The successful candidate will join APC’s global communications and information policy (CIPP) team as the African ICT policy advocacy coordinator and will play an important role in building APC’s strategic priorities in the ICT policy field in Africa.

APC is a global network of civil society organizations whose mission is to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication technologies to build strategic communities and initiatives for the purpose of making meaningful contributions to equitable human development, social justice, participatory political processes and environmental sustainability.

The Community Solutions Program is now accepting applications for 2012! Applicants are sought from Uganda working in the areas: Transparency & Accountability, Tolerance/Conflict Resolution, Environmental Issues and Women's Issues. WOUGNET's Moses Owiny is one of the 2011 Program Beneficiaries and is currently based at the YWCA in Batavia, New York.

SIPU International will, together with Jarskog Konsult, execute two new International Training Programmes for Private Sector Development: "Strategic Business Management" (SBM) and "Private Sector Growth" (PSG). The separate but interlinked programmes are sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

The objectives of the two programmes is to contribute to the development of a vibrant and sustainable private sector, seeking to strengthen collaboration between the private and public sectors, for better functioning markets and improved integration in world trade.