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ICT Development Fund Projects

​​​​​​​​Launched in 1997, the Information and Communication Technologies Development Fund (ICT-DF) supports the implementation of projects based on multi-stakeholder partnerships with ITU Member States, Sector Members, public and private sector, multilateral organizations, foundations, financial institutions and development agencies. It contributes to sustainable development through the co-financing of ICT national, regional and multi-regional development projects. 

The ICT-DF is mainly targeted at supporting the least developed countries (LDCs), small island developing states (SIDS), landlocked developing countries, countries with economies in transition and/or countries in special need (countries emerging out of the war situations and/or natural disasters). As approved at the ITU Council-23, the ICT-DF will also support projects under the WTDC-22 Regional Initiatives​​.

   Accelerating Africa’s Digital Transformation Through Connectivity
Project Number: 9RAF21101 - Implementation period: 01/08/2021 - 31/12/2024
   Accelerating digital transformation in Asia-Pacific
Project Number: 7RAS23072 - Implementation period: 01/08/2023 - 31/07/2025
   Assistance for the Establishment of Sector Governance in Telecommunications in East Timor
Project Number: 7TIM04002 - Implementation period: 01/01/2006 - 31/12/2009
   Benchmarking des TIC en Afrique Centrale
Project Number: 7RAF21102 - Implementation period: 25/06/2021 - 24/12/2024
   Boosting digital skills through Digital Transformation Centres (DTCs)
Project Number: 7GLO20108 - Implementation period: 01/01/2021 - 30/09/2024
   Boosting digital skills through Digital Transformation Centres (DTCs) - Phase 2
Project Number: 7GLO23133 - Implementation period: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2025
   Bridging the Digital Gender Divide for Women Entrepreneurs
Project Number: 7GLO22121 - Implementation period: 01/02/2022 - 30/04/2024
   Broadband Wireless Network - Burkina Faso
Project Number: 7RAF08073-05 - Implementation period: 01/04/2012 - 31/12/2019
   Broadband Wireless Network - Burundi
Project Number: 7RAF08073-02 - Implementation period: 01/07/2009 - 31/12/2014
   Broadband Wireless Network - Djibouti
Project Number: 7RAF08073-03 - Implementation period: 10/10/2011 - 31/12/2018
   Broadband Wireless Network - Eswatini
Project Number: 7RAF08073-08 - Implementation period: 01/11/2014 - 31/12/2019
   Broadband Wireless Network - Rwanda
Project Number: 7RAF08073-06 - Implementation period: 01/08/2012 - 31/03/2018
   Broadband Wireless Network in Africa
Project Number: 7RAF08073-01 - Implementation period: 01/10/2008 - 31/10/2012
   Broadband Wireless Network in the Kingdom of Lesotho
Project Number: 7RAF08073-07 - Implementation period: 01/05/2013 - 31/12/2019
     Building capacity of harnessing ICTs for disempowered/marginalised communities in Sri Lanka
Project Number: 7GLO07061 - Implementation period: 01/10/2008 - 31/12/2010
   Capacity Building and ICT Policy, Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks Support for Pacific Island States
Project Number: 7RAS08025 - Implementation period: 01/01/2008 - 30/09/2013
     Capacity building and the development of ORTM Regional Stations
Project Number: 7MLI11004 - Implementation period: 01/12/2011 - 31/12/2013
     Caribbean Nodes for Centre of Excellence in the Americas Region
Project Number: 7RLA07004 - Implementation period: 01/03/2007 - 31/12/2014
     Centers of Excellence - Europe - Phase II
Project Number: 7RER07019 - Implementation period: 01/11/2008 - 31/12/2014
   Centre of Excellence for Eastern and Northern Asia - Russian Speaking Branch
Project Number: 7RER02015 - Implementation period: 24/06/2005 - 31/12/2006
   CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE ARAB STATES - Arab Region
Project Number: 7RAB02015 - Implementation period: 21/06/2000 - 31/12/2006
     Centre of Excellence Network in the Americas Region - Phase II
Project Number: 7RLA07005 - Implementation period: 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2010
     Centre of Excellence Network in the Arab Region - Phase II
Project Number: 7RAB07016 - Implementation period: 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2014
     Centre of Excellence Network in the Asia-Pacific Region
Project Number: 7RAS07024 - Implementation period: 01/03/2007 - 31/12/2014
     CIS Branch of the Centre of Excellence for CIS
Project Number: 7RER07018 - Implementation period: 29/03/2007 - 31/12/2014
     CoE Network for Africa
Project Number: 7RAF08072 - Implementation period: 01/12/2008 - 31/12/2014
     Computer Training and Braille transcribing service in Ethiopia
Project Number: 7ETH08002 - Implementation period: 09/10/2008 - 31/12/2009
   Connect a School, Connect a Community Initiative in the State of Palestine Project II
Project Number: 7PLS14004 - Implementation period: 01/07/2014 - 31/12/2019
   Creating a Circular Economy for Electronics and Electricals in Thailand and in Mongolia
Project Number: 7RAS24075  - Implementation period: 31/01/2024 - 15/03/2026
     Creating a Cybercafé for the blind and visually impaired people in Burkina Faso
Project Number: 7GLO07063 - Implementation period: 15/11/2009 - 31/12/2010
     Creating a cyberspace and an integrated training center for people with disabilities in Mali
Project Number: 7GLO07066 - Implementation period: 01/09/2010 - 30/09/2011
   Creating a Safe and Prosperous Cyberspace for Children
Project Number: 9GLO21112 - Implementation period: 01/08/2021 - 31/12/2025
   Cyber resilience for Digital Development in the Least Developed Countries (CRDD-LDCs)
Project Number: 7RAF24106 - Implementation period: 01/10/2024 - 31/08/2025
   Development of Satellite Communications Capacity and Emergency Communications Solutions for the Pacific Islands
Project Number: 7RAS14050 - Implementation period: 01/10/2014 - 31/05/2020
   Digital Documentation Center on ICT - Morocco
Project Number: 7MOR07005 - Implementation period: 09/07/2007 - 31/03/2012
   Digital Transformation of Local Self-Governments in Montenegro
Project Number: 7MNE24002 - Implementation period: 01/01/2024 - 01/12/2025
   Early Warnings for All (EW4All) – ITU funds to support to the implementation of the initiative
Project Number: 7GLO24144 - Implementation period: 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2027
   Enhancement of ITU CoE-Tap Telecom Phase I
Project Number: 3GLO03052 - Implementation period: 01/01/2004 - 31/12/2009
     Enhancing competitiveness in the Caribbean through the harmonization of ICT Policies, Legislation and Regulatory Procedures (HIPCAR)
Project Number: 7RLA08006 - Implementation period: 01/01/2008 - 30/09/2013
   Enhancing Digital infrastructure and affordable access to ICT services in Asia and the Pacific - Phase 2
Project Number: 7RAS24074  - Implementation period: 01/01/2024 - 30/09/2026
   Enhancing the Digital Ecosystem and Digital Skills for the economic empowerment of women in LDCs
Project Number: 7GLO20106 - Implementation period: 01/07/2020 - 29/09/2023
   Establishment of a Cybersecurity Innovation Centre for the Arab Region
Project Number: 7OMA13005 - Implementation period: 01/02/2013 - 30/09/2030
   Extension of Telemedicine to cover remote Areas in Zimbabwe
Project Number: 7ZIM15007 - Implementation period: 01/12/2015 - 31/12/2019
   Facilitating the Registration of Arab Top Level Domains
Project Number: 7RAB12023 - Implementation period: 01/04/2012 - 31/12/2013
   Feasibility study: Addressing the special telecommunications/ICT needs of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS)
Project Number: 7RAS24076  - Implementation period: 31/01/2024 - 31/12/2025
   Further developments to Spectrum Management System for Developing Countries (SMS4DC) software
Project Number: 9GLO13073 - Implementation period: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2016
   Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme
Project Number: 7GLO23132 - Implementation period: 01/11/2023 - 30/04/2027
   Giga and DAP – Promoting enabling policy and regulation (LDCs)
Project Number: 9GLO21116 - Implementation period: 01/03/2021 - 31/03/2026
   GIGA Phase Two
Project Number: 2GLO20104-03 - Implementation period: 01/08/2021 - 31/03/2023
   ICT Applications Against Ebola Disease - Phase I
Project Number: 7RAF15087 - Implementation period: 16/02/2015 - 15/12/2017
   International Telecommunication Union - Central Science Research Telecommunication Institute (ZNIIS): International Telecommunication Testing Centre
Project Number: 7RER07820 - Implementation period: 19/03/2008 - 31/08/2011
     ITU-AMD Learning Labs
Project Number: 7GLO07058 - Implementation period: 01/04/2008 - 31/10/2010
   Least Developed Countries Infrastructure Protection Program - Project Framework
Project Number: 7GLO13071 - Implementation period: 01/01/2013 - 09/06/2014
     Malawi Multi-purpose Community Telecentres Project
Project Number: 7GLO07062 - Implementation period: 01/01/2009 - 31/08/2011
     MCT Projects for Special Initiative Groups
Project Number: 7GLO07060 - Implementation period: 01/01/2008 - 30/09/2011
   Monitoreo del Espectro Radioelectrico
Project Number: 7CUB18004 - Implementation period: 01/06/2018 - 31/03/2023
     Multipurpose Community Telecentres for Rural & Underserved areas of Sierra Leone
Project Number: 7GLO07065 - Implementation period: 01/03/2010 - 31/12/2011
   National Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) Implementation – Suriname
Project Number: 7SUR23017  - Implementation period: 29/06/2024 - 28/07/2027
     Natural Disaster Early Warning System - Uganda
Project Number: 7UGA11006 - Implementation period: 01/11/2011 - 31/03/2016
   Partnership for Strengthening Cybersecurity - Phase 2
Project Number: 7GLO24142 - Implementation period: 01/04/2024 - 31/01/2025
   Pathways to Cybersecurity in Pacific
Project Number: 7RAS23073 - Implementation period: 01/12/2023 - 30/06/2026
   PRIDA-ITU Delegation Agreement for Action
Project Number: 9RAF18089 - Implementation period: 01/12/2018 - 12/03/2025
     Providing Assistance to Burkina Faso for the Implementation of the Concept of e-Cabinet
Project Number: 7BKF10007 - Implementation period: 01/10/2010 - 31/08/2011
     Roadmap for Transition from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting and Mobile Television in Africa
Project Number: 7RAF08071 - Implementation period: 01/11/2008 - 31/12/2012
   Roadmap for Transition from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting and Mobile Television in Asia and the Pacific
Project Number: 7RAS09034 - Implementation period: 01/11/2009 - 31/03/2012
   Rural Telecommunications Development in Least Developed Countries
Project Number: 7GLO03043 - Implementation period: 01/01/2003 - 31/08/2024
     School Connectivity in Five ITU Member States
Project Number: 7GLO11068 - Implementation period: 20/05/2011 - 31/12/2013
   Set up IPv6 and IoT Expertise Center
Project Number: 7GLO18096 - Implementation period: 01/06/2018 - 31/12/2020
   Strengthening the capacity for the implementation of the multi-regional EU funded projects
Project Number: 7GLO24139 - Implementation period: 01/05/2024 - 31/05/2026
     Strengthening the Training Capacity of the Institute of Posts and Telecommunications (Lao PDR)
Project Number: 7LAO12002 - Implementation period: 01/03/2012 - 31/07/2013
   Strengthening Training Capacity in Wireless Networking in Africa
Project Number: 7RAF09078 - Implementation period: 01/01/2010 - 31/12/2011
   Support for Harmonization of the ICT Policies in Sub-Sahara Africa (HIPSSA)
Project Number: 7RAF08070 - Implementation period: 01/01/2008 - 30/09/2013
     Support for the Establishment of Harmonized Policies for the ICT Market in the ACP
Project Number: 7GLO08061 - Implementation period: 01/01/2008 - 30/09/2013
   Technical Assistance and Training to Uganda on National ICT Development Strategy
Project Number: 9UGA21008 - Implementation period: 01/01/2021 - 30/03/2025
   Telemedicine - Mauritania
Project Number: 7MAU03001 - Implementation period: 01/01/2006 - 30/06/2007
     Zambia multi-Purpose Community Telecentres
Project Number: 7GLO07064 - Implementation period: 01/04/2010 - 31/08/2011

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Criteria for ICT-DF

​The following selection criteria are applied to the ICT-DF funded projects:

  • Potential long-term sustainable impact.
  • Facilitation of multi-national cooperation.
  • Enabling role for other planned projects.
  • Potential to attract participation of partners in funding and execution of projects.

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