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International Institute for Communication and Development

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The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) was a non-profit foundation established by the Ministry for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands in 1996. IICD's aim was to support sustainable development through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), notably computers and the Internet.

The Institute, which was based in The Hague, was active in nine developing countries: Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Ghana, Jamaica, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. IICD supported policy processes and projects involving the use of ICTs in the following sectors: health, education, "livelihoods" (mainly agriculture), and governance. IICD received funding from the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Netherlands, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), amongst others.

IICD ceased operations on 31.12.2015.

See also

  • Web 2.0 for development
  • Dgroups

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