9. Abbreviations and selected links
ALT – Andrew Lees Trust – www.andrewleestrust.org.uk
AMARC – World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters – www.amarc.org
APC – Association for Progressive Communications – www.apc.org
BCO – Building Communication Opportunities – www.bcoalliance.org
C4D – communication for development
CEPES – Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales (Peruvian Social Studies Centre) – www.cepes.org.pe
CIDA – Canadian International Development Agency – www.acdi-cida.gc.ca
DFID – Department for International Development of the United Kingdom – www.dfid.gov.uk
DGIS – Directorate-General for International Cooperation of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs – www.minbuza.nl
FAO – Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations – www.fao.org
GKP – Global Knowledge Partnership – www.globalknowledgepartnership.org
Hivos – Humanistisch Instituut voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries) – www.hivos.nl
ICTs – information and communication technologies
ICT4D – information and communication technologies for development
IDRC – International Development Research Centre – www.idrc.ca
IICD – International Institute for Communication and Development – www.iicd.org
IIED – International Institute for Environment and Development – www.iied.org
IFAD – International Fund for Agricultural Development – www.ifad.org
IKS-CCA – Integrated Knowledge System on Climate Change Adaptation
InSTEDD – Innovative Support to Emergencies Diseases and Disasters – instedd.org
IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – www.ipcc.ch
MDGs – Millennium Development Goals – www.un.org/millenniumgoals
NGO – non-governmental organisation
OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – www.oecd.org
Open Research – www.openresearch.co.za
OWA – One World Africa – www.africa.oneworld.net
OWSA – One World South Asia – www.southasia.oneworld.net
Panos London – www.panos.org.uk
Panos South Asia – www.panossouthasia.org
PROTEGE QV – Promotion des Technologies Garantes de l’Environnement et de la Qualité de Vie (Promotion of Technologies that Guarantee the Environment and Quality of Life) – www.protegeqv.org
RITS – Rede de Informações para o Terceiro Setor (Information Network for the Third Sector) – www.rits.org.br
SDC – Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation – www.sdc.admin.ch/ict4d
VoIP – voice over internet protocol
UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – unfccc.int
UNDP – United Nations Development Programme – www.undp.org
UNU-IAS TKI – United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies Traditional Knowledge Initiative – www.unutki.org
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