Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit
From 2005 to 2008, Surman was the managing director of telecentre.org. Created by Canada's International Development Research Centre, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and Microsoft, telecentre.org worked to network the global telecentre community and improve their sustainability. Mark co-edited the book "From the Ground Up: the Evolution of the Telecentre Movement".