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NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
October 10, 2000
World Bank Announces Global Development Gateway
A Portal for Culture and Development
http://www.worldbank.org/gateway
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Subject: Portal for Culture and Development
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Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 12:25:39 -0400
The purpose of this posting is to introduce you to the Global Development Gateway (GDG), a new initiative that is being launched by the World Bank.
The Gateway is an Internet initiative being established to serve the broadest possible development community - both globally and through Country Gateways. The purpose is to foster partnerships and create effective development strategies by bringing together many different stakeholders to contribute solutions: local and donor communities, civil society, specialized agencies, the private sector, and many other partners. The Gateway will provide access to better information and know-how for the development community around
the world. It will also enable development partners to share information on development activities, trends, funding, and commercial opportunities.
The project involves designing, constructing, and operating Internet portals with "guided" content on development projects, best practices, research findings, case studies, procurement services, commercial opportunities in developing countries, news, and directories. To ensure a fresh approach, the Gateway is becoming an independent, not-for-profit foundation with a Board of Governors representing different communities.
It should not surprise you that the topic of culture and development will play an important role in the Global Development Gateway. I have joined the Global Development Gateway team to oversee the formation of a culture and development portal. The process will be a collaborative effort across the agencies dedicated to and interested in culture as well as agencies involved in development.
I am pleased to inform you that as a first step in creating a culture and development portal, Patrick Boylan, Professor of Heritage Policy and Management, City University of London, has agreed to be the "guide" or architect for the culture and development portal. Professor Boylan and I will be forming an advisory committee to help bring together content for the Culture and Development Portal and to identify key topics and issues that can be posted on the site.
We hope to have a demonstration site available over the next few months. The success of the Culture and Development Portal will largely depend on your help and cooperation in serving as a content source, in suggesting other content providers, and in helping us create a "meeting place" for user communities.
Please watch the CHDEV-L over the next few months for requests for
information.
In the meantime you can visit the Global Development Gateway
planning site at: http://www.worldbank.org/gateway
Yours sincerely,
Eleanor E. Fink
Senior Cultural Heritage Specialist
Global Development Gateway
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