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Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Social Development: Aging Disabled persons Information and Communications Technologies Social policy Statistics: Disability Statistics
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Togo Belgium Gambia Italy Sudan Ecuador Micronesia (Federated States of) Comoros Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Viet Nam Norway Slovenia Türkiye United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Jamaica Bhutan Marshall Islands Guatemala Liechtenstein Timor-Leste State of Palestine Oman Palau Angola China Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Ukraine Portugal Djibouti Croatia Honduras Gabon San Marino Antigua and Barbuda Guinea Guinea Bissau Benin Mexico Argentina Singapore Germany Mali Spain Ireland Rwanda Cameroon Central African Republic Afghanistan Mongolia Tunisia Bosnia and Herzegovina Suriname Papua New Guinea Uruguay Maldives Pakistan Czechia Eritrea Israel Bangladesh Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Lithuania Paraguay Congo El Salvador Andorra Malta Bahrain Ghana Tajikistan Chile Somalia Republic of Moldova Barbados India Canada Equatorial Guinea Fiji Mauritania Madagascar Turkmenistan Morocco United Republic of Tanzania Dominica New Zealand France Serbia Lebanon Costa Rica Iceland Brazil Australia Lao People's Democratic Republic Uzbekistan Burundi Belize Algeria Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Eswatini North Macedonia Armenia Trinidad and Tobago Georgia Estonia Luxembourg Chad Kiribati Bulgaria Côte D'Ivoire Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Zimbabwe Tuvalu Brunei Darussalam Grenada Montenegro Saint Lucia Cape Verde Tonga Holy See Belarus Saudi Arabia Cambodia Liberia Japan Lesotho Nigeria Nepal Botswana Kuwait Latvia Samoa Yemen Republic of Korea Cyprus Sierra Leone Democratic Republic of the Congo Poland Cuba Myanmar Dominican Republic Egypt Slovakia Philippines Namibia Zambia Netherlands South Africa Vanuatu Libya Malaysia Romania Kyrgyzstan Syrian Arab Republic Democratic People's Republic of Korea Burkina Faso Iraq Senegal Mozambique Country Not Available Nauru Jordan Monaco United Arab Emirates Guyana Niger Thailand Saint Kitts and Nevis Austria Albania Haiti Nicaragua Switzerland Bahamas Colombia Uganda Hungary Russian Federation Seychelles Solomon Islands Panama Peru Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Denmark Mauritius Sweden United States of America Sao Tome and Principe Qatar Sri Lanka Greece Finland South Sudan
Other geographic areas of activity:	Jammu and Kashmir Occupied Syrian Golan Kosovo
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	To promote and facilitate the implementation by States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) of its dispositions relative to the accessibility of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and to assistive technologies.
Year established:	2006
Year of registration:	2008
Organizational structure:	G3ict is governed by a Board of Directors which supervises, manages and controls the activities of the corporation including defining its mission, strategy, and reviewing and approving financial plans and results. The Board of Directors elects a Board Chair, a President, an Executive Director, a Secretary and a Treasurer responsible to implement the Board’s decisions and to manage the daily activities of the organization. The President acts as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and currently also carries the title and responsibilities of Executive Director. Three executives report to the president: • Vice President of Institutional Relations, also responsible for all education and international capacity building as well as international conference programs • Vice President of Global Strategy and Development, also responsible for Research Programs • Treasurer acting as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer G3ict also maintains a Steering Committee (Advisory Board) whose role is consultative only. Its members are appointed by the Board of Directors among stakeholders most involved with G3ict activities. Members include Corporate Leaders, Committee Chairs and Special Advisors and International Advisors.
Number and type of members:	G3ict enrols Individual volunteer “Fellows” from around the world (with no membership fee) who wish to be involved with G3ict activities. Fellows represent a network of 943 individuals from around the world.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Disabled People's International (DPI); Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability (DCAD)
Funding structure:	Fees for providing consulting or research services Donations and grants from domestic sources Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations

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