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ITeM publishes books and magazines which are sold all over the world. It has also branched out from paper to CD-Roms and Web pages... However, not all of what ITeM does is for sale. A great part of its activity is dedicated to the international promotion of citizen networks to defend the environment, foster policies which favor social development or train groups and people with special needs.

ITeM has four major areas of activities:

NGO networks:
From the pyramids to the XXIst century
Information, communication and campaign networks are a form of social organization expanding rapidly worldwide, supplementing (and sometimes replacing) the hierarchical patterns that impose pyramidal structures on social organizations. ITeM actively participates in many national and international networks, fostering and strengthening them in several ways, particularly supplying them with relevant information and communication channels.

ITeM is part of the following networks:

Third World Network is an international network of groups and individuals involved in efforts to bring about: a greater articulation of the needs and rights of peoples in the Third World; a fair distribution of world resources; and forms of development which are ecologically sustainable and fulfill human needs. TWN's International Secretariat is based in Penang, Malaysia. ITeM hosts the Latin American Secretariat.

NGONET: Since 1991, NGONET acts as an "information broker" on global decision-making processes to foster the ability of citizen groups in the South to have a voice in them.

RedBancos: The Latin American and Caribbean NGO Network on Multilateral Development Banks, created in 1994, disseminates information about MDBs and seeks to increase public influence over MDB policy and projects. RedBancos facillitates in Latin America the Multilateral Development Banks Energy Project aimed at reorienting energy sector investments of the MDBs towards sustainable energy.

Social Watch publishes a yearly report summarizing the findings of civil society organizations around the world in their monitoring of the implementation of the Social Summit (Copenhagen) and the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing).

World Rainforest Movement: ITeM hosted the international secretariat of the WRM and is actively involved in the International Network on Tree Plantations and Paper, created in Rio, in 1992.

Information: On paper, CD-ROM and the Internet

ITeM's information products are available on paper, compact disks and through the Internet. Our regular publications are:

The World Guide: a reference book published every two years in hard copy and CD-ROM, updated weekly on the Internet.

Revista del Sur: the monthly Spanish version of "Third World Resurgence", a Third World Network magazine covering the main issues of international debate.

Tercer Mundo Económico: the monthly Spanish version of "Third World Economics", a leading publication on trade and globalization issues from a Southern perspective.

ITeM also publishes books on different issues.

Communication: Access for all

Ch@sque is the Uruguayan member of the Association for Progressive Communications, providing access to the Internet, electronic conferences and information to groups and individuals working for human rights, peace, environmental sustainability and human development around the world. Chasque is also the communication backbone of ITeM projects.

Training

Nexo is a network promoting the use of information and communication technologies by people with disabilities and special needs.