Framework
The Seed Alliance’s original framework was aligned with the IDRC’s Information and Networks (I&N) program 2011-2016. I&N supported interdisciplinary and systemic research that seeks to facilitate positive digital transformations in the following four areas:
- Improving the quality of Openness that networked technologies enable
- Protect the Rights of citizens and consumers
- Catalyze the Inclusion of marginalized communities in emerging networked societies
- Deepen and broaden the field of information Networks and development
AFRINIC, APNIC and LACNIC (the RIRs) added a further component, Access, to this set to enable them to incorporate aspects of Internet infrastructure that are relevant to their core activities. These activities include:
- IPv6 deployment
- Network operations
- Teaching the technical skills required to make the Internet work in developing economies
The Seed Alliance framework continues to evolve to help ideas grow.