Australian Development Gateway

The Australian Development Gateway (ADG) strives to support members of the development community in their efforts to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region. The site has been created with participation from members of government, private, academia and non-government organisations. User feedback mechanisms have been incorporated to guide future directions of the site. The site is optimised for low bandwidth access to enable the widest participation throughout the Asia Pacific region.

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Latest development job vacancies

Search employment opportunities in the Asia Pacific aid and development community. Post your RFT's, EOI's and job vacancies for free.

People & organisations directory

List your organisation details or post your skills, experiences and job availability for free.

Ask the sector specialist

Ask the governance sector specialist

This month Michael Maley answered your questions on election systems and processes. Follow this link to read and contribute to the discussion.

Just released:

White Paper on Australia's Aid Program

The Australian Government's White Paper on the future direction of Australia's overseas aid program is now available.

Australian Aid Resource and Training Guide (AARTG)

The AARTG provides a window for practitioners and students to plug into the humanitarian aid and development sector. Click here for the latest edition.

New ADG partners

Development Practice / Effectiveness partners

The ADG thanks its new partners for their contribution to this information sector. Partners include: International Women's Development Agency; Austraining International; Aid-IT Solutions; and Hassall and Associates International. Click here to visit the partner's page.

AusAID

Under the Virtual Colombo Plan (VCP), a joint World Bank/Australia initiative that aims to increase knowledge flows and information exchanges, AusAID is funding the development of the Australian Development Gateway (ADG).

SECTOR HIGHLIGHTS

Agriculture

Global forest resources assessment 2005

An extensive assessment describing the extent, uses and value of forest resources.

Education

School-based management

An overview of the key issues as an approach to decentralisation of educational service delivery.

Enterprise Development / Microfinance

Integrating health education and microfinance

Promotes integration of reproductive health education with microfinance to empower women and reduce poverty.

Development Practice / Effectiveness

Paris declaration on aid effectiveness

A statement of intent from heads of bi- and multi-lateral donors on achieving improved development effectiveness.

Disaster management

Adapting to natural hazards: Pacific Islands

Reviews trends and lessons learned in natural disaster management and mitigation in the Pacific Islands.

Governance

The implementation of quotas: Asian experiences

Examines the use of gender quotas in Asia to increase women's political representation and participation.

Health

HIV/AIDS in South-east Asia: the impact on organisations and their development

Outlines the current HIV/AIDS situation in South-east Asia and how business, government and NGOs are responding in the workplace.

ICT for Development

Monitoring and evaluation handbook for ICT in education projects

A handbook for policymakers and practitioners to assess ICT initiatives in the education sector.

Water

Institutional arrangements in the Australian water sector

An overview of the current institutional arrangements in the water sector in Australia.

COUNTRY GATEWAY NETWORK

Select one of the 50 locally owned and managed country gateways or visit the global Development Gateway site (all external links):

Information resources - by sector

The ADG features over 1720 key resources as selected by the development community - sharing their experiences to support your work. Find out what's new or browse sector links and events:

Agriculture (176 links | 4 events)
Disaster management (100 links | 4 events)
Education (112 links | 6 events)
Enterprise development / microfinance
(145 links | 1 event)
Development practice / effectiveness
(145 links | 8 events) (New)
Governance (259 links | 2 events)
Health (349 links | 12 events)
ICT for development (195 links | 3 events)
Water (252 links | 3 events)

New ADG Sector

Development Practice / Effectiveness sector

Visit the newest ADG information sector, featuring over 140 resources compiled by development practitioners! This sector introduces key concepts and approaches to development across all sectors and links these with practical resources to improve overall practice and effectiveness. Follow this link.

Featured resource

Pacific 2020

Highlights major challenges facing the Pacific, Papua New Guinea and East Timor in the next 15 years.

Feature ADG Partner

International Women's Development Agency (IWDA)

International Women's Development Agency (IWDA) is an Australian-based secular non-profit organisation that creates positive change for women.

Featured Event

Participatory Project Management (PPM) Workshop

This workshop, hosted in Sydney by Torqaid and UNSW, between 23 - 25 May 2006, will cover the three main methodologies of project cycle management (PCM).

Responding to the avian influenza pandemic threat

This document from the WHO outlines a strategy for minimising the potential impacts of an international influenza pandemic.

ADG website visitor traffic for 2005

270,000 visitor sessions
1,279,000 pages accessed
44,410 MB's downloaded
Visitors came from the following Asia Pacific countries (Top 15, excluding Aus/NZ): Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Fiji, Philippines, East Timor, Solomon Islands, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Vanuatu, Cambodia, Myanmar.

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