About COMNET-IT

The Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development was established as an independent international foundation in November, 1995, with the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Government of Malta as its sponsors. The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in New Zealand welcomed this development in its final communiqué. Since then, a fully-functioning secretariat has been set up with the on-going support of the Government of Malta and the national agencies represented on the COMNET-IT Board. COMNET-IT primarily within Commonwealth member countries to support activities related to the policy-development and capability-building in implementing, managing, and using new information and communications technologies.