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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Checkpoint 8: Is the project self-sustaining over what period?

Sustainability refers to not only financial viability. It also refers to continuing organisational, social and political support.

The reasons for non-sustainability can often be traced to insufficient consideration of the challenges faced. These may include:

  • little or no support in the local community from key stakeholders
  • lack of an appropriate national policy structure, and/or
  • poor appreciation of the physical, economic and educational barriers at community level to the effective use of ICTs.
 

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