UNCTAD
UNCTAD carries out policy-oriented analytical
work on the implications for developing
countries of the adoption of
Internet technologies.
[www.unctad.org]
UNGIS
UNGIS (United Nations Group on
the Information Society) was endorsed by the UN-Chief Executives Board (CEB)
as the new inter-agency mechanism with the main objective to coordinate
substantive and policy issues facing the United Nations’ implementation of
the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
[www.ungis.org]
GAID
The Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID)functions as a partnership and network supported by the United Nations, under the authority of the Secretary-General and the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
[www.un-gaid.org]
 UNDP
ICT for Development
UNDP helps countries draw on expertise and best practices from around the world to develop strategies that expand access to ICT and harness it for development. Working in 166 countries, UNDP also relies on ICT solutions to make the most effective use of its own global network.
[www.undp.org]
 International
Telecommunication Union
Secretariat
of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), ITU is where governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services.
The ITU is the leading publisher of telecommunication technology, regulatory and standards information.
[www.itu.int]
 The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
The UNITAR operational satellite applications programme “UNOSAT” is today the sole UN programme entirely dedicated to providing the UN system and Member States with the state of the art operational satellite applications. Through training and capacity building, UNOSAT is leading the way in developing and seeing powerful satellite-based tools applied towards serving poverty alleviation, humanitarian relief, early recovery, economic and social development, and Human security issues in order to achieve the Millennium Development
Goals.
[www.unosat.org]
 United
Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
The project on Information Technologies and Social Development is designed to explore the institutional and policy environment affecting the likelihood that new information and communications technologies can be used to improve the lives of large numbers of people in developing countries.
[www.unrisd.org]
World
Bank's Global Information and Communication Technologies Department (GICT)
The World Bank
provides governments, private companies, and community organizations with the capital and expertise needed to develop and apply information and communication technologies to reduce poverty and foster development.
[www.worldbank.org]
United Nations
University-Institute for New Technologies (UNU-INTECH)
The World Bank
provides governments, private companies, and community organizations with the capital and expertise needed to develop and apply information and communication technologies to reduce poverty and foster development.
[www.intech.unu.edu]
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