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The intervention policy of the DSF

As a financing foundation, the DSF is not involved in the elaboration or implementation of its own in-house projects.

Since, furthermore, it does not wish to finance large infrastructures, it concentrates on community-based projects, within the framework of a given national policy and addressing insolvent demand, with a view to creating new activities, new jobs and, in the long term, new markets.

Selection criteria for projects financed by the DSF

Eligibility by benefiting country (United Nations classification):

60% of its resources for projects benefiting populations of the least developed countries;
30% of its resources for projects benefiting populations of developing countries;
10% of its resources for projects benefiting populations of developed countries or countries in transition.

To be eligible for financing, projects must:

aim to develop the use of ICT within local communities that are not included in the development of new information networks;
target as a matter of priority women’s or youth associations and groups with special needs (disabled people, indigenous groups, etc.);
develop local content that meets the needs of local populations;
make use, whenever possible, of micro-credit strategies with a view to promoting the local entrepreneurial spirit;
not require the procurement or installation of heavy or costly infrastructures;
privilege partners (public, private and civil society) that have proven their networking capacity;
privilege PPP initiatives (public-private partnerships);
involve South-South cooperation wherever possible (through decentralized or international cooperation);
be operated and supervised by organizations with recognized competence in the management of development projects in the field;
correspond to the requirements of pertinence, feasibility, reliability and sustainability essential in the field of development cooperation;
be replicable in other communities and other development contexts;
benefit from co-financing (the DSF should not be the sole funding agency);
involve an overall total budget (whether annual or multi-annual) not exceeding 500,000 euros;
have all the financial resources necessary for implementation available before the starting date of the project;
make use of open-source software whenever possible.