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The IEEE Smart Village (formerly Community Solutions Initiative) is a member-led not-for-profit humanitarian outreach program of the IEEE. In 2014, the IEEE Foundation accepted IEEE Smart Village as one of its four "Signature Programs," of the IEEE thus adding to its menu of innovative initiatives, a humanitarian mission that delivers immediate impact to the world's poorest and most energy-deprived populations... Our new initiatives provide the primary mechanism to actualize the goals of our strategic plan. New initiatives are 1- to 3-year activities that are not normally carried out under the operational budget. They are generally considered forward looking and strategic in nature. Under TAB rules we are able to allocate up to 3% of our reserves balance to new initiatives, provided the total budget for new initiatives of all societies and councils does not exceed 1% of total TAB reserves in any given year. We are also able to allocate up to 50% of our operational surplus each year..

Also known as: IEEE Smart Village