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ICT policy, advocacy and the digital divide
| The ICT Policy
for Civil Society training materials build the capacity of
civil society organisations to understand policy and regulation
related to information and communication technologies (ICT) so
that they can begin to engage and influence policy processes
affecting ICT adoption and implementation at national, regional
and global levels.
These materials were made possible with the
support of the
Commonwealth
Telecommunications Organisation
and
the
CATIA project of the
Department for International Development. |
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INDIVIDUAL UNITS
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We ask that you send us any modifications or
developments you make to or translation of these materials to
apc-policy@apc.org
so that we can share them with other people that may
find them useful. If you have any questions or are
planning to run this course and would like support
please get in touch with APC at
apc-policy@apc.org.
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Overview: Materials
for use with all ICTs policy units. |
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Developed by: Kate Wild
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APC.
Overview: This is an
introductory unit and is meant to consolidate an
understanding of ICT and its impact/use in modern life. |
Materials:
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Developed by:
APC
Overview: An introduction to the history of the internet and how it works, as well the costs associated with it. |
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Developed by: Kate Wild
and
APC.
Overview: This unit
introduces participants to ICT policy and its various
aspects. |
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Developed by: Kate Wild
and
APC.
Overview: This unit
introduces participants to the ICT policy process. |
Materials:
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Developed by: Kate Wild
and
APC.
Overview: This unit
introduces participants to the links between policy,
legislation and regulation.
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Developed by: Kate Wild
and
APC.
Overview: This unit
introduces participants to the increasing number of
international and regional influential actors.
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Developed by:
APC.
Overview: An overview
of civil society’s interest in ICT policy. |
Materials:
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Developed by:
Miller Esselaar & Associates and
APC.
Overview: The issues
related to privatization, liberalization and competition in
telecommunications.
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Developed by:
APC
Overview: This unit
provides an overview of Human Rights conventions, the
different ‘generations’ of human rights, how these can be
interpreted in the context of ‘the information society’, and
explicitly as communication rights, and how the securing of
communication rights is a fundamental pillar in securing all
human, economic, social, cultural, civil and political
rights and why it is important to apply a human rights
perspective in the development of ICT policy. |
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Developed by:
APC
Overview: This unit
provides an overview of the key concepts in gender analysis,
and introduces the various approaches to gender awareness
development, as well as the basis for an exercise where
participants can understand their own interventions against
the Sarah Longwe "Women’s empowerment cycle".
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Developed by:
APC Overview: This unit
provides an overview of critical gender and ICT issues,
their relevance for ICT policy formulation, programme design
and implementation, as well as the monitoring, evaluation
and impact assessment of ICT initiatives. It also provides
an introduction to the Gender Evaluation Methodology
developed by the
APC WNSP. |
Materials: (MS Word) |
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Developed by:
bridges.org
Overview: This unit
will explain the basic concepts of the Real Access/Real
Impact framework and demonstrate how it can be used to
improve the way that ICT is used for socio-economic
development. |
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Developed by: Claire
Sibthorpe,
CATIA
Overview: This unit
provides an overview on universal access: definition, the
role of policy in supporting the provision of basic access
to telecommunications and some of the mechanisms being
implemented to support the provision of this access.
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ICTs for development
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Developed by: Amy
Mahan
Overview: This
unit introduces participants to the issues involved in
using ICTs for development. It also addresses the
relationship between ICTs and the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) and has a section on indicators and
measuring the digital divide.
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Social exclusion in the Information Age
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Developed by: Amy
Mahan
Overview: This unit introduces participants to
issues related to social exclusion and examines threats
and opportunities arising from social exclusion and
globalisation. It also examines the issue of harnessing
regulation to fight against social exclusion in the
information society.
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Advocacy journalism
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Developed by: Vanessa
Vasques,
Highway Africa.
Overview: This unit looks at advocacy journalism,
what it means, how it can be used, and how it is different
from traditional journalism. |
Materials:
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Copyright information
All MMTK materials are released under a Creative
Commons license which allows their free use and distribution for
non-commercial use. However, the exact provisions of the license vary from
module to module - while most modules permit modification of the materials,
a few do not. The copyright statement included with each module sets out
the specific provisions which apply to that module.
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