NGO Group Statement
Supporting the Friends of Development Proposal

"We, the undersigned public interest non-governmental organizations support the adoption of the proposal submitted by the Group of Friends of Development (FoD) for a Development Agenda at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)."

Full text of statement:

• English: (HTML) (PDF) (DOC) (SXW)
• French: (PDF) (DOC) (SXW)
• Italian: (PDF) (DOC) (SXW)
• Spanish: (PDF) (DOC) (SXW)

Document references for the NGO statement


Signatories (in order of signing on):

1. IP Justice ~ International
2. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) ~ International
3. Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL.net) ~ Italy
4. Netzwerk Neue Medien ~ Germany
5. Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) ~ International
6. Public Knowledge ~ USA
7. CPSR-Peru ~ Peru
8. Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) ~ Philippines
9. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) ~ International
10. Professional Leaders Forum (PLF) ~ Nigeria
11. Promoting SA Music ~ South Africa
12. Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights ~ Egypt
13. Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) ~ UK
14. Institute for Sustainable Development and Research (ISDR) ~ India
15. Jaring Foundation ~ Indonesia
16. Health Information for Development (HID) ~ UK
17. International Alliance on Information Access (IAIA) ~ UK
18. Coastal Development Partnership (CDP) ~ Thailand
19. Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) ~ UK
20. IPLeft ~ South Korea
21. SAMADHAN ~ India
22. Jyotirmayee Mahila Samiti ~ India
23. Mahavir Yubak Sangh ~ India
24. Integrated Social Development Effort (ISDE) ~ Bangladesh
25. Luca Coscioni Association for Freedom of Scientific Research ~ Italy
26. Transnational Radical Party ~ International
27. Association Electronique Libre (AEL ASBL) ~ Belgium
28. Bytes For All ~ International
29. Committee for the Promotion of Public Awareness and Development Studies (COPPADES) ~ Nepal
30. SAARATHI ~ Bangalore
31. Bikash Bharati Welfare Society ~ India
32. Australian Digital Alliance ~ Australia
33. Australian Libraries' Copyright Committee ~ Australia
34. Shakti Vahini ~ India
35. Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) ~ International
36. Heinrich-Boell-Foundation ~ Berlin, Germany
37. IP Charter ~ UK
38. South Africa Medical Research Council Library & Information Services ~ South Africa
39. Bibliothek und Information Deutschland (BID) ~ Germany
40. Association Informatio-Consortium ~ Kyiv, Ukraine
41. Consortium des Bibliothèques de l'Enseignement Superieur du Senegal (COBESS) ~ Senegal
42. Georgian Library Association ~ Tbilisi, Georgia
43. Albanian Library Association ~ Albania
44. Albanian Publishers Association ~ Albania
45. Albanian Libraries Consortium ~ Albania
46. Digital Imaging South Africa (DISA) ~ Natal, South Africa
47. National Electronic Information Consortium (NEICON) ~ Moscow, Russia
48. Foundation of Tertiary Institutions of the Northern Metropolis (FOTIM) ~ South Africa
49. Zimbabwe University Libraries Consortium ~ Zimbabwe
50. FreePress.net ~ USA
51. Association Francophone des Utilisateurs de Linux et des Logiciels Libres (AFUL) ~ International
52. Lesotho Library Consortium ~ Lesotho
53. Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) ~ Bangladesh
54. Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet ~ South Korea
55. INKLING ~ India
56. ICESA City Campus ~ South Africa
57. Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) ~ Australia
58. Flemish Association of Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres ~ Belgium
59. Association for Progressive Communications (APC) ~ International
60. Community Communications Online (c2o) ~ Australia
61. Colnodo ~ Colombia
62. GreenNet ~ UK
63. Instituto del Tercer Mundo (IteM) ~ Uruguay
64. Open Forum ~ Cambodia
65. Jeevan Sanstha ~ India
66. Sierra Leone Association of Archivists, Librarians and Information Scientists (SLAALIS) ~ Sierra Leone
67. Women'sNet - South Africa
68. World Blind Union ~ International
69. Serbian Academic Library Association ~ Serbia
70. Nederlandse Vereniging voor Beroepsbeoefenaren in de Informatie-, Bibliotheek- en Kennissector (NVB) The Dutch Librarians Organisation ~ The Netherlands
71. Laos Library and Information Consortium (LALIC) ~ Laos
72. LACA: The Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance ~ UK
73. Cambodian Electronic Information for Libraries Consortium (Cam-eIFL) ~ Cambodia
74. University of Swaziland
75. Bulgarian Information Consortium ~ Bulgaria
76. Library and Information Consortia of Kyrgyzstan ~ Kyrgystan
77. Information Network for the Third Sector (Rits) ~ Brazil
78. Unimondo ~ Italy
79. Zamirnet ~ Croatia
80. Fantsuam Foundation ~ Nigeria
81. Green Spider Foundation ~ Hungary
82. Community Education Computer Society (CECS) ~ South Africa
83. Swiss Internet User Group (SIUG) ~ Switzerland
84. Privatkopie.net ~ Germany
85. Consortium of Uganda University Libraries (CUUL) ~ Uganda
86. Lithuanian Research Library Consortium ~ Lithuania
87. Lithuanian Librarians' Association ~ Lithuania
88. Consortium of Slovenian Electronic Collections (COSEC) ~ Slovenia
89. American Association of Law Libraries ~ United States of America
90. Electronic Information for Libraries - Nigeria ~ Nigeria
91. Poznan Foundation of Scientific Libraries ~ Poland
92. Uzbekistan Library Association ~ Uzbekistan
93. Cameroon Consortium of Libraries in Higher Institution ~ Cameroon
94. European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) ~ Belgium
95. OneWorld Southeast Europe (OWSEE) ~ The Balkans
96. Federation of Organisations in the field of Libraries, Information and Documentation (FOBID) ~ The Netherlands
97. Coalition of South African Library Consortia
98. European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA) ~ The Netherlands
99. Electronic Frontier Norway (EFN) ~ Norway
100. The National English Literary Museum (NELM) ~ South Africa
101. Macedonian Electronic Libraries (MEL) ~ Macedonia
102. Library Copyright Alliance ~ United States of America
103. Indialists.org ~ India
104. VIBE!AT - Verein für Internet-Benutzer Österreichs ~ Austria
105. Centro de Alta Tecnologia e Inovação em Software (ALTIS) ~ Brazil
106. Consumer Project on Technology (CPTech) ~ International
107. Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication ~ Bangladesh
108. Indian Linux Users Group (Goa) ~ India
109. European Digital Rights Initiative (EDRI) ~ International
110. Third World Network (TWN) ~ International
111. Pangea ~ Spain
112. Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC) ~ South Africa
113. Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) ~ International
114. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ~ International
115. Fundación Vía Libre ~ Argentina
116. TVE Asia Pacific ~ Sri Lanka
117. Canadian Library Association ~ Canada
118. Zambia Library Consortium ~ Zambia
119. Chuuk Association of Libraries ~ Pacific Islands
120. Azerbaijan Library and Information Consortium ~ Azerbaijan
121. Tajikistan Library Community ~ Tajikistan
122. Durban Institute of Technology (DIT) - Copyright Office ~ South Africa
123. Electronic Frontier Finland ~ Finland
124. The Association for Information Management ~ UK
125. Ghana Library Association ~ Ghana
126. Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH) ~ Ghana
127. GRACE ~ India
128. Netherlands Public Library Association (Nederlandse Vereniging van Openbare Bibliotheken) ~ Netherlands
129. BanglaPraxis ~ Bangladesh
130. Electronic Bulletin for Librarians ~ Poland
131. Consortium of Electronic Libraries in Kosova (CELK)~ Kosova
132. International Association of Law Libraries ~ International
133. Danish Union of Libraries ~ Denmark
134. Association of Danish Public Libary Managers ~ Denmark
135. Danish Library Association ~ Denmark
136. Danish Research Library Association ~ Denmark
137. HK/ Municipal Authorities (Library Committee) ~ Denmark
138. HK/ Government Institutions (Library Committee) ~ Denmark
     

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