jdmann@labrea.stanford.edu (David Yarrow) (10/27/89)
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INTERDOC
Interdoc is an international association of nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) that use information and communication
technology for social change.
Organizations from all around the world belong to Interdoc,
including the Brazilian Institute for Social and Economic
Analysis (IBASE) in Brazil, DESCO in Peru, IBON and People's
Access in the Philippines, Asia Monitor Resource Center
(AMRC) in Hong Kong, the Latin American Institute for the
Study of Transnationals (ILET) in Chile, CODESRIA in Senegal,
IDOC in Italy, and the Data Center in the United States.
Interdoc members make use of computer networks and a variety
of database systems to collect, analyze, and disseminate
information on labor and employment, multinational
corporations, international development cooperation, economic
and social conditions, human rights, and a variety of other
issues. Interdoc was formed in 1984 to facilitate the sharing
of information about information technology and its use for
positive social change.
Antenna, a Dutch NGO, functions as the technical advisory
group and assists members and others in using computer
communications. Poptel, based in London, manages e-mail
services for Interdoc on the GeoNet commercial computer
network.
IGC staff participated in the Interdoc technical workshop in
Epe, The Netherlands, September 17 through 23. We had a truly
fantastic time learning about how people are making use of
computer networks for action around the world. We met with
operators of nonprofit networks in South Africa, Uruguay,
Thailand, and the Philippines, and we examined a multitude of
database applications used for storing and retrieving all
varieties of structured and nonstructured data.
If you would like more information about Interdoc, visit the
conference geo2.interdoc or contact Michael Polman at Antenna
(geo2:antenna), John Sayer at AMRC (geo2:amrc), or Tom Fenton
at the Data Center (tfenton).
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