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What is Community Networking?

Community Networking is a difficult concept to easily describe and it has different meanings in different contextual situations. For example in french experience the expression «Réseaux Communautaires» would more commonly be called «Réseaux Citoyens». However for me Community Networking is about enriching local communities through the equitable development of accessible on-line technologies. For me the following values which were established at the first Community Networking - Networking Communities Conference held September 24 1996, are fundamental to my understanding of Community Networking. ( See here for further details ).

Key values integral in my approach to community networking:

The Global CN Partnership website has other documents and statements about Community Networking.


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