IGADD

The Habibie Center (THC) is the Secretariat for IGADD’s operations in Indonesia, which is the center of deployment for IGADD’s economic model. Its Center for Democratization and Socialization of Technology, led by Dr. Ilham A. Habibie, contributes to IGADD through the concept of Democracy 2.0, which refers to extending the “user revolution” to the mass of citizens of emerging markets through broadband.

Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) is the leading technological university in Indonesia and the partner of IGADD to reach out to the entire higher education sector. ITB is one of the global powerhouses in the formulation of rural technologies, under the guidance of Dr. Armein Langi, who is ITB’s point person for IGADD. ITB is bringing its expertise in research, curriculum, management and community service to IGADD and introducing IGADD to dozens of other Indonesian universities through the Rector Forum.

DigitalDivide.org is the official communications vehicle for IGADD. Soon DD.org will develop an Indonesian portal, in English as well as Bahasa, to engage students, alumni and other IT literate Indonesians in the solutions needed to achieve IGADD’s goals.

Republic of Indonesia Department of Communications and Informatics (Depkominfo) is the government’s ICT ministry, which oversees telecom regulation as well as serving as the secretariat for the government’s National ICT Council. In its strategic partnership with IGADD, Kominfo has asked IGADD to develop an investment policy that promotes “meaningful broadband” for Indonesia.