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The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a global network of civil society organisations whose mission is to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication technologies ICTs Information and Communication Technologies. (Homepage).

News; press; blog; media gallery;
members; a special partner: women’s networking support programme wnsp;
projects; publications; training materials;
glossary;
Address: APC Executive Director’s Office, PO Box 29755, Melville, 2109, South Africa;
Contact.

About APC: The APC vision: “A world in which all people have easy, equal and affordable access to the creative potential of ICTs to improve their lives and create more democratic and egalitarian societies.”

The APC mission: “We are a global network of civil society organisations whose mission is to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication technologies 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.”

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Linked with Mary Liston Liepold – USA, with The World-Uniting Force of a New American President, and with What Women want: RESPECT.

… The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA’s current membership of 60,000 includes science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in and committed to science education … (about /overview 1/2).

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Membership; Professional Development; Get involved;
Conferences and Institutes; Publications and Products; Science store;
FAQ;
Addresse: National Science Teachers Association, 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington VA 22201, USA;
Contact.

About /overview 2/2: … NSTA’s Guiding Principles:

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(Indonesian homepage)

Linked with Lita Anggraini – Indonesia.

Urban Poor linkage (UPLINK) Indonesia is a national coalition of NGOs and CBOs that focuses its concern and activities on urban poor issues. It started as a loose network that was formalised and effectively founded in July 2002, prior to the Afro-Asian Urban Poor Dialog participated by urban poor people in Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Philippines, India, Korea, Pakistan, Indonesia) and Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Nigeria) in Indonesia in September 2002 … (full text of the english homepage).

Articles;
Create user account;
Address: Urban Poor Linkage (Uplink) National Secretariat, CO-Coordinator : Wardah Hafidz, Lita Anggraini, and  Ari Ujianto, National Facilitator Team : M. Nawir, Rusdianto, Abdul Jalil, Sudarto, Yanto Hutabarat, Wardah Hafidz, Lita Anggraini, Ari Ujianto, Edi Saidi, Abdurrachman, Billy Moon Blok H-1/7 Jakarta 13450, Indonesia;
Contact: Phone, 62-21-8642915, Fax, 62-21-86902408, e-mail, Website.

About:

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Linked with Brendan Barber – England, and with TUC New Year Message.

With member unions representing over six and a half million working people, we campaign for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad.

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Britan’s Unions; TUC Directory 2009; Union professionals; Work rights;
Events; Congress TV;
Publications; Email Alerts/Newsletter;
Addresses: Headquarter, Trades Union Congress, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS, England;
TUC Brussels office: International Trade Union House, Rooms 409 / 411, Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 5, B-1210, Brussels, Belgium;
Contact.

About the TUC: The TUC is the voice of Britain at work. With 58 affiliated unions representing nearly seven million working people from all walks of life, we campaign for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad.

We negotiate in Europe, and at home build links with political parties, business, local communities and wider society.

For more information about the TUC see the links below: … (full long text about TUC’s work, regions, people, etc.).

(in de, en, es, fr)

Picked up on Weitzenegger’s Website for International  Development Cooperation and its Newsletter.

• It has been the historic role of trade unionism, and remains its mission, to better the conditions of work and life of working women and men and their families, and to strive for human rights, social justice, gender equality, peace, freedom and democracy.
• More than ever in its history, confronted by unbridled capitalist globalisation, effective internationalism is essential to the future strength of trade unionism and its capacity to realise that mission.
• The Confederation calls on the workers of the world to unite in its ranks, to make of it the instrument needed to call forth a better future for them and for all humanity. (About 1/2).

Homepage in english;
Sitemap;
Press and publications; campaigns; YouTubeChannel;
Equality; Human and Trade Union Rights; Economic an Social Policy;
Member’s section; young workers; jobs at ITUC;
Regional structures; Global Unions; Mailing list: down left column; Links;
Address: ITUC, 5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, Bte 1, 1210 Brussels, Belgium;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … The ITUC adheres to the principles of trade union democracy and independence, as set out in its Constitution. It is governed by four-yearly world congresses, a General Council and an Executive Bureau. The chief executive of the ITUC is its General Secretary Guy Ryder, supported by Deputy General Secretaries Mamounata Cisse and Jaap Wienen.

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