DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY NEWSLETTER January 2006
January 30, 2006.
In this newsletter:
- SUPPORT DG: ONLINE MEMBER FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
- AUSAID OFFICIAL LEADING DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY
- NEW ONLINE DISCUSSIONS FOR dgCOMMUNITIES MEMBERS
- BRINGING DOWN BARRIERS IN CROATIA THROUGH ONLINE PARTNER MATCH
- NEW FROM COLOMBIA: ONLINE AUDIO REPORTS ON RURAL ISSUES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND YOUTH
- ONLINE UNIVERSITY ADMISSION FORMS IN BANGLADESH
- TAKE OUR SURVEY: THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ONLINE EDUCATION
- UPDATED: SPECIAL REPORT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY - NEXT STEPS
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SUPPORT DG: ONLINE MEMBER FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN - The Development Gateway is in fundraising mode and needs your support! In addition to providing our portal members with high-value information, a knowledge-sharing platform and collaboration opportunities, the Development Gateway provides practical Internet solutions for effective aid management and e-government. Our work increases access to critical information and builds local capacity - helping people in developing countries leverage national and local resources for positive change. Your online financial contribution can help us in these efforts. The Development Gateway is a charitable organization registered in the United States. Thanks very much for your generous support and continued participation!
Secure contributions can be made today at: secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php
Learn more about the Development Gateway Foundation at:
home.developmentgateway.org/aboutus
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AUSAID OFFICIAL LEADING THE DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY - Mark Fleeton of AusAID, the Australian Agency for International Development, has been seconded to lead the Development Gateway Foundation as Chief Executive Officer, while an international search is conducted to replace former CEO Alan Rossi. Mr. Rossi served as CEO for three years and spearheaded the foundation?s successful transition from a World Bank program into an independent entity with worldwide partners.
More info at: home.developmentgateway.org/aboutus/rc/filedownload.do~itemId=1054549
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NEW ONLINE DISCUSSIONS FOR dgCOMMUNITIES MEMBERS - We are pleased to introduce a new online discussion tool for dgCommunities members called the Development Forum. It is currently available to the ICT4D, Culture, and Open Educational Resources communities. We encourage you to join the discussions and subscribe to email alerts as new comments are added.
Go to: topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/discussion/showAllDiscussions.do
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BRINGING DOWN BARRIERS IN CROATIA THROUGH ONLINE PARTNER MATCH - The Internet Institute in Croatia, which manages the Croatia Country Gateway, has joined a Europe-wide program called IDEAL-IST which provides an online service to find and match partners for EU-funded projects related to Internet Society Technologies (IST). The Croatia program is part of IDEALIST-Extend, which focuses on south-eastern Europe. In addition to wide and intensive dissemination of partner match information, the program supports and trains those with potential proposals, identifies experts for call evaluations and brings potential partners together for networking events and workshops.
Learn about IDEALIST-Extend Croatia:
Visit the Croatia Country Gateway:
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NEW FROM COLOMBIA: ONLINE AUDIO REPORTS ON RURAL ISSUES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND YOUTH - At the end of this month, Avanza, the Colombian Country Gateway, will start offering audio podcasts of interviews and reports from experts on rural development, civil society and youth on their portal. You can receive automatic notification about new audio files and download the files onto your computer, certain mobile phones and other MP3-enabled equipment. Avanza is also introducing RSS feeds which allow you to be notified when something new is published on their site.
Subscribe to their Podcasts here: www.avanza.org.co/index.shtml
Sign up for RSS feeds from Avanza:
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ONLINE UNIVERSITY ADMISSION FORMS IN BANGLADESH - The Bangladesh Country Gateway is now offering admission forms and related information on its portal for Dhaka University and Rajshahi University, both public institutions.
Visit the Bangladesh Country Gateway:
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TAKE OUR SURVEY: THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ONLINE EDUCATION - Share your views about online education in the developing world - and contribute to our upcoming Special Report on this subject. Educational resources on the Internet, from course materials to virtual classroom videoconferencing, can offer cutting-edge applications and content. But e-learning has not always lived up to its promise.
What do you think? Go to:
Selected responses will be published in March in the "From Our Members" section of the Special Report "Online Education: What Can it Deliver?"
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UPDATED: SPECIAL REPORT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY - NEXT STEPS - Our on-going Special Report has been updated with new interviews and other content. The report looks at how the ICT landscape is changing in the developing world and what lies ahead. Three more organizations have joined more than 40 others as partners for this report: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) and Bangladesh NGO's Network for Radio and Communications (BNNRC).
View the report: topics.developmentgateway.org/special/informationsociety
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The Development Gateway Foundation puts the Internet to work for developing countries. We provide practical Internet solutions for effective aid and e-government - increasing access to critical information, and building the capacity of local people to leverage their resources for positive change. The Development Gateway is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC, with activities in approximately 60 countries.
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