Micro-Commerce Mission
Internet Bar's foundational mission is to increase access to justice among all people by training the legal profession and other interested people and institutions in mastering the tools and processes of the emerging online justice system. As a component of this mission, Internet Bar also seeks to apply know-how and assets directly in developing regions of the world in order to alleviate poverty and increase basic human rights, including economic rights.
We believe when the vast communication and commercial power of the Internet and e-commerce is brought fully to developing regions, unprecedented opportunities will be available to people, villages, towns and entire regions. However, we also understand that education, legal policy, logistics, monetary policy and market economy principles are vitally important to the success of technology-based initiatives in developing regions. For these reasons, we seek to partner with local, regional, national and international groups to develop detailed plans for each region we want to make an impact. We seek the input of local people and leaders, national and regional economic and political leaders and international monetary, aid and economic development groups.
Internet Bar plays the vitally important roles of bringing necessary skills and experience together to focus on local micro-commerce development projects and creating business models under which those projects can be executed. In the role of project coordinator we bring international expertise together with local and regional expertise to bridge gaps between vision and results. Often there are cultural, social and political matters to contend with in addition to the functions and factors of business development itself. Our goal is to bridge those gaps by including and honoring local and regional values-structures while at the same time working to transcend those structures that restrict development and opportunity.
In the role of business model development, Internet Bar works directly with local and regional parties to develop specific opportunities for local people to access, use and profit from global e-commerce. To accomplish this our team conducts project feasibility studies, local engagement exercises and business plan creation. We also work directly to bring vital technology, logistics and marketing companies and systems to bear on specific projects.
In the other tabs in this section you may read about specific missions we are undertaking in several countries.
