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| + | Since its establishment in 1990, the [http://apc.org/ Association for Progressive Communications (APC)] has worked with the United Nations to help civil society organisations participate in global policy-making via the strategic use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) including the Internet. [http://apc.org.au/ apc.au], the Australian instance, was founded in 1997, and sits alongside chapters in Argentina, Bulgaria, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, Spain, the UK and Uruguay. Offering local portals to discuss ICT policies and rights in their respective regions, APC works to achieve social and environmental justice and sustainable development. APC members are often the first providers of Internet in their countries, and they continue to pioneer practical and relevant uses of ICTs, particularly in developing nations and with grassroots organisations. | ||
| − | + | apc.au was established on the basis of APC’s [http://rights.apc.org/charter.shtml Internet Rights Charter]. Emphasising awareness, realisation, and protection of rights, the charter commits to Internet access for all, access to knowledge, particularly with respect to shared learning and creation using free and open source software, and freedom of expression and association. APC also examines issues surrounding privacy, surveillance, and encryption, and governance of the Internet. | |
| − | + | Within this framework, apc.au’s [http://rights.apc.org.au/about.php core objectives] are: | |
| + | * To promote and provide services for the development, application and strategic use of, and community education in respect to electronic networking technologies; | ||
| + | * To develop and provide networking services, applications and content, advisory, consulting and related services; | ||
| + | * To assist community organisations in the use of electronic networking technologies and services and in the development and publication of network content, in areas of community interest including environment, social development, human rights and social justice; | ||
| + | * To support electronic networking initiatives through the Australasian and Asian/Pacific areas and promote open and equitable access to networking technologies particularly for the non-government sector and disadvantaged groups and for the development of strategic working communities. | ||
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| + | Governed by its constitutive members, APC sets its strategic policies every four years. | ||
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| + | APC.au sits on the steering committees of Open Spectrum Australia (sustaining community broadcast licensing on the digital spectrum), [http://wiki.apc.org.au/index.php?title=Home_Lands Home Lands] (remote communications program for refugee youth) and the Arts Law Consortium (providing access to ICT rights issues to cultural development and arts workers). | ||
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| + | Within Australia, apc.au has previously traded under the following programmes, each an independently registered business in Victoria, Australia and headed by Andrew Garton, apc.au’s Managing Director: | ||
| + | *[http://c20.org Community Communications Online (c2o)] | ||
| + | *[http://secession-records.org Secession Records] | ||
| + | *[http://toysatellite.org Toy Satellite] | ||
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| + | In 2008, apc.au decommissioned c2o and began the process of archiving Toy Satellite projects, representing a decade of Australian new media art. | ||
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Revision as of 07:20, 7 May 2008
A world in which all people have easy, equal and affordable access to the creative potential of ICTs to improve their lives and create more democratic and egalitarian societies. — APC Vision
Overview
Since its establishment in 1990, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) has worked with the United Nations to help civil society organisations participate in global policy-making via the strategic use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) including the Internet. apc.au, the Australian instance, was founded in 1997, and sits alongside chapters in Argentina, Bulgaria, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, Spain, the UK and Uruguay. Offering local portals to discuss ICT policies and rights in their respective regions, APC works to achieve social and environmental justice and sustainable development. APC members are often the first providers of Internet in their countries, and they continue to pioneer practical and relevant uses of ICTs, particularly in developing nations and with grassroots organisations.
apc.au was established on the basis of APC’s Internet Rights Charter. Emphasising awareness, realisation, and protection of rights, the charter commits to Internet access for all, access to knowledge, particularly with respect to shared learning and creation using free and open source software, and freedom of expression and association. APC also examines issues surrounding privacy, surveillance, and encryption, and governance of the Internet.
Within this framework, apc.au’s core objectives are:
- To promote and provide services for the development, application and strategic use of, and community education in respect to electronic networking technologies;
- To develop and provide networking services, applications and content, advisory, consulting and related services;
- To assist community organisations in the use of electronic networking technologies and services and in the development and publication of network content, in areas of community interest including environment, social development, human rights and social justice;
- To support electronic networking initiatives through the Australasian and Asian/Pacific areas and promote open and equitable access to networking technologies particularly for the non-government sector and disadvantaged groups and for the development of strategic working communities.
Governed by its constitutive members, APC sets its strategic policies every four years.
APC.au sits on the steering committees of Open Spectrum Australia (sustaining community broadcast licensing on the digital spectrum), Home Lands (remote communications program for refugee youth) and the Arts Law Consortium (providing access to ICT rights issues to cultural development and arts workers).
Within Australia, apc.au has previously traded under the following programmes, each an independently registered business in Victoria, Australia and headed by Andrew Garton, apc.au’s Managing Director:
In 2008, apc.au decommissioned c2o and began the process of archiving Toy Satellite projects, representing a decade of Australian new media art.
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