Re: Balochistan Development Gateway Facility launched

["Zubair Faisal Abbasi" <zfa@comsats.net.pk>]

Dear Hasan Sahib,
Greetings from Jafferabad!

- Its a great news; I am really happy reading your message. I am stationed 
at District Jafferabad of Balochistan with National Commission for Human 
Development www.nchd.org.pk as District Programme Officer since April 22, 
2004. Its really a wonderful experience of being part of a highly motivated 
team. 

- We may also start some ICTs related work in our district in not so distant 
future. Most probably, we go ahead with IT center in the first phase. I 
hope, the resources you have managed to put on the web would be immensely 
helpful.

Best Regards,
Zubair.


On Fri, 28 May 2004 14:23:38 +0500, Hasan Rizvi wrote
> Balochistan is Pakistan's largest province in terms of area, rich in 
> natural and mineral resources, but is also the most under-developed. 
> The IUCN Pakistan's Balochistan Programme - funded by the Royal 
> Netherlands Embassy - has launched the Balochistan Development 
> Gateway (BDG) - the first information portal of its kind in the 
> province. Accessible at www.balochistan.org.pk, the BDG will serve 
> as a one-stop website for all development related information 
> pertaining to the province of Balochistan
> 
> The BDG Facility, is intended to enhance the access to and 
> dissemination of development information related to Balochistan. It 
> is a pioneering web-enabled knowledge initiative, based on 
> information provided by different stakeholders of development in 
> Balochistan. This facility will provide links to provincial and 
> national stakeholders-government, civil society, media, academia,
>  business organizations, donors and the general public- with their 
> global counterparts, weaving a web of information sharing.
> 
> The key features of BDG include (a) Balochistan Development News and 
> Events Announcements (b) Development Directory and Development 
> Project Information
> (c) Government and Civil Society Information, and (d) Development Stories
> and Research Papers.
> 
> While this initiative has been taken under the Balochistan Programme 
> of IUCN, it is not an IUCN website. It is a public online resource with
> information pooled from diverse sources which would help bridge the
> information gap between the government, civil society, media, development
> experts, students, researchers and the general public. The 
> information on BDG Facility will be enriched through the 
> participation of institutions and people of Balochistan and is hoped 
> to eventually serve as a knowledge tool for promoting sustainable 
> development in the province.
> 
> Cheers,
> -Hasan Rizvi
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Regards,
Zubair Faisal Abbasi.
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