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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">T</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">he 2025 Sustainable Peering Infrastructure Funding Program is</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
<span lang="EN-US">still </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">open for applications. Funding will specifically support:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Existing IXPs that need additional funding to grow or become sustainable<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Organizations that hope to build a new IXP<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Entities that work with local communities to improve peering and infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Entities that provide a positive contribution to the entire IXP ecosystem<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Grant funds up to USD $70,000 are open to all regions and are available to assist in equipment purchases (switches, optic modules, servers, and routers), training, capacity building, and community
development. Applications are accepted from January 28 to March 27, 2025. Details about eligibility, selection criteria, and more are available here:
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/funding-areas/sustainable-peering-ixp/" target="_blank">
https://www.internetsociety.org/funding-areas/sustainable-peering-ixp/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">All applications for funding must be submitted online in English, French, or Spanish through the Internet Society Foundations grants management system. This round of applications closes on
27 March 2025.</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">For further inquiries about this grant program or the application process, email
<a href="mailto:foundation@isocfoundation.org" target="_blank">foundation@isocfoundation.org</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jean Baptiste Millogo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jean Baptiste Millogo <millogo@isoc.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 11 February 2025 at 15:09<br>
<b>To: </b>AFIX Mailing List <af-ix@af-ix.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Applications Open for the 2025 Sustainable Peering Infrastructure Funding Program / Appel Candidatures ouvertes pour le programme de financement dinfrastructures de peering durable 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Internet is for everyone. It gives people opportunities and boosts economic development. But for everyone to leverage the Internet's full potential, it needs to be affordable and reliable.
This is why we need to keep building and improving infrastructure, like Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), working with local and regional communities to create a thriving Internet ecosystem that keeps traffic local, reduces costs, sparks development, and improves
the quality of Internet services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Today, were excited to announce that the 2025 Sustainable Peering Infrastructure Funding Program is now open for applications. Funding will specifically support:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Existing IXPs that need additional funding to grow or become sustainable<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Organizations that hope to build a new IXP<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Entities that work with local communities to improve peering and infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Entities that provide a positive contribution to the entire IXP ecosystem<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Grant funds up to USD $70,000 are open to all regions and are available to assist in equipment purchases (switches, optic modules, servers, and routers), training, capacity building, and community
development. Applications are accepted from January 28 to March 27, 2025. Details about eligibility, selection criteria, and more are available here:
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/funding-areas/sustainable-peering-ixp/">
https://www.internetsociety.org/funding-areas/sustainable-peering-ixp/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">All applications for funding must be submitted online in English, French, or Spanish through the Internet Society Foundations grants management system. This round of applications closes on
27 March 2025.</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">For further inquiries about this grant program or the application process, email
<a href="mailto:foundation@isocfoundation.org">foundation@isocfoundation.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Bonjour, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">LInternet est pour tout le monde. Cela donne des opportunits aux gens et stimule le dveloppement conomique. Mais pour que chacun puisse exploiter tout le potentiel dInternet, il doit tre
abordable et fiable. C'est pourquoi nous devons continuer construire et amliorer les infrastructures, comme les points d'change Internet (IXP), en travaillant avec les communauts locales et rgionales pour crer un cosystme Internet prospre qui maintient
le trafic local, rduit les cots, stimule le dveloppement et amliore la qualit des services Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Aujourdhui, nous sommes ravis dannoncer que le programme de financement dinfrastructures de peering durable 2025 est dsormais ouvert aux candidatures. Le financement soutiendra spcifiquement :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Les IXP existants qui ont besoin dun financement supplmentaire pour se dvelopper ou devenir durables<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Les organisations qui esprent construire un nouvel IXP<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Les entits qui travaillent avec les communauts locales pour amliorer le peering et les infrastructures<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Les entits qui apportent une contribution positive lensemble de lcosystme IXP<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Des subventions allant jusqu' 70 000 USD sont ouvertes toutes les rgions et sont disponibles pour aider l'achat d'quipements (commutateurs, modules optiques, serveurs et routeurs), la
formation, au renforcement des capacits et au dveloppement communautaire. Les candidatures sont acceptes du 28 janvier au 27 mars 2025. Les dtails sur l'ligibilit, les critres de slection et bien plus encore sont disponibles ici :
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/funding-areas/sustainable-peering-ixp/">
https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/funding-areas/sustainable-peering-ixp/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Toutes les demandes de financement doivent tre soumises en ligne en anglais, franais ou espagnol via le systme de gestion des subventions de la Fondation Internet Society. Cette srie de
candidatures se termine le 27 mars 2025</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Pour plus dinformations sur ce programme de subvention ou sur le processus de candidature, envoyez un e-mail
<a href="mailto:foundation@isocfoundation.org">foundation@isocfoundation.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Best regards, Bien cordialement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Jean Baptiste Millogo</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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