Centre for Internet and Society (CIS)

The Centre for Internet and Society is a research organisation based in Bangalore, Inida, and founded in 2008. It brings together a team of practitioners, theoreticians, researchers and artists tow work on the emerging field of Internet and Society to critically engage with concerns of digital pluralism, public accountability and pedagogic practices, in the field of Internet and Society, with particular emphasis on South-South dialogues and exchange. Through multidisciplinary research, intervention, and collaboration, we seek to explore, understand, and affect the shape and form of the internet, and its relationship with the political, cultural, and social milieu of our times.

Hivos

Hivos Together with local organisations in developing countries, Hivos seeks to contribute to a free, fair and sustainable world in which citizens - women and men - have equal access to the resources, knowledge and opportunities for their development. Apart from providing financial and political support for local NGOs, Hivos is active in networking, lobbying and knowledge integration at the national and international level. Hivos is dedicating considerable resources to the development of knowledge on issues imperative to the work of civil society organisation (CSOs) and the development sector at large. To achieve its goals Hivos works closely with CSOs and academic centres worldwide.