A new Tech-Together webinar on “Bridging the Gap from Vision to Fibre Deployment: Community-Centric Approaches in Africa.”
Three online meetings to address how community networks are building local capacity and inclusion through community-led fibre and wireless connectivity.
1st. meeting: Thursday 14 August at 13 UTC
More info and register here 
https://www.apc.org/en/event/tech-together-webinar-bridging-gap-vision-fibre-deployment-community-centric-approaches.
>>> The latest edition of the Community Networks and Local Access Newsletter invites you to put in practice the principles that identify community-centred connectivity initiatives, from their own voices.
Diverse experiences, collective strategies and advocacy for seeding and growing community-centred connectivity.
----> Latest edition https://www.apc.org/en/news/community-networks-newsletter-principles-practice-voices-communities
----> Subscribe to get monthly updates on #LocalAccess and #CommunityNetworks https://crm.apc.org/content/local-access-subscription
Highlights from APC at the WSIS+20 Review High-Level Event: The moment to recalibrate internet governance
As we close an intense week of conversations at the #WSIS20 Review High-Level Event, we would like to share some glimpses into APC's engagement there. More coming soon!
APC at WSIS+20 Review High Level Event / More daily highlights
APC at WSIS+20 Review High Level Event / More daily highlights
APC at WSIS+20 Review High Level Event / More daily highlights
APC at WSIS+20 Review High Level Event / More daily highlights
APC at WSIS+20 Review High Level Event
JOIN US TOMORROW, 10 JULY
With WACC, IT for Change, DiploFoundation, Permanent Mission of Kenya & others
APC at WSIS+20 Review High Level Event / Highlights of Day 2
With @redesac_mx, @derechosdigital, @keith, IT for Change and others
Innovative models should combine social impact with sustainable business practices. On community-centered connectivity in Asia:
https://media.apc.org/w/7i9RG1k3sjXRwQfe2Xgr9j
More videos from the #DigitalJusticeNow campaign #WSIS20 #CommunityNetworks https://media.apc.org/search?search=wsis20
APC at WSIS+20 Review High Level Event / Highlights of Day 1
With @internetsociety, Rhizomatica and Digital Empowerment Foundation
APC at #WSIS20 Review High Level Event
JOIN US TOMORROW, 8 JULY (UTC+02:00)
Centering People and Planet in the WSIS+20 & Beyond
9:00–10:00
Defending Our Voice: Global South Participation in Digital Governance
9:00–10:00
Indigenous Digital Infrastructures & Emerging Technologies: Challenges, Capacities and Commons
9:00–10:00
https://www.apc.org/en/node/40740/
With @derechosdigital, IT for Change, @redesac_mx & Rhizomatica
Community-centered connectivity: How can we help local champions expand internet access for all?
Join our session with @internetsociety, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Rhizomática and more on 7 July, 16:30 (UTC+02:00).
>>> What makes connectivity really meaningful to people?
>>> The third episode of this season of the #RoutingforCommunities podcast focuses on community-centred connectivity initiatives as complementary to the internet access offered by commercial providers and state-sponsored public networks.
----> What are some principles identified by the Local Networks initiative? How are these principles in practice?
>>> Beyond international aid, how can we invest in community connectivity and make it self-sustainable?
Our session in Geneva and online, at #wsis20::
>>> Next week, at #WSIS20 
"Indigenous Digital Infrastructures and Emerging Technologies"
Tuesday, 8 July 2025 | 12:00–12:45 (UTC+2)
-----> This session will explore how Indigenous communities are building and governing their own digital infrastructures
"The internet has reached a critical point."
Gustaff H. Iskandar of Common Room (Indonesia) on the Internet Governance Forum, the state of the internet and financing of community-owned connectivity initiatives.
>>> Are you attending the #IGF2025?
-----> Here is a list of sessions by members of the APC network:
https://www.apc.org/en/news/apc-internet-governance-forum-igf-2025
>>> How can the future of the internet be imagined beyond social media platforms? What can we learn from other networks?
-----> Those were two of the guiding questions of the recent workshop “After Networks: Reframing Scale, Reimagining Connections” at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany, where our community shared views from the Local Networks Initiative.
