Spider Center

Spider Center, The Swedish Program for Information and Communication Technology in Developing Regions, support developing countries in harnessing the benefits of ICT’s for development and poverty alleviation. In practical terms, it means promotion of and support to relevant Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) efforts at partner institutions and organization in developing countries and establishment of networks of collaboration in Sweden and abroad. Spider supports development of ICT infrastructure, human capacity and relevant ICT content. The centre also promotes information management, communication and interaction, networking and awareness rising. Major areas for intervention are access, e-education, e-health and e-governance, including human rights aspects. The center is a collaboration between Department of Computer and System Sciences at Stockholm University and a national donor agency Sida (the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency).  The centre is headed by Paula Uimonen.