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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:	Belgium Costa Rica Togo New Zealand Comoros Ghana Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Côte D'Ivoire Egypt Ethiopia Trinidad and Tobago Netherlands Denmark Uruguay South Sudan San Marino Bhutan Kyrgyzstan Seychelles Zambia Jamaica Tajikistan Poland Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Mexico Norway Angola China Gabon Iceland North Macedonia Malta Georgia Madagascar Spain Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Guinea Iraq Antigua and Barbuda Germany Latvia Sao Tome and Principe Sudan Benin Peru Argentina Oman Slovakia Country Not Available Solomon Islands Cameroon Ecuador Central African Republic Afghanistan United Arab Emirates Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Switzerland Fiji Tuvalu Ireland Liberia Morocco Holy See Bangladesh Azerbaijan Saint Lucia Congo Malawi Andorra Niger Turkmenistan Bahrain Equatorial Guinea Ukraine Chile State of Palestine Lesotho Barbados Syrian Arab Republic Canada Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Mauritius Namibia Nauru Democratic People's Republic of Korea Mali Uzbekistan Suriname Dominica Brazil Australia Guinea Bissau Burundi South Africa France Guatemala Belize Jordan Algeria Dominican Republic Honduras Malaysia Armenia Eritrea Mozambique Montenegro Yemen Chad Bulgaria Sierra Leone Republic of Korea Brunei Darussalam Kenya Italy Cape Verde Kuwait Greece Lao People's Democratic Republic Belarus Cambodia Lebanon Myanmar Portugal Samoa Thailand Republic of Moldova Philippines Estonia Botswana Saudi Arabia Guyana Timor-Leste Romania Micronesia (Federated States of) Kiribati Papua New Guinea United States of America Senegal India Luxembourg Palau Cuba Tonga Russian Federation Panama Liechtenstein Lithuania Haiti Pakistan Mongolia Zimbabwe Tunisia Mauritania Viet Nam Iran (Islamic Republic of) Rwanda Grenada Gambia Singapore Somalia Qatar Israel Nepal Saint Kitts and Nevis Burkina Faso Eswatini Nicaragua Monaco Serbia Djibouti Slovenia Croatia Austria Albania Kazakhstan Marshall Islands Maldives Bahamas Colombia Cyprus Sweden Indonesia Libya El Salvador Vanuatu Japan Nigeria Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Finland Türkiye Paraguay Sri Lanka United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Other geographic areas of activity:	Occupied Syrian Golan Jammu and Kashmir 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:	Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Fees for providing consulting or research services Donations and grants from domestic sources

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