internet.
http://www.gilat.com
Gilat is a world leader in VSAT (Very
Small Aperture Terminal) technology. A Network of VSATS uses small fixed
antennas to provide highly reliable communications between a central hub
and almost any number -tens of thousands - of geographically dispersed
sites. Many of these VSATs have been installed in Africa to provide rural
telephone services.
http://www.cnglobal2000.org/
Global CN 2000 is an initiative developed
by the European Association of Community Networking (e@cn) in partnership
with community networkers in the US, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Brazil,
Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Russia, India and Africa.
http://www.worldbank.org/gateway
Envisioned as a portal website on
development issues, from which users will be able to access information,
resources, and tools, and into which they will be able to contribute their
own knowledge and experience, the Gateway will create a common platform
for shared material, dialogue, and problem-solving that is easy to access
and navigate through.
http://www.gdln.org
The Global Development Learning Network
(GDLN) is a leading-edge tool which aims to help bridge the digital divide.
Linked through a web of high-speed communications technologies, GDLN members
are part of a worldwide exchange of learning activities including courses,
seminars and discussions on key development issues.
http://www.gdnet.org
The goal of the Global Development
Network (GDN) is to support and link research and policy institutes involved
in the field of development, and whose work is predicated on the notion
that ideas matter. The initiative, still in its early phase, has proceeded
on two fronts: knowledge generation and knowledge sharing.
http://www.giic.org/
The mission of GIIC is to foster private
sector leadership and private-public sector cooperation in the development
of information networks and services to advance global economic growth,
education, and quality of life.
http://gkaims.globalknowledge.org/
GK-AIMS is a set of online tools which
facilitates information sharing on "who is doing what" and allows for greater
collaboration among project planners. As a result it acts as a central
information resource for all those interested in building the information,
communications and knowledge resources of developing countries.
http://www.globalknowledge.org
A growing partnership of public, private
and not-for-profit organisations working together to help people access
knowledge and harness information and communication technologies that will
help them live meaningful and fruitful lives.
http://www.iicd.org/globalteenagers/index.html
Initiated by International Institute
for Communication and Development (IICD), the project aims to bring the
use of ICTs to the schoolrooms of the technology poor countries. It gives
student the chance to share knowledge and information about themselves,
their schools, and their cultures while also learning to use new technologies.
http://www.solutions-site.org/
The purpose of this site is to provide
a forum for the presentation of solutions to vital concerns in the areas
of health, population, development and the environment. Initiatives are
gathered through a number of different means, including direct user submissions,
the efforts of partner institutions, and HORIZON's own research activities.
Drawing content from many places and
partners, i connect is a jumping off point for information
on the application of knowledge and ICT's in sustainable development.
http://www.indev.nic.in
Indev is an electronic gateway to
development information, is a website; a web-hosting service; a training
centre; a meeting room; a newsmagazine; a mailing office and a discussion
forum. Indev is a 'one-stop-shop' for development information on India,
useful for development managers, policy makers and the think-tank, researchers,
academics and students.
http://it-taskforce.nic.in
http://www.mit.gov.in/eg/home.htm
http://www.indusscitech.net
The objective of this web site is
to serve as a one stop internet window to Science & Technology (S &
T) work in India. It will also contain selective information about S &
T in the U.S.
http://www.undp.org/info21/
Information and Communication Technologies
(ICT) are not only a significant factor in the performance and growth of
economies - the importance of which is continuously growing -,but they
also represent a novel and effective tool to help advance sustainable human
development (SHD).
http://www.infodev.org/
InfoDev is a global grant program
managed by the World Bank to promote innovative projects on the use of
information and communication technologies (ICTs) for economic and social
development, with a special emphasis on the needs of the poor in developing
countries.
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/info.htm
http://www.info.usaid.gov/info_technology
The distribution of information has
become a very important aspect of global development. USAID has dedicated
itself to empowering developing countries with the knowledge and technology
to not only survive but to thrive in the electronic global climate.
http://members.aol.com/kabjian/itindev.htm
A list of resources related to the
planning and deployment of information systems in developing countries.
http://www.unrisd.org/infotech/
At a time when the world confronts
immense social problems, many hopes for progress are grounded in the development
potential of new information technologies. The UNRISD programme on Information
Technologies and Social Development provides a forum for exploring these
questions, through a combination of approaches ranging from grassroots
social research in Third World villages and urban neighborhoods to national
and international policy debates.
http://www.impacs.org/
The Institute for Media, Policy and
Civil Society is a non-profit organization based in Vancouver committed
to the expansion and protection of democracy and the strengthening of civil
society.
http://www.iicom.org
Founded in 1968, the Institute's sole
purpose is to explore leading-edge issues/exchange ideas on the challenge
of new communications technologies and their commercial cultural and political
impacts among policy makers, regulators, academics, content providers,
technologists and industrialists.
http://www.iicd.org
Harnessing the Power of ICT to Empower
People. The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
assists developing countries to utilise the opportunities offered by information
and communication technologies (ICTs) to realise sustainable development.
http://www.inasp.org.uk/
The International Network for the
Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) is a co-operative network
of partners aiming to improve world-wide access to information. It seeks
to enhance the flow of information within and between countries, especially
those with less developed systems of publication and dissemination. It
offers services such as the advisory and liaison services acting as a supportive
partner and catalyst for new collaborations and initiatives.
http://www.icann.org
The Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the non-profit corporation that was formed
to assume responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol
parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system
management functions
http://internetpublicpolicy.com/
The Internet Public Policy Network
(IPPN) is a network of Internet policy experts that provide content and
services dealing with telecommunications, electronic commerce, and community
technology issues.
http://www.istf.isoc.org/istf.shtml
ISTF is an open organization of people
who are committed to furthering the mission of The Internet Society (ISOC).
Our mission is to assure the open development, evolution and use of the
Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.
http://www.undp.org/info21/
Information and Communication Technologies
(ICT) are not only a significant factor in the performance and growth of
economies - the importance of which is continuously growing - but they
also represent a novel and effective tool to help advance sustainable human
development (SHD). UNDP's Bureau for Development Policy (BDP) seeks to
capture the potential of these technologies for SHD and the fight against
poverty.
http://kiskeya-alternative.org
A project on Electronic Commerce and
Sustainable tourism in Haiti and Dominican Republic. This project is launched
for developing Information Technologies applications and uses to help sustainable
tourism destinations develop and impact positively, as much as possible,
on social, economical, cultural and environmental aspects in both Dominican
Republic and Haiti.
http://www.lagrange-ga.org
http://www.mcconnellinternational.com
McConnell International manages a
global, electronic, action-oriented, Information Technology Coordination
mailing list under the auspices of the United Nations Working Group on
Informatics. Many of the nearly 120 participating countries have developed
excellent web pages to promote electronic governance and "e-society."
http://www.morino.org/
The Morino Institute is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to empowering people and communities to achieve
positive social and economic change through the use of the Internet. The
Institute focuses its energies on netpreneurs, who are creating new Internet-related
business and are the drivers of the New Economy, and youth in low income
communities who at present lack the opportunity to fully participate in
the New Economy.
http://www.netaid.org
In the context of ICT for Development
Netaid.org is offering an innovative new service developed and managed
by the United Nations Volunteers. The global Internet development platform
Netaid.org provides a new opportunity for all developmental organizations
to obtain help of volunteers, through the Internet.
http://www.networkedintelligence.com/
Networked Intelligence for Development
is a consulting and training organization established in 1997. NID works
with communities in developing countries to assist them to harness the
benefits of evolving information and communication technologies (ICTs)
and to establish their identities in the knowledge economy.
http://www.oneworld.net/radio_news/index.html
Audio features and reports of up to
half an hour in length about human rights and environmental issues are
now available free and worldwide via the internet.