Local people know best how to tackle their own communities’ challenges when it comes to Internet connectivity and access. The Internet Society offers support in many different ways to work towards these goals, including the Internet Society Fellowship to the IETF.
Local people know best how to tackle their own communities’ challenges when it comes to Internet connectivity and access. The Internet Society offers support in many different ways to work towards these goals, including the IETF Fellowship programme.
Three weeks ago, on 5 March 2013, I had the pleasure to participate in a session discussing about the importance of an open and multi-stakeholder Internet framework for freedom of expression and economic growth in Africa.
In the reporting period June-October 2005 the group of ISOC Chapters ( Poland, Republic of Georgia, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Chicago, Washington DC, Texas and ECC) in cooperation with Central and Eastern European Networking Association (CEENet) have been working on the Phase I of the project realization. After initial discussions and task distribution our team has created the underlying database structure, with fully functional Web interface.
The project that has enabled the creation of the first Internet Centre in vIbanda Sub-county in Uganda, East Africa. This report narrates the activities of the project carried out, how the grant has been used and also describes both the achievements Outcomes & Achievements
On the occasion of the World Conference on International Telecommunications which is meeting this week and next to revise the International Telecommunication Regulations, it is interesting to note the huge gains that the host nation has made in relation to the quality of Internet connectivity in the United Arab Emirates.
Supports work to enhance the Internet environment in underserved communities
[Washington, D.C., and Geneva, Switzerland] – The Internet Society today announced funding for 13 community-based Internet projects that will enhance the Internet ecosystem in underserved communities around the world. The Community Grants are awarded twice each year to Internet Society Chapters and Member. Recipients receive up to US$10,000 to implement their projects.
The 13 projects funded in this round of grants will:
IXP launch supported by the Internet Society and the DRC ISP Association
[Washington, D.C. and Geneva, Switzerland] -- A new Internet Exchange Point (IXP) was launched on 16 November in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Kinshasa IXP (KINIX) was funded through the Internet Society’s Community Grants Programme and managed by the DRC ISP Association (ISPA-DRC), as part of its DRC-IX project, which aims to establish IXPs in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, and Goma.
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