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A short history of the
DOT-COM Alliance (2001-2007)
The DOT-COM Alliance, working with
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), applied the
power of information and communications technology (ICT) to achieving development
objectives.
The Alliance consisted of three USAID funded Leader-with-Associates
cooperative agreements (CAs), each with specific areas of ICT expertise:
- dot-GOV: Promoted
policy and regulatory reform to create enabling environments for ICT, including
equitable use, trade in telecom services and e-commerce, and an open and secure
Internet-led by Internews Network with 21 resource partners. [NO LONGER
ACTIVE: the DOT-COM Alliance site includes documentation of all completed
dot-GOV activities]
Cooperative Agreement: GDG-A-00-01-00009-00
- dot-EDU: Strengthened
education and learning systems through customized ICT interventions and content
for educators, students, and professionals-led by the Education Development
Center (EDC) with 35 resource partners. [NO LONGER ACTIVE:
for additional information about projects implemented under dot-EDU, see the
separate dot-EDU site
managed by EDC]
Cooperative Agreement: GDG-A-00-01-00011-00
- dot-ORG: Extends
ICT access to under-served communities and accelerates the applications of
development-related uses of ICT-led by the Academy of Educational Development
(AED) with 63 resource partners. [ACTIVE: the DOT-COM Alliance
site includes both past and ongoing activities.]
Cooperative Agreement: GDG-A-00-01-00014-00
DOT-COM activities crossed all sectors, including education, economic growth,
women in development, agriculture, trade, health, environment, and telecommunications/e-commerce
policy.
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USAID Funding
Funding was provided by USAID's Bureau for Economic
Growth, Agriculture, and Trade (Office of Energy and Information Technology
and Office of Women in Development), Regional Bureaus, and Missions.
USAID awarded three LWA cooperative agreements (dot-GOV, dot-ORG and dot-EDU)
to further its use of information and communication technology (ICT) in support
of development. These three awards were independent and had non-overlapping
areas of responsibility; they coordinated their efforts under the banner of
the DOT-COM Alliance. The dot-ORG cooperative agreement was extended to September
2008.
Each of the DOT COM LWA awards had a prime grantee with sub grantees (called
core partners) and resource partners. The prime for dot-GOV wasInternews Network,
for dot-ORG is AED, and for dot-EDU wasEDC. Collectively, in addition to the
primes, the DOT-COM Alliance represented 95 organizations as sub-grantees, subcontractors,
and resource partners.
The expected value of the awards was $75,000,000 over five years: $15,000,000
of core funds; $60,000,000 of mission/regional bureau funds. These are not fixed
ceilings.
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DOT-COM Resource Partners
DOT-COM's 99
resource partners included NGOs, universities, foundations, and private
companies, each with specialized expertise in using ICT for development. Click
here to explore the expertise of the DOT-COM Alliance Partners.
DOT-COM experts provide:
- technical assistance,
- policy analysis and research,
- specialized content and applications, and
- customized training programs.
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DOT-COM Technical Advisors
DOT-COM was proud to list the following technical experts
as part of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG). The TAG members advised the individual
CAs and the DOT-COM Alliance as a whole on programmatic and technical issues around
ICT for development activities. The DOT-COM Secretariat hosted an annual TAG meeting
in Washington, DC.. For more information on the March 2006 TAG meeting, click
here.
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For
more information, please contact:
USAID: Laura Samotshozo, dot-ORG Project Manager
Email: lsamotshozo@usaid.gov
Tel: +1 202 712-4562
AED: Michael Tetelman, dot-ORG Program Director
Email: mtetelma@aed.org
Tel: +1 202 884-8856
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