About - APC

Founded in 1990, APC is an international membership-based organisation open to groups anywhere in the world that share our mission: to empower and support civil society through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs).

APC pioneers relevant and practical uses of ICTs for civil society, especially in developing countries, and is an international facilitator of civil society's engagement with ICTs and related concerns, in both policy and practice.:

Communications and Information Policy

APC defends and promotes the Internet as a powerful tool and space for
social and environmental justice, development and democracy through awareness-raising, and by creating plain-language resources and opportunities for discussion and learning about the impact of Internet policy decisions on civil society.

See: Our Internet Rights sites in both English and Spanish.

Strategic Uses and Capacity Building

Knowledge is only powerful if it is linked to practice and action. APC strengthens local, regional and thematic information communities, by creating opportunities for the development and exchange of skills and methodology and by producing lasting, shareable tools and resources.

APC is building communities of practice that promote the strategic use of ICTs by civil society. See: ITrainOnline and our own APC training centre.

APC Women's Networking Support

The APC WNSP provides support to women networking online for social change and strives to challenge the inequities often faced by women as they adopt electronic technologies. Work areas include training, participatory research, policy and advocacy in gender and information technology, information facilitation and regional programme support. www.apcwomen.org