March/April 2008
From the Foundation:
FROM THE FOUNDATION
Help Us Serve You Better: Donate Now
The challenges of global poverty and development remain stark:
>Read about the impact of our programs in the annual report
>Click here to make a secure donation
AMP Expands into Francophone Africa
Burkina Faso, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo recently completed implementations of the Aid Management Program. The governments of these countries will use AMP to maintain up-to-date information on official development assistance so that they can easily analyze data and generate reports. To ensure the platform is maintained, the foundation’s aid effectiveness team will train government staff. Meanwhile, staff is beginning to enter and verify project and program data, in cooperation with development partners. Over time, by improving the availability and flow of information, AMP will facilitate progress toward the broader aid effectiveness objectives of improved coordination and harmonization, and alignment of aid with national priorities.
>Click here to learn more about AMP
Australia Expresses its Interest in dgMarket
The Australian government will sign an agreement to include Australian tenders in dgMarket. This agreement will facilitate improved access and visibility of Australian tender opportunities for businesses and international organizations, and increase the coverage and profile of dgMarket in the Asia-Pacific region.
>Visit AusAID
>Visit the Australia Country Resource page
Development Gateway Portal Gets a Make Over
The Development Gateway Foundation will be launching a new content management system and a minor redesign of the online resources portal in the coming months. Typo3 is a content management system that is more user-friendly than the existing one. It will also offer more options, such as the ability to rate resources. The new system will increase the efficiency in responding to the needs of our Web site visitors and contributors. The minor redesign will make give the portal a more pleasing look and feel. We welcome your comments about these changes. Send them to the Webmaster at sitefeedback@dgfoundation.org
DG International Adds Staff
Development Gateway International, our European affiliate, announced the addition of its latest team member, Anna Lauridsen. Click here to read her biography.
Photo Contest Opens in May
The second annual Development Gateway photo contest will begin in May. Last year’s top ten submissions were featured on the Web site. Visitors to the site voted for the image by Prashant Bhardwaj of India. You can see other submissions in this year’s annual report. Look for more information on how to enter your compelling photographs of socio-economic development in developing countries on the Web site.
COUNTRY GATEWAY NETWORK NEWS
LAC Country Gateways Announce a Regional Action Plan
Country Gateways in Latin America and the Caribbean agreed on a regional action plan for 2008 as a result of discussions held among Country Gateway representatives and Development Gateway Foundation staff. LAC Country Gateways affirmed the principles of collaboration and transparency as laid out in the Country Gateways charter they signed in Bonn, Germany, in 2004. They further agreed on some basic communication and collaboration mechanisms to support the country gateways network, such as holding virtual monthly meetings and using the country.net portal.
The Country Gateways identified four potential projects:
Asia-Pacific Country Gateway Sharpen Their Focus on Business and Program Needs
The Australian and Nepal Country Gateways worked together with the foundation on a capacity building and collaboration program. The program consisted of two in-country visits in January and February, the main focus of which was to assist the Nepal team to identify and address their needs for training and support in key business and program areas. The Nepal Country Gateway took part in a series of interactive workshops and meetings to address these areas. The workshop covered user identification and needs assessment; analysis of high-value portal functions; donor/partner reporting and communication; marketing; content development; project and risk management; and proposal development. To ensure the sustainability of the training, the Development Gateway Foundation, Australian Development Gateway and Nepal Development Gateway, are creating a wiki-style Country Gateway operational manual as a reference guide and to provide ongoing support. The Country Gateways plan to develop this further in the lead up to the Asia-Pacific Country Gateway forum, and to make it accessible to other members of the Asia-Pacific network. The Nepal team is currently submitting a number of proposals to local donors for support to allow them to develop an upgraded portal platform and re-focus their content to meet the needs of the identified user groups. This initiative was supported financially by AusAID and the foundation.
> Visit the Nepal Country Gateway
> Visit the Nepal Country Resource page
> Visit the Australian Country Gateway
Burkina Faso Country Gateway Complements Launch with Training
On April 3, the Yum Pukri Association (the implementing agency of the Country Gateway) launched the first version of the Burkina Gateway portal. The association organized an ICT training session for the public and presented the benefits of the portal as a catalyst of development. The United Nations Development Program, the International Institute for Communication and Development, the Ministry of Information and New Technologies, and other partners’ organizations participated in the formal launch.
> Visit the new Burkina Faso Gateway Portal (in French)
> Visit the Burkina Faso Country Resource Page
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1889 F Street NW, Second Floor
Washington, DC 20006
USA
Tel: +1-202-572-9200
Fax: +1-202-572-9290
Please click here to make a donation to support the work of the Development Gateway Foundation.
From the Foundation:
- Help Us Serve You Better: Donate Now
- AMP Expands into Francophone Africa
- Australia Expresses its Interest in dgMarket
- Development Gateway Portal Gets a Make Over
- DG International Adds Staff
- Photo Contest Opens in May
- LAC Country Gateways Announce a Regional Action Plan
- Asia-Pacific Country Gateway Sharpen Their Focus on Business and Program Needs
- Burkina Faso Country Gateway Complements Launch with Training
FROM THE FOUNDATION
Help Us Serve You Better: Donate Now
The challenges of global poverty and development remain stark:
- 2 billion people worldwide live on less than 2 dollars a day
- 32 million men, women and children have fled their homes
- Over 33 million people are living with HIV
- 140 million women and girls have been victims of female genital cutting
>Read about the impact of our programs in the annual report
>Click here to make a secure donation
AMP Expands into Francophone Africa
Burkina Faso, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo recently completed implementations of the Aid Management Program. The governments of these countries will use AMP to maintain up-to-date information on official development assistance so that they can easily analyze data and generate reports. To ensure the platform is maintained, the foundation’s aid effectiveness team will train government staff. Meanwhile, staff is beginning to enter and verify project and program data, in cooperation with development partners. Over time, by improving the availability and flow of information, AMP will facilitate progress toward the broader aid effectiveness objectives of improved coordination and harmonization, and alignment of aid with national priorities.
>Click here to learn more about AMP
Australia Expresses its Interest in dgMarket
The Australian government will sign an agreement to include Australian tenders in dgMarket. This agreement will facilitate improved access and visibility of Australian tender opportunities for businesses and international organizations, and increase the coverage and profile of dgMarket in the Asia-Pacific region.
>Visit AusAID
>Visit the Australia Country Resource page
Development Gateway Portal Gets a Make Over
The Development Gateway Foundation will be launching a new content management system and a minor redesign of the online resources portal in the coming months. Typo3 is a content management system that is more user-friendly than the existing one. It will also offer more options, such as the ability to rate resources. The new system will increase the efficiency in responding to the needs of our Web site visitors and contributors. The minor redesign will make give the portal a more pleasing look and feel. We welcome your comments about these changes. Send them to the Webmaster at sitefeedback@dgfoundation.org
DG International Adds Staff
Development Gateway International, our European affiliate, announced the addition of its latest team member, Anna Lauridsen. Click here to read her biography.
Photo Contest Opens in May
The second annual Development Gateway photo contest will begin in May. Last year’s top ten submissions were featured on the Web site. Visitors to the site voted for the image by Prashant Bhardwaj of India. You can see other submissions in this year’s annual report. Look for more information on how to enter your compelling photographs of socio-economic development in developing countries on the Web site.
COUNTRY GATEWAY NETWORK NEWS
LAC Country Gateways Announce a Regional Action Plan
Country Gateways in Latin America and the Caribbean agreed on a regional action plan for 2008 as a result of discussions held among Country Gateway representatives and Development Gateway Foundation staff. LAC Country Gateways affirmed the principles of collaboration and transparency as laid out in the Country Gateways charter they signed in Bonn, Germany, in 2004. They further agreed on some basic communication and collaboration mechanisms to support the country gateways network, such as holding virtual monthly meetings and using the country.net portal.
The Country Gateways identified four potential projects:
- Support for the GAID-eLAC 2010 Network
- Replication of Colombia’s Local E-government Initiative in Central America
- EMPUJON-TIC, universalizing ICT use in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
- Workshop on applications for mobile technologies
Asia-Pacific Country Gateway Sharpen Their Focus on Business and Program Needs
The Australian and Nepal Country Gateways worked together with the foundation on a capacity building and collaboration program. The program consisted of two in-country visits in January and February, the main focus of which was to assist the Nepal team to identify and address their needs for training and support in key business and program areas. The Nepal Country Gateway took part in a series of interactive workshops and meetings to address these areas. The workshop covered user identification and needs assessment; analysis of high-value portal functions; donor/partner reporting and communication; marketing; content development; project and risk management; and proposal development. To ensure the sustainability of the training, the Development Gateway Foundation, Australian Development Gateway and Nepal Development Gateway, are creating a wiki-style Country Gateway operational manual as a reference guide and to provide ongoing support. The Country Gateways plan to develop this further in the lead up to the Asia-Pacific Country Gateway forum, and to make it accessible to other members of the Asia-Pacific network. The Nepal team is currently submitting a number of proposals to local donors for support to allow them to develop an upgraded portal platform and re-focus their content to meet the needs of the identified user groups. This initiative was supported financially by AusAID and the foundation.
> Visit the Nepal Country Gateway
> Visit the Nepal Country Resource page
> Visit the Australian Country Gateway
Burkina Faso Country Gateway Complements Launch with Training
On April 3, the Yum Pukri Association (the implementing agency of the Country Gateway) launched the first version of the Burkina Gateway portal. The association organized an ICT training session for the public and presented the benefits of the portal as a catalyst of development. The United Nations Development Program, the International Institute for Communication and Development, the Ministry of Information and New Technologies, and other partners’ organizations participated in the formal launch.
> Visit the new Burkina Faso Gateway Portal (in French)
> Visit the Burkina Faso Country Resource Page
This is the free newsletter of the Development Gateway Foundation.
Give us feedback: sitefeedback@dgfoundation.org
View past issues of the newsletter: http://www.dgfoundation.org/news-events/dgf-newsletter.htm
To unsubscribe, please send an e-mail to: newsletter@dgfoundation.org
The Development Gateway Foundation provides Web-based tools to make aid and development efforts more effective. It offers innovative solutions that increase access to critical information, building local capacity and bringing partners together for positive change. The Development Gateway Foundation is a nonprofit organization with activities around the world.
Development Gateway Foundation
1889 F Street NW, Second Floor
Washington, DC 20006
USA
Tel: +1-202-572-9200
Fax: +1-202-572-9290
Please click here to make a donation to support the work of the Development Gateway Foundation.
