Inveneo is a non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to empower people in remote and underserved communities and the organizations who serve them through access to computing and communications.We do this by designing, integrating, deploying and supporting Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions worldwide that are open, sustainable and affordable.

Goals and Objectives

Inveneo's goal is to connect 265 village homes, schools and clinics this year (2006) with their NGO and organization partners. Inveneo's objective is to connect over 10,000 villages in the next 3 years. This will bring the benefit of phones, computers and the Internet to villages, schools and clinics reaching about 1 million people.

Questionnaire

The questionnaire below is also available in Word form (.doc) via Inveneo's site at this link. When completed, email it to "sales - at - inveneo.org".


Basic Project Description

Please fill out the following information to help us understand your project better so that we can support your request:

Project Owner/Leader
Organization Name
Organization URL
Organization Country (Headquarters)
Contact Name
Contact Phone
Contact E-mail


Project Description

Type of Project (Education/Development/Banking/Relief/Agriculture/Etc.)
Short Project Description



Project Scope

What country will your project be in?
Do you have a funding organization identified for the project?
How many locations do you want to install systems in initially?
What are those locations? (Please name the location by town that can be located on a map if possible)
Is this a pilot for a possible larger project?
What is the approximate scope for the larger project?


ICT and Power Requirements Which of the following services to you want to have at each location – computer, telephony, and/or access to the Internet?

  • If you want computers, how many per location?
  • If you want phones, how many per location?
  • Is there any additional equipment that you will need (printers or other items?)
In these locations, is grid power available? If so, how dependable is it?
Is one of these locations within range of cellular or standard (PSTN/ISP) Voice and Data services?


Applications Do you have any specific applications that you would like to run on the computer systems? Do you require Microsoft Windows based applications (Inveneo’s system is Linux/Open Source based, but in many cases Microsoft can be supported)?
Technical Support Does your organization have local technical support? Do you or your organization have experience in the following (this is NOT required, we are trying to get a basic understanding of level of support your organization would require)

  • Basic IT administration: Yes/No
  • Basic Computer networking: Yes/No
  • Linux Operating Systems: Yes/No
  • Asterisk IP-PBX or other similar software: Yes/No
  • Open Source Software: Yes/No
  • Wireless (Wi-Fi) Network : Yes/No
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