World Touch - USA

http://www.worldstouch.org/index.htm
Worlds Touch is a nonprofit organization (501(c)(3) status pending) dedicated to strengthening community-based nonprofit organizations in the developing world, offering technology planning and tools that:

- support policy decisions
- facilitate transparency
- gather statistical and qualitative data
- make reporting to constituents and stakeholders simpler and easier.

IP3 - Georgia Institute of Technology

http://www.ip3.gatech.edu/
IP3 provides a framework to coordinate Internet policy-related research in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. It promotes dialogue between researchers within and outside of the Institute, offering forums for debate and discussion.

ICT 4 ALL - Tunis 2005

http://www.expo.ict4all-tunis.org/
ICT 4 all Exhibition
The ICT 4 all Exhibition and partnership area takes place from 15 to 19 November 2005 and is part of ICT 4 all, the major parallel event at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis 2005. The exhibition is open to both accredited participants of the WSIS and to general public concerned with ICT . It aims to enrich the political core of the WSIS by dealing with the people-centred development dimension of Information and Communication Technologies through a lively exhibition and partnership area with interactive workshops.

IST - Africa

http://www.ist-africa.org/2005/default.asp?page=welcome
"While ICT cannot address all of [Africa's] problems, they can do much to place Africa on a firmer industrial footing... and strengthen the continent's human resources, with training that leads to sustainable livelihoods." Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General (20.11.2002)
Regional Impact of Information Society Technologies in Africa ("IST-Africa ") is a multi-stakeholder initiative focused on reducing the Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa.

CODEX

http://c-o-d-e-x.info/

Codex is a network of people, organizations, websites and contents that share and make visible the idea of free knowledge. Whoever shares the idea that the society should be built for the benefit of human beings; that society should provide freedom and justice to every body; that in the new information and knowledge society every human being should be allowed to benefit the potential of digital networks can subscribe Codex reading the following text and sign it up...

ITDG - Perú

http://www.itdg.org.pe/
Soluciones Prácticas - ITDG es un equipo de cooperación técnica internacional que trabaja junto a las poblaciones rurales y urbanas de menores recursos buscando soluciones prácticas para la pobreza mediante el uso de tecnologías apropiadas.
Estas tecnologías:
Parten de las experiencias de la población y las enriquecen, Reconocen su potencial y lo realzan, Respetan el ambiente y lo nutren, Construyen sobre el pasado para sostener el futuro.

"Un mundo libre de pobreza e injusticia, en el que la tecnología sea utilizada en beneficio de todos. "

Cumbre Ciudadana SI - Túnez

http://www.citizens-summit.org/
En Túnez, del 16 al 18 de noviembre de 2005, tendrá lugar una Cumbre Ciudadana sobre la Sociedad de la Información (CCSI), coincidiendo con la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Información (CMSI).
La CCSI será un nuevo mojón en la larga tradición de conferencias y Cumbres de Naciones Unidas complementadas con eventos organizados por grupos ciudadanos. Eventos anteriores de este tipo han alcanzado gran éxito durante conferencias tales como la Conferencia sobre Población y Desarrollo de El Cairo (1994), la Conferencia sobre la Mujer en Beijing (1995) y la Cumbre sobre Financiamiento para el Desarrollo en Monterrey (2002).
Los objetivos de la CCSI se dirigen en dos sentidos:
- Enviar un fuerte mensaje de apoyo y solidaridad desde la sociedad civil internacional a la sociedad civil y los ciudadanos locales;
- Encarar los principales temas en debate en la CMSI desde la perspectiva de grupos ciudadanos y el público en general.

Mapa Global e-Inclusion

http://alcatel.maplecroft.com/digital
http://maps.maplecroft.net/digital
This map, produced by Alcatel and Maplecroft, features 178 countries colored according to one of four distinct levels of digital access - as presented in the Digital Access Index of the ITU. The map also describes the win-win benefits of engagement in facilitating digital inclusion and how companies can work in partnership with other stakeholders to
achieve greater levels of digital access for all segments of society.
Spotlights on company engagement in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania, Europe, are presented alongside case studies that highlight the wide range of benefits and opportunities for all stakeholders involved.

III Encuentro Telecentros - Perú

http://www.cepes.org.pe/telecentros/index.shtml
III Encuentro Nacional de Telecentros y Afines
"HACIA LA EQUIDAD DIGITAL"
Arequipa 30 Nov - 03 Dic 2005
Del 30 de Noviembre al 3 de Diciembre se realizará el 3er Encuentro Nacional de Telecentros de Perú. Su anfitrión será el Sistema de Información Rural de Arequipa (SIRA). Los objetivos de este encuentro son:
OBJETIVO GENERAL:
Contribuir a que los telecentros y sistemas de información tengan mayor eficacia y eficiencia en el
empleo de las TIC como instrumento de desarrollo.
OBJETIVOS ESPECIFICOS
Fortalecer las capacidades y habilidades de coordinadores, operadores y demás asistentes al encuentro a partir del intercambio de experiencias, identificación de limitaciones y problemas, así como de “buenas practicas” que se han desarrollado en el uso de las TIC en sus respectivas comunidades.
Generar espacios para promover la colaboración entre proyectos e instituciones que trabajan TIC para el desarrollo en el Perú.
Difundir las experiencias e influir en tomadores de decisiones políticas. En primera instancia, en instituciones y organizaciones de la de la región Arequipa y la Macro Región Sur, motivándolas a una participación activa en la reducción de la brecha digital en zonas rurales.

Knowledge Divide - UNESCO

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=16455&Cr=information&Cr1=summit
3 November 2005 ? With 90 per cent of all Internet users living in developed countries, governments must narrow the gap between North and South by expanding quality education for all, increasing community access to information and communication technology, and sharing scientific knowledge across borders, a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report released today says.

Sharing Foundation - Cambodia

www.sharingfoundation.org
The Sharing Foundation’s mission is to help meet the physical, emotional, educational and medical needs of orphaned and seriously disadvantaged children in Cambodia. Our goal is to help to prevent some of the problems associated with poverty by developing, in consultation with Cambodian community leaders, programs to improve the health and welfare of these children and their families.

Gutenberg Project - USA

http://www.gutenberg.org/

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Programa SI - CEPAL

http://www.eclac.cl/socinfo/default.asp?idioma=ES
El programa de la Sociedad de la Información de la CEPAL hace parte del plan de trabajo de la División Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial (DDPE) y esta constituido de un equipo de expertos y asistentes fijos y un número considerable de consultores. El programa cuenta con la ayuda financiera de la Unión Europea, en el marco del Dialogo Político y Regulatorio de la Alianza para la Sociedad de al Información (@LIS) y del Instituto para la Conectividad en las Americas (ICA) .

ICT for Global Education and Development - Action Project

http://www.irfd.org/action.html
IRFD has embarked on a comprehensive ICT application for global education and development. This effort will result in establishing a Globally Based Computerized and Electronic Education Infrastructure Network and implementing a comprehensive “e-Community Development Strategy.”
IRFD will strive for the following core objectives: (i) educating children, youth, men, women, mentally challenged people; (ii) generating and disseminating knowledge; (iii) promoting access to information and communication rights; and (iv) application of ICT into socio-economic, politico-cultural development, particularly in marginalized communities, and regions (both in rural and urban).