About iDISC
Who reads iDISC?
Here are some average monthly statistics about the readers of iDISC. As you can see, this is a wide range of incubation practitioners worldwide - get your story out there by contributing content to iDISC!
[Statistics sample from Nov-Dec 2007]
Visits per day 2,425
# of countries 143
Returning visitors 33%
Avg time on site 4:26 minutes
Direct traffic 34%
What is iDisc?
iDisc - the infoDev Incubator Support Center - is an outcome of infoDev’s Incubator Initiative, an Initiative started in 2002 to support organizations promoting ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship in developing countries. Since 2002, infoDev has provided financing (grants) and technical assistance to more than 60 incubators around the world. Through regional and international conferences, many incubators expressed that a key value of infoDev’s Incubator Initiative was the opportunity to connect with other similar organizations around the world to exchange ideas, lessons and create partnerships across national boundaries.
It is against this background that infoDev is providing iDisc as a virtual networking and knowledge-sharing platform for business development organizations leveraging ICT to facilitate entrepreneurship and new business creation in the developing world.
What you can find on iDisc
iDisc provides hands-on and practical information for incubators and other business development organizations, including:
- A “How to” section with guidelines for starting an incubator, selecting clients, managing and financing an incubator, monitoring and evaluation, and engaging partners.
- An overview of our 5 regional networks and activities across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and Middle East & Northern Africa.
- An iDisc Network Member Directory that allows you to search and locate incubators across the regions, and to search facts & figures within the global network.
- Presentations and documents from workshops and specific research themes.
- Information on upcoming events, such as infoDev regional workshops as well as local seminars and symposiums.
Contacts
Check who your Regional Facilitator is to get involved in network activities. If you have general comments, questions or suggestions, e-mail to idisc@infodev.org and we will respond within a few business days.