The digital solidarity label created by the Global Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF) is awarded to any public institution or private business that makes a substantial contribution to reduce the digital divide, namely by adopting and/or applying the “1% digital solidarity” principle.

What does it mean?

The digital solidarity label demonstrates an active commitment to a more equitable information society, based on universal access to information and knowledge, through harnessing information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development.

In concrete terms, that means:

• Providing all the people, from all over the world, with the possibility of accessing the information society;
• Enabling less advanced countries and developing countries to develop their economies and improve the living conditions of their populations through the use of ICTs;
• Investing in specific projects that directly target local populations, using ICTs as a tool for development;
• Responding to insolvent demand, creating new activities, new jobs and, in the long term, new markets.

The benefits of the digital solidarity label

• Official recognition

Awarded by the Global Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF), the digital solidarity label gives institutions and businesses involved in the fight against the digital divide international recognition.

• A marketing tool

An organisation that has been awarded the digital solidarity label can publicise its active commitment to a more equitable information society.

Given that the digital divide is one of the major issues of the 21st century, the label will set these organisations apart, highlighting their act of solidarity. The label can also be used on marketing materials.

• Media visibility

All institutions and companies awarded the digital solidarity label are invited to attend an official presentation ceremony, organised each year by the DSF.  Moreover, recipients of the label can appear on the DSF website, in its newsletter and in its press kit.

• DSF-news

The DSF newsletter , published every two months, provides a roundup of the activities of the DSF as well as international news on issue related to reducing the digital divide and the use of ICTs to promote development.

Any institution or company that has received the label may publish an article in the DSF newsletter , to tell its employees and partners about the concrete results of its contribution.