Fact Sheet 

The Development Gateway Foundation’s mission is to reduce poverty and support sustainable development through the use of information and communication technologies. The Development Gateway is a not-for-profit organization, currently based in Washington DC and governed by a Board of Directors representing Founding Members and other donors. Alan Rossi is the CEO.

To achieve its mission, the Foundation is engaged in a range of practical programs and projects to…

…improve public sector transparency
Global online dgMarket provides turnkey state-of-the-art e-tendering solutions to partners and governments in developing countries. dgMarket fosters government transparency and efficiency, and contributes to local economic development by enabling small and medium enterprises to participate in procurement opportunities worldwide. To rapidly develop and deploy promising e-government applications and activities in developing countries, the Development Gateway and the Government of Italy have established an E-Government Program.

…enable aid effectiveness
An exclusive feature of the Development Gateway portal, the AiDA (Accessible Information on Development Activities) database is the largest online source of information on development projects in the world. By providing timely access to project information from key donors, AiDA helps increase transparency and enhances collaboration among global development partners. The information partners for AiDA use standards for information sharing, thus facilitating the expansion of the database and reducing duplication of efforts. The Development Gateway portal addresses pressing issues by providing a platform to exchange ideas and coordinate activities. 

…increase knowledge sharing
With more than 60,000 registered individuals, the Development Gateway portal is the preeminent source for resources on sustainable development and poverty reduction. To help improve collaboration among development practitioners and facilitate the exchange of information, the portal builds interactive communities around key development topics. The Foundation’s annual Development Gateway Forum brings together global leaders to share experiences to improve development impact. And the Development Gateway’s Training Center in the Republic of Korea offers courses on applying ICT-related public policies and disseminating new technologies.

…empower local communities
The network of 44 Country Gateways are locally-owned partnership-based initiatives that pursue the Development Gateway’s mission locally. From Argentina to the West Bank & Gaza, Country Gateways build local capacity, improve access to knowledge, and foster innovation for local economic and social development. The Development Gateway portal can provide platforms for dialogue among a variety of local individuals and organizations. dgMarket includes national procurement portals in local languages, supporting tender and procurement opportunities that may be of interest to local suppliers. In addition, the Development Gateway’s Research Center in India conducts applied research activities to develop tools and solutions that make ICT more accessible to local communities.

For more information, visit www.dgfoundation.org, or send an email to info@dgfoundation.org.
The Development Gateway Foundation develops and supports activities to improve public sector transparency, enable aid effectiveness, increase knowledge sharing, and empower local communities. The Foundation is currently contributing toward improving public sector transparency through dgMarket and the E-Government Program:

dgMarket -- www.dgmarket.com
dgMarket is a global online marketplace that provides turnkey e-tendering solutions on donor and government-funded development activities, fostering government transparency and efficiency, and promoting business opportunities for local suppliers of goods and services.

E-Government Program
The Foundation and the Government of Italy have established an E-Government Program to rapidly develop and deploy promising e-government applications and activities in developing countries. The Program will assist governments in identifying and implementing applications that have the greatest potential for scalability and replicability, and collaborate with multilateral, bilateral, NGOs, and private organizations to leverage these organizations’ expertise and capabilities. Initial activities will focus on developing products and services in the areas of e-procurement and e-statistics.

Enabling aid effectiveness …

The Development Gateway Foundation develops and supports activities to improve public sector transparency, enable aid effectiveness, increase knowledge sharing, and empower local communities. The Foundation is currently contributing toward enabling aid effectiveness through AiDA and Topic Pages on the Development Gateway portal about reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq:

Accessible Information on Development Activities (AiDA)
www.developmentgateway.org/aida
Collecting information from many sources, the AiDA database is the largest online source of public information on development activities in the world, and has the potential to become a powerful tool in making aid more effective. AiDA encourages donor coordination and transparency by providing information on a wide variety of activities. AiDA’s information partners use standards for information sharing, thus facilitating the expansion of the database and reducing duplication of efforts.

 Development activities may be funded and implemented by governments, bilateral and multilateral donors, development banks, financial institutions, the private sector, foundations, or NGOs. AiDA partners maintain their activity information on their own infrastructure and provide access to these databases by sharing core metadata with AiDA. AiDA’s current partners are Bellanet, OECD-DAC, and the World Bank Group.