The World Economic Forum is an international organization committed to improving the state of the world. The Forum provides a collaborative framework for the world´s leaders to address global issues, engaging particularly its corporate members in global citizenship.

The Development Gateway is an interactive portal that facilitates access to knowledge on development and poverty reduction. Working in partnership with civil society and public and private sector organizations, the Development Gateway provides a space where people can share their experiences with development efforts. Among other resources, the portal offers a global online marketplace (the dgMarket), the largest online directory for information on development projects and activities (AiDA), info ...

The General Directorate for International Cooperation and Development has the following missions:

• Provide diplomatic leadership and coordination for all international cooperation activities conducted by French authorities and civil society

• Oversee direct management of four main types of intervention within the scope of France’s diplomatic network abroad:

• Aid to developing nations and countries in transition requiring a transfer of skills (in education, healthcare, economic administra ...

The DOT Force (Digital Opportunity Task Force) is an international task force launched by the G8 at its Okinawa Summit in July 2000. The DOT Force goals were to enhance global understanding and consensus on the challenges and opportunities posed by information and communications technologies, and to propose practical ways to overcome the digital divide and make digital opportunities available to all.

The African Information Society - Gender Working Group (AIS - GWG) aims to ensure that African women participate fully in the development of an Information Society and share equitably in the potential benefits of the far-reaching developments in the production and consumption of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The GWG plans to carry out a range of activities to further the overall aims of the organization.

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network of civil society organisations dedicated to empowering and supporting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights, development and protection of the environment, through the strategic use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), including the Internet.

Cisco Systems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco's Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of the Internet and most corporate, education, and government networks around the world. Cisco provides the broadest line of solutions for transporting data, voice and video within buildings, across campuses, or around the world.

With over 70 companies in 39 countries and annual revenues of $4 billion, the Cisneros Group of Companies is one of the largest privately held broadcast, media, technology, consumer products and telecommunications organizations in the world.

The Department for International Development (DFID) is the UK Government department responsible for promoting development and the reduction of poverty. The central focus of the Government´s policy is to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015. Associated targets include basic health care provision and universal access to primary education by the same date. DFID seeks to work in partnership with governments committed to these targets, with business, civil society and the ...

The mission of this organization is to promote the provision, development and regulation of competitive, safe, secure and high-quality services as well as optimum asset utilisation in the transport, energy, communications and earth resources sectors.

The Development Gateway Foundation is a not-for-profit organization based initially in Washington DC. Its core objectives are to reduce poverty and support sustainable development through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT).

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. A specific priority of the Organization is encouraging sustainable agriculture and rural development, a long-term strategy for increasing food production and food security while conserving and managing natural resources. The aim is to meet the needs of both prese ...

The German Foreign Office is the German Government Department responsible for multilateral political affairs and human rights, multilateral economic cooperation, development cooperation and consular services to German citizens abroad. Other areas of competence and jurisdiction comprise: conflict prevention, science and technology, cultural promotion, and social affairs.

The Global Business Dialogue (GBDe) is increasingly being recognized as one of the world´s leading private sector voices on e-commerce policy. The web site contains a wealth of information concerning the GBDe, including: The Knowledge Network is a powerful, searchable database of member company global digital divide projects, with the ability to search by Country, Category, Name and/or Country. Search results provide a brief description of the program as well as contact points to go to for furt ...

Grameen Bank (GB) has reversed conventional banking practice by removing the need for collateral and created a banking system based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. GB provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh, without any collateral. At GB, credit is the poverty and it serves as a catalyst in the over all development of socio-economic conditions of the poor who have been kept outside the banking orbit on the ground that they are poor and hence ...

The Health InterNetwork was created to bridge the ´digital divide´ in health, ensuring that relevant information - and the technologies to deliver it - are widely available and effectively used by health personnel: professionals, researchers and scientists, and policy makers. The Health InterNetwork has brought together public and private partners under the principle of ensuring equitable access to health information. The core elements of the project are content, Internet connectivity and capa ...

The new HP is a leading technology solutions provider for consumers and businesses with market leadership in fault-tolerant servers, UNIX® servers, Linux servers, Windows® servers, storage solutions, management software, imaging and printing and PCs.

Through its programs and services, the department is helping to build a dynamic and innovative economy where all Canadians have the opportunity to benefit from more and better-paying jobs, stronger business growth, and a marketplace that is fair, efficient and competitive.

Mission of the Information Society Programme in Brazil is to articulate and coordinate the growth and utilization of ICT products and services , their contents and applications, with the objective of giving to all citizens in Brazil universal access to the benefits of the Information Society.

The International Trade Centre's E-Trade Capacity Building web site reflects ITC's focus on global e-trade development. Visit the site and access from one single place ITC-wide programmes, tools, case-studies and publications on the area of e-trade. It also outlines ITC's on-going participation in the WSIS process.

The ITU, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland is an international organization within the United Nations System where governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services.

KTF, founded in 1997 and a subsidiary of KT (formerly Korea Telecom), is one of leading mobile service providers with more than ten million subscribers. KTF offers a broad range of wireless services including mobile Internet, M-commerce, wireless multimedia, wireless/wireline portal and telematics.

Emerging communications media and information technology create unprecedented opportunity to improve people´s lives. The Markle Foundation works to realize this potential and promotes the development of communications industries that address public needs. Markle pursues its goals through a range of activities, including analysis, research, public information and the development of innovative media products and services. We create and operate many of our own projects - using not only grants but ...

The Ministry of Informatics and Communications is the body in charge of ruling, leading, supervising and controlling the application of the State and Government´s policy on postal telegraphic, telephonic, radio-communications, radio and television services, data transmission and other added-value similar services, both national and international, within the limits of the national territory.

NCS introduced and operates Ghana´s premier Internet Service (Ghana.com). Ghana.com has several earth stations for International connectivity and other overlay networks for reliability and performance. NCS was the first to use IP over satellite media in the West Africa subregion and has several thousands of individual subscribers using Points of Presence (POPs) at Accra, Tema, Kumasi, Takoradi. Ghana.com provides Corporate Internet Access via microwave links to a number of major organizations ...

Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people.

STMicroelectronics is a global independent semiconductor company and is a leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. An unrivaled combination of silicon and system expertise, manufacturing strength, Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio and strategic partners positions the Company at the forefront of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology and its products play a key role in enabling today´s convergence trends.

The Stockholm Challenge is a networking programme for organisations and individuals who are involved in developing work, using ICTs to improve people´s living conditions and their communities. A main feature in the programme is the international ICT competition, the Stockholm Challenge Award. Prizes in different categories were handed out for the first time in 1997 and the program has run for almost ten years.

The overall goal of Swedish development cooperation is to raise the standard of living of poorer groups of people in the world. The Swedish Parliament has adopted the following six specific objectives in order to achieve this overall goal:

• Economic growth

• Economic and political independence

• Economic and social equality

• Democratic development in society

• The long term sustainable use of natural resources and protection of the environment

• Equality between men and women

TAGI is an international holding company that employs over 600 professionals and operates out of 33 offices in the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East and North Africa, with representative offices in Europe and North America. Collectively, these firms form the largest pan-Arab professional group offering diversified, expert, professional services in accordance with the highest international standards to industries and service organizations in both the public and private sectors in the region. Th ...

As the lead U.S. foreign affairs agency, the Department of State formulates, represents, and implements the President´s foreign policy. To carry out U.S. foreign policy, the Department of State:

• Leads interagency coordination and manages the allocation of resources in conducting foreign relations;

• Represents the United States overseas and conveys U.S. policies to foreign governments and international organizations through U.S. embassies and consulates in foreign countries and diplomatic mis ...

At the United Nations Millennium Summit, world leaders put development at the heart of the global agenda by adopting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which set clear targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2015. On the ground in 166 countries, UNDP uses its global network to help the UN system and its partners to raise awareness and track progress, while it connect countries to the knowledge and resources ne ...

The main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations.

UNFIP is the central administrative vehicle within the United Nations for working with the United Nations Foundation to identify and select projects and activities, receive and distribute funds for such projects and activities, and monitor and report on the use of such funds.

UNITeS, the United Nations Information Technology Service, is an initiative that channels the creative energies, skills and solidarity of volunteers around the world to collaborate with people in the South to improve their capacity to make practical use of information and communications technologies (ICT). In key fields like health, education, income generation, gender equity, environment or humanitarian aid, volunteers working under the UNITeS programme are striving to bridge the digital divide ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and its 180 Members highlight information as one of the priority areas in fighting hunger and achieving food security. As a result, FAO established the World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT) for agricultural information management and dissemination, in an effort to fight hunger with information. WAICENT is FAO´s strategic programme for improving access to essential documents, statistics, maps and multimedia resources to millio ...

The World Bank Group is one of the world´s largest sources of development assistance. In Fiscal Year 2001, the institution provided more than US$17 billion in loans to its client countries. It works in more than 100 developing economies with the primary focus of helping the poorest people and the poorest countries.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the use and protection of works of the human spirit. These works – intellectual property – are expanding the bounds of science and technology and enriching the world of the arts. Through its work, WIPO plays an important role in enhancing the quality and enjoyment of life, as well as creating real wealth for nations.

The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global initiative for selecting and promoting the best in e-Content and creativity. It sees the bridging of the digital divide and narrowing of the content gap as its overall goal and, as of today, involves representatives from 136 countries on all five continents.

The project is an initiative of the European Academy of Digital Media (EADIM) and is held in the framework of and in cooperation with the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society (WS ...