infodev issues call for Expressions of Interest for setting up Regional Mobile Applications Laboratories in Asia

This request for expressions of interest (EOI) concerns, the establishment of two regional mobile applications labs for Asia, one of which will be in Vietnam. As the implementing agency for the program, infoDev is looking to identify a host institutions in Asia where the activities of the lab can be situated.

infoDev, a donor-funded ICT for development agency hosted by the World Bank, has formed a public/private partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Finland and Nokia to undertake a joint program on Creating Sustainable Businesses for the Knowledge Economy, worth some €13 million, that will run from 2010 – 2012.

This request for expressions of interest (EOI) concerns Track 1A of the program, on the establishment of two regional mobile applications labs for Asia, of which, one in Vietnam. As the implementing agency for the program, infoDev is looking to identify a host institutions in Asia where the activities of the lab can be situated. This grant award of US$350’000 wll be made, in two tranches, to cover the establishment of the lab, by 2Q 2011, and the start-up phase to mid 2012. Additional support will also be available to help in developing a business plan and to provide initial funding for a lab manager.

The complete details of the EOI are availble at the Infordev Website at the URL: http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.635.html