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<p>New page: DevNet is a Guyana-based not-for-profit NGO working in ICT for development. It is registered (No: 934) under the Friendly Societies Act (Cap 36.04). DevNet&#039;s mission is to use the experie...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>DevNet is a Guyana-based not-for-profit NGO working in ICT for development. It is registered (No: 934) under the Friendly Societies Act (Cap 36.04).<br /> <br /> DevNet's mission is to use the experiences and successes of the SDNP initiative to contribute to sustainable development, using Internet and ICT technology, by helping to:<br /> <br /> * Provide efficient and cost effective access to the Internet for marginalised groups and in a development context<br /> * Build high-quality solutions for the collation, dissemination, and exchange of information and knowledge between all sectors of Guyanese society<br /> * Design and implement innovative projects that bring new approaches to the use of ICTs for development<br /> * Implement initiatives which would cross subsidise the activities executed to achieve the other objectives<br /> <br /> DevNet was created out of the successes of the Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) in Guyana (1997-2004) which sought to promote the Internet as a tool for development by working with different partners in Government, Civil Society and in the donor community to provide content. The SDNP was a UNDP initiative which set up similar programmes in many developing countries and the Guyana project is one which fulfilled an objective of becoming a self sustaining entity. SDNP (Guyana) was hosting some 80 websites including many government and NGO sites and providing dialup access to nearly 200 clients. <br /> The Guyana SDNP portal is at www.sdnp.org.gy <br /> More about SDNP Guyana: www.sdnp.org.gy/sdnp<br /> <br /> In 2003, the process for the institutionalising of the SDNP initiative began with the creation of DevNet. <br /> <br /> http://www.devnet.org.gy/?q=node/2</div>

James Kay