1. Inclusion of a digital solidarity clause in all calls for bids for goods or services related to information and communication technologies (ICTs). The clause states that suppliers responding these calls for bids undertake to donate 1% of the contract value, deducted from their profit margin, to the Global Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF).
2. Payment of 1% of the contract value to the DSF.
3. Investment of the sums collected by the DSF in community-based projects that address insolvent demand, using ICTs as a catalyst for development. The aim of this initiative is to generate new activities, new jobs and, eventually, new markets in countries and regions that are currently marginalised.

• It complements traditional development funding by offering a stable source of revenue, specifically intended to reduce the digital divide.
• Based on the voluntary commitment of public institutions or private companies, it offers everyone an opportunity to take concrete action to build a more equitable information society.
• Deducted from the supplier’s profit margin, it entails no direct cost to the institution or company that applies it.
• Clearly specified in the call for bids, its application is straightforward and unambiguous. Therefore, it respects the rules of free competition.
• The sums deducted from the profit margins of suppliers of ICT-related goods and services are directly reinvested in the same industry sector. That being the case, this contribution is neither a tax nor a donation, but an investment in the markets of tomorrow. 
• Both the institutions/companies that apply this principle and the suppliers that respond to their calls for bids will receive the digital solidarity label and benefit from its advantages .