An overview of the work the Seed Alliance does towards its objectives of funding and capacity building for Internet development.

1. FUNDING AND
CAPACITY
BUILDING FOR
INTERNET
DEVELOPMENT
GAELLE FALL, AFRINIC
LARA ROBLEDO, LACNIC
SYLVIA CADENA, APNIC

2. A PARTNERSHIP FOR
DEVELOPMENT
The Seed Alliance
offers opportunities
to project teams
developing innovative
Internet solutions
addressing social and
economic challenges
1. Access to
funding (grants
and awards)
3. Networking
opportunities
2. Capacity
building
(training,
mentoring and
coaching)
Monitoring and evaluation framework

3. REGIONAL INTERNET
REGISTRIES
RIRs are not only about IP numbers allocation &
ASN numbers:
Policy development through a bottom-up approach
Training and tech support on-site and on-line
routing, security, IPv6, DNS, RPKI, DNSSEC
IPv6 adoption / IPv4 exhaustion strategy, statistics
and measurements
Infrastructure development support IXPs, root
servers
Internet Governance active participation

4. REGIONAL GRANTS & AWARDS
PROGRAMS
• FIRE – Fund for Internet Research and
Education / AFRINIC. Africa
• FRIDA – Regional Fund for Digital Innovation
LACNIC / Latin America & the Caribbean
• ISIF Asia – Information Society Innovation
Fund for Asia / APNIC. Asia Pacific

5. BENEFITS – WHY INVEST?
• Opportunity to give back by investing in the development
of our own industry.
• To maintain and diversify financial and capacity building
support for Internet related research & development.
• Recognize technical innovation and contributions to
development in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Regional reach expanding community partnerships.
• Improved internal processes and procedures to provide
through management of external funds strengthen
transparency and accountability.

6. FUNDING AND CAPACITY BUILDING
FOR INTERNET DEVELOPMENT:
TOOLS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
• Deep/real understanding of the context from different
perspectives is key > seek dialogue with recipients at
networking and capacity building opportunities
• Only when innovative ideas become reality, change
comes about > identify the innovation contribution from
recipients
• Change comes with a price: expected and unexpected
consequences, not everything is positive > key to capture
results through M&E on a common methodology

7. FUNDING AND CAPACITY BUILDING
FOR INTERNET DEVELOPMENT:
TOOLS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
• Implementation/deployment brings technical,
administrative, communication, financial challenges >
provide adequate mentoring & coaching mechanisms to
overcome challenges
• Feedback & continuous improvement is critical for
innovation on Internet Development > look for
engaging opportunities where recipients see the value to
remain active in the program after they have finalized
their projects

8. RESULTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Collaborative tools
Identifying emerging trends
Networking and capacity building
Resource mobilization
Selection process
Fund allocation procedures
Secretariat Performance
Outreach
• Project delivery
• Innovation results
• Membership development
Recipients
Regional
programs
Alliance

9. JOIN THE
SEED
ALLIANCE
APPLY FOR A GRANT
NOMINATE FOR AN AWARD
BECOME A PARTNER OR A SPONSOR
WWW.SEEDALLIANCE.NET