Monday, November 14, 2005

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. "