ACWICT’s programs are based on public/private sector/ civil society partnerships, a strategic alliance that combines the resources and strengths of the government, private sector and civil society to achieve its goals and objectives.

Below are profiles of organizations that have partnered with us on our various programs:

International Youth Foundation

The International Youth Foundation is a global nonprofit organization uniquely dedicated to preparing young people to be healthy, productive, and engaged citizens. Founded in 1990, IYF’s worldwide network of partner’s organizations has grown to in 70 countries, helping young people to shape their future through proven programs that tie education to work, improve employability, and enable and inspire them to play a positive role in their communities. IYF collaborates with businesses, governments and civil society organizations that share a common desire to improve the life conditions and prospects of youth to build effective, sustainable, and scalable programs that positively impact the lives of young people worldwide.

Microsoft – Unlimited Potential Program

Microsoft Corporation, a global technology leader committed to innovation and broadening digital inclusion through its unlimited potential program enhances technology skills of under served young people and adults through community telecentres.

Ultimately, Microsoft believes that by providing training and tools, we can partner to create social and economic opportunities that can transform communities and help people realize their potential. Microsoft Unlimited potential is used to describe Microsoft’s expanded, integrated and accelerated long-term global business and citizenship commitment to bring the benefits of technology. The work that Microsoft has done together with NGOs over the years has laid the foundation for this broader corporate commitment to bring technology to the next five billion people, with a goal reaching the firs billion by 2015

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

UNIFEM is the women’s fund at the United Nations. It was established in 1976 to provide financial and technical assistance to innovative approaches aimed at fostering women’s empowerment and gender equality. Today the organization’s work touches the lives of women and girls in more than 100 countries. UNIFEM also helps to make the voices of women heard in the United Nations to highlight critical issues and advocate for the implementation of existing commitments made to women. Placing realization of women’s human rights and security at the centre of all its efforts, UNIFEM focuses its activities on four strategic goals:

• Reducing women’s poverty and exclusion

• Ending violence against women

• Reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls

• Supporting women’s leadership in governance and post-conflict reconstruction.

To pursue this goals, UNIFEM works with countries to formulate and implement laws and policies to eliminate gender discrimination and promote gender equality in such areas as land and inheritance rights, decent work for women and ending violence against women.UNIFEM also aims to transforms institutions to make them more accountable to gender equality and women’s right, to strengthen the capacity and voice of women’s rights advocates, and to change harmful and discriminatory practices in society.

Communication Commission of Kenya

The Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) was established in February 1999 by the Kenya communications Act 1998 to license and regulate telecommunications, radio communication and postal services in Kenya. This responsibility translates to the following functions:

• Licensing (telecoms and postal/courier) operators

• Regulating tariffs for monopoly areas

• Establishing interconnections principles

• Type- approving communications equipment

• Managing the radio frequency spectrum

• Formulating telecommunication numbering schemes and assigning them to network operators and

• Implementing universal service obligation for both postal and telecommunication services.

CCK’s vision is to “Enable access to reliable communications services by all Kenyans”.

Its mission “To ensure that the communications sector contributes to the county’s overall development through efficient and enabling regulation and public participation.”
CCK’s values include Integrity and Fairness, Disclosure and Good Corporate Governance, Quality vale for money, Innovation Highly Competent and Motivated Workforce.

Trestle Group Foundation

Developed by a dynamic team of entrepreneurs and international business professionals, Trestle Group Foundation is an innovative, change-provoking, nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and expanding sustainable economic opportunities in developing countries by removing barriers and providing direct support to emerging entrepreneurs.

Voices for Innovation

Voices for Innovation are a global online community in which communication, learning, change, and innovation are driving forces. Supported by Microsoft, Voices for Innovation is a collaboration of professionals comprising business leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs that represent a diverse spectrum of knowledge, experience, opinions, and expertise.

Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP)

ACWICTis an active member of the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP). The Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) is an evolving network of public, private and not for profit organizations across the world. The aim of the GKP is to promote broad access to-and effective use of knowledge and information as tools for equitable sustainable development. At the Global Knowledge partnership, we share information, experiences and resources to realize the potential of information and communications technologies to improve lives, reduce poverty and empower people. For more information about the GKP, please visit www.globalknowledge.org or e-mail kwan@gkpsecretariat.org.my (Deputy Executive Director GKP).

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Gender Caucus

ACWICT is s formation group member of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)-Gender Caucus. The WSIS Gender Caucus is a multi-stakeholder group consisting of women and men from national governments, civil society organizations, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector and United Nations system. The objective of the WSIS Gender Caucus is to ensure that gender equality and Women’s rights are integrated into WSIS, its processes and outcomes. ACWICT was involved in formulation and development of the Electronic Networking strategy for the Caucus. For more information, visit the Caucus website at www.genderwwsis.org .