CITIZENSHIP LICENSES

The MAR program includes Citizenship Products which are designed to allow Refurbishers to install low-cost Windows and Office for a limited group of recipients.

Here are the groups of recipients, which are eligible for Citizenship products:

1. Eligible Academic Users – educational institutions that are either:

• accredited academic institutions;
• vocational institutions;
• preschools that provide educational services to children, serve at least ten children, and have been in operation for at least one year.

2. Eligible Charitable Organization – an organization that is eligible for the Microsoft Product Donation program.
See here.

3. Specially Approved Recipients – these include the following:

• A teaching hospital or medical training school;
• A public research establishment fully funded by government on a local, national or European level;
• A national or regional governmental initiative, or such other initiative, as approved in writing by Microsoft;
• Public libraries that provide their services to all residents of a given community without charge. Some charges may apply for users outside a designated region or for other services.

4. Technology Access Program (TAP) – a documented program that distributes Customer Systems to Qualified Individuals. It is run by one of the following:

• Eligible Charitable Organization,
• Eligible Academic User,
• national, state/provincial or local government agency; or
• international governmental organization.

“Qualified Individual” means a person, who is either:

• In a community with limited access to technology;
• With a disability;
• A member of a low-income family.

Examples of ways to identify low-income include those:

• receiving state benefits based on need;
• receiving aid from an Intergovernmental Organization;
• in a country defined as a low-income economy by the World Bank.

In the table below you can see the eligible recipients and what Citizenship product they can receive through this program.

	Windows	Office
Eligible Academic Users
Eligible Charitable Organizations
Specially Approved Recipients
Technology Access Program / TAP