The Advocacy and Policy Institute (API) is a Cambodian non-profit and non-government organisation with a mission to serve the long-term democratic and social development needs of Cambodia. API is committed to working with all institutions that share its values for positive and peaceful social change and encourages cooperation among government, citizens, and the private sector.
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa. Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.
EngageMedia is a nonprofit that promotes digital rights, open and secure technology, and social issue documentary. Combining video, technology, knowledge, and networks, we support Asia-Pacific and global changemakers advocating for human rights, democracy, and the environment. In collaboration with diverse networks and communities, we defend and advance digital rights.
Born in 2012, the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a non-profit free software project that aims to empower decentralized efforts in documenting internet censorship around the world.
Sinar Project is a civic tech initiative using open technology, open data and policy analysis to systematically make important information public and more accessible to the Malaysian people. It aims to improve governance and encourage greater citizen involvement in the public affairs of the nation by making Parliament and Malaysian Government more open, transparent and accountable.
Thai Netizen Network (TNN) is a non-profit organisation in Thailand that advocates for digital rights and civil liberties. TNN started its operations in December 2008 and officially registered as the “Foundation for Internet and Civic Culture” in May 2014. TNN grew out of a group of netizens who had concerns about limited internet freedom during post-coup military governments, particularly the Computer Crime Bill. Their primary activities are policy monitoring, making policy recommendations, digital security training for human rights defenders and journalists, and public awareness campaigns on personal digital security and privacy.Our activities are based on five themes: 1) access to information, 2) freedom of opinion and expression, 3) privacy, 4) participatory internet governance, and 5) rights over information resources.
The Timorese Association for Progressive Media and Technology is a local NGO based in Timor-Leste that works to promote research, training, development, and advocacy on internet freedom, media and digital literacy, open-source, Linux-based, and internet-community networks and governance. This association consists of journalists, IT professionals, bloggers, environmentalists, community organisers, activists, scholars, and intellectuals working in various fields in Timor-Leste. Our aim is to promote ICT sectors as open and common sources, serving democratic governance in which the digital space is designed and managed by and for the benefit of people and the planet.
