Investing in our community
APNIC is active in the region and globally supporting the Internet community in a number of ways.
| Community liaison | The APNIC Secretariat continues its efforts to improve the reach and effectiveness of its activities throughout the region through Community Liaison. Outreach activities are directed towards communities in developing economies and allows participation in events that may otherwise be unreachable. APNIC's involvement in these events have been highly appreciated. APNIC achieves this through: APNIC Member Meeting fellowships, financial support, participating in regional technical forums to meet organizations and individuals, and Regional Liaison officers to work in specific areas of the region.
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| Outreach | APNIC provides financial and logistical support in addition to participating in various regional conferences. In the past year, APNIC has assisted NZNOG, SANOG, PHNOG, PacNOG, AusNOG, APAN, and AINTEC. APNIC uses these conferences to communicate its key messages regarding industry best practice for Internet resource management, IPv4 depletion, IPv6 transition, and 4-byte AS number transition. Current community projectsAPNIC provides financial, technical, and informational support to the Internet community to promote the growth of the Internet, particularly in developing economies where financial and logistical barriers hinder the deployment of Internet services. Through the ISIF grants program, APNIC supports local network development initiatives. Grants are provided on a competitive basis once a year. The final amount is defined by the Steering Committee based on the maximum funds partners have committed for that year. With the ICONS wiki and the IPv6 Program, APNIC provides up-to-date information about cutting edge technological developments and help with the transition to IPv6. And, with our root server support, Test Traffic Measurement node deployments, and statistical reporting, APNIC provides useful information and services to the entire Asia Pacific Internet community.
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| Official agreements | APNIC strives to forge official agreements with like-minded organizations to work together towards our shared goals of advancing Internet technology.
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Supporting the community
APNIC also supports the community through: 
- Collaboration
APNIC fosters relationships between the senior representatives of major ICT companies and organizations in the Asia Pacific. In doing so, we facilitate communication and collaboration between these entities, all the while encouraging cooperation in advancing Internet technology. - Training & education
Providing training on key technical issues is an important part of the services APNIC offers. Through collaboration with regional organizations, we have been able to offer training in diverse locations, including a number of developing economies throughout the Asia Pacific. - Encouraging participation through the 'Fellowship program'
Helping developing economies to participate in the democratic process of policy development is one of APNIC's chief aims with regard to community liaison. To this end, APNIC offers fellowships to representatives from economies throughout the region that enable them to attend the APNIC meeting free of charge, as well as providing living expenses. The Fellowship Program not only gives a voice to these economies, but the fellows typically pass on the knowledge and skills they obtain through the program to their local colleagues, helping to keep all regions on a fair and level footing, regardless of their economic circumstances. - Information campaigns
APNIC conducts information campaigns, informing the community about issues, such as the depletion of the free pool of IPv4 addresses, the deployment of IPv6, and matters of Internet governance.
The ISIF grants program is a great opportunity for innovation in the Asia Pacific. We hope that with the global Internet community facing the prospect of IPv4 depletion in the next few years, some 2010 grant applications will feature projects that assist the adoption of IPv6 in the region,
said Paul Wilson, Director General of APNIC.
Find out more about why APNIC is investing in ISIF.
