[APCPress] UPDATED SITE: APC Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) ICT policy monitor

[Analia Lavin]

Please circulate widely.
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UPDATED SITE: APC Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) ICT policy monitor

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- APC aims to demystify internet policies and 
regulations with an updated version of an important web site that is the 
only one of its kind across Latin America and the Caribbean. The updated 
monitor site has a new design and structure, which makes it easier to 
search for the material that Latin American civil society needs to be 
able to have a greater and more effective voice in local and regional 
negotiations over ICT policies.
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5043981

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APC unveiled a new version of the website of its Latin American and 
Caribbean (LAC) ICT policy monitor. Available since 2001, the site 
gathers essential news and documentation about policies relating to 
information and communication technologies (ICTs). The updated monitor 
site has a new design and structure, which makes it easier to search for 
the material that Latin American civil society needs to be able to have 
a greater and more effective voice in local and regional negotiations 
over ICT policies.

A powerful cross referencing tool allows one to search amongst news, 
policy documents, analyses of a topic, and resources of activist and 
specialist organisations - both by theme and by country at the same 
time. For the first time there is a section on national ICT statistics, 
which can be used in multiple possible combinations. Also for the first 
time, the site has a “first steps” section for those new to the topic of 
ICT policies and activism, with information specifically selected by our 
editorial team.

The LAC monitor was redesigned based upon the response from civil 
society organisations and other entities and individuals who regularly 
use the site to organise campaigns, carry out research projects, etc.

The monitor regularly publishes a summary of the most noteworthy news 
and resources, (documents, analyses, legislation, projects, 
declarations, etc) and issues a quarterly topical newsletter on “Public 
Policies and Internet Rights”

You can see APC’s new Monitor of ITC policy in LAC at: 
http://lac.derechos.apc.org
Contact: info.lac.monitor at apc.org