5 June 2008
infoDev has received 90 proposals from 39 countries as the result of the Call for Proposals on its initative to promote ICT-enabled Innovation and Entrepreneurship in developing countries through business Incubation.
In response to infoDev's recent Request for Proposals "Promoting ICT-enabled Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries through Business incubation" , infoDev received significant interest and a total of 90 proposals were submitted. A complete list of those proposals is provided in the attached document, and summary by category provided below:
The infoDev's selection committee is reviewing those proposals, and final selection will be announced shortly."
Number of proposals and countries
| Grant |
Title |
Proposals |
Countries |
| Grant Category 1 (a) |
Capacity Building Grants for Existing Start-up Business Incubators |
39 |
23 |
| Grant Category 1(b) |
Seed Grants for the Establishment of New Business Incubators in Asia |
34 |
14 |
| Grant Category 2 |
International Working Groups on Business Incubation and Women, Youth, and High Growth ICT Enterprise Development: |
5 |
5 |
| Grant Category 3 |
Regional Networks on Business Incubation |
12 |
10 |
infoDev’s Incubator Initiative
This initiative was established in 2002 with the support of the Government of Japan to provide financial support, technical assistance and partnership networks for technology innovators and business incubators in development countries. The Initiative has provided financial and technical assistance to over 70 business incubators in over 50 countries. More information about infoDev’s Incubator Initiative can be found at www.infodev.org/businessincubation or at infoDev's Incubator Support Center, iDISC, at www.idisc.net. iDISC - the infoDev Incubator Support Center - is a virtual networking and knowledge-sharing platform for incubators and technology parks leveraging ICT to facilitate entrepreneurship and new business creation in developing countries. More