2017 was the second year of APC’s subgranting programme, implemented with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). These subgrants are aimed at enabling our member organisations to contribute towards achieving APC’s vision. Two types of grants were offered: project grants and research and campaigns grants.

The project grants are intended to contribute to the implementation of APC’s strategic plan at the national level, as well as to strengthen ongoing work of APC members that is linked to APC’s strategic priorities.

The campaign and research grants are for local activities that contribute to members’ advocacy work, and are also meant to enable members to participate in APC-wide campaigns.

With the funding provided by Sida, APC is currently supporting members until 2019. During the second year of the subgranting programme, our members have done incredible work. Check out the project grants implemented in 2017 here, and the campaign and research grants here.

Mapping the after-effects of the promise to rid the Philippines of illegal drugs

New ways to fight online attacks on women in Pakistan

Cameroon through the lenses of the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms

Spreading hope for more Central American women in the IT sector

apc in numbers

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104

events attended by APC staff during 2017 in almost 30 countries.

45

submissions and statements produced and/or signed by APC in 2017.

80

activists reached through four city conversations on the Feminist Principles of the Internet.

16

local campaigns in 11 countries organised as part of the 2017 Take Back the Tech! campaign on the histories of the movement to end gender-based violence.

130

human and women’s rights defenders, sexual rights activists, bloggers, journalists and teenage girls learned to be safe online through more than 13 training workshops organised by APC and its partners.

67

civil society organisations and actors from the global South engaged in internet governance processes through APC’s support.

26

national human rights institutions and members of the judiciary from over 15 countries in Africa gained understanding on how to protect and promote human rights online as a result of workshops organised by APC.

11

community networks and local access initiatives in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe received technical, policy/regulatory, economic and social support from APC.

41

civil society actors and human rights defenders in Latin America and Africa were trained by APC and its partners to effectively use regional and international human rights instruments.

21

research, advocacy and project grants were allocated to members in 2017 towards the implementation of APC’s strategic plan.

964,083

visits to apc.org in 2017 by more than half a million unique visitors.

about

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All people have easy and affordable access to a free and open internet to improve their lives and create a more just world.

APC’s mission is to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of ICTs to build strategic communities and initiatives for the purpose of making meaningful contributions to equitable human development, social justice, participatory political processes and environmental sustainability.

We believe that our mission is achieved through five interlinked strategies: research, advocacy, building networks and capacity, communications and outreach. To be instrumental to the APC community, research-based evidence must be communicated effectively in order to support advocacy, which then achieves change as its ultimate goal.

staff team in 2017

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Strategic management

Executive director: Anriette Esterhuysen, South Africa (until April)
Executive director: Chat Garcia Ramilo, Philippines (from 17 April)
Network and membership building coordinator: Karel Novotný, Czech Republic
Sub-granting programme coordinator: Roxana Bassi, Argentina (May to December)

Finance

Finance manager: Maya Sooka, South Africa
Senior finance officer: Fatima Bhyat, South Africa

Operations and human resources

Operations director: Karen Banks, Australia/United Kingdom (from 17 April)
Logistics coordinator: Shawna Finnegan, Canada
Administrative officer: Eunice Mwesigwa, South Africa
Technical support assistant: Adolfo Dunayevich Garber, Mexico
Technical specialist: Mallory Knodel, United States/Kenya
Human resource and finance officer: Misty McWilliam, United States***

Communications

Communications manager: Flavia Fascendini, Argentina
Communications officer: Leila Nachawati Rego, Spain
Language coordinator: Lori Nordstrom, Uruguay
Publications and multimedia coordinator: Cathy Chen, India (from July)
French editor: Olga Tsafack, United States (from March)***

Global Advocacy Policy Strategy (created in March 2017)

Director – Policy and Strategy: Anriette Esterhuysen, South Africa (17 April – December)
Senior project coordinator – Global internet policy and advocacy: Deborah Brown (from March 2017)
Avri Doria, United States*
Maud Barret Bertelloni (June to December)**

Communications and Information Policy Programme (CIPP)

CIPP manager: Valeria Betancourt, Ecuador
GISWatch editor: Alan Finlay, Argentina***
GISWatch project coordinator: Roxana Bassi, Argentina
IMPACT project coordinator: Gayatri Khandhadai, India
IMPACT project assistant: Pavitra Ramanujam, India
Internet access specialist: Mike Jensen, Brazil
Africa ICT policy coordinator: Sekoetlane Jacob Phamodi, South Africa (until Octorber)
Community access networks project coordinator: Carlos Rey-Moreno, South Africa (from August)
Community access networks project administration and research assistant: Kathleen Diga, South Africa (from October)
Senior project coordinator – Global internet policy and advocacy: Deborah Brown, United States (until March 2017)

Women’s Rights Programme (WRP)

WRP manager: Jac sm Kee, Malaysia
WRP global women’s rights policy lead: Janine Moolman, South Africa
WRP capacity building lead: Jennifer Radloff, South Africa
WRP knowledge building lead: Katerina Fialova, Czech Republic
WRP TBTT Mexico coordinator: Erika Smith, Mexico
GenderIT.org coordinator: Namita Aavriti, India
GenderIT.org Spanish language coordinator: Dafne Plou, Argentina
TBTT campaign coordinator: Sara Baker, United States
Women’s rights project coordinator: Valentina Pellizzer, Bosnia and Herzegovinia
Women’s rights project coordinator: Fungai Machirori, Zimbabwe (April to October)
TBTT and evaluation intern: Chen Shaua Fui, Hungary (January to August)***

* Volunteer

** Intern

*** Consultant on retainer

Council representatives

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7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement

Nadim Nashef
Rosalin Hussary

AlterMundi

Nicolás Echániz
Nicolás Pace

Alternatives

Michel Lambert
Catherine Pappas

Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN)

James Nguo

Asociación Trinidad Comunicación, Cultura y Desarrollo

Arturo Bregaglio
Mirian Sánchez

AZUR Développement

Sylvie Niombo
Victorine Diaboungana

Bangladesh Friendship Education Society (BFES)

Reza Salim
Tahmina Ferdousy

BlueLink.net

Pavel Antonov
Eva Stoyanova

Bytesforall, Bangladesh

Partha Sarker
Munir Hasan

Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD)

Yunusa Yau
Asabe Mohammed

Código Sur

Nikole Yanez Amaya
San Hoerth

Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)

Lillian Nalwoga
Wairagala Wakabi

Colnodo

Julián Casasbuenas G.
Ariel Barbosa

Computer Aid International (CAI)

Keith Sonnet

Derechos Digitales

María Paz Canales
Vladimir Garay

Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF)

Osama Manzar
Shaifali Chikermane

EngageMedia

Andrew Lowenthal
Yerry Borang

eQualit.ie

Maja Romano
KheOps

Fantsuam Foundation

John Dada
Seyi Eseyin-Johnson

Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA)

Lisa Garcia
Alan G. Alegre

Fundació guifi.net

Roger Baig Viñas

Fundación Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes (EsLaRed)

Edmundo Vitale
Lourdes GdP

Fundación REDES para el Desarrollo Sostenible

José Eduardo Rojas
Miriam Rojas

GreenNet

Liz Probert
Cedric Knight

Instituto DEMOS

Anabella Rivera Godoy
Yesenia Sagastume

Intervozes

Veridiana Alimonti
Jonas Valente

Japan Computer Access for Empowerment (JCAFE)

Onoda Mitoye

JCA-NET

Hamada Tadahisa (Taratta)

Kéfir

N.
F.

Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)

Grace Githaiga
Alice Munyua

Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet

Byoung-il Oh
Eun-jung Choi (Yaping Dyung)

LaborNet

Steve Zeltzer
OR

May First/People Link

Alfredo Lopez
Francia Gutierrez

Media Matters for Democracy (MmfD)

Sadaf Khan
Asad Baig

Metamorphosis Foundation

Bardhyl Jashari
Tamara Resavska

Motoon

Manal Hassan

Myanmar ICT for Development Organization (MIDO)

Htaike Htaike Aung
Yatanar Htun

Nodo TAU

Florencia Roveri
Eduardo Rodríguez

Núcleo de Pesquisas, Estudos e Formação (Nupef)

Carlos Alfonso
Oona Castro

One World Platform

Valida Hromadžić

Open Institute

Javier Sola

Pangea

Leandro Navarro
Lorena Merino

Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor (EMPOWER)

Angela Kuga Thas
Serene Lim

Point of View

Bishakha Datta
Anja Kovacs

PROTEGE QV

Sylvie Siyam
Avis Momeni

Rhizomatica

Peter Bloom
Erick Huerta

Riseup

Elijah Sparrow
Danae Tapia

Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT)

Nthabeleng Mzizi
Kenneth Thlaka

Social Media Exchange (SMEX)

Jessica Dheere
Mohamad Najem

Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment (SPACE)

Arun Madhavan Pillai
Raji P R

Strawberrynet Foundation

Rozi Bakó
Misi Bakó

Sulá Batsú

Kemly Camacho
Vivian Zuñiga

Thai Netizen Network

Arhit Suriyawongkul

Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment (VOICE)

Ahmed Swapan
Farjana Akter

Web Networks

Jared Jean
Greg MacKenzie

Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)

Dorothy Okello
Moses Owiny

Women’sNet

Sharron Marco-Thyse
Tina Thiart

Zenzeleni Networks – Mankosi

Lwando Mdleleni

Board of Directors

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Until August 2017

Julián Casasbuenas, Colnodo, Colombia (chair)
Valentina Pellizzer, One World Platform, Bosnia and Herzegovina (vice-chair)
Liz Probert, GreenNet, United Kingdom (secretary)
Osama Manzar, Digital Empowerment Foundation, India (treasurer)
John Dada, Fantsuam Foundation, Nigeria
Lillian Nalwoga, CIPESA, Uganda
Anriette Esterhuysen, APC, South Africa (executive director)

New Board of Directors from August 2017

Bishakha Datta, Point of View, India (chair)
Leandro Navarro, Pangea, Spain (vice-chair)
Liz Probert, GreenNet, United Kingdom (secretary)
Sylvie Siyam, PROTEGE QV, Cameroon (treasurer)
Michel Lambert, Alternatives, Canada
Julián Casabuenas, Colnodo, Colombia
Osama Manzar, Digital Empowerment Foundation, India
Chat Garcia Ramilo, APC, Philippines (executive director)

Due diligence and accountability for online violence against women

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Due diligence and accountability for online violence against women

Organisational members

Africa

Asia-Pacific

Europe

North America ⁕

Latin America and the Caribbean

Middle East and North Africa

MEMBERS

APC SUBGRANTING PROGRAMME 2017

TOTAL: USD 273,986

MEMBER GRANTS

104

45

80

16

130

67

26

11

41

21

964,083

Until August 2017

New Board of Directors from August 2017

Organisational
members