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Acronyms and Web sites


AEDES

Specialist Association for Sustainable Development (Peru)


Asociación Especializada para el Desarrollo Sostenible

ALFA

Abundant Life for All Ministries

AIMMC

Assembly of Indigenous Migrants to Mexico City


Asamblea de Migrantes Indígenas de la Ciudad de México


http://www.indegenasdf.org.mx

AISI

African Information Society Initiative


http://www.uneca.org/aisi/

AMARC

World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters


http://www.amarc.org/amarc/ang/


http://www.amarc.org

APC

Association for Progressive Communications


http://www.apc.org/english/index.shtml

CBO

Community-Based Organization

CEEWA

Council for Economic Empowerment of Women of Africa


http://www.wougnet.org/Profiles/ceewau.html

CNI

National Indigenous Congress (Mexico)


Congreso Nacional Indígena

CNN

Cable News Network


http://www.cnn.com

COAIM

Consultation on Agricultural Information Management


http://www.fao.org/coaim/index_en.asp

COFETEL

National Telecommunications Committee (Mexico)


Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones.

CONACULTA

National Culture and Arts Council (Mexico)


Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes

DFID

Department for International Development


http://www.dfid.gov.uk/

DIP

District Information Portals


http://www.dip.go.ug

EDUSAT

Satellite Broadcast System for Education (Mexico)

EZLN

National Liberation Army of the Zaptista’s (Mexico) Ejército


Zapatista de Liberación Nacional

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations


http://www.fao.org

FARC

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

FEMNET

African Women’s Development and Communications Network


http://www.femnet.or.ke/

FIRE

Feminist International Radio Endeavour


http://www.fire.or.cr/indexeng.htm

FOOD

The Foundation of Occupational Development

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GEM

Gender Evaluation Methodology


http://www.apcwomen.org/gem/

GFW

Global Fund for Women


http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/

HEED

Health, Educational and Economic Development (Bangladesh)


http://www.heedbangladesh.org

HIVOS

Humanist Institute for Development


http://www.hivos.nl

HIV/AIDS

Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency


Syndrome

ICE

Institute for Electricity (Costs Rica)

ICT

Information and Communication Technology

ICTs

Information and Communication Technologies

IDRC

International Development Research Centre


http://www.idrc.ca

IDM

Innovative Demand Models

IICD

International Institute for Communication and Development


http://www.iicd.org/base/home

IMEVISION

Mexico’s State owned television network (Mexico)

INEGI

National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics


(Mexico)


Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

INGO

International Non-Governmental Organization

INI

National Indigenous Institute (Mexico)


Instituto Nacional Indigenista

Isis-WICCE

Isis-Women’s International Cross-Cultural Exchange


(Isis-WICCE)


http://www.isis.or.ug/

ISP

Internet Service Provider

ITU

International Telecommunications Union


http://www.itu.int

KITE

Keys to Information Technology and Education


http://www.kiteinc.org/

LINCOS

Little Intelligent Communities


http://www.media.mit.edu/unwired/theproject.htm

LWA

Lungujja Women’s Association


http://www.wougnet.org/Profiles/lungujja.html

MDGs

Millennium Development Goals

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology


http://www.mit.edu

MNCs

Multi-national Corporations

MP3

(mpeg layer 3) refers to compressed audio files for use on


computers and potable personal stereos

MTN

Mobile Telephone Network

MUPABI

‘Women for Wealth’ (Dominican Republic)


Mujeres Para Bienestar

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

ODA

Overseas Development Aid

ODI

Overseas Development Institute


http://www.odi.org.uk

PEAP

Poverty Eradication Plan (Uganda)

PFP

Federal Preventive Police (Mexico)


Policía Federal Preventiva

PMA

Plan for the Modernization of Agriculture (Uganda)

RCDF

Rural Communications Development Fund


http://www.ucc.co.ug/rcdf/about.html

SANGONeT

South African NGO Network


http://www.sn.apc.org/corporate/index.shtml

SCT

Ministry of Communication and Transport (Mexico)


Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes

SDRE

FAO Extension, Education and Communication Service

SEP

Public Education Ministry (Mexico)


Secretaría de Educación Pública

SEGOB

Ministry for the Interior (Mexico)


Secretaría de Gobernación

SS

Ministry of Health (Mexico)


Secretaría de Salud

S@T

Network for Latin America and Caribbean Telecentres


Somos@telecentros

TELMEX

Mexico’s State owned telecommunications company (Mexico)

UCC

Uganda Communications Commission


http://www.ucc.co.ug/

UNAM

National University of México (Mexico)


Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural


Organization


http://www.unesco.org

UTL

Uganda Telecom Limited


http://www.utl.co.ug/

WCAR

World Conference Against Racism

WNSP

Women’s Networking Support Programme


http://www.apcwomen.org/

WOUGNET

Women of Uganda Network


http://www.wougnet.org/

WSIS

World Summit on the Information Society


http://www.itu.int/wsis/

WSRP

WorldSpace Satellite Radio Program


http://www.wougnet.org/Support/WSprogram.html

ZWRCN

Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network


http://www.zwrcn.org.zw/


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