Difference between revisions of "APC Association for Progressive Communications"
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== <small>'''Description'''</small> == | == <small>'''Description'''</small> == | ||
| − | + | The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international non-profit | |
| + | established in 1990 in association with the Tides Foundation, and in 1998 as an | ||
| + | independent organization in the state of California (US). Its current membership is 50 | ||
| + | organizations in 36 countries. The APC’s executive director is based in Johannesburg, | ||
| + | South Africa and its managing board is headed by Julián Casabuenas (president) and | ||
| + | Valentina Pelizzer (vice president). Funding depends on several international institutions and | ||
| + | organizations, both public and private, the list of which can be seen at | ||
| + | https://www.apc.org/es/about/funders. The APC operates internationally, developing its | ||
| + | work in three main areas: information and communications policies; supporting women’s | ||
| + | networks; strategic technologies and network development. | ||
| − | + | The APC’s works on enabling access to information technologies and the internet in groups | |
| + | and communities that are particularly vulnerable or where access is limited or difficult, | ||
| + | especially in developing countries. Strategic priorities for 2013/2016 are: ensuring and | ||
| + | defending internet access and rights; fostering good internet governance; strengthening | ||
| + | use and development of transformative technologies; ending technology-based violence | ||
| + | against women and girls and strengthening the APC’s community networks. These areas | ||
| + | are developed through specific projects and initiatives, such as: bulding EROTICS networks | ||
| + | in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka; “End Violence: Women’s rights and safety online”; building | ||
| + | action and collaboration on internet and human rights among feminist groups in Latin | ||
| + | America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia, and “Digital broadcast migration in West Africa: | ||
| + | What’s the dividend?”, among others. | ||
== <small>'''Publications'''</small> == | == <small>'''Publications'''</small> == | ||
Revision as of 21:16, 15 May 2017
Self-portrait
La fuerza de APC radica en el hecho de que no nos interesa internet en sí misma; somos activistas comprometidos/as que queremos usar la red para hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.
Ayudamos a que las personas tengan acceso a internet donde no está disponible o su costo es prohibitivo, ayudamos a que las organizaciones de base usen la tecnología para el desarrollo de sus comunidades y el fortalecimiento de sus derechos y trabajamos para que las políticas de los gobiernos relacionadas con la información y la comunicación respondan a los intereses de la población en general, en especial a la de países en desarrollo. (https://www.apc.org/es/node/93)
Entre 1982 y 1987 varias redes informáticas independientes, sin fines de lucro, de ámbito nacional, surgieron como fuentes viables de información y de comunicación para activistas y organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG). Estas redes fueron fundadas por individuos con experiencia en el área de la comunicación y en la colaboración internacional dentro del mundo de las ONG, con un profundo compromiso para poner las nuevas técnicas de comunicación a disposición de los movimientos que trabajaban a favor del cambio social. La mayoría de estas redes fueron fundadas por un número reducido de personas que dedicaron sus equipos personales y todo su tiempo libre a difundir la comunicación electrónica entre sus colegas que trabajan a favor del cambio.
En 1987 la gente de GreenNet, en Gran Bretaña, comenzó a colaborar con sus contrapartes del Instituto para Comunicaciones Globales (IGC; conocida entonces como Peace Net/EcoNet), en los Estados Unidos. Estas dos redes empezaron a compartir el material de conferencias electrónicas y a demostrar que las comunicaciones electrónicas transnacionales podrían servir, a comunidades tanto internacionales como nacionales, que trabajan en pro de la paz, los derechos humanos y el medio ambiente. Los cimientos para la constitución de APC se esbozaron en una reunión en las oficinas de IGC en San Francisco.
Esta innovación resultó tan exitosa que, a fines de 1989, varias redes en Suecia (NordNet), Canadá (Web), Brasil (IBASE), Nicaragua (Nicarao) y Australia (Pegasus) ya estaban intercambiando información entre sí, al igual que con IGC y GreenNet. Para la primavera de 1990 estas siete organizaciones fundaron la Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones (APC) con el fin de coordinar la operación y el desarrollo de esta emergente red de redes global. (https://www.apc.org/es/es/about/history)
Description
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international non-profit established in 1990 in association with the Tides Foundation, and in 1998 as an independent organization in the state of California (US). Its current membership is 50 organizations in 36 countries. The APC’s executive director is based in Johannesburg, South Africa and its managing board is headed by Julián Casabuenas (president) and Valentina Pelizzer (vice president). Funding depends on several international institutions and organizations, both public and private, the list of which can be seen at https://www.apc.org/es/about/funders. The APC operates internationally, developing its work in three main areas: information and communications policies; supporting women’s networks; strategic technologies and network development.
The APC’s works on enabling access to information technologies and the internet in groups and communities that are particularly vulnerable or where access is limited or difficult, especially in developing countries. Strategic priorities for 2013/2016 are: ensuring and defending internet access and rights; fostering good internet governance; strengthening use and development of transformative technologies; ending technology-based violence against women and girls and strengthening the APC’s community networks. These areas are developed through specific projects and initiatives, such as: bulding EROTICS networks in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka; “End Violence: Women’s rights and safety online”; building action and collaboration on internet and human rights among feminist groups in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia, and “Digital broadcast migration in West Africa: What’s the dividend?”, among others.
Publications
Lilian Chamorro, Ariel Barbosa (2011) Espectro abierto para el desarrollo. Estudio de caso: Colombia
Links
Wayback Machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20161203175707/https://www.apc.org/es
