Sponsor Community Project (SCP) Funds

Background

DotAsia is committed to its mandate of promoting Internet development and adoption in Asia Pacific. To dedicate a portion of the proceeds from .ASIA domain registry operations directly for community projects, the SCP process was put in place in 2008 upon the successful completion of the launch of the .ASIA Registry and structured to foster partnership with Sponsor Members of DotAsia. In 2024, discussions from the Advisory Council led to the development of the concept of a Common Pool of SCP Funds that can be utilized by any Member and the SCP program is extended to support projects sponsored by Sponsor Members as well as Co-Sponsor Members of DotAsia. This document describes the process for the application of funds for SCPs.

See SCP Process [FORM | PDF]

SCP Funds

SCP Funds are accrued for each regular .ASIA domain registration and renewal (i.e. promotional registrations not included) for which the associated Registrant corresponds with a DotAsia Sponsor Member cc-locality.

SCP Funds allocated for a particular Sponsor Member cc-locality expires after 3 years and will be reallocated into a Common Pool. SCP Funds allocated into the Common Pool expires after an additional 3 years and will be reallocated for DotAsia community projects (in particular to the DotAsia Foundation: IRD 91/12820).

Available SCP funds will be reported annually (end of year on Dec 31) to DotAsia Members, and available upon request by Members.

See Community Projects supported by DotAsia.

cc-Locality
Date
Project Name
Grant Recipient
Funds Allocated (USD)
.sg
2009.05
11th APNG Camp
Nanyang Technological University
National University of Singapore
$5,200
.jp
2010.06
APrIGF 2010
Organising Committee of APrIGF
$3,000
.nz
2010.08
Pacific IGF
Pacific Internet Partnership (PIP)
$20,000
.sg
2011.01
13th APNG Camp
Banjamin Zee
$2,620
.nz
2011.08
Internet Industry Awards
Liz Dengate Thrush Foundation
$10,000
.sg
2012.05
15th APNG
Siti Rabi’atul ‘Adawiyah Binte Hairy
Yong Jia Jie
$5,460
.cn
2013.03
ICANN Meeting Beijing
Beijing Shuang-lian Integrated Marketing
$50,000
.th
2017.10
THNG Camp
Asian Institute of Technology
$15,000
.id
2018.09
8th IGF Bali
IGF Bali
$12,000
.ph
2020.09
Center for Positive Future
$7,995
.kr
2021.07
Korea Internet Governance Alliance (KIGA)
$5,000
.th
2023.05
Thailand Research Education Network Association (ThaiREN)
$20,000
.tw
In progress
Cyber Defense Network Project
Taiwan Digital Diplomacy Association
$9,634

Webinar - DotAsia Sponsor Community Project (SCP) Funds

Event Info: January 10, 2023 (Tue)
Time: 04:00 UTC (30 minutes)
Speaker: Edmon Chung, CEO for DotAsia Organisation

In this webinar, DotAsia’s CEO Edmon Chung will tell you about the DotAsia Sponsor Community Project (SCP) Funds, explain who may be eligible and how Sponsor Members of DotAsia can help initiatives that promote Internet development within their cc-locality to apply for the SCP Funds. Join us on January 10, 2023 (Tue) at 04:00 UTC to learn more.