[Chapter-delegates] Press release to be issued shortly

[Gerard Ross]

Hello

For your information, ISOC will shortly issue the following press  
release about the FRIDA grants programme in the Latin America and  
Caribbean region.

Please note there are some other releases due to go out this week  
relating to the grants programme for the Asia Pacific region and also  
to Fellowship matters.

Regards
- Gerard

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Gerard Ross
Senior Communications Manager
Internet Society
Email: ross at isoc.org

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Press release

Funding opportunities Latin America and Caribbean ICT projects

RESTON, VA, USA and GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – 10 June 2008 - The Regional  
Fund for Digital Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean (FRIDA)  
has opened its funding round for 2008, calling for regional research  
organizations to apply for grants for their projects.

FRIDA is a regional initiative supported by Connectivity and Equity in  
the Americas/International Development Research Center (CEA/IDRC), the  
Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA), the Internet Society  
(ISOC), and the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses  
Registry (LACNIC), which also manages the Program.

Each year, FRIDA funds multiple projects developed by regional  
research teams, selected on a competitive basis. Eligible projects may  
receive grants of up to US$12,500 for a single year project or up to US 
$25,000 for two years.

To be eligible, the projects must focus on research which promotes  
regional capacity building and development in the fields of Internet,  
Information and Communication Technology (ICT), digital inclusion, or  
the Information Society.

"The Internet Society is proud to be a partner in FRIDA," says Lynn  
St. Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society. "The many,  
diverse projects funded by FRIDA contribute greatly to the development  
of the Internet and ICTs in the region and play an important role in  
helping to create a more robust, secure, and inclusive online  
environment."

Organizations interested in applying for FRIDA funding support must  
submit their proposals by email to  
<convocatoria2008 at programafrida.net> by 15 August 2008.
More information in the fund, including application forms, is  
available on the FRIDA website at:

http://www.programafrida.net/en/convocatoria_2008.html.


About the Internet Society

The Internet Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1992 to  
provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and  
policy. With offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland, it is  
dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the  
Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world.


For further details

Gerard Ross
Senior Communications Manager, Internet Society
E-mail: ross at isoc.org
Telephone: +41-228-071-444 x2261
4, rue des Falaises
CH-1205
Geneva
Switzerland