Wamani is a non-governmental organisation working on ICT issues in Argentina. In 2004, Wamani built a regional information system for the

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chapters of Amnesty International. Human rights organisations in that part of the world (

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), such as Madres de la Plaza de Mayo have been using the service platform offered by Wamani, which is targeted towards non-profit organisations. Wamani has also help boost the online communication systems of six different sites, related to Amnesty sections in as many different countries. It has also been work on themes relating to intranets, virtual campuses and real strategic alliances. Wamani has also been involved in implementing an intranet and a campus for the whole of human rights

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Amnesty International in the

and Caribbean region. It has built links with researchers and experts in

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...

, and organisational development,

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and the development of

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, according to the 2005 annual report of the

Association for Progressive Communications The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network of organizations that was founded in 1990 to provide communication infrastructure, including Internet-based applications, to groups and individuals who work for peace ...

, of which Wamani is a member: "Throughout 2005, Wamani's technical team work on the development, implementation and experimentation of a group of tools to support training and distance education processes, as well as support systems (intranets) for the internal and external operations of organisations or networks".

References

External links

Wamani website
Information and communication technologies for development Non-profit technology Information technology organisations based in Argentina Non-profit organisations based in Argentina {{Argentina-stub