infoDev is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals from planning grants for the creation of Country Gateways in the Sub-Saharan Africa Region. The deadline for submission of all Planning Grant proposals from Sub-Saharan Africa is Friday, January 18, 2002. Please visit the website <http://www.infodev.org/gateway/> for more information.
The Development Gateway is an Internet portal for information on sustainable development and poverty reduction -- offering a common space for dialogue and exchange of experience, knowledge, ideas, tools, and other resources. Country Gateways are independently owned and operated partners of the Development Gateway, which provide country-level information and resources, and promote local content. They are governed by multi-stakeholder groups within each country, with a content strategy and IT platform connected to the Gateway portal through common standards and shared approaches to facilitate knowledge sharing. National, regional, and local governments, along with the private sector, civil society, and international organizations are key partners in the development of Country Gateways. In addition to a portal, Country Gateway programs may also include e-government, e-business, and e-learning components, and other Internet-based e-development services. Country Gateways are expected to improve accountability, inclusiveness, and efficiency of the development process; contribute to a better quality of life and to poverty reduction; help reduce corruption through increased transparency; contribute to better connectivity and use of IT; and join together the efforts of the international donor community, private sector, civil society, and governments to address development issues using local momentum. ------------ ***GKD is an initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.globalknowledge.org>
