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NGO Partners

In an effort to strengthen and support the global NGO community, Microsoft has established NGO partnerships to bring the power of technology and education to NGOs around the world. The organizations and resources listed on this page have a mission to help NGO communities become more efficient and effective. Please visit their Web sites and take advantage of their offerings.
Worldwide (6)
LINGOs

LINGOs (ngolearning.org)

Worldwide

LINGOs (Learning for International Non-Governmental Organizations) works to improve the performance, lower the cost, and increase the effectiveness of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) through shared learning resources.

NetHope

NetHope (www.nethope.com)

Worldwide

NetHope is an interagency collaboration of IT executives and managers from 25 of the world's largest international NGOs. NetHope members combine resources and work together to enhance their agencies' investments in information and communications technologies. NetHope has five areas of strategic focus: connectivity, emergency response, field capacity building, shared services, and innovation for development.

Pact

Pact (pactworld.org)

Worldwide

Pact operates 100 projects in 46 countries to help NGOs strengthen their capacity to advance social, economic, and environmental justice.

Resource Alliance

Resource Alliance (resource-alliance.org)

Worldwide

The Resource Alliance mission is to build the fundraising capabilities of NGOs worldwide.

TechSoup

TechSoup (techsoup-global.org)

Worldwide

TechSoup serves NGOs worldwide with technology resources, including training, software and hardware, and learning communities.

telecentre.org

telecentre.org (telecentre.org)

Worldwide

telecentre.org is a community of people and organizations that are committed to increasing the social and economic impact of telecentres around the world.

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Africa and Asia Pacific (8)
CAP Foundation

CAP Foundation (www.capfoundation.in)

India

CAP Foundation was initiated as an innovative partnership between the private and public sectors to develop a model for the alleviation of poverty. This model addresses poverty by providing working children and at-risk youth with opportunities to acquire equitable, promising, and marketable employment skills.

Community Connections

Community Connections (myggsa.co.za/connect/receivers/community_connections)

Africa

Community Connections assists Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to strengthen their capacity to become financially sustainable. The services it provides include training, organizational development, computer access, and networking.

Community Information Strategies Austrialia Inc. (CISA)

Community Information Strategies Australia Inc. (CISA) (cisa.asn.au)

Australia

CISA supports nonprofit organizations throughout Australia with a focus on Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICTD) capacity building. CISA works in partnership with TechSoup Global to make technology solutions widely available to NGOs in Australia and New Zealand.

Japan NPO Center

Japan NPO Center (jnpoc.ne.jp)

Japan

The Japan NPO Center aims to create strategic partnerships between the nonprofit sector, business, and government to strengthen the nonprofit sector throughout Japan.

NASSCOM Foundation

NASSCOM Foundation (nasscomfoundation.org)

India

NASSCOM Foundation enables and empowers underserved communities through the use of Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD). NASSCOM Foundation works in partnership with TechSoup Global to make technology solutions widely available to NGOs in India.

NGOCONNECT Africa

NGOConnect Africa (ngoconnectafrica.org)

Africa

NGOConnect Africa is a service sponsored by Microsoft that aims to assist NGOs to use technology more efficiently to achieve their goals as well as to encourage networking and coordination of NGOs and NGO resources across sub-Saharan Africa.

SANGONeT

SANGONeT (sangonet.org.za)

Africa

SANGONeT serves civil society through a wide range of services that focus on Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICTD). SANGONeT works in partnership with TechSoup Global to make technology solutions widely available to NGOs in South Africa and Botswana.

Visayan Forum Foundation

Visayan Forum Foundation (www.visayanforum.org)

Philippines

Visayan Forum Foundation is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization (NGO) that works for the welfare of marginalized migrants, especially those who work in the low-visibility and informal sectors. It also seeks to build the capabilities of its partner NGOs through training and mentoring.

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Americas (12)
ATACH

ATACH (www.atach.cl)

Latin America

ATACH is a community of people and institutions working to develop communities by using the advantages offered by information and communication technologies. Our goal is to help people access these technologies and use them as a means to help improve their quality of life.

CDI Chile

CDI Chile (www.cdichile.org)

Latin America

CDI Chile is a member of CDI International, an NGO that has developed innovative ways to promote social inclusion by using information technology as a tool for building active citizenship.

Centro CITECI

Centro CITECI (www.citeci.com)

Latin America

CITECI promotes actions and sustains programs to improve society's capabilities in science, technology, and innovation, and to facilitate the generation of and accessibility to knowledge. It promotes social inclusion, particularly for people with low incomes and disabilities.

Committee for Democratization of Information – CDI

Committee for Democratization of Information – CDI (cdi.org.br)

Latin America

Microsoft works in partnership with CDI to establish and expand its presence across Latin America. CDI consists of more than 1,000 Information Technology and Citizens' Rights Schools that help support more than 600,000 underserved individuals. CDI works in partnership with TechSoup Global to make technology solutions widely available to NGOs in Chile.

Corporación Maule Activa

Corporación Maule Activa

Latin America

Maule Activa is a private nonprofit corporation, which, among other objectives, seeks to collaborate with public and private institutions in national and international projects that promote economic, social, and cultural development in the region of Maule in Chile. It also participates in the development, promotion, and implementation of programs that provide training in new technologies. It promotes the use of and access to information technologies that contribute to the development of microenterprises and small enterprises, and strives to improve the circumstances of the people of Chile.

Fundación de Vida Rural de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Fundación de Vida Rural de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (www.fvrpuc.cl)

Latin America

This nonprofit foundation focuses specifically on youth in poor socio-economical conditions in both urban and rural areas. It provides training in information and communication technologies to help improve their quality of life, through partnerships with business and governmental organizations.

Fundación Venezuela Sin Límites

Fundación Venezuela Sin Límites (www.venezuelasinlimites.org)

Latin America

Fundación Venezuela Sin Limites is a second-level organization that distributes resources and coordinates social initiatives to empower associated social development organizations in Venezuela.

Institute of International Education

Institute of International Education (www.iie.org)

United States

The Institute of International Education (IIE) administers more than 200 programs serving more than 20,000 individuals each year. An independent nonprofit organization founded in 1919, IIE promotes excellence in education and training worldwide.

NPower

NPower (npower.org)

United States

Microsoft works in partnership with NPower to advance their mission of helping nonprofit organizations use technology to serve their communities better.

Opción Venezuela

Opción Venezuela (www.opcionvenezuela.org)

Latin America

Opción Venezuela promotes the development of community service and volunteerism. It provides a foundation of social responsibility by encouraging student participation in community service and volunteerism to make a better Venezuela.

SUPERATEC

SUPERATEC (www.superatec.org.ve)

Latin America

SUPERATEC operates to enable low-income people use technology to improve their lives. The SUPERATEC mission is to promote change in the lives of low-income youth by providing development opportunities through training in technology and job skills.

Trust for the Americas – POETA

The Trust for the Americas – POETA (trustfortheamericas.org)

Latin America

Microsoft supports the Trust's broad Latin America initiative—Partnership for Opportunities in Employment through Technology in the Americas (POETA). This initiative provides technology and job skills training to people with disabilities and at-risk youth.

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Europe (8)
Ateliers du Bocage

Ateliers du Bocage (www.ateliers-du-bocage.com)

France

Ateliers du Bocage is a social enterprise to recycle computers and mobile phones. It strives to foster digital inclusion and provide job opportunities for people who are excluded from the traditional labor market.

Bank Drugiej Ręki

Bank Drugiej Ręki (bdr.org.pl)

Poland

Bank Drugiej Ręki is the TechSoup Global partner and Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher in Poland. They provide technology solutions and support to NGOs across Poland.

Charity Technology Trust

Charity Technology Trust (ctt.org)

United Kingdom

Charity Technology Trust (CTT) empowers British charities through the effective use of technology, focusing on fundraising, Web-based solutions, and IT consulting. CTT works in partnership with TechSoup Global to make technology solutions widely available to NGOs.

Civil Society Development Center (STGM)

Civil Society Development Center (STGM) (stgm.org.tr)

Turkey

The Civil Society Development Center focuses on providing training to help Turkish NGOs increase their capacity across IT, organizational, financial, and human resources.

Enclude

Enclude (www.encludeit.org)

Ireland

Enclude runs the Microsoft Technology Donations Program in Ireland.

Fundación Esplai

Fundación Esplai (www.esplai.org/index.htm)

Spain

The Fundación Esplai (Esplai Foundation) educates children and young people and supports nongovernmental organizations that support underserved communities. Together with Microsoft, the Foundation runs the Conecta Now project (www.redconecta.org and www.conectajoven.org), which aims to reduce digital illiteracy in Spain and enhance the employability and social inclusion of young people, women over 45, people who have been out of work for an extended time, and immigrants.

NIOK

NIOK (www.niok.hu)

Hungary

NIOK is a major Hungarian nongovernmental organization (NGO) that serves other NGOs by supplying information and advice. Because of their leading role, NIOK was selected as the Hungarian TechSoup partner and E-civil Training Centre.

Socialware

Socialware (socialware.be)

Belgium

Socialware operates and distributes appropriate technology to NGOs in Belgium, and provides advice, management, and collaboration solutions. Socialware works in partnership with TechSoup Global to make technology solutions widely available to NGOs in Belgium and Luxembourg.

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