ISIF Asia’s 2018 Four Grants Programs: Empowering Communities in the Asia Pacific Region

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The Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia) has announced its 4 different types of grant programs to empower community in the Asia pacific region to research, design and implement Internet-based solutions for their own needs, placing particular emphasis on the positive role the Internet has in social and economic development in the region.

Grant Programs

The grant programs are:

Cybersecurity Grants
I4D for Community Networks Grants
I4D for Gender Empowerment & Innovation Grants
Internet Operations Research Grants

The challenges of improving Internet growth are multi faceted and interrelated, particularly in developing countries. They include, for example, access to technical skills and knowledge, the diffusion and reliability of infrastructures and services, an enabling business and policy environment for information and telecommunications, as well as unique local economic and social challenges. Meeting and overcoming these challenges requires innovative solutions and the involvement of local actors, who are best placed to understand their needs and requirements. Critical to reach these goals are the availability of Internet infrastructure and services that are affordable and efficient; innovative Internet applications; successful and sustainable models for the provision of Internet services and finally, business environments which can become commercially competitive and sustainable.

Objectives

Support research on Internet operations, infrastructure, technologies and protocols, conducted within the Asia Pacific region.
Support implementation and refinement of digital solutions that make strategic use of Internet technologies in an innovative way, responding to the needs and challenges that different communities face.
Provide higher visibility and share evidence of the positive influence that the Internet is having in the Asia Pacific region, and in particular the contributions from Asia Pacific digital innovators to these developments.
Build the capacities needed by organizations and their project teams, to scale-up their solutions; whether through better management, fundraising, or partnership development.

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