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Non-Governmental Organizations and Foundations

 AAAS Science and Human Rights Program	shr.aaas.org
 AARDO: Afro-Asian Rural Development 
	Organization			www.aardo.org
 ACCION International			www.accion.org
 AED: Academy for
	Educational Development		www.aed.org
 AED: Learn Link			learnlink.aed.org
 Ashoka					www.ashoka.org
 Asia Foundation			www.asiafoundation.org
 Association for Progressive
	Communications 			www.apc.org
 Benetech Initiative			www.benetech.org
 CAB International			www.cabi.org
 CharityFocus				www.charityfocus.org
 Committee to Democratize 
	Information Technology 		www.cdi.org.br
 Communication Initiative		www.comminit.com
 Creative Connections			www.creativeconnections.org
 Cyber Century Forum			www.cybercenturyforum.org
 Development Alternatives Group		www.devalt.org
 Development Gateway Foundation   	www.developmentgateway.org
 Enersol				www.enersol.org
 Firelight Foundation			www.firelightfoundation.org
 Foundation Networks and Development	www.funredes.org
 Foundation of Occupational Development	foodindia.org.in
 Geekcorps				www.geekcorps.org
 GEP: Global Education Partnership	www.geponline.org
 Global Campaign for Education		www.campaignforeducation.org
 Global Children			www.global-children.org 
 Global Exchange			www.globalexchange.org
 Global Fund for Children		www.globalfundforchildren.org
 Global Fund for Women			www.globalfundforwomen.org
 Global Greengrants Fund		www.greengrants.org
 Global Knowledge Partnership		www.globalknowledge.org
 GK-AIMS: Global Knowledge Activity
	Management System		gkaims.globalknowledge.org
 Grameen Foundation USA 		www.gfusa.org/technology_center/
 Grantmakers Without Borders		www.internationaldonors.org
 Infodes				www.infodes.org.pe
 InterConnection			www.interconnection.org
 IDEX: International 
	Development Exchange		www.idex.org
 iEARN: International Education 
	and Research Network		www.iearn.org
 International Federation of 
	Information Processing 		www.ifip.or.at
 International Society for 
	Technology in Education 	www.iste.org
 LETSNet				commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/
 NetAid					www.netaid.org
 NTEN Nonprofit Technology 
	Enterprise Network 		www.nten.org
 OIC International			www.oicinternational.org
 Omar Dengo Foundation			www.fod.ac.cr
 OneWorld.net 				www.oneworld.net
 Open Society Institute			www.soros.org
 Opportunities Industrialization 
	Centers International 		www.oicinternational.org
 Peoplink				www.peoplink.org 
 Planwel				www.planwel.edu
 ProPoor				www.propoor.org
 Red Cientifica Peruana			ekeko.rep.net.pe
 Relief International			www.ri.org
 Reuters Foundaton Digital Vision 
	Fellowship Program		reuters.stanford.edu
 Room to Read				www.roomtoread.org
 Satellife				www.healthnet.org
 Schools Online				www.schoolsonline.org
 Skoll Foundation			www.skollfoundation.org
 SD Gateway				sdgateway.net
 SolarQuest				www.solarquest.com
 Synergos				www.synergos.org
 TARAhaat				www.tarahaat.com
 Teachers Without Borders		www.teacherswithoutborders.org
 tech LEARNING				www.techlearning.comn
 US-Brazil Learning Technology Network	www.ltnet.org
 VIA: Volunteers In Asia		www.viaprograms.org
 WIRED					www.wiredinternational.org
 World Education			www.worlded.org
 World Links for Development		www.world-links.org
 World Resources Institute 
	Digital Dividend Site		www.digitaldividend.org
 WorldTeach				www.worldteach.org

Inter-Governmental Organizations

 Commonwealth Network of Information 
	Technology for Development	www.comnet-it.org
 GIIC Global Information 
	Infrastructure Commission	www.giic.org
 infoDev: Information for 
	Development Program		www.infodev.org
 IADB ICT site				www.iadb.org
 International Institute for 
	Communication and Development 	www.iicd.org
 UNESCO Observatory on the
	Information Society		http://portal.unesco.org
 UN Development Program			www.undp.org
 UNDP ICT for Development site		www.undp.org/info21/index5.htm
 UNECA IT for Development Site		www.uneca.org
 UN Information Technology Service	www.unites.org
 UN Volunteers				www.unv.org
 World Bank: GICT  			info.worldbank.org/ict

Government Agencies & Organizations

 Bellanet				www.bellanet.org
 DFID (UK): Imfundo 
  Knowledge Bank			www.imfundo.org
 IDRC: International Development 
	Research Centre 		www.idrc.ca
 IDRC: Acacia				www.idrc.ca/acacia
 IDRC: PAN				www.idrc.ca/pan
 Royal Danish Ministry of 
	Foreign Affairs			www.danida.dk
 Swedish International Development 
	Cooperation Agency		www.sida.se
 US Peace Corps’ World Wise Schools	www.peacecorps.gov/wws

Business

 CGNet Services International		www.cgnet.com
 Cisco Networking Academy Program	cisco.netacad.net
 Development Alternatives Inc.		www.dai.com
 Enterweb				www.enterweb.org
 Hewlett Packard Philanthropy		grants.hp.com 
 Hewlett Packard e-Inclusion		www.hp.com/e-inclusion/en
 Cisco Systems Corporate Philanthropy 	www.cisco.com/en/US
 Oracle Education Foundation 		www.oraclefoundation.org

News & Events

 AED News  				www.aed.org/News/Press-Releases.cfm
 Balancing Act - Africa			www.balancingact-africa.com
 Bytes for All				www.bytesforall.org
 Connections & EdTech News		www.col.org/news/connections
 Digital Opportunity  			www.digitalopportunity.org
 IPS Media, Technology & 
 	Communications			www.ipsnews.net
 Pambazuka News				www.pambazuka.org
 Soul Beat - Africa  			www.comminit.com/africa
 Tech Museum Awards			techawards.thetech.org
 World IT Forum 			www.witfor.org
 World Summit on the 
 	Information Society (WSIS)  	www.itu.int/wsis

Reports & Research

 ILCs and Telecenters:

 The Commonwealth of Learning
 Telecentres: Case studies and key issues
 www.col.org/telecentres/telecentre%5Fintro.htm 

 The Electronic Journal on Information Systems 
 in Developing Countries
 www.ejisdc.org  

 UNESCO:
 The Community Telecenter Cookbook For Africa  
 (by Mike Jensen and Anriette Esterhuysen)
 unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001230/123004e.pdf

 UN FAO, Sustainable Development Department:
 "Discovering the 'Magic Box': Local appropriation of  
 information and communication technologies (ICTs)"
 www.fao.org/sd/2001/KN0602_en.htm
 "Revisiting the Magic Box"
 www.fao.org/sd/2003/KN12013_en.htm
 "Voices for change: Rural women and communication"
 www.fao.org/sd/2003/KN0601_en.htm 

 Digital Divide:
 
 Eldis - ICT for Development
 www.eldis.org/ict/index.htm 
 
 IDRC Acacia Initiative: Reports and Studies
 web.idrc.ca/en 

 Digital Opportunity Initiative 
 www.opt-init.org/framework.html 

 InfoDev:
 Final Reports from infoDev Projects
 www.infodev.org/projects/final.htm  
 Working Papers
 www.infodev.org/library/working.htm  

 World Bank:
 World Bank Global ICT Resources Page
 lnweb18.worldbank.org/ict/resources.nsf/InfoResources  
 "Using ICTs to Create Opportunities for Marginalized Women
 and Men: The Private Sector and Community Working Together"
 www.worldbank.org/poverty/voices/globcoal/cspres.htm

 OECD:
 ICT for Development Reports
 www.oecd.org/topic  

 UNDP:
 Human Development Reports
 hdr.undp.org/reports/default.cfm
 ICT for Development, Azerbaijan
 hdr.undp.org/reports/detail_reports.cfm?view=774

 

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