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Forwarded from the NINCH list. >>> NINCH-ANNOUNCE <[log in to unmask]> 1/3/02 4:27:45 PM >>> 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 [log in to unmask] - __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]