KIT Information Portals
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The KIT information portals provide access to free, full-text electronic documents on a number of themes. They are also unique entry points for all other Internet sources related to the portal topics, including newsletters, discussion groups, websites, bibliographic databases, and directories of organizations and projects. So far, the following themes have been covered (alphabetically):
- Culture for Development
- Gender, Citizenship and Governance
- Governance & HIV and AIDS
- Health and Poverty
- Laboratory Quality Strengthening
- Maternal Health - Lessons Learned
- m(obile)Health in Developing Countries
- Rural Decentralization & Local Governance
- Rural Innovation Systems
- Value Chains for Development
For whom?
The target audience is the global community of professionals, including researchers, policy-makers and students in developing countries. We especially aim to provide relevant information to professionals in the South.
Background
The idea for the portals originated with KIT Information & Library Services and other departments of KIT and reflect their activities, experiences, and competence in special areas of international development cooperation. The portals are managed and developed by KIT Information & Library Services in collaboration with subject specialists elsewhere in the Institute.
Updating frequency
The portals are updated with news, events and other content additions on an ongoing basis. We try to maintain reasonable link stability. However, some pages include links to news and events that are difficult to maintain because of their inherent volatility.
Culture for Development
Culture, with its many definitions plays an important role in international development. This portal focuses on the role of museums and theatre in this context.
Gender Equity in Certified Chains
This Portal includes resources related to gender, standards and certified value chains, primarily in the agricultural sector.
Gender, Citizenship and Governance
The focus is on women’s political participation & representation, women’s rights, institutional mainstreaming, and decentralization & local governance.
Governance & HIV and AIDS
This portal provides information on the mechanisms of interaction through which HIV and AIDS policies and strategies are developed, implemented, monitored and evaluated at different levels.
Health and Poverty
This portal contains information on health (system) policies and practices to improve equity in the health sector and contribute to poverty reduction in low- and middle-income countries. The portal is part of a wider programme, Information for Health Action (I4HA).
Laboratory Quality Strengthening
This portal provides background information for KIT's training programme on laboratory quality management, which enables laboratories in resource-constrained countries to improve the quality of their services.
Librarianship in the South
This portal supports capacity building for librarians in the global South and is relevant to information professionals.
Maternal Health - Lessons Learned
The portal shares examples of practical projects and initiatives that have been undertaken to contribute to Millennium Development Goal 5: Improving maternal health, particularly in developing countries.
mHealth in Low-Resource Settings
Mobile technology is increasingly being used to improve health-related services also in remote, resource-poor settings. This Portal provides insights into application areas, lessons learned and evidence gaps identified.
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
Capacity strengthening for decentralization and participation in local governance can improve pro-poor local economic development, basic services, natural resource management, and land tenure.
Rural Innovation Systems
The “innovation systems” approach is increasingly used to systematically promote multi-stakeholder dialogue and partnerships in rural development.
Value Chains for Development
Globalization is creating integrated supply chains that exclude poorer households. A targeted effort is needed to develop pro-poor value chains.