Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia

The Technological Innovations for Sustainable Development (TISD) Platform led by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA), and the APNIC Foundation joined the ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL INTERNET GOVERNMENT FORUM (APrIGF) 2023 on August 29 until today, August 31, 2023 in a hybrid format in Brisbane, Australia.

As part of the 3-day forum, the TISD Platform organized a session on “Sustainability of Complementary Connectivity Initiatives” on August 29 with the following resource speakers and moderators:

Sylvia Cadena, APNIC Foundation

Dr. Sarbani Banerjee Belur, ISEA

Michael Ginguld, Rural Broadband Pvt Ltd (Air Jaldi)

Lubuw Falanruw, iBoom!

Reina Wulansari, Common Room Networks Foundation

Marie Lisa Dacanay, ISEA

Matthew James, Distant Curve

The organizers thanked all the organizers, speakers, and everyone who joined us via Zoom and thru Facebook Live. For those who missed the session, you can still watch it through this link: https://www.youtube.com/live/BGTeKV3fgZ0?si=DG1j24dhaDNkUXas

References:

ISEA has a project here: https://apnic.foundation/projects/model-building-of-community-networks-linked-to-social-enterprise-and-sustainable-local-economic-development/

Airjaldi: https://apnic.foundation/projects/connectivity-bridges-reaching-remote-locations-with-high-speed-internet-services/

Common room: https://apnic.foundation/projects/local-community-based-internet-infrastructure-development-and-internet-utilisation-in-rural-indonesia/

Distant Curve: https://apnic.foundation/projects/expand-the-central-australian-desert-project-to-serve-the-indigenous-community-of-nitjpurru-pigeon-hole/

Boom: https://apnic.foundation/projects/broadband-for-all-yap-state-fsm/ and https://apnic.foundation/projects/deploying-ipv6-in-yap-fsm/

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