[cc-au] FW: 10 Days Left to Enter USAID's Development 2.0 Challenge for the Chance to win a $10, 000 and Major Visibility for a Mobile Technology Solution for Developing Countries

Jessica Coates j2.coates at qut.edu.au
Tue Nov 25 19:35:38 EST 2008


Hi all

This looks like an interesting opportunity for people with ideas and opinions about innovation, development and the internet.

Jessica Coates
Project Manager
Creative Commons Clinic
Queensland University of Technology

ph: 07 3138 8301
fax: 07 3138 9395
email: j2.coates at qut.edu.au

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From: Seema Patel <seemapatel001 at yahoo.com<mailto:seemapatel001 at yahoo.com>>
Date: Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Subject: 10 Days Left to Enter USAID's Development 2.0 Challenge for the Chance to win a $10,000 and Major Visibility for a Mobile Technology Solution for Developing Countries

You have the opportunity to participate in USAID's first - ever open source
challenge for the chance to win a $10,000 grant for the idea for the best
mobile phone application to solve a pressing international development
issue.   We're trying to draw in innovation at USAID through nontraditional
sources, and you can help.  Please enter the 2008 USAID Development 2.0
Challenge or  funnel this announcement to your listservs to encourage
budding innovators you know  to enter at  www.netsquared.org/usaid<http://www.netsquared.org/usaid>!

There are only ten days left to present your most innovative ideas for a
mobile technology application to address pressing issues in food security,
health, or other socioeconomic areas in developing countries.  Your entries
will be judged by a renowned panel of experts from the public and private
sector and foundations, and you could win a $10,000 grant. The process is
simple. Your idea could be used in a developing country by USAID to improve
the work that it does to help people prosper. Please share the attached
document  that explains the USAID Development 2.0 Challenge  with anyone you
know who may be interested . The deadline for entries is December 5th.

If you're simply interested in the open source challenge process, please
visit www.netsquared.org/usaid<http://www.netsquared.org/usaid> and click on the Project Gallery to review
what's there. Your comments and suggestions on each entry can help to create
the most sustainable solutions for international development, because
applicants can modify their entries as they receive feedback.


Seema Patel
Global Development Commons, DAI
Cell: 240 505-3427
Office: 301 771-7885

Connect * Collaborate * Prosper

http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/gdc/
http://www.globaldevelopmentcommons.net/

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