Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960610073212.15726B-100000@igc6> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 07:36:36 -0700 From: "Arthur R. McGee" <mailto:amcgee@PANAFRICAN.ORG> Subject: Association for Progressive Communications (APC) To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
(Updated June 1996)WWW: http://www.apc.org/
APC NETWORKS ************
ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNICATIONS ________________________________________________________________ Global Computer Communications for Environment, Human Rights, Development & Peace
WHAT IS APC? ___________
A Global Computer Network for Change
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a global computer communications and information network dedicated to serving non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and citizen activists working for social justice, environmental sustainability and related issues.
Composed of a consortium of 21 international member networks, APC provides effective and efficient communications and information-sharing tools to NGOs and individuals. Through this global association, APC offers vital links of communication to over 40,000 NGOs, activists, educators, policy-makers, and community leaders in 133 countries.
APC member networks share a common mission: to develop and maintain the informational system that allows for geographically dispersed groups who are working for social and environmental change to coordinate activities on-line at a much cheaper rate than can be done by fax, telephone, or for-profit computer networks. APC is committed to making these tools available to people from all regions in the world.
BRIDGING THE INFORMATION GAP ____________________________
Between North and South
APC works to reduce the gap between the information-poor and the information-rich. Towards this end, Southern and Northern members of APC regularly exchange information and technical expertise. As well, APC members collaborate with over forty partner systems in Southern countries, increasing information flow between South and South. Many of these partner networks provide the only e-mail access for NGOs in their countries.
Between Men and Women
To redress the gender gap in the use of computer technology, APC launched a Women's Networking Support Program in 1993. This initiative focuses on increasing access to networking technologies and information sources for women and women's NGOs.
APC's Womens Networking Support Program provided the Internet connection and Electronic Information Services at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women and the NGO Forum on Women, in Beijing, China, September 1995. The APC team was composed of 40 women from 24 countries, who offered user support and training in 18 languages.
WHAT MAKES APC UNIQUE? ______________________
The APC Networks are distinguished by the depth and quality of their information resources, by the global reach of their communication services, and by the diversity of their membership. APC developed from a dedicated grass-roots constituency and has become a true global community. The Network provides information in several languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Estonian, Serbian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Croation, Slovenian, Russian, English, Swedish, German, Polish, French and Esperanto. In addition, APC provides extensive user support and training to help people access the system and use it easily and efficiently.
How are People Using APC ________________________
On a "typical day" users of the APC networks use the system in a variety of important ways:
* At a meeting in Australia, the trustees of an organization need a 12-page report to proceed with an agenda item, but the only copy is in England. Within half an hour they have the entire report in hand for less than the cost of postage.
* The editor of a newsletter in Brazil receives article submissions on-line, eliminating the need to key in the desired articles herself.
* A solidarity group in England updates itself on events of the last few days in Central America (received in both English and Spanish) and sends a message to the project it supports in El Salvador. ___________________________________________________________________
The APC Networks are designed for use by NGOs, other types of not-for-profit citizen-based organizations, and individuals who communicate with NGOs. These include United Nations agencies, research organizations, government departments, educational institutions, multi-stakeholder groups and activists.
People use APC as an information and organizing tool for a wide range of issues. These include:
Peace Labour Movement Human Rights Public Health Environmental Issues Population Social & Economic Justice Development Education Poverty Indigenous Rights Nonviolence Women's Empowerment Demilitarization
APC AND THE UNITED NATIONS __________________________
APC has been instrumental in forging communication links between NGOs and the United Nations.
In 1992, APC served as the primary provider of telecommunications for NGOs and UN delegates during the preparatory process and on-site at the Earth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This effort established computer networking as a powerful mechanism for better integrating NGOs into all aspects of United Nations conferences from preparation to follow-up. To provide continued access to UN events, APC has directed similar initiatives at the:
* 1993 United Nations Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, Austria
* 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt
* 1995 World Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen, Denmark
* 1995 Climate Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention in Berlin, Germany
* 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China
Throughout the year, APC works closely with several United Nations agencies to make them and their information more accessible to NGOs. As well, APC is an NGO in Consultative Status (Category 1) with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
DIAL LOCALLY, ACT GLOBALLY __________________________
APC and the Internet
APC provides full connectivity to the Internet. All APC member networks provide users with an Internet e-mail address. APC users can communicate with any of the over 40 million people who have an Internet e-mail address; as well as with most commerical, academic and other networks.
Many APC networks provide navigational tools to help their users access information that is otherwise difficult to locate on the Internet. For example, through the Telnet command, users can access any public computer on the Internet, including universities, libraries, research institutions, and public databases. Several APC networks make information publicly available on the Internet via the World Wide Web (WWW) and via Gopher, a user-friendly, text-based, menu-driven information search tool. As well, several APC networks offer SLIP and PPP access which allows the use of a graphic interface to Internet services.
APC Networking Tools
* World Wide Web * Electronic Mail (e-mail) * Electronic Conferences, both private and public * Databases * Fax and Telex * Internet Navigation Tools: Gopher, Telnet, FTP, WAIS * News and Information Services * International User Directory
_____________________________________________________________________ A Community Without Borders
NGOs and activists worldwide use APC Networks for both their internal organizational communications as well as their public organizing efforts. In addition, many progressive news services distribute their publications electronically on the APC Networks.
If you or your organization is working for social or environmental change, APC is the community to join. The APC Networks constitute the largest international on-line forum working toward progressive goals. To join APC's community-without-borders, contact the member network in your region. Please see address list below. ________________________________________________________________________
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Rates vary according to the nature of the organization (e.g. NGO, For- Profit, Government, Individual, etc.) Monthly costs average US$10-30. APC members agree to keep prices as low as possible so as to be affordable to NGOs, including special group rates in some cases.
Most APC member networks are Internet Service Providers in their countries.
Subscribing to any one of the member networks gives you access to all the materials, information and many services made available by all other APC members.
For current information on any APC member pricing structure, please contact them directly through the addresses provided below.
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APC SECRETARIAT ***************
Email: mailto:apcadmin@apc.org * http://www.apc.org/
APC International Secretariat * APC North American Regional Office Rua Vicente de Souza, 29 Presidio Building 1012, First Floor 22251-070 Rio de Janeiro Torney Avenue BRASIL PO Box 29904
Tel: +55 (21) 537 7965 San Francisco, CA 94129-0904 USA Fax: +55 (21) 537 9185 Tel: +1(415)561-6100 ext. 120 Fax: +1(415)561-6101
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APC Member Networks Address List
(* These networks are direct Internet hosts.)
AlterNex * Rua Vicente de Souza, 29 22251-070 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tel: +55 (21) 537-7965 Fax: +55 (21) 537-9185 E-mail: mailto:suporte@ax.apc.org WWW: http://www.ax.apc.org
Chasque * Casilla Correo 1539 Montevideo 11000, Uruguay Tel: +598 (2) 496-192 Fax: +598 (2) 419-222 E-mail: mailto:apoyo@chasque.apc.org WWW: http://www.chasque.apc.org/
Colnodo * Avenida 39 No. 14-75 Santafe de Bogota, Colombia Tel: 57-1-3381277 Fax: 57-1-2871941 Access numbers: 57-1-2871806 / 2324246 Email: mailto:soporte@colnodo.apc.org
ComLink * Im Moore 26, D-30167 Hannover, Germany Tel: +49-511-161 78 11 Fax: +49-511-165 26 11 Modem:-165 22 11, ISDN:-161 09 52 E-Mail: mailto:support@oln.comlink.apc.org URL: http://www.comlink.apc.org
Econnect * Ceskomalinska 23 160 00, Praha 6 Czech Republic Tel: +42-2-3118170 Fax: +42-2-24311780 Modem:+42-2-24311774 E-mail: mailto:support@ecn.apc.org
Ecuanex Calle Gral.Ulpiano Paez # 118 y Av.Patria Edificio FLACSO 4to piso Casilla 17-12-566 Quito,Ecuador Tel: +593 (2) 227-014 or 508-277 Fax: +593 (2) 227-014 E-mail: mailto:intercom@ecuanex.apc.org
GlasNet * Gazetny Pereulok, 9, stroenie 2, 3rd floor 103009 Moscow, Russia Tel: +7 (095) 291-4343 Fax: +7 (095) 229-0631 E-mail: mailto:support@glas.apc.org URL: http://www.glas.apc.org Gopher: gopher://glas.apc.org
GLUK - GlasNet-Ukraine * 14b Metrologicheskaya str. Kiev, 252143 Ukraine Tel: +7 (044) 266 9481 Fax: +7 (044) 266 9475 E-mail: mailto:support@gluk.apc.org
GreenNet * 393-395 City Road - 4th Floor London EC1V INE United Kingdom Tel: +44 1 (71) 713-1941 Fax: +44 1 (71) 833-1169 E-mail: mailto:support@gn.apc.org WWW: http://www.gn.apc.org
Antenna * Box 1513 NL-6501 Nijmegen, Netherlands Tel: +31 (80) 235-372 Fax: +31 (80) 236-798 Email: mailto:support@antenna.nl WWW: http://antenna.apc.org
Retina & Zamir Transnational Net (ZTN) *
Retina Ljubljana Retina Ljubljana Koseskega 25 Mestni trg 9 1000 Ljubljana 1000 Ljubljana phone/fax: +386 61 125-3243 (not known yet) fax: +386 61 332-938 (not know yet) e-mail: mailto:retina@kud-fp.si (will be changed to retina@retina.apc.org) URL: http://www.kud-fp.si/retina/(will be changed to www.retina.apc.org)
ZTN systems: ZAMIR-BG is in Belgrade at tel: +381 11 632 566. Voice support at tel: +381 11 635 813 / 626 623 Email: mailto:support@ZAMIR-BG.ztn.apc.org ZAMIR-LJ is in Ljubljana at tel: +386 61 126 3281 Voice support at tel: +386 61 302 912 Email: mailto:support@ZAMIR-LJ.ztn.apc.org ZANA-PR is in Pristina at tel: +381 38 31276 Voice support at tel: +381 38 31031 / 31036 Email: mailto:support@ZANA-PR.ztn.apc.org ZAMIR-SA is in Sarajevo at tel: +387 71 444-200 Voice support at tel: +387 71 444-337 Email: mailto:support@ZAMIR-SA.ztn.apc.org ZAMIR-TZ is in Tuzla at tel: +387 75 239-146 (3 lines) Voice support at tel: +387 75 239-147 Email: mailto:support@ZAMIR-TZ.ztn.apc.org ZAMIR-ZG is in Zagreb at tel: +385 41 271 927. (Node 1) Voice support at tel: +385 41 422 495. Email: mailto:support@ZAMIR-ZG.ztn.apc.org
IPANEX * Edifici PL Jordi Girona Salgado, 31 E-08071 Barcelona Spain Tel: +34-3-4015664 Email: mailto:suport@pangea.org WWW: http://www.pangea.org
KnoopPunt vzw * Snoekstraat 52, 9000 Gent Belgium Tel. +32 9-233 81 55 Fax +32 9-233 73 43 E-mail: mailto:support@knooppunt.be Internet dialup lines (8-N-1) +32 9-234 16 95 +32 9-234 12 97 +32 9-224 04 54 URL:http://www.knooppunt.be/
LaNeta * Alberto Zamora #126 Col. del Carmen, Coyoacan 04100 Mexico, D.F. Tel. (52+5) 554 19 80 Fax (52+5) 554 31 59 E-mail: mailto:soporte@laneta.apc.org URL: http://www.laneta.apc.org
Nicarao * Apartado 3516 Iglesia Carmen 1 cuadra al lago Managua, Nicaragua Tel: +505 (2) 283-188/283-092 Fax:+505 (2) 281-244 E-mail: mailto:ayuda@nicarao.apc.org
NordNet * Huvudskaersvaegen 13, nb S-12154 Johanneshov, Sweden Tel: +46 (8) 600 03 31 Fax: +46 (8) 600 04 43 E-mail: mailto:support@nn.apc.org WWW: http://nn.apc.org
PeaceNet/EcoNet/ConflictNet/LaborNet/WomensNet * Institute for Global Communications Presidio Building 1012, First Floor Torney Avenue PO Box 29904 San Francisco, CA 94129-0904 Voice : +1 415-561-6100 Fax: +1 415-561-6101 E-mail: mailto:igc-info@igc.apc.org WWW: http://www.igc.apc.org
Pegasus Networks * Postal: PO Box 3220, South Brisbane QLD 4101 AUSTRALIA Street: Oxley House, 25 Donkin Street, West End Brisbane, QLD 4101 AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 7 3259 6259 Fax: +61 7 3255 0555 Email: mailto:pegasus@peg.apc.org WWW: http://www.peg.apc.org
PlaNet * 78 Straven Rd Christchurch, Canterbury 8001 New Zealand Tel: +64 3 343-2633 Email: mailto:support@planet.apc.org WWW: http://www.chch.planet.co.nz
SangoNet * P. O. Box 31 13th floor Longsbank Building 187 Bree Street Johannesburg 2000 South Africa Tel: +27 (11) 838-6944 Fax: +27 (11) 492 1058 E-mail: mailto:support@wn.apc.org WWW: http://wn.apc.org/sangonet.html
Wamani Talcahuano 325-3F 1013 Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel: +54 (1) 382-6842 Tel/Fax: +54 (1) 382-9342 E-mail: mailto:apoyo@wamani.apc.org
Web * 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 104 Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8 Canada Tel: +1 (416) 596-0212 Fax: +1 (416) 596-1374 E-mail: mailto:outreach@web.apc.org WWW: http://www.web.apc.org
____________________________________________________________________ Which Member Network to Contact
Africa Southern Africa: SangoNet East, West and North Africa: GreenNet
Asia China: PeaceNet/EcoNet Japan: PeaceNet/EcoNet Middle East: GreenNet Southeast Asia: Pegasus Other Asian countries: GreenNet
Australia: Pegasus New Zealand: PlaNet
Central America Cuba: Web Nicaragua: Nicarao Panama: Nicarao Other Central American countries: Nicarao
Europe Baltic States: NordNet Bosnia/Croatia/ex-Yugoslavia: Zamir Transnational Net Belgium: Knooppunt German-speaking regions: ComLink Great Britain: GreeNet Netherland: Antenna Nordic Regions: NordNet Russia: GlasNet Slovenija: Histria Czech Republic: Econnect Turkey: ComLink Ukraine: GLUK Other Commonwealth of Independent States's countries: GlasNet Other European countries: GreenNet
North America Canada: Web Mexico: LaNeta United States: PeaceNet/EcoNet
Pacific Islands: Pegasus
South America Argentina: Wamani Brazil: AlterNex Colombia: ColNodo Ecuador: Ecuanex Paraguay: Chasque Uruguay: Chasque Other South American countries: Alternex
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APC Partner Networks
Angola (AngoNet) Austria (Alpin, DEMUT, LINK-ATU, SIGNALE) Cambodia (Pactok-CCCNet) Cameroon (Camfido) Chile (Reduc) Cuba (CENIAI, Tinored, RedDavid) Eritrea (Eisa) Ethiopia (PADIS) Fiji (Pactok-PSDN) France (GlobeNet) Gambia (Geisnet) Ghana (FOEGhana, GhastiNet, UCC, UG, UST) Hungary (GreenSpider) India (IndiaLink Delhi, Bombay, others) Indonesia, Lombok (Pactok) Ireland (Connect Ireland) Italy (INES) Japan (JCA) Jordan (MTC) Kazakhstan (KazNet) Kenya (ELCI, ThornTree) Malawi (Unima, Epsilon&Omega) Malaysia (Pactok) Morocco (ENDAMAG) Nigeria (Hisen-Jos) Palestine (Baraka) Papua New Guinea (Pactok) Phillipines (PHIL-Email Centre) Romenia (StrawberryNet) Senegal (ENDADAK) Sierra Leone (Univ.Sierra Leone) Solomon Islands (Pactok) Spain (IPANEX) Sri Lanka (LANKA) Sudan (Univ.Gezira) Tanzania (HNETTAN, UNIDAR, MARIE) Tajikistan (TAJnet) Turkey (INFO-IST) Uganda (MUKLA) Uzbekistan (SilkNet) Vanuatu (Pactok-PSDN) Western Samoa (Pactok-PSDN) Zambia (ZamNet) Zimbabwe (Mango)
(This is a partial list)
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