Global Competition Launched for the Second Development Gateway
Award
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Greetings:
We have decided to extend the deadline for Award submissions and
wanted to be sure you didn't miss this update. The new deadline
is March 15, 2005. More information is available in the press
release below.
Also, please pass this information to your colleagues who may
not have submitted their nominations for the Award yet.
If you have any questions, please mailto:award@dgfoundation.org
and we will respond as soon as possible.
Kim Bumgarner
The Development Gateway Award Team
http://www.developmentgateway.org/award
mailto:kbumgarner@dgfoundation.org
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Press Release:
US$ 100,000 Award to Recognize Information Technology�s Role in
Development
Washington, DC, November 29, 2004 -- The Development Gateway
Foundation is seeking nominations for the second Development
Gateway Award. The $100,000 award will recognize outstanding
achievement in using information and communication technologies
(ICT) to improve people's lives in developing countries.
ICT has become an increasingly important tool for development.
The field is young, however, and the promise of using ICT has
yet to be realized in much of the developing world. In launching
the 2005 competition, the Development Gateway aims to help ad-
vance the use of ICT for development by recognizing leaders and
innovative initiatives in the field.
The 2004 award, then called the Petersberg Prize, was given to
Grameen Bank-Village Phone, through which women entrepreneurs
can start a business providing wireless payphone service in ru-
ral areas of Bangladesh. Grameen was chosen from over 200 nomi-
nations for its significant impact in creating a new class of
women entrepreneurs who have raised themselves from poverty
while serving their communities.
An independent foundation launched by the World Bank, the Devel-
opment Gateway operates a global web portal of development in-
formation, and it supports similar information service enter-
prises around the world to advance development locally. Nomi-
nees� stories will be shared on these portals, to advance under-
standing of their work and of ICT�s role in development.
An international panel of independent jurors will review and se-
lect the finalists and winner, who will be announced by June.
For information, rules, and to access the online nomination
forms, please go to www.developmentgateway.org/award. The dead-
line for submission is February 28, 2005.