The
Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions
(Spider) is offering catalytic seed funding
to innovative projects focused on Information, Communication and Technology for
Development (ICT4D). Organizations seeking this funding should submit
innovative and experimental projects.
Following
are the thematic areas and their crosscutting issues under this grant opportunity:
Thematic areas:
- democracy: e-government, e-governance and ICT for empowerment
- education: education management, e-learning and digital literacy
- health: healthcare management, e-health and public health
Crosscutting ICT issues:
- low cost and high quality technology free and open source software (FOSS)
- mobile technology for development (M4D)
Crosscutting development issues:
- youth empowerment
- cultural creativity
- capacity development
Spider
will provide support to projects implemented in any one of the twelve priority countries for Swedish
development cooperation: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Proposals
can be submitted anytime. For more information, visit this link.
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