[IAEP] [bytesforall_readers] USAID has launched GlobalDevelopmentCommons.

[Edward Cherlin]

I take back the taking back. They _do_ accept new ideas, but not on
the usaid.gov site or the globaldevelopmentcommons.net site. You have
to go to

http://www.netsquared.org/usaid.

Update: We've extended the deadline for Project submissions to
December 5, 2008.

USAID is proud to announce the launch of the 2008 USAID Development
2.0 Challenge. Brought to you by the Global Development Commons.

Mobile technology, including everything from inventive applications
for smart phones to simple text messaging, is increasingly ubiquitous
in the developing world. USAID challenges you to explore its potential
through an innovation for maximum development impact in areas such as
health, banking, education, agricultural trade, or other pressing
development issues.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S.
Government agency that delivers economic and humanitarian assistance
worldwide on behalf of the American people, is sponsoring a challenge
to find the best in mobile innovations for good. Through a NetSquared
community vote, fifteen finalists will be chosen. A panel of judges,
selected by USAID, will then select the winners. The first place
winner will receive a grant of $10,000, the two runner-ups will
receive grants of $5,000 each. All three winners will have the
opportunity to present their ideas to senior USAID officials, experts,
and the public in Washington D.C.

Here's How It Works:
Individuals and organizations working with mobile technologies to
create change are invited to share their projects with the community
through the USAID Development 2.0 Challenge submission form. Once
you've hit submit for your challenge, it's public. This provides you
with an opportunity to get feedback from your community, the USAID
community, the NetSquared community and other friendly collaborators.

Once the project submission process has closed, we will hold a
community vote to select the top fifteen projects. Those projects will
then go in front of a panel of USAID-selected judges who will
determine the three winners.

OK, here goes nothing.

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I take it back. They don't accept outside contributions. They don't
> appear to accept new ideas from outside at all. %-[
>
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> FYI. We should list ourselves there. I'll go do that.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 5:08 PM
>> Subject: [bytesforall_readers] USAID has launched GlobalDevelopmentCommons.
>> To: fredericknoronha at gmail.com, bytesforall_readers at yahoogroups.com,
>> chairman at mssrf.res.in
>>
>>
>> From Peter Suber
>>
>> OA info on improving access to info in developing countries
>>
>> USAID has launched GlobalDevelopmentCommons.  (Thanks to
>> ResourceShelf.)  From the announcement(November 24, 2008):
>>
>> ...The Global Development Commons initiative seeks innovations that to
>> make knowledge more accessible and affordable to help people in
>> developing countries solve social and economic problems. The Commons
>> seeks to catalyze the international development community to become
>> more open and collaborative through information and communication
>> technologies.
>>
>> The site profiles successful applications of technology that improve
>> access to information in developing countries....
>>
>>  Posted by Peter Suber at 11/28/2008 11:34:00 PM.
>>
>> What does the Global Development Commons do?
>>
>>
>>
>> Shares development information among those who need it most
>>
>> Builds communities around advanced tools for the dissemination and
>> interpretation of information
>>
>> Innovates through competitions designed to bring the best new
>> technology into development work
>>
>> Partners with other development actors, including companies, donors,
>> governments, and non-governmental organizations, to heighten access to
>> the best quality development knowledge
>>
>> Invites new actors to engage in trade, development decision-making,
>> and the pursuit of economic growth
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