FACT SHEET

Mission: The mission of the Digital Development Partnership is to optimize the social and economic impact of information and communications technology initiatives for underserved communities by enabling global access to affordable application service provider (ASP) computing capabilities.

Board of Directors: Founding board members include:

Farooq Sobhan

Ex-Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh
Chairman of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board of Bangladesh
President of the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute.

Traver Gruen-Kennedy
Chief Strategist and Vice President, Strategy, Citrix Systems, Inc.
Founder and Chairman Emeritus, ASP Industry Consortium

Arif Hyder Ali
Counsel, Fulbright & Jaworski

Operating Principle: The DDP will reach out to non-governmental organizations and multilateral institutions worldwide that are working to bridge the "digital divide: in order to educate them on the benefits of ASP technology. By using ASP technology, these groups will be able to better leverage their investments in technology and realize greater results from the same funding level. DDP will seek to provide interested partners with relevant technical assistance in the area of deploying Internet-based application services.

Current Status: The organization has been incorporated in the state of Texas as a non-profit corporation. Virtual, Inc., a leading management firm based in Wakefield, Massachusetts, has been engaged to handle management and public relations for the organization. An initial pilot program in cooperation with the Chilean government has been launched with completion expected during 2003. Other project opportunities are being sought out.

2002 Programs & Goals: Seed funding has been provided by Citix Systems, Inc. in an amount of US$100,000 per year for the next three years. DDP is currently initiating its first fundraising campaign focusing primarily on adding additional corporate sponsors for the organization with a target of $250,000 raised by January 2003. Key program objectives for the balance of 2002 include the completion of a white paper on the value of the ASP model for digital inclusion organizations and the initiation of a partnership with three organizations.

Contact information:

Digital Development Partnership
401 Edgewater Place, Suite 600
Wakefield, MA 01880, USA
+1 781-876-8837
www.digitaldevelopment.org