FAIR is an international non-profit NGO aiding developing countries by supplying resources within ICT. By offering hardware, software, installation, training, support and take-back systems for EE-waste, FAIR aims to become a premier ICT supplier providing world leadership in cost effective computer networks and communication solutions. FAIR has its headquarters in Oslo-Norway with national organisations in Sweden and Denmark, and operations in more than 15 developing countries.

FAIRs take-back system for discarded ICT is successful: “-This week we received the first return consignment of 13 tons of discarded EE equipment from one of our projects in Kenya, and we are most satisfied with the way the take-back system works.” said Snorre Østlund, director of FAIR.

(NorTrade: Fornebu, 21 February 2008) Every year, Telenor replaces more than 2000 computers in Norway alone. A new agreement with the Norwegian humanitarian organisation FAIR ensures that this equipment will now be put to good use in schools in developing countries, and over the next years several hundred thousand schoolchildren may gain access to modern information and communication technology (ICT). The equipment will be disposed of in an environmentally-friendly manner when it is no longer useful to the recipient countries.

In 2008 FAIR has 4 main partner countries and 6 other partner countries. The four main partner countries are Eritrea, Madagascar, Zambia and Guatemala where FAIRs projects are supported by Norad. FAIR has a vast experience in tranferring ICT technology and knowledge to developing countries and some of our projects are described here

FAIR recieved Honorable Mention for the partner program FairRecycling.Org, from the UN-jury of World Summit Awards Norway. The Jury's statement is quoted here. Around 100 Scandinavian companies and organisations are certified through FairRecycling and an overview of these are presented in the right margin here

A report from The Basel Network revealed extensive dumping of used electronic equipment in developing countries. Responsible for this dumping are particularly American companies and organisations dealing in used computers and recycling. “This is a disgraceful practice that we want to do our part to put an end to," says Leif-Arne Kristiansen, Secretary General of the Norwegian organisation FAIR International.

OLPC fails to give specific response to the concerns raised by FAIR, but chooses to continue with wrong and misleading information. In the conclusion of an article from OLPC News it is called for experts to please help them answer the critics. However, the concerns raised by FAIR are heavily supported by the foremost constructivist researchers in the world.