[WSIS CS-Plenary] New website: APC Africa ICT Policy Monitor

[Emmanuel Njenga]

New website: APC Africa ICT Policy Monitor
http://africa.right.apc.org

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) announces the
launch of a new Africa ICT Policy Monitor website.

What we want is an information society based on social justice and human
rights. That’s only going to happen if the people affected by the
policies get involved in their development. Collecting indispensable
documentation since 2001, the new look ‘Africa Monitor’ has a new design
and structure to make it even easier for African civil society to find
the materials they need to get involved in ICT policy lobbying.

Powerful cross-referencing let’s you search for news, policy documents,
active organisations and specialist resources by theme and by country at
the same time. And for the first time, there’s a ‘Getting started’
section for people new to ICT policy and advocacy which collects
information specially selected by our editors.

"The most important feature of the new ‘Africa Monitor’ is the
information section which houses policy documents, analysis, and country
reports from civil society perspectives," says  site editor, Emmanuel
Njenga Njuguna. "People preparing to make interventions for engagement
in ICT policy processes at national, regional or international levels
will find it particularly useful."

The ‘Africa Monitor’ was remodelled on the basis of feedback from civil
society organisations and others who regularly use the website for
campaigning, research and more.

The monitor will also begin sending out fortnightly e-updates on the
most salient ICT policy news, documentation, resources, events and key
organisations working on policy issues. To subscribe to receive our
regular updates, please send an mail to <africa.rights at apc.org>. See
below for more information about the monitor:

ABOUT APC

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international
network of civil society organisations dedicated to empowering and
supporting groups and individuals through the strategic use of
information and communication technologies, especially internet-related
technologies. APC and its members in more than 30 countries pioneer
practical and relevant uses of ICTs for civil society. APC is an
international facilitator of civil society's engagement with ICTs and
related concerns, in both policy and practice.
APC: http://www.apc.org.

APC and ICT Policy Advocacy in Africa

APC's Communications and Information Policy Programme aims to contribute
to more enabling ICT policy environments through promoting inclusive
policy processes. In Africa APC is doing this through the Africa ICT
Policy Monitor project which aims to enable civil society organisations
to engage in ICT policy development to promote an information society
based on social justice and human rights.

APC's Africa ICT Policy Monitor: http://africa.rights.apc.org

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