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This book features case studies and reports on the use of web 2.0 and social networking applications and services to increase the impact of research on policy in Latin America. During 2010 and 2011 Fundación Comunica, with funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada) an ... more
"In the year of the Arab uprisings Global Information Society Watch 2011 investigates how governments and internet and mobile phone companies are trying to restrict freedom online – and how citizens are responding to this using the very same technologies. Everyone is familiar with the stories of E ... more

GenARDIS 2002 - 2010: Small Grants That Made Big Changes for Women in Agriculture

Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2010), 45 pp.
"The Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development in the Information Society (GenARDIS) small grants fund was initiated in 2002 to support work on gender-related issues in information and communications technologies ... more

Global Information Society Watch 2010: Focus on ICTs and Environmental Sustainability

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2010), 244 pp.

The APC ICT Policy Handbook

Association for Progressive Communications (APC), 2nd revised ed. (2009), 227 pp.
"GISWatch has three interrelated goals: surveying the state of the field of information and communications technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels; encouraging critical debate; strengthening networking and advocacy ... more

Global Information Society Watch 2008: Focus on Access to Infrastructure

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos;Third World Institute (ITeM) (2008), 204 pp.
"Partnerships between the public sector, the private sector and particularly civil society in promoting information and communication technology (ICT) policy are a relatively new venture. The mechanisms, management and governance of such partnerships, from loose arrangements to more formal mechanism ... more

Whose Summit? Whose Information Society? Developing Countries and Civil Society at the World Summit on the Information Society

Abiodun Jagun (addit. research)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2007), 127 pp.
"The experience of citizen involvement in public policy advocacy around the world has shown that the status quo tends to prevail unless political will to implement change is strengthened by active citizen participation. A “Global Information Society Watch” is needed to make governments and inter ... more

Evaluation Report on Communications and Information Policy Programme

Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2006), 55 pp.

Digital Dangers: Information & Communication Technologies and Trafficking in Women

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) (2006), 12 pp.

Involving Civil Society in ICT Policy: The World Summit on the Information Society

Johannesburg: Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Communication Rights in the Information Society (CRIS) (2003), 63 pp.

ICT Policy: A Beginner's Handbook

Johannesburg: Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2003), 140 pp.
"This book takes the mystery out of ICT policy and makes it easier to understand. Key issues are presented and explained clearly and concisely, and a basis is provided for further investigation. Many concrete examples are given of recent events or ... more

Building Civil Society Portals: Reflections by Practitioners

Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2003), 26 pp.

Understanding Civil Society Portals: Online Content and Community Models for the CSO Sector

Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2002), 25 pp. + annexes