Composed of a consortium of 25 international member networks, APC offers vital links of communication to over 50,000 NGOs, activists, educators, policy-makers, and community leaders in 133 countries. Canadian contact point is Web Networks listed directly above. Downstructuring towards collapsible corporations, a site with regular bulletins and updates. The Institute's project with LibertyNet to support neighborhood activism. Canada's primary role is to find the means of rendering local community network learning into a common knowledge base that is generally accessible to anyone who might want to use it.
Community networks are grassroots organizations.
Their continuing growth depends on sustaining self-organized local initiatives. Telecommunities Canada assists electronic community networks in augmenting the means available to communities to participate in and control the socio-economic and political restructuring that affects them. This website is one example of many government sponsored programs which seek to engage the participation of concerned and involved citizens in decision making around issues which affect their lives. ACAP is one of four ecosystem management programs presently underway within Environment Canada. In addition to planning activities, ACAP assists communities in acquiring the knowledge base, the skills, and the alliances necessary to develop and implement comprehensive environmental management plans.