AITI plays an important role in introducing initiatives and programs to assist the ICT industry in Brunei Darussalam. As part of such initiatives, the GRANT for development of local ICT & Digital Media industries has been set up to assist local ICT-related industry players including production houses in Brunei Darussalam to achieve such aims. The aims are to encourage and enhance the Research and Development (R&D) activities by local businesses in Brunei Darussalam, leading to innovative products that possess significant commercial potential, to strengthen R&D capabilities of Bruneians, to encourage the development of more innovative and competitive local content developers in Brunei Darussalam, and to develop “Brunei-Made” and local contents of ICT and Digital Media products.