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NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
January 3, 2002
World Bank Creates Development Gateway Foundation
Gateway Portal Includes Culture & Development Site
http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/130613/
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:13:37 -0500
From: Eleanor Fink <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: new foundation focusing on the digital divide
To: [log in to unmask]
Happy New Year!
It should interest you to know that last month the World Bank launched the
Development Gateway Foundation -- an operating trust that will focus
on ICT and the digital divide. The event was attended by representatives from over 30
countries and organizations.
The Development Gateway Foundation is a not-for-profit organization whose
core objectives are to reduce poverty and support sustainable development
through the use of ICT. The Foundation seeks to create partnerships to
support ICT capacity, move ideas and innovations for ICT into prototypes
and applications that will be tested in the field, and bring the benefits
of the ICT revolution to the poorest communities -- those most affected by
the digital divide. The Foundation's four key programs are --
The Development Gateway portal (http://www.developmentgateway.org)
-- using the power of the Internet to connect people, knowledge, and
poverty-reduction efforts (see the Culture and Development site:
http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/130613/
Grants and Investments -- funding ICT initiatives that narrow the
digital divide
The ICT Development Forum -- bringing people and ideas together for
discussion
The Research and Training Network -- creating opportunities in the
developing world for good ideas and people to advance
For more information on the Development Gateway Foundation, please visit
http://www.dgfoundation.org
In addition to serving as managing director of the Culture and Development
site on the Gateway portal, I will be setting up the Development Gateway
Foundation. I would very much appreciate information on how I might
obtain studies on options for structuring international grants or a survey
of grant making structures across foundations.
If you have not had to chance to visit the Culture and Development site
yet, please do so. It now contains over 700 documents you can access on
culture including articles, policy documents, case studies and useful
websites that cover such key issues as economics of culture, cultural
policy, cultural tourism, heritage in peril, arts, crafts & media,
cultural management, heritage preservation, and documentation practices.
When you visit the Culture and Development topic page, I would
encourage you to
click on "Become a member" located to the left in the member
directory box. By
doing so you will be informed whenever new content is added to the
page. You can
also add content to the site by clicking on "Add it here".
http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/130613/
Yours truly,
Eleanor E. Fink
Senior Cultural Heritage Specialist
World Bank
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