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Association for Progressive Communications is a worldwide network supporting the use of internet and ICTs for social justice and sustainable development.

Green and white title slide reading "Looking Back at APC during WSIS 2026." The letters "APC" are filled with photos from APC's participation at the WSIS Forum. A button reads "Swipe to see the highlights." APC, WSIS Forum 2026, United Nations and ITU logos appear at the bottom alongside the event details: 6–10 July 2026, Geneva, Switzerland.
Poster for the WSIS Forum 2026 session "Leaders TalkX 1 – From access to impact: Leading ICT infrastructure development." It shows Valeria Betancourt, representing APC as a High-Level Track Facilitator, alongside speakers from Japan, the United States, Georgia, Armenia, Mauritius, Senegal, IEEE and AFNIC. The session takes place on Wednesday, 8 July 2026, from 14:00 to 14:30 local time at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, with both in-person and virtual participation.
Graphic introducing Valeria Betancourt at WSIS Forum 2026. It announces that APC's internet governance lead has been appointed as one of the WSIS Forum 2026 High-Level Track Facilitators, highlighting her decades of experience in internet governance, digital justice and human rights. A green-tinted photo of Valeria appears in the background.
Illustration promoting the session From Negotiation to Implementation: Reimagining the IGF in the WSIS+20 Era. The top half has a green gradient background listing speakers and their organisations. The bottom half has a white background with the session title, organisers (Global Network Initiative and Global Partners Digital), note that APC is speaking, and event details: Monday, 6 July 2026, 10:00–10:45 local time (UTC+02:00), Room E, ITU Varembé Building, physical and virtual.
Promotional graphic for the Global Dialogue on AI Governance. The blue gradient design announces a plenary session titled "Multi-stakeholder plenary meeting with a high-level governmental segment: Dialogue of Dialogues – Reflections, Complementarities and the Way Forward." A label reads "High-Level Remarks" above the name Raman Jit Singh Chima, Global Programme Director at the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). A black-and-white portrait of Raman Jit Singh Chima appears on the right, showing him smiling in profile while wearing a turban, suit jacket and collared shirt. At the bottom, the event details read: Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 16:30–18:00 (UTC+2), Plenary ABC.
Schedule graphic for Thursday featuring APC sessions on the future of WSIS+20, sustainable financing for digital development, cyber confidence and differentiated responsibilities in WSIS implementation.
Graphic introducing APC's participation throughout the week, beginning with the "Feminist AI Innovation from the Global South" event on Sunday, 5 July 2026.
Green cover graphic announcing APC's participation at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2026 in Geneva, taking place 6–10 July 2026. Text highlights APC's commitment to digital justice, meaningful connectivity and rights-based digital governance.
Closing slide inviting viewers to explore more community interest media. It features a 3D image of the publication Community interest media: Emerging concepts and practices from the Global Majority (and friends) alongside a list of featured countries: Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, India and the Philippines. Text notes that the publication also covers two cross-regional initiatives on community-led communication, connectivity and digital journalism, and directs viewers to read the report at apc.org.
Illustrated slide highlighting Indonesia. It describes how Radio Swara and CIGA TV support the Indigenous Kasepuhan Ciptagelar community by preserving culture, strengthening intergenerational learning and enabling community control over storytelling. A featured quote from Subekti Priyadharma states that sovereignty begins with ownership over the means of communication. The background illustration shows a community member beside a radio.
Cover of a carousel promoting the publication Community interest media. Large white text reads "Community interest media" with the subtitle "Learning from communities shaping digital inclusion." Two photographs appear below: the top image shows people participating in a community media activity, illustrating the principle that community interest media serves a community's own agenda (photo by REDES A.C.); the bottom image shows the CIGA TV and Radio Swara building in the Indigenous Kasepuhan Ciptagelar community in Indonesia. The APC logo appears in the top right.
Yellow slide highlighting supporting organisations behind the community initiatives. Large title: “BEYOND FUNDING: TECHNICAL AND DESIGN SUPPORT” On the right is a Polaroid-style photograph showing two people working together during a technical training session. One person in an orange sweater demonstrates a small electronic component while another participant watches attentively. Other participants are visible in the background. On the lower left is another Polaroid-style photograph showing a workshop room where several participants stand around a wall covered with notes and charts, collaborating on planning and design exercises. Text block one: “Wireless Planet” “Supported communities with technical guidance, training and hands-on mentorship.” Text block two: “Kungu Labs” “Helped communities co-design solutions that reflect local realities and priorities.”
Yellow slide with green and red landscape-style illustrations across the bottom. Large title: “TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTING WOMEN'S LIVELIHOODS” Red label: “Bahari CBO (Coastal Kenya)” Body text: “Bahari CBO deployed water temperature sensors to support women seaweed farmers whose livelihoods depend on changing ocean conditions. The initiative helps communities make informed decisions while reducing the time burden of environmental monitoring.” No photographs appear on this slide. The focus is on the text and decorative illustrations representing land and coastal ecosystems.
Yellow slide with green abstract shapes at the top and colourful plant-like illustrations at the bottom. Large title: “AI-POWERED FLOOD ALERTS” Red label: “Digital Rurals (Mavoko, Kenya)” Body text: “Working in a flood-prone area, Digital Rurals developed an AI-powered prediction and alert system that combines community knowledge with real-time data. The platform uses SMS and WhatsApp to help residents anticipate and respond to extreme weather events.” No people are shown on this slide. The design focuses on the text and decorative environmental graphics.
Group photo of participants gathered at DRAPAC25 in a large indoor venue. Text reads: “Seeding change: Building collective power for digital rights across Asia-Pacific” with the APC and EngageMedia logos. Decorative illustrated elements frame the image.
Closing page titled “Explore More Stories”. Features a book cover of Building a Free Internet of the Future alongside text inviting readers to explore a wider collection of conversations on accessibility, privacy, inclusion and human rights. Includes a call to read the report at apc.org.
Page titled “PeerTube: Beyond Big Tech Platforms”. Text describes PeerTube as a decentralised video-sharing platform. Includes an illustration of the PeerTube mascot, an orange octopus wearing headphones beneath a triangular logo.
Page titled “Librecast: Human Rights by Design”. Text explains Librecast’s work on open-source internet infrastructure for communication, live streaming and collaboration. Includes a photo of a person giving a presentation in front of a projected screen.
Page titled “CryptPad: Privacy and Collaboration”. Text describes CryptPad as a suite of encrypted tools for collaborative work. Includes an illustration showing multiple CryptPad application windows, including documents, spreadsheets, forms and whiteboards.
Page titled “BrailleRAP: Access to Information, Beyond Barriers”. Text explains how BrailleRAP uses open-source design to make Braille production more affordable and accessible. Includes a collage of photos showing Braille-making equipment, components and embossed Braille pages.
Cover image for Building a Free Internet of the Future. Teal background with APC logo and abstract illustrations in orange, red, cream and blue. Text reads: “Building a Free Internet of the Future: A collection of stories from people and communities building technologies grounded in accessibility, privacy, inclusion and human rights.” Additional "Explore the stories" with arrow to the right.
Image by Ardian Pranomo on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-tree-is-reflected-in-the-water-at-night-3…) depicting a landscape with a tree composed by zeros and ones.
publication “Community interest media: Emerging concepts and practices from the Global Majority (and friends)” Date, hour and logos from APC, Rhizoamtica and IAWRT, that support the publications
Image that reads: The COMMUNITY SERIES. Association for Progressive Communications in a colorful background. The APC logo is placed inside a white heart.
Picture of AfriSIG fellows working together during the 2025 AfriSIG school edition. Photo: Courtesy of Hugo Domingo.
Original illustration by Ellena Ekarahendy depicting a female looking at a laptop and wearing headphones, immerse in a colorful landscape filled with flowers, animals, plants and abstract objects resembling technological gadgets.
Illustration depicting diverse people in an urban and heavily surveilled environment, performing different actions to free themselves from the central control.
Illustration depicting a facial recognition device placed in a position that pretends to be scanning the readers' faces as they go through the image.
Illustration depicting a woman sitting down with her legs crossed and her hands on her chest and belly. Behind her five arms extended, each one of them holding a different object (a plant, a surveillance camera, a pigeon, a megaphone, the scales of justice), with a circular-shaped electronic circuit board in the background.
Illustration of planet Earth presented in three different iterations, progressively destroyed, with a text that accompanies this deterioration, which reads: "One more data centre."
Image depicting a group of people with their backs turned on the viewer, and a text that reads: "An ecosystem of digital repression: The silencing of women human rights defenders and other pro-democracy activists in Myanmar."
Illustration depicting a group of people walking in a green hill and entering a portal that leads into a black cloud of binary code.
Picture of the details of an electronic circuit in blue and black colours. Image by Adi Goldstein available in Unsplash.
Illustration depicting diverse people in between coloured clouds, flowers and bubbles, accompanied by a text that reads: "Making meaning: Feminist conversation on research as resistance, hope and transformation."
Illustration depicting different colorful elements such as diverse-looking people, a dog, software windows, gender-related and links icons, all spread throughout the space but connected by a rainbow coloured path. An accompanying text reads: "THE MISSING LINK. Cybersecurity and technology-facilitated gender-based violence in the Women, Peace and Security agenda."
In the background, a photo of a relatively desertic landscape, with strikingly blue and pink coloured sky. On top of the picture, a quote that reads: “What if instead of recentring the human, we expanded our sense of relation – recognising that intelligence, consciousness and care take multiple, entangled forms across species, systems and technological networks? This does not mean romanticising machines or erasing human experience, but rather acknowledging that we have never been separate from the artificial or the planetary in the first place.”
An illustration depicts two people talking, through speech bubbles, while one of them is closing a laptop. One of the speech bubbles contains a magnifying glass (or "search" icon) and the other one shows a pencil writing.
Video featuring a close up of the speaker, Ameya Nagarajan, with a text that reads: "Ameya Nagarajan (she/her), Global Voices managing editor."
Collage of potos and graphics.
Video featuring a close up of the speaker, Hija Kamran, with a text that reads: "Hija Kamran (she/her), GenderIT.org editor."
Video featuring a close up of the speaker, Débora Prado, with a text that reads: "Débora Prado (she/her), APC lead editor"
Image shows 2 female illustrated characters holding hands, and a text reads: In the age of AI: Why is it vital to value human creativity and connection? What could be done to create and foster a human rights approach to AI?
A paste illustration featuring several fluffy characters with soft pink, cream, and lavender tones, nestled among clouds, flowers, and delicate foliage. Portions of the image are overlaid with green blocks and partially obscured text, including a visible reference to “Johannesburg, South Africa” and a multicolored ribbon element on the lower right. Logos of partners in the bottom.
A pastel illustration featuring several fluffy characters with soft pink, cream, and lavender tones, nestled among clouds, flowers, and delicate foliage. Portions of the image are overlaid with green blocks and partially obscured text, including a visible reference to “Johannesburg, South Africa” and a multicolored ribbon element on the lower right. Partners logos at the bottom
Image text reads: When you have questions or need advice, who or where do seek answers from? Elders, family, friends, coworkers, community members? Or do you ask AI?
4 photos of groups of people in workshops, in a yellow background with a tree ilustrations, a wifi icon, and small icons. In the middle, this text: Involving training sessions, public forums and visits to community-centred connectivity initiatives on the ground, these gatherings are unique opportunities to strengthen skills and regional collaboration.
In a dark green environment, some abtstartc desina with icon reminding of people, and natural elements. And the cover of the edition of the Principles for Comunitty-centred connectivity. And this quote: "Capacity building is a principle for community-centred connectivity initiatives. “Community-centred connectivity initiatives build technical capacity in the community to maintain and operate infrastructure or services, and the digital capacity of users to make informed decisions about their internet use – benefiting from social and economic opportunities online, and strengthening community resilience to external shocks such as climate change and pandemics."
In a light background with abstract design, including an "on" button and a tree drawing, the picture includes this phrase: "Knowledge exchange and capacity building play a fundamental role in expanding meaningful, community-centred connectivity. Around the world, diverse groups are building community networks through the synergy of their knowledge of local realities and technologies, and the expertise of people and organisations engaged in supporting them."
Image depicting a screenshot of a previous PDAF with diverse faces of people in an online meeting. A text reads "Palestine Digital Activism Forum 2026, 30-31 March 2026".
A card showing the cover of the publication, featuring nature elements such as plants and birds.
A yellow card showing a screenshot of the map app. It also shows a text saying "What does a map mean to you?"
A yellow background with the phrase “Let’s build something else” in black text, accompanied by screenshots of the content highlighted in the thread.