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Association for Progressive Communications

Acronym: APC

General Information

Identification Code: 232114751680-79
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Entity Form: APC is incorporated as a California non-profit, public benefit corporation and is a tax–exempt charity under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, since May 1998. USA
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 10/24/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: APC has more than 30 years of experience and individuals of working collaboratively to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for human rights and development. Our vision is for people to use and shape the internet and digital technologies to create a just and sustainable world, leading to greater care for ourselves, each other and the earth. Our mission is to create a just and sustainable world by harnessing the collective power of activists, organisations, excluded groups, communities and social movements, to challenge existing power structures and ensure that the internet is developed and governed as a global public good.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Climate action
  • Digital economy and society
  • Environment
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Regional policy
  • Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: The Policy and Regulatory Initiative for Digital Africa (PRIDA) [1] included a component on the strengthened ability of African stakeholders to actively participate in the global IG debates. Cyber Resilience for Development (Cyber4Dev), a European Union project designed to promote cyber-resilience and cybersecurity, participated in the 2022 African school on IG which APC hosts and in 2023 APC personnel contributed to Cyber4Dev capacity development processes. D4D Hub [2] is a strategic multi-stakeholder platform for cooperation in digital development matters. APC has collaborated with them on the topic of digital equality, community networks, and local access and we are a member of the CSO Advisory Group. APC spoke at and moderated the only session on digital related issues during the EU Policy Forum, which was well attended and generated much interest. Our staff present in the meeting also highlighted the digital agenda as a crosscutting issue relating to all other sessions, including the green transition and the shrinking civic space ones, highlighting the importance of thematic areas such as surveillance and tech facilitated violence against human and environmental defenders, mis- and disinformation, among others. APC participated in the EU-Africa Partnership, with the most recent Summit being held a year ago in Brussels. APC also contributed a report on Open Internet partnership opportunities for the two regions [3]. APC has been following key legislation proposals concerning digital issues in priority countries such as India and Brazil. In these and other Global Majority countries, as well as at the global level, with have highlighted the challenge of simply importing EU regulations (such as the GDPR and GSA) to other jurisdictions. Although these are golden standards for the contexts similar to the EU, they may need deep adaptation and consideration for contexts with a different institutional and civic space architecture. APC has also engaged in discussions concerning the EU social and environmental responsibility standards and proposed AI norms. We have also been a partner under the EU’s programme European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) in promoting and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms since 2014. Under this programme we have supported freedom of information, expression, and association in Asia (2014-2017)[4], and the freedom of religion and expression online in the context of South and Southeast Asia (2019-2022)[5]. These initiatives are aligned with EU’s Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2015-2019 and specific human rights guidelines adopted by the EU. ________________________________________ [1] https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/policies/programming/programmes/policy-and-regulation-initiative-digital-africa-prida_en [2] https://d4dhub.eu/ [3] https://fpi.ec.europa.eu/news-1/new-report-released-open-internet-opportunities-eu-africa-partnership-2022-10-24_en [4] https://www.apc.org/en/project/advocacy-change-through-technology-india-malaysia-and-pakistan [5] https://www.apc.org/en/project/challenge
Communication Activities: Please refer to the above section for these details.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: 1013 Torney Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94129
Post Code: 94129
City: San Francisco
Country: UNITED STATES
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EU Office

Address: 1013 Torney Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94129
Post Code: 94129
City: San Francisco
Country: UNITED STATES
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 5
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 5
Members F T E: 0.5

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://www.apc.org/en/members
Organisation Members: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14cprpMnqqxjYoCDwyj6TEO-MAE-Kt4L5e6tcWTYJM5w/edit