Dear GainsNet members, As you may recall, one of the questions we asked in our recent "Network Member Needs Assessment Survey" was regarding the types of support GAINS Network members would like to receive through INSTRAW. One of the options offered was website design-and there was a clear interest expressed by respondents in this service (17%). In order to address this, we have contacted several members of the GAINS ICT network (there may be more, anyone else who would like to provide assistance to Network Members in website design, please feel free to send a note to GainsNet!) who offer website design services, and their responses were very positive. 1) Virtual Activism Virtual Activism offers ICT training, website design assistance, and a variety of other types of ICT help to NGOs, at minimal or no cost. I have contacted the Director of Virtual Activism, Marlyn Tadros, who would be happy to have those INSTRAW GAINS Network Members interested in website design assistance contact her directly. Her email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information on Virtual Activism and its various activities, visit the website at: www.virtualactivism.org. 2) Networked Intelligence for Development NID offers website design, capacity building and support. I contacted Nidhi Tandon, who suggests a two-tiered approach to website design cost: US$400 per day for NGOs in North America, and US$200 for NGOs based in developing or emerging economies. However, she also offers to look at each request on a case-by-case basis, and suggests that for NGOs looking only for a webpage template, a fixed fee could be negotiated-the cost of this would be less. Nidhi Tandon can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED], and more information on Networked Intelligence for Development and its activities can be found at: www.networkedintelligence.com. 3) Womenspace This organization does not offer one-on-one assistance with website design, but does have a number of online tutorials for women on the Internet. These tutorials include: internet use, website design without using html-code, mailing list use and management, and many others. Some of the information is also available in French. Womenspace's website (along with links to all of the above resources) is at: www.womenspace.ca. 4) Leland Initiative Web Tutorial Series Authored and Created by Jeff Bland through the USAID Leland Initiative (not a GAINS Network member). This 10-lesson online tutorial in html-code website design offers lessons on formatting, links, graphics and more. As well there are various links to other resources. The Leland Initiative Web Tutorial Series is at: http://www.usaid.gov/regions/afr/leland/tutorial/. I hope that these various resources will prove useful to Network members needing information or assistance on website design. If you find that none of the above options are useful to you or your organization, and that you need further help, please let us at UN INSTRAW know and we will see what else we can come up with! Regards, Alyssa Frohberg GAINS Network Assistant Coordinator [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.un-instraw.org This is GainsNet, the mailing list of the UN-INSTRAW-GAINS Network Members. To reply to the GainsNet group, click on "reply all" To reply to an individual, click on "reply" To unsubscribe from GainsNet, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line
