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'''Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme''' was an initiative of UNDP ([[United Nations Development Programme]]) and "aims to promote the development and application of [[information and communication technologies]] (or, ICTs) for sustainable human development". Its sphere of work was the Asia-Pacific region. APDIP was based within the UN premises in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

APDIP said it "aims to meet its goals by focusing on three inter-related core areas". The first is policy development and dialogue, the second is access, and the third beingis content development and knowledge management.

==Aims, approach==

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==Second Team==

APDIP's second team (2001 - 2008) comprised [Programme co-ordinator [[Shahid AKHTAR]], FOSS consultant [[Sunil Abraham]], programme specialist for content development and knowledge management [[Christine APIKUL]], programme specialist for policy development and dialogue [[Lars BESTLE]], practice team assistant [[Wasinee TRAYAPORN]], programme specialist for access and partnership development [[James George CHACKO]], programme specialist for building capacities and partnerships [[Phet SAYO]], programme specialist for ICT4D based in Sri Lanka [[Chanuka WATTEGAMA]], programme specialist for access and partnerships [[Isa Seow]] and IT consultant [[Khairil YUSOF]].

==Achievements (2001- onwards) THE IOSN==

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[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/27/business/un-agency-is-bringing-timor-online-horsemen-in-mongolia-as-well.html UN agency is bringing timor online horsemen in mongolia as well.]

* [http://www.yasmin-g.com/pdfs/digitaldivide.pdf AsiaWeek. Heroes of the Digital Divide]

* [https://archive.org/details/The-Codebreakers The Codebreakers : Asia Pacific Development Information Programme : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive]

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