Dear all, With 5 more days to the deadline for nominations, we are urging eligible organizations to apply/nominate for this year's APC Africa Hafkin Communications Prize for 2002 ' People-Centred Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy in Africa'. The APC Africa 'Hafkin' Prize recognises outstanding initiatives using information and communications technology (ICTs) for development. We are looking for ICT POLICY initiatives that: - are people-centred and mobilise participation - raise awareness and build capacity - are Africa-driven and that develop Africa - have positive community impact at community level The prize will be awarded at the end of 2002 with deadlines for nominations on September 15 2002. APC Africa Hafkin Prize: www.apc.org/english/hafkin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ANNOUNCING THE APC AFRICA HAFKIN COMMUNICATIONS PRIZE IN 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: September 15, 2002 THIS YEAR'S THEME: People-Centred Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy in Africa THE PRIZE IS OPEN TO: civil society organisations, government institutions, educational organisations, community-based groups, networks, social movements and individuals anywhere in Africa WE ARE LOOKING FOR ICT *POLICY* INITIATIVES THAT: * are people-centred and mobilise participation * raise awareness and build capacity * are Africa-driven and that develop Africa * have positive community impact at community level THE PRIZE: USD$7,500.00 will be shared amongst up to three winning initiatives. MORE ABOUT THE APC AFRICA HAFKIN PRIZE: http://www.apc.org/english/hafkin/2002.shtml or write to hafkin-prize@apc.org ABOUT THE APC'S ICT POLICY WORK IN AFRICA Africa ICT Policy Monitor: http://africa.rights.apc.org or write to africa.rights@apc.org The Africa ICT Policy monitor website, launched in May 2002, is a user-friendly resource which aims at demystifying the concepts of ICT policy-making. APC hopes that the Website content will stimulate discussion between users from around the continent about the use and relevance of ICTs for development in Africa, and facilitate the development of a network of civil society organisations promoting African Internet rights issues. ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNICATIONS (APC) http://www.apc.org The Association for Progressive Communications is an international network of civil society organisations dedicated to empowering and supporting groups and individuals through the strategic use of information and communication technologies, especially Internet-technologies. APC and its members pioneer practical and relevant uses of ICTs for civil society, especially in developing Countries. APC is an international facilitator of civil society's engagement with ICTs and related concerns, in both policy and practice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ANNONCE DU PRIX APC HAFKIN POUR LES COMMUNICATIONS AFRICAINES 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DATE LIMITE DE CANDIDATURE : 15 septembre 2002 LE THEME DE CETTE ANNEE : Programme d'actions centrEes sur les personnes dans le domaine des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (TIC) en Afrique LE PRIX EST OUVERT AUX : organisations de la societe civile, institutions gouvernementales, organisations liEes * l'Education, groupes communautaires, reseaux, tout mouvement social ou personne en Afrique NOUS RECHERCHONS DES PROGRAMMES DANS LE DOMAINE DES TIC QUI : * Sont Ciblees sur les personnes et mobilisent leur participation * Sensibilisent et creent des capacites * Sont centrees sur l'Afrique et favorisent son developpement * Ont un impact positif au niveau communautaire LE PRIX: un montant de 7,500 USD$ sera partage entre les trois laureats PLUS D'INFORMATIONS SUR LE PRIX APC HAFKIN: http://www.apc.org/francais/hafkin/2002.shtml ou vous pouvez Ecrire :hafkin-prize@apc.org AU SUJET DES PROGRAMMES D'APC DANS LE DOMAINE DES TIC EN AFRIQUE <<Suivi des programmes dans les TIC en Afrique>>: http://africa.rights.apc.org ou Ecrire : africa.rights@apc.org Le site de <<suivi des programmes dans les TIC en Afrique>> fut lance en mai 2002. Facile d'accees, il a pour objectif de demystifier la conception et la realisation de programmes dans le domaine des TIC. APC espeere que le contenu du site stimulera la discussion entre utilisateurs * travers le monde, au sujet de l'utilisation et de l'interIt des TIC pour le developpement en Afrique. Il a egalement pour ambition de favoriser le developpement d'un reseau d'organisations de la societe civile actives dans les questions des droits internet en Afrique. AU SUJET DE L'ASSOCIATION POUR LE PROGRES DES COMMUNICATIONS (APC) http://www.apc.org L'Association pour le Progrees des Communications (APC) est un reseau international d'organisations de la societe civile dont la vocation est de renforcer et de soutenir des groupes et des personnes gr,ce * l'utilisation strategique des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication, en particulier liees * internet. APC et ses membres preconisent et oeuvrent pour une utilisation pratique et adequate des TIC par la societe civile, particulieerement dans les pays en developpement. APC agit au niveau international pour favoriser l'implication de la societe civile dans les TIC, en terme de programme et de pratique. ========== HURIDOCS-Tech listserv ========== Send mail intended for the list to <huridocs-tech@hrea.org>. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/huridocs-tech/markup/maillist.php To subscribe to the list, send a message to <majordomo@hrea.org>, with the following text in the message: subscribe huridocs-tech To unsubscribe from the list, send a message to <majordomo@hrea.org>, with the following text in the message: unsubscribe huridocs-tech If you have problems (un)subscribing, contact <owner-huridocs-tech@hrea.org>.
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