The Freedom of Expression Project

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Project Partner Organisations

• Asociacion por los Derechos Civiles, Argentina

• Bytes for All, Pakistan

• Combine Resource Institution, Indonesia

• Consumers Union, USA

• Media Foundation for West Africa, Ghana

• RITS (Information Network for the Third Sector), Brazil

• Twaweza Communications, Kenya

• Global Partners and Associates, UK

Other organisations and initiatives

• Article 19
  A human rights organisation that works to protect and expand freedom of expression and freedom of information throughout the world.

• Association for Progressive Communications
  An international network that seeks to empower civil society organisations through the strategic use of information and communication technologies.

• Center for the Study of the Public Domain
  Research centre at Duke Law school in the USA with a mission to promote research, debate and public policy solutions on the contribution of the public domain to speech, culture, science and innovation and the need for balance in intellectual property systems.

• The Communication Initiative
  A space to share, debate and advance effective communication for development progress. The site contains a vast aray of resources relating to communications for social change and development.

• Consumers International
  A global coalition of consumer organisations from around the world that work to promote and defend consumer rights. Their work on intellectual property is of particular relevance to the Freedom of Expression Project.

• Creative Commons
  A licensing system that acts as an alternative to mainstream copyright, providing options for more flexible and open copyright agreements.

• Electronic Frontier Foundation
  USA-based activist organisation that works to protect citizen and consumer freedoms on the internet.

• IT for Change
  An network of researchers and development professionals based in India engaged in research, debate and practical action to promote the effective use of information and communication technologies to achieve progressive social change.

• Future of Music Coalition
  USA-based not for profit coalition that seeks to find innovative approaches and business models to enable citizens and musicians to benefit from the development of new technologies.

• Global e-schools and communities initiative
  An initiative of the UN ICT Task Force that aims to support, create and implement strategies to harness information and communication technologies for education. Site contains resources concerning the use of technology in education around the world.

• Global Knowledge Partnership
  A global multi-stakeholder network concerned with how information and communication technologies and knowledge can help address development issues concerning access to knowledge, education, poverty reduction and resource mobilisation.

• Global Voices
  An organisation that finds, aggregates and tracks interesting blogs from around the world on a wide range of subjects, including freedom of expression, technology and politics. An essential resource for anyone interested in the phenomenon of blogging and in what bloggers are talking about around the world. Global voices has also published the Guide to Anonymous Blogging.

• The Internet Governance Project
  An international consortium of internet governance experts. The website features up to date news, comment and analysis of internet governance issues.

• Irrepressible.info
  A campaign led by Amnesty International and the Observer newspaper to prevent the repression of free expression on the internet.

• Media@McGill
  A hub of research, scholarship and public outreach on issues and controversies in media, technology and culture. Based in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University, Canada.

• Netsquared
  An organisation working to spur use of the web for social change

• One World
  An online global civil society network that supports people’s media, providing a collaborative multi-media platform.

• Open Democracy
  An independent website on global current affairs, aiming to promote dialogue on issues of global importance and to link citizens from around the world.

• Open Net Initiative
  A partnership of academic institutions that aims to expose and analyse filtering and surveillance on the internet across the world.

• Open Rights Group
  UK-based independent organisation campaigning to protect and expand digital civil rights.

• Public Knowledge
  An American advocacy group that works to defend citizens’ rights in the emerging digital culture. Site contains regular blog updates and resources on government and international policy issues ranging from net neutrality to the WIPO broadcasting treaty.

• Reporters without borders
  International organisation that works to defend freedom of the press worldwide. Work includes monitoring of government surveillance on the internet.

• Sarai
  A ‘New Media Initiative’ based in Delhi, India that aims to provide a space for research, discussion and action on issues relating to the contemporary media and its relationship with the urban environment. Contains interesting resources exploring the relationship between new technologies, media and culture.

• Save the Internet
  USA-based coalition working to preserve network neutrality.

• UNESCO Access to Information Portal
  Portal containing useful resources related to UNESCO’s work in facilitating universal access to information and knowledge. Other useful sites include the UNESCO International Programme for the Development of Communication and the UNESCO Information for All Programme

• Well Connected
  Online tool that maps out corporate and government ownership and control of the communications environment in the USA.