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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

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We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. Indonesia has the world’s second highest level of biodiversity (after Brazil).

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Breakthrough on Global Access at WIPO in Geneva!

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Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., Question: How would this help people with print disabilities globally? One key point: it’s been the law of the land in the U.S. the European Union and others.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

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According to Park Young-Woo of the United Nations Environment Program, the Asia-Pacific region now produces more than half of global e-waste. The WEEE Directive is the set of laws that governs the proper collection and disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the 27 countries of the European Union.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

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It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. law needs to change to comply with the treaty (the hope is that these changes are minimal). I had a chance to meet with staffers involved in the drafting of two key federal bills that are most likely to be adopted, and shared my issues.

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