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The AKDN works to improve living conditions and opportunities for people in some of the poorest parts of the developing world, in Central Asia, South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. AKDN institutions serve mandates in education (pre school to tertiary including research); health (from primary to tertiary care, including teaching and research); culture; rural development; human habitat; crises response; micro finance; and economic development. A principal focus of AKDN’s multi-programme interventions is the enhancement of pluralistic civil society as an underwriter of human progress, a matter of critical importance in fragile and post-conflict situations where restoring stability and creating and sustaining opportunity for all populations alike is an overriding AKDN priority. AKDN, hence, operates within long time horizons, seeking to render the development initiatives self-sustaining, and where feasible, in a regional context, often at the initiative, and with the support of the governments and international organisations concerned.

The AKDN works to improve living conditions and opportunities for people in some of the poorest parts of the developing world, in Central Asia, South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. AKDN institutions serve mandates in education (pre school to tertiary including research); health (from primary to tertiary care, including teaching and research); culture; rural development; human habitat; crises response; micro finance; and economic development. A principal focus of AKDN’s multi-programme interventions is the enhancement of pluralistic civil society as an underwriter of human progress, a matter of critical importance in fragile and post-conflict situations where restoring stability and creating and sustaining opportunity for all populations alike is an overriding AKDN priority. AKDN, hence, operates within long time horizons, seeking to render the development initiatives self-sustaining, and where feasible, in a regional context, often at the initiative, and with the support of the governments and international organisations concerned.

An .AKDN TLD would provide the means to link all of these institutions together, avoiding confusion and providing an assurance of the origin and integrity of information to the donors, governments, diplomats, bureaucrats, the Development Community (World Bank, IFC, United Nations etc.), the general public, civil society organisations and other stakeholders with whom we work. It would also be used in new programmes involving distance-learning and other educational tools that will, increasingly, be used on the internet and through mobile telephony. The AKDN is involved in a number of initiatives related to bringing broadband access to underdeveloped areas, such as the Seacom cable that brought high-speed internet to East Africa, as well as innovative uses of network technology for projects such as telemedicine and microcredit in the developing world. An .AKDN TLD would help facilitate such work.

An .AKDN TLD would provide the means to link all of these institutions together, avoiding confusion and providing an assurance of the origin and integrity of information to the donors, governments, diplomats, bureaucrats, the Development Community (World Bank, IFC, United Nations etc.), the general public, civil society organisations and other stakeholders with whom we work. It would also be used in new programmes involving distance-learning and other educational tools that will, increasingly, be used on the Internet and through mobile telephony. The AKDN is involved in a number of initiatives related to bringing broadband access to underdeveloped areas, such as the Seacom cable that brought high-speed Internet to East Africa, as well as innovative uses of network technology for projects such as telemedicine and microcredit in the developing world. An .AKDN TLD would help facilitate such work.

An .AKDN TLD would also signal that a programme or organization under the domain retains the characteristics of the AKDN itself: excellence in difficult and challenging areas, local consultation that leads to relevant projects, programmes that assure human dignity and achieve self-reliance, and a broad, positive impact on the quality of life.

An .AKDN TLD would also signal that a programme or organization under the domain retains the characteristics of the AKDN itself: excellence in difficult and challenging areas, local consultation that leads to relevant projects, programmes that assure human dignity and achieve self-reliance, and a broad, positive impact on the quality of life.