Well The International Institute for Communication and Development was a non-profit foundation established by the Ministry for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands in 1996.


IICD's aim was to support sustainable development through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), notably computers and the Internet.

IICD has ceased operations on 31.12.2015.


The Institute, which was based in The Hague, was active in nine developing countries: Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Ghana, Jamaica, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

IICD supported policy processes and projects involving the use of ICTs in the following sectors:

health, education, ivelihoods and governance.

IICD received funding from the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Netherlands, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), amongst others.

Non Profit institutes in the Netherlands

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Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh
Alpe d'HuZes
Amsterdam Institute of Finance
Anne Frank Foundation
ArchiAfrika
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations
DOEN Foundation
Dutch Cancer Society=
Electronic Information for Libraries
European Association for International Education
European Association of Urology
European Centre for Nature Conservation
European Society for Trauma and Dissociation
Fietsersbond
Global Initiative on Psychiatry
Harambee Foundation Holland
Hivos
International Federation for Information and Documentation
International Institute for Communication and Development
Internet Memory Foundation
Mama Cash
Mars One
Nabuur
Netherlands Malacological Society
OpenGALEN
Pax Ludens
PharmAccess Foundation
React - The Anti-Counterfeiting Network
Rutgers Nisso Group
Samenwerkende Hulporganisaties
Samsara Foundation
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
SOPHIA (European Foundation for the Advancement of Doing Philosophy with Children)
STIWOT
SYPO
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)
UNITED for Intercultural Action
UTZ Certified
Vitens-Evides International
Women on Waves
World Press Photo