Welcome to ISIF!

The Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF) is a grants program aimed at stimulating creative solutions to ICT development needs in the Asia Pacific region, placing particular emphasis on the role of the Internet in social and economic development in the region, towards the effective development of the Information Society throughout. The specific objectives of the fund are to:

• Encourage innovative approaches to the extension of Internet infrastructure and services in the Asia Pacific region
• Address issues of Internet sustainability and business models in challenging market circumstances
• Foster innovation and creative solutions to development problems by supporting new and creative uses of ICT applications
• Help development and public agencies identify new trends and actors in regional ICT development
• Generate awareness and foster sharing of innovative approaches to development challenges

ISIF call for applications for projects to be implemented in 2010 is now closed. For information about the next steps in the evaluation process, please review the timeline.

• Program background and Objectives
• Eligibility criteria and proposals submission
  
• Grants recipients for 2010 and 2009
  
• Program management
• Partners and sponsors