IICD Annual Report 2006

In 2006 IICD continued working on its mission to assist people in developing countries to create practical and sustainable solutions that connect people and enable them to benefit from ICT to improve their livelihoods and quality of life, thereby contributing to the Millennium Development Goals.

The year was marked with the celebration of IICD’s 10th anniversary and the launch of IICD’s new strategic framework for 2006-2010 which focuses on leveraging; the next step of maturity for its Country Programmes.

In addition to the work being carried out in the countries, IICD continued to gather lessons learned and to exchange this knowledge on ICT-enabled development in the countries with other partners interested in ICT for development. In 2006, IICD focussed on thematic subgroups on Health, Livelihoods (mainly agriculture), Rural Access and ICT4D Policies, and continued activities in capacity development.

Another focus point was the acquisition of new partners. Partnerships enable IICD to share knowledge through thematic networks, to acquire innovative expertise to improve the Country Programmes, and to find the necessary funds to realise activities. In the year under review IICD focussed on various types of partnerships, but with a strong emphasis on entering into new public-private partnerships.

To support the implementation of the new strategic framework major work took place within the organisation: a new Human Resources strategy that was initiated in 2005 was implemented in 2006, first steps were taken towards achieving a quality standard (ISO) and to help increase IICD’s visibility a new visual identity was developed.