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- Preface
- I. Luxembourg’s official development assistance in 2013
- ICT used for humanitarian and development purposes
- Post-2015: the state of play
- II. Cooperation with the main partner countries
- III. Regional cooperation and cooperation with other countries
- IV. Multilateral cooperation
- V. European Union
- VI. Cooperation with non-governmental development organisations
- VII. Humanitarian action
- VIII. Programme support
- IX. Development education and awareness-raising
- X. Microfinance
- XI. Evaluation
- XII. Report on the progress of the work of the Interministerial Committee for Development Cooperation
- Appendices
ICT used for humanitarian and development purposes
AXIS - African Internet eXchange System
The objective of the AXIS project is to facilitate the establishment of a network of national and regional Internet Exchange Points (IXP) and regional and continental internet operators in sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, the project supports the institutional development of associations of internet services providers and internet community actors in order to maintain internet traffic locally and to facilitate:
- the establishment of national Internet Exchange Points in 33 countries in sub-Saharan Africa;
- the establishment of regional Internet Exchange Points;
- the establishment of regional and continental internet operators;
- the establishment of a system of visualisation of internet flows;
- the development of a certified course of study on internet exchange technologies.
This project is being implemented in partnership with the African Union during 2011-2015. The contribution from Luxembourg is 300 000 euros and the EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund will contribute 5.1 million euros.
