Youth for Development Topic Page on the Development Gateway

Why the Development Gateway ? By building upon partnerships, the Development Gateway can help expand the reach and relevance of communities of practice; To foster capacity building in developing countries on how best to share knowledge via the Internet, relying on public-private partnerships; To support the development of tools and services for the development community;

Why the Development Gateway (cont.)? To exploit the power of the Internet, by relying on a decentralized approach of content development and open-source solutions; To help set standards and new practices for knowledge sharing among development actors; To promote transparency and coordination with respect to international aid in a common platform.

The Development Gateway Foundation

The Development Gateway Portal

The portal serves the global community of development practitioners by providing a platform for information and knowledge exchange, under four broad areas – Topic Pages: Knowledge Communities AiDA dgMarket Country Gateways The Development Gateway Portal

AiDA Largest source of public information on development activities  Offers access to 480,000 records on current and past development activities from a range of donors  Information organized by country, sector, funding organization, activity status, or date  Potential to reduce duplication of efforts and enables better-informed decisions by offering a picture of past, previous, and upcoming projects in a country or sector The bottom line: better coordination, standards for information sharing, more effective aid The Development Gateway Portal

dgMarket Transparency and efficiency in government procurement  Unprecedented access to procurement opportunities for businesses around the world  Provides procurement solutions as a free service  Sets tender information exchange standards  To date, carries about 30,000 current tender notices, with a total contract volume of $200 billion  Summaries of tender notices free to all users and available in nine languages The bottom line: increased transparency and access, more economic opportunities The Development Gateway Portal

Country Gateways National initiatives that focus on local development issues  Independently owned and operated partners of the Development Gateway  Built on broad public-private partnerships  Facilitate the effective use of ICT for sustainable development and poverty reduction at the local level  A country-level portal and other online and offline initiatives  To date, 50 Country Gateways in different stages of planning and implementation The bottom line: local knowledge, global reach, shared solutions The Development Gateway Portal

Development Topics  Diverse resources, viewpoints, and practical knowledge -- contributed by users around the world  Increased collaboration and dialogue among a range of different stakeholders  To date, 31 development topics featuring over 47,000 content items, with 27,500 members from 180 countries The bottom line: shared information, communities of practice, partnerships The Development Gateway Portal

Types of Content Partnerships Guide Institution: an expert organization in the field, which manages the page, recruits other partners and decides on the overall direction Cooperating Organizations: organizations that deal with the subject- matter and contribute knowledge resources to the page, as well as cross- promote the page Advisors: Individual experts who participate in the making of important decisions and give recommendations re the content of the page.

Development Gateway Topic Pages *

Youth Topic Page

Youth for Development Topic Page What is the Youth page? A knowledge portal, which facilitates knowledge sharing on youth-sensitive analysis, actions, and policies. What does it feature? New research and reports, database with youth-related development projects, directory of youth organizations and individuals worldwide, calendar of events and daily update of news. How can you participate? By joining the site, you can receive alerts about new content. When you become a member, you can post articles, websites, news or events. You can also comment on existing content or join the online discussions.

At a glance  Reaching over 6,804 members  Treasuring 914 knowledge resources ranging from national e- government initiatives to policy and technology.  Serving 1,463 visitors per month who view some 4,046 pages  Partnering 16 Cooperating Organizations  Becoming a resource frequently cited by other youth and ICT initiatives Youth for Development Topic Page

Presence in developing countries: Our members

E-Government Topic Page Reaching key segments of the development community: Our members

You can become a Cooperating Organization: knowledge provider Sign-up for the Development Gateway, and become a member – benefit from the resources and knowledge sharing Publish your project information, share your local news, engage in conversations. How can you participate?

How You Can Contribute

The site is the ideal medium to reach a global audience of professionals, policy makers and youth groups to further advance the Youth for Development agenda Youth for Development Topic Page In a word

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