[APCPress] New APC series on equitable access

[Analía Lavin]

*New APC series on equitable access*

Equitable access is about addressing social and economic imbalances when 
developing policy and rolling out ICTs, so that people from diverse 
backgrounds have more or less similar opportunities when it comes to 
accessing and using technology. Many information and communication 
technologies (ICT) enthusiasts are developing innovative new solutions 
to bring access one step closer to communities but these pioneering 
efforts are currently scattered and largely unavailable in public domain.

APC launches a series on equitable access to ICT infrastructure. This 
included an event on equitable access which took place in Rio de Janeiro 
in November 2007 as well as a series of papers and commentaries on the 
themes of business models, policy and regulation, tools and technologies 
and people, networks and capabilities.

All summaries, issue papers and commentaries will be available in 
Spanish and French at the end of August.

Read all of them here [in English]:
http://www.apc.org/en/pubs/briefs/openaccess/all/equitable-access-papers-and-commentaries

Or, individually:

* Business models for equitable access - issue paper by Muriuki Mureithi 
and a commentary by Seán Ó Siochrú
http://www.apc.org/en/pubs/research/openaccess/world/business-models-equitable-access

* Capacity building for equitable access - issue paper by David Souter 
and commentaries by Steve Buckley and F.F. Tusubira
http://www.apc.org/en/pubs/research/openaccess/world/capacity-building-equitable-access>

* Policies for equitable access - issue paper by Lishan Adam and 
commentaries by Amy Mahan and Willie Currie
http://www.apc.org/en/pubs/research/openaccess/world/policies-equitable-access

* Tools and technologies for equitable access: issue paper by Alberto 
Escudero-Pascual and commentaries by Carlos Afonso and Steven Song
http://www.apc.org/en/pubs/research/openaccess/world/tools-and-technologies-equitable-access

* Rio Workshop - summary by Alan Finlay
http://www.apc.org/en/system/files/APC_EquitableAccess_workshop_summary_20080730.pdf 
[pdf format]

*Send your comments*

APC would welcome comments and contributions to further the sharing of 
knowledge, perspectives and experiences on this important issue. Please 
do so by logging in to www.apc.org (you’ll need to register first) and 
clicking in the “add new comment” link, at the bottom of each page.