The field of what has been called as ICTs for Development (ICTD) is still mostly in an experimental phase, and seems to be facing some structural difficulties in mainstreaming into core development activities. In this context, it is important that a new approach to ICTD theory and practice is based directly on close interactions with community-based ICTD projects, done with equal partnership with CBOs and grassroots NGOs with a long experience of community work, and that are specifically designed for such learning. Such experimentation will then provide the basis of developing appropriate ICTD concepts, suggesting generic techno-social processes and systems appropriate to development activity, which then need to be contextually adapted in different development situations.