Institutions and Organizations

TAVOS Media Network is a trail-blazing venture based in Palo Alto, California, that empowers people in underserved communities around the world through local media services. Our vision is to build a global network of local media microfranchises to give voice and promote the life and prosperity of every community.

Digital Governance Initiative is a virtual network of over 2800 E-governance policymakers and practitioners from developing countries. The Initiative identifies and propagates innovative e-governance models which are suited for developing countries. The models are based on strategic application of knowledge and information technologies to create an e-governance system which is citizen specific and addressess a particular development concern, viz: lack of information, corruption, bureaucracy etc.

From their site: "Our mission is to inspire and empower a
global network of communities generating and sharing solutions. CatComm connects communities through spaces both physical and virtual."

They seem to be doing some great work in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Brazilian NGO with which DVF2006 Vamos Blogar will collaborate.

The center of all bureaucracy

A very good source for social networking and the software products are great.

SAF is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1999 by Professor Abbas Edalat at Imperial College, London. SAF provides computer facilities, internet access and educational, research and development opportunities to school children, women and wider communities in Iran and other regions.

Located at Stanford's Center for the Study of Language and Information, the Digital Vision Program supports social entrepreneurs who seek to leverage technology-based solutions in the interest of humanitarian, educational, and sustainable development goals.