Association for Progressive Communications

06.11.2003 Africans assert that you can have information without development, but you cannot have development without information and the ability to communicate. An African representative at the Paris Inter Sessional Meeting for the upcoming United Nations World Summit on the Information Society recounts some of the stories of people who are not participants in the "information society". Read the compelling discourse.

06.11.2003 At a ceremony held in Colombia, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) announced the winners of the 2003 Betinho Prize - three remarkable information and communication technology (ICT) initiatives from Peru, Mexico and Argentina that are improving the lives of people and communities in Latin America. Two Brazilian networks received honourable mentions.

05.11.2003 The Association for Progressive Communications and the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation have produced an "ICT Policy for Civil Society" training pack. The pack aims to assist civil society organisations to understand and engage with policy and regulations related to information and communication technologies.

04.11.2003 The Association for Progressive Communications awarded $2500 prizes to three ICT initiatives that are improving the lives of people and communities in Latin America. They include: ICTs as Tools of Sustainable Development in the Cotahuasi Basin, Peru; Indigenous Information Network (Red de Información Indígena), México and Tiflolibros, First Electronic Library for the Visually Impaired Spanish-Speakers, Argentina.

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The Brazil-based Cyberela Network is helping develop gender-based content for radio transmissions on the internet. Another network is helping indigenous groups use the internet for communications and information gathering. Read about all 12 of the inspirational Latin American projects that are finalists for this year's Betinho prize.