<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><BR><BR>Subject: Global Development<BR>Commons launches the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge <BR><BR>Greetings from the Global Development Commons, <BR>You are invited to participate in the 2008 USAID<BR>Development 2.0 Challenge! It's an open call for innovative mobile<BR>technology applications for <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1225345329_28 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">developing countries</SPAN>, and the USAID�s first<BR>ever open source challenge. The winning project ideas will receive grants<BR>of up to $10,000 and present before USAID, development community, and industry<BR>officials in Washington . <BR>The Challenge can be accessed through our website at <A href="http://www.usaid.gov/commons" target=_blank><SPAN class=yshortcuts
id=lw_1225345329_29><FONT color=#003399>www.usaid.gov/commons</FONT></SPAN></A> . There are two ways to participate: <BR><BR>a) If you have a great mobile technology application for <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1225345329_30>developing<BR>countries</SPAN>, y ou can enter the<BR>contest by submitting your ideas . <BR><BR>b) At the same site, ANYONE can register to comment and then vote to select the best<BR>submitted ideas. <BR><BR>We need your help to promote innovation! Please share<BR>the challenge website for the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge<BR>with friends, colleagues, and other innovators you know. Attached is a PDF of<BR>the flier, which we'd greatly appreciate you strategically placing at<BR>your office or school, or featuring on your <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1225345329_31 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Facebook</SPAN> page,
blog, or<BR>website. <BR><BR>Of course, you can always get the latest about the Commons<BR>at our website, www.usaid.gov/commons . <BR><BR>Let's Collaborate, <BR><BR>The Global Development Commons Team <BR><BR>Please forward this message to gather excitement for<BR>the Global Development Commons, and encourage friends to sign up for this<BR>listserv by visiting www.usaid.gov/commons <BR>and filling in the box in the upper right corner. <BR><BR><BR></td></tr></table><br>