Each project draws on the expertise areas of Alliance member:

• Telecommunications and Information Technology Sector: dot-GOV;
  
• ICTs for Elections and Community Access: dot-ORG;
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• Teacher Professional Development and ICT Equipment Provision: dot-EDU.

• Developing organizational and management structures, job descriptions, qualifications, staffing projections, internal by-laws, and procedures of the new regulatory agency.
• Defining needed budgeting and funding mechanisms (immediate and long-term) to sustain the regulatory agency.
• Planning the transition of regulatory responsibility from the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Communications (MINITRACO) to the new regulatory agency.
• Developing and reviewing key regulatory and policy strategies, including training and educational programs for the regulatory staff.

The dot-ORG ICTs for Elections and Community Access Project is divided into two main activities. The first activity focuses on helping the National Electoral Commission of Rwanda to enhance their use ICTs to manage the country's voter list.

dot-ORG will provide technical assistance, hardware, software, and staff training to support database development and management, and assist the Commission to print high-quality voter registration cards. If a private sector sponsor can be identified, dot-ORG will also carry out a pilot project to test the use PDAs or hand-held computers to improve the collection, validation, and updating of voter data in remote areas.

The other activity will focus on creating, in partnership with local entrepreneurs, Community Internet Centers (CICs) in two to four Rwandan communities. One of these centers may be established in an off-grid area without existing connectivity or electricity.

The centers will provide local residents with access to a variety of affordable resources, including Internet, computers, web page development, computer training, on-line professional development, and email, fax, phone, photocopying services. The CICs will also work with local Rwandan development organizations, NGOs, government agencies, and businesses to convert existing information and training materials into different digital formats.