What is in this site?
dgCommunities is both a place to find knowledge resources focused on
development issues and an interactive space where you can share your own work,
participate in discussions, find people with similar interests and more. We have
more than 40,000 members worldwide - and over half are in developing countries.
You will find:
- Links to more than 60,000 reports, best practice documents, events, websites, news items and other valuable resources submitted by community members - summarized and indexed for an easier search
- Regular feature articles in each community provided by the community guides
- Special reports offering a cross-cutting view of a specific development issue, with hand-picked collections of resources from this site and partner organizations
- Online discussion forums
- Periodic online events for members only
What you can do:
dgCommunities is free to all and provided by the Development Gateway Foundation. Anyone can access the wide array of resources, but only registered members can access certain services. Members can:- Share your work and key information or events that you think are important
to your community
- Receive community e-newsletters
- Receive e-mail alerts about new content in your community
- Use My Gateway for a summary of latest resources added to your designated communities
- Post comments about specific informational resources or in our community forums
- Post your professional profile and work interests in our member directory
- Search the member directory and create a contact list
- Contact other members - but no member e-mail addresses are publicly revealed
- Participate in online events
Who is this site for?
dgCommunities is intended to serve people who are working on a range of issues affecting the lives of people in developing countries worldwide. Whether you work in government, for an NGO, a university, an international organization or in the private sector, there is probably something here for you.Each community is facilitated by one or more volunteer guides who are topic experts from around the world. Their role is to coordinate topic highlights, prepare community newsletters and monitor content submissions for relevance and value to the topic at hand. All guides, volunteer advisors and community coordinators are committed to ensuring an open forum where all ideas are welcome.
- Learn more about dgCommunities
- Partnership information
- Become a guide, advisor or associate
- Become a cooperating organization
- Become a sponsor
- Start a new community
