Institutions involved in cybervolunteering
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Arid Lands Information Network-Eastern Africa (ALIN-EA)
Arid Lands Information Network-Eastern Africa (ALIN-EA) is a non-profit, non-political NGO, which promotes exchange of ideas and experiences among Community Development Workers (CDWs) in the Arid and Semi-arid Lands (ASALs) of Eastern Africa.
Cyber-volunteering at ALIN-EA
Materials brought to GK3
Languages
English
Website
Azur Développement
Mission
L’Association AZUR Développement a pour but général de participer au développement du Congo. Elle se propose d’atteindre les objectifs suivants: promouvoir l'autonomie des femmes et le développement durable; promouvoir l’art et la culture; apporter une assistance multiforme aux malades et aux personnes vulnérables; oeuvrer pour la protection de l’environnement.
Points marquants de 2006
Après quatre années, AZUR Développement amorce une phase décisive dans l’accomplissement de sa vision, notamment à travers les programmes suivants:
- AZUR s’investit dans le plaidoyer pour les droits des Peuples autochtones ou pygmées, en particulier en faveur des femmes et enfants autochtones.
- Pour la première fois, un réseau des TIC est créé au Congo, le Réseau des Télécentres Communautaires du Congo, pour le quel AZUR a planté les bases dans son projet "Initiative de collaboration des télécentres".
- Les activités d’épanouissement des jeunes s’étendent à plusieurs écoles et s’accompagnent de la mise en place de mini bibliothèques.
- 100 personnes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA, en majorité les femmes sont soutenues à Pointe-Noire.
Où oeuvre Azur?
Les activités d'AZUR Développement couvrent le territoire national du Congo et s'étendent à l'Afrique. Au Congo, Azur travaille avec des organisations de Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, Sibiti, Dolisie, Gamboma, Kinkala et Ouesso.
Cyber-volunteering at Azur Développement
Materials brought to GK3
Languages
Français
Website
Bellanet
Mission
The Bellanet International Secretariat is a multi-donor initiative created with the mission to promote and facilitate effective collaboration within the international development community, especially through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) from its four offices in Ottawa, San José (Costa Rica), Kathmandu and Kampala.
Program Overview
Since its creation in 1995, Bellanet has built an enviable record helping international development organizations communicate and collaborate, with innovative and effective technologies to assist the process. Bellanet was created to respond to the need expressed by many organizations to work more closely with each other and with other stakeholders in order to increase the effectiveness of their efforts.
Bellanet's early years ran parallel with the expansion of the Internet as a global communication medium, and Bellanet's learning curve has kept pace with technology advances including the proliferation of collaborative technologies and platforms. Realizing very early the implications of the "digital divide," Bellanet has made it a priority to find practical ways to enable people in the South with limited Internet and web access to collaborate online with others in their field and to engage in global development dialogues.
Cyber-volunteering at Bellanet
Materials brought to GK3
Languages
English
Website
Fantsuam
Fantsuam Foundation was founded in 1996 by a group of Nigerian professionals who recognized the need for empowering their rural neighbours and community members, particularly women, to find means of employment and income and meet their own development needs.
External Vision
Fantsuam is committed to making Southern Kaduna a successful and replicable model of integrated rural development in Nigeria.
Internal Vision
To be a recognized leader in the provision of rural development initiatives and the foremost and thriving rural knowledge economy driver in Nigeria.
Mission Statement
Fantsuam is a rural-based non-governmental organization that works with local communities to fight poverty and disadvantage through integrated development programs.
Cyber-volunteering at Fantsuam
Materials brought to GK3
Languages
English
Website
Fundación Chasquinet
Es un equipo humano que busca promover los usos estratégicos y con sentido de las tecnologías de información y comunicación TIC, en los sectores empobrecidos, a nivel local y regional, incidiendo en políticas económicas y sociales para el desarrollo humano y sostenible.
Cyber-volunteering at Fundación Chasquinet
Materials brought to GK3
Languages
Español
Website
ICVolunteers
ICVolunteers is an international non-profit organization specialized in the field of communications, in particular languages, conference support and cybervolunteerism. Development, exchange of information and service to the society at large are the key elements shared by the communities or organizations involved and by the individuals volunteering through its network.
Cyber-volunteering at ICVolunteers
The CyberVolunteers Program recruits, trains and coordinates volunteers with information and communication technology skills for development. Volunteers participate in local, regional and international projects for a period of several weeks or months, offering their skills in areas such as web or software development, system administration and content generation.
The Program values in particular South-South exchanges, but also includes South-North and North-South cooperation, with Projects in ten countries. It is implemented by ICVolunteers, an international volunteer organization working with volunteers from many countries around the world. The CyberVolunteers Program benefits from the patronage of UNESCO-Switzerland.
Materials brought to GK3
Brochures, images, fact sheets about CyberVolunteers Program
Languages
English, Français
Website
Informaticiens sans frontières
An independent organization composed of international volunteers, the aim of which is to help bridge the Digital Divide through education and communication in a form that is specially adapted to the needs of the developing world.
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International Telecommunications Union
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International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
IISD is in the business of promoting change towards sustainable development. As a policy research institute dedicated to effective communication of our findings, we engage decision-makers in government, business, NGOs and other sectors in the development and implementation of policies that are simultaneously beneficial to the global economy, the global environment and to social well-being.
In the pursuit of sustainable development, we promote open and effective international negotiation processes. And we believe fervently in the importance of building our own institutional capacity while helping our partner organizations in the developing world to excel.
Established in 1990, IISD is a Canadian-based not-for-profit organization with a diverse team of more than 150 people located in more than 30 countries. Through our dynamic portfolio of projects, we partner with more than 200 organizations throughout the world. To learn more about our history, please visit the IISD Timeline.
Please click on the "Our Knowledge" button above to learn more about our project work and programs, which are guided by our strategic institutional directions. And please visit our IISD Linkages site to follow our coverage of international negotiations on environment and development.
IISD is registered as a charitable organization in Canada and has 501(c)(3) status in the United States. IISD receives core operating support from the Government of Canada, provided through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Environment Canada; and from the Province of Manitoba. The Institute receives project funding from numerous governments inside and outside Canada, United Nations agencies, foundations, the private sector and individual donors.
Cyber-volunteering at IISD
IISD has been an active member of the Netcorps Canada/Coalition for several years, placing young Canadian professionals into information and communications positions with our partner organizations. Our communications internship program is one of several internship programs that we run at IISD.
Materials brought to GK3
We will be bringing a synopsis of a report, "Becoming a Sustainability Leader" to GK3. Our research suggests that two of the top skills needed for leadership for sustainable development are understanding leadership as a team approach; and skills for communications and influence.
Languages
English
Website
International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement (IIAV)
The IIAV is the source, the intermediary and the supplier of information and documentation for all those who occupy themselves with the position of women, whether it concerns books, periodicals, data, addresses, archives, visual materials, current or historical, national or international. The innovative projects and services the IIAV provides ensures that the women's cultural heritage of the future is preserved and made accessible. Through national and international partnerships, the IIAV has successfully promoted creating and disseminating information pertaining to issues of gender at large international conferences, such as WSIS and the World Social Forum's, through the pulication Digitall Future. The IIAV houses the secretariat of the Know How Community of Women's Information Sepecialists, the European Feminist Forum secretariat, and the European Sexuality Resource Center.
Internationaal Informatiecentrum en Archief voor de Vrouwenbeweging (IIAV)
Het Internationaal Informatiecentrum en Archief voor de Vrouwenbeweging (IIAV) is de plek waar je antwoorden vindt op alle vragen over vrouwengeschiedenis, genderrelaties en de positie van vrouwen in de samenleving. Het IIAV is een inspirerende plek voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek op het gebied van vrouwen- en genderstudies en een ambitieuze partner voor het opzetten van nationale en internationale samenwerkingsprojecten. De innovatie projecten en diensten van het IIAV zorgen ervoor dat ook het erfgoed van de toekomst wordt verzameld, bewaard en gedeeld. Het IIAV is dè vraagbaak, bemiddelaar en leverancier van informatie en documentatie voor wie zich bezighoudt met de positie van vrouwen. Of het nu gaat om boeken, tijdschriften, data, adressen, archieven, beeldmateriaal, actueel of historisch, nationaal of internationaal - het IIAV heeft het in haar bezit of kan u vertellen waar het waar het te vinden is. Het IIAV richt zich in het bijzonder op vrouwenorganisaties, wetenschappers, beleidsmakers, journalisten, programmamakers en informatievoorzieningen die behoefte hebben aan informatie over de positie van vrouwen.
Cyber-volunteering at IIAV
Materials brought to GK3
Mapping the World of Women's information CD
The IIAV's film Password: Women will be shown during the film festival
IIAV folders
Brochure on European Feminist Forum
IIAV International News
Languages
English, with some French and Spanish
Website
- www.iiav.nl
- www.iiav.nl/mapping
- www.europeanfeministforum.org
- www.sexualityresources.eu
- www.knowhowcommunity.org
iVolunteer India
iVolunteer is a volunteering exchange, a platform that connects volunteers with volunteering opportunities in India and abroad
Volunteerism to us means contributing back to the society in term of giving time and sharing skills with those who are in need. Click here to read about our definition of volunteering.
Cyber-volunteering at iVolunteer
iVolunteer strives to create a volunteering movement where Indian's take charge of India's destiny and proudly build a stronger, vibrant and developed India.
Is it possible? - In a country where 40% of the 1 billion masses cannot read and write or where the sweet gains of the technology are yet to reach the hinterlands or where the big cities are bursting at seams, millions to still get basic health facilities and access to clean drinking water - the problems are many and we can go on and on and on. The question is what can we do- should we individuals just wait for the government action or should we take charge and make a difference?
The green revolution made India self sufficient in terms of food grains, while the white revolution made us a milk surplus country; the information technology revolution made us the IT superpower. Can a volunteering revolution involve all the Indians in nation building? The answer is Yes they can- let all Indians join hands and make India truly great... we have lot of work to do- we have very little time.
Materials brought to GK3
Posters, Videos, Volunteer stories
Languages
English
Website
PROTEGE QV
PROTEGE QV which means Promotion of Technologies that Guarantee Environment and a better Quality of Life, is a Cameroonian NGO created in 1995 in conformity with the local regulations. PROTEGE QV aims to promote individual and collective initiatives to induce rural development, to protect the environment and to improve the wellbeing of the community. we believe in the power of ICT to give equal access to information as one of the main strategy to fight against poverty. we uses information (through groups discussions, documents publications and exhibitions), trainings (through workshops) and research, as vectors to implement our projects.
Cyber-volunteering at PROTEGE QV
The objective of the training we give to our young graduated volunteers is to reinforce their capacities so that they can serve the non-profit organisation when need be. Instilled in them techniques of Oral expression, written expression, the use of time, working within a team, human resource,initiation into computer sciences, Internet, and classification of documents, managing financial resources, working on collaborative project,...
Materials brought to GK3
Brochures, posters
Languages
French, English
Website
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
The MS Swaminathan Research Foundation started its work 16 years ago in the thematic areas of coastal systems, biotechnology, biodiversity, ecotechnology, food security and information, education and communication. The approach was based on strategic and participatory research, capacity building, networking and partnership building, based on the principles of social inclusion in access to technologies which help to enhance income and environment. Research and outreach strategies were devised to bridge the rich-poor and gender divides in the areas of information, knowledge and skill empowerment.
Cyber-volunteering at MSSRF
Materials brought to GK3
Languages
English
Website
STI -- Swiss Tropical Institute
Based in Basel, but has activities worldwide in support of its mandate to contribute to the improvement of the health of populations internationally and nationally through excellence in research, services, and teaching and training. It is a statutory organization with core support from the Swiss Federal Government and the Canton of Basel-Stadt. The malaria-modeling activities are supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Thai RuralNet
TRN has been designing social innovation initiatives since 2001. Our sole purpose is to inject innovation into the social sector and corporate's sustainable practice via design-thinking, innovative financing, partnership building and the use of ICTs. Our social innovation designs range from micro-scale sustainable agriculture in dry land for the poor, Thai Open Courseware with the ministry of Education, Internet-based volunteer and philanthropy portal as well as social venture capital for emerging innovative social-startups.
Cyber-volunteering at Thai RuralNet
Materials brought to GK3
Languages
English, Thai
Website
University of Geneva
Second largest university in Switzerland and a public institution of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. It pursues three missions: teaching, research, and service to the wider community. From the time of its creation in 1559 by Jean Calvin, right up to the recent discovery by University astrophysicists of extrasolar planets, the University of Geneva has continued to grow and develop while maintaining its longstanding tradition of excellence with an international angle.
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