Taiwan is world-renowned for manufacturing computers, and it also tops the list of countries surveyed in e-readiness rankings by several international organizations. But these facts do not mean that no digital divide exists on this island country. The digital divide is a phenomenon that exists all over the world, including in more developed countries.

In response to the growing global concern for digitally disadvantaged groups, the Taiwan government launched a campaign to bridge the digital divide not only in Taiwan but in other countries as well.

The "Bridging the Digital Divide of the SME Project" is one of three such government initiatives. The second one is: “Narrowing the Digital Divide between Urban and Rural Areas, and the third is called " Asia-Pacific Digital Opportunity Centers (ADOC). The ADOC program aims at helping less developed APEC member economies to address the digital divide.

The "Bridging the Digital Divide of the SME Project" aims at enabling hundreds of thousands of Taiwan's micro businesses to use the internet and e-commerce in their business operations. This project is sponsored by the Small-and-Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Chinese Taipei.

The Small and Medium Enterprise Association has charged the Information Services Industry Association, known as CISA, with the responsibilities of planning, management, support and quality assurance.

Established 24 years ago, the CISA is a national association with 700 corporate members including local software companies, system integrators, IT consulting companies, internet-based network service providers and international IT companies. Partnering with different government agencies, the CISA actively participates in many e-readiness campaigns to accelerate the deployment of information technology to digitally underprivileged communities.

Because of its outstanding achievements in the implementation of the Project, the CISA won the Best Performance Prize at the 2006 eTaiwan Awards in the E-business / Public Sector Category. The Awards were sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. This project was nominated to represent Chinese Taipei to compete in the 2007 eAsia Awards held in Bangkok, Thailand in the summer of 2007.