Funding and rescources for ICT

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Posted 17th January 2007 at 9:58 AM
Author andrew
Last Edited 4th July 2012 at 8:30 PM

The Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP)

This is an initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that aims to promote the development and application of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for sustainable human development in the Asia-Pacific region.

http://www.apdip.net/about/

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Is a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face. Support is directed toward developing an indigenous research capacity to sustain policies and technologies that developing countries need to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.

http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-8513-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC)

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network of civil society organisations dedicated to empowering and supporting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights, development and protection of the environment, through the strategic use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), including the internet. This site has excellent training and policy resources.

http://www.apc.org/en/about

NGO-in-a-box

NGO-in-a-box offers a set of peer reviewed and selected Free and Open Source software (F/OSS), tailored to the needs of NGO's. It provides them not only with software, but also with implementation scenarios and relevant materials to support this.

http://ngoinabox.org/