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DevNet
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'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:
- Provide efficient and cost effective access to the Internet for marginalised groups and in a development context
- Build high-quality solutions for the collation, dissemination, and exchange of information and knowledge between all sectors of Guyanese society
- Design and implement innovative projects that bring new approaches to the use of ICTs for development
- Implement initiatives which would cross subsidise the activities executed to achieve the other objectives
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. The Guyana SDNP portal is at www.sdnp.org.gy More about SDNP Guyana: www.sdnp.org.gy/sdnp
In 2003, the process for the institutionalising of the SDNP initiative began with the creation of DevNet.