Weitzenegger's Websites of the Month 2007

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November 2007

International Development Knowledge Platform
http://www.comminit.com
The CI has recently launched its new digital knowledge sharing, networking and interaction platform. It includes over 35,000 knowledge summaries of programme action, strategic thinking, planning models, evaluation/research results, change theories etc across the full range of DEVELOPMENT ISSUES including Children, Conflict, Democracy and Governance, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Gender, HIV/AIDS, Health, Natural Resource Management, New Technologies Rights and others.

The Trade Knowledge Network
http://www.tradeknowledgenetwork.net
The Trade Knowledge Network (TKN) is the collaboration of research institutions in developed and developing countries located in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. The Trade Knowledge Network is aimed at building long-term capacity to address issues of trade and sustainable development in developing country research institutions, non-governmental organizations and governments through increased awareness, knowledge and understanding of the issues. The TKN links network members and consolidates new and existing research on trade and sustainable development.

BetterAid on Aid Effectiveness
http://betteraid.org
This is a campaign website that aims to provide information and updates on aid effectiveness issues, framing in the basic development issues; provide support for advocacy purposes; and provide opportunities to conduct web-based advocacy/campaigning. The network is keen to develop awareness of the aid effectiveness agenda at the local and national level and sees the Ghana HLF as an important opportunity for bringing about discussion and debate and the engagement of CSOs on the said agenda. Published by the CSO Parallel Process to the Ghana High Level Forum Network, involving many international partners.

BiD Network's Links to websites on business in development
http://www.bidnetwork.org/listpublish-13015-en.html
The link database is worth a new visit. It has 400 entries in a searchable database. The BiD Network and the BiD Challenge are growing into a movement. Since January 2007 they are joined into a new entity, the BiD Network Foundation.

KIT's Information portal on Value Chains for Development
http://portals.kit.nl/Value_Chains_for_Development
This VC4D portal and provides access to free, full-text electronic documents on the VC4D approach, both as an analytical concept and a development tool. The target audience is formed by professionals, researchers, policy-makers and students, who are active in the field of pro-poor value chain development. Furthermore, the portal provides access to newsletters, discussion groups, websites, bibliographic databases, and directories of organizations and projects. Subtopics include business development services, finance, governance, learning & innovation, public-private partnerships, standards & regulations, and sustainable procurement.

EcoFair Trade Dialogue
http://www.ecofair-trade.org
This Dialogue is a project carried out by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and Misereor in cooperation with the Wuppertal Institute. The overall aim of the project is to enrich and influence the debate on the reform of the current multilateral regime of international agricultural trade through the development and advancement of forward looking guidelines and instruments which respond to the 21st century’s social and ecological challenges to global agriculture.

IFC SME Entrepreneurship Database
http://www.ifc.org/...
The 2007 World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey measures entrepreneurial activity in 84 developing and industrial countries over the period 2003-2005. The database includes cross-country, time-series data on the number of total and newly registered businesses, collected directly from Registrar of Companies around the world. In its second year, this survey incorporates improvements in methodology, and expanded participation from countries covered, allowing for greater cross-border compatibility of data compared with the 2006 survey. This joint effort by the IFC SME Department and the World Bank Developing Research Group is the most comprehensive dataset on cross-country firm entry data available today.

Making Cents International
http://www.makingcents.com
Making Cents International is committed to creating a legacy of improved skills and economic opportunities at the individual, community and global levels. It is a specialized consulting and training firm based in Washington, D.C. that equips youth and adults with the vision, confidence, and skills to create and grow their own businesses. Making Cents is also a leader in building the youth microenterprise sector. Through the organization of learning opportunities and networks, Making Cents inspires youth, practitioners, policy makers, and funders to more effectively share and develop partnerships, programs and policies that support youth entrepreneurs.

The World Bank mapped
http://geo.worldbank.org
Here you can click on a country, and you'll get access to World Bank facts and figures about that country, plus news and information about World Bank projects. You can either target a country on the map, or select it from the drop-down list. There are also links to other pages at the World Bank site, where you can browse a virtual library, create your own country report, and more. (Source: FITA)

Business Environment Snapshots
http://rru.worldbank.org/besnapshots/
Another new World Bank site, Business Environment Snapshots present measurable indicators across a wide range of business environment issues and over time. This new web-enabled tool compiles many data, indicators, and project information on the business environment for each country in an easily accessible, consistent and usable format.

ACCION International announced the launch of its new website
http://www.accion.org
ACCITION's new website offers major enhancements in functionality, appearance, resources and accessibility. The new site is a continuing expression of ACCION’s goal to bring the best possible tools to bear on the fight against global poverty. Its new features include ‘ACCIONconnect’, a new online community for users who want to engage with microfinance and ACCION on a deeper level; a Flash video library, and a more comprehensive ‘Products & Services’ section.

Global Compact Critics
http://www.globalcompactcritics.net
This is an informal network of organizations and people with concerns about the UN Global Compact. On this blog we gather and share information about the Global Compact, partnerships between the United Nations and companies, and corporate accountability. It is not a database, but rather a collection of opinions, news items and background information. SOMO will keep this blog updated.

UN Human Security Gateway
http://ochaonline.un.org/humansecurity
The Human Security Unit at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is pleased to announce the launch of its new website, which serves as a platform for the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS), the Advisory Board on Human Security (ABHS) and for the work of the Unit as focal point on human security within the UN system. The site has been entirely redesigned in order to enhance the user's experience, and includes new and upgraded features including a photo gallery, sitemap, as well as a worldwide overview of UNTFHS projects.

World Customs Journal
http://www.worldcustomsjournal.org/
The World Customs Journal provides a forum for customs professionals, academics, industry researchers, and research students to contribute items of interest and share research and experiences to enhance its readers' understanding of all aspects of the roles and responsibilities of customs. The World Customs Journal is published electronically, free of charge, twice a year.

Small Biz Tools at Traderoots
http://www.traderoots.org
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has branches in more than 91 countries, and it's an organization that has long been committed to international trade. Now the Chamber has come up with a great new Web site focused completely on trade. Click on "Trade Toolbox" and you'll find statistics, market reports, country profiles, contacts, business directories, exchange rates, conversion tables, an export glossary, and much more. (Source: FITA)

Governance & Anti-Corruption
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance
This site summarizes the WorldBank Groups's governance and anti-corruption initiatives.

Skills Development Trust Fund, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
http://www.sdtf.org.pg
SDTF is an autonomous institution providing sustainable finance for community-based, short-term, income oriented and demand-driven skills training delivered by training providers. The SDTF encourages training providers already active in the field of non-formal skills training, as well as those wishing to become active in delivering approved training.

Red de Investigadores Latinoamericanos de Economía Social y Solidaria
http://www.riless.org
RILESS es un proyecto conjunto de la Maestría en Economía Social (MAES/ICO-UNGS de Argentina), del Grupo de Investigación sobre Economía Solidaria de la Cátedra UNESCO / UNISINOS, de Río Grande do Sul (Brasil), del Colegio Mexiquense, y de FLACSO-Ecuador. Asimismo, con este proyecto colabora URBARED (ICO-UNGS/IISUNAM México). Objetivo es desarrollar una Red de Investigadores Latinoamericanos que trabaje dentro de un marco plural, contribuyendo a la elaboración de proyectos, intercambios y diversas formas de cooperación, facilitando y promoviendo trabajos multidisciplinarios, con el fin de fortalecer las iniciativas colectivas por otra economía, otra sociedad y otra política en América Latina.

OECD-MENA Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development
https://www.oecd.org/...
The Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development is a regional effort, initiated and led by countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It promotes broad reforms to enhance the investment climate, modernise governance structures and operations, strengthen regional and international partnerships, and promote sustainable economic growth throughout the MENA region.

Downloadpedia points you to the best free software
http://downloadpedia.org
Downloadpedia calls itself "a Web-based, free content software encyclopedia", along the lines of Wikipedia, and it's an all-volunteer effort. Just click on a category ("Best Free Software", "Best Freeware Utilities", etc.), and you'll see scores of free software reviews, with links to the sites where you can download the programs. I was amazed at what was available -- just about any program you can run on your computer is available free somewhere. (Source: FITA)

Everything about flight at airtimetable.com
http://www.airtimetable.com
Airtimetable is a portal to a wide variety of this airline and travel information, where you can find everything in one place. You can check routes, compare fares, book a flight, scan airplane seat maps, locate an airport, find a discount airline, read reviews of airline food, track a flight in real time, get a weather report, look at a map, read a guide to your destination, and much more. (Source: FITA)

October 2007

Ideas for Development
http://www.ideas4development.org
International Blog designed to stimulate debate on economic development issues, will be launched in Washington DC on 21 October 2007 at the World Bank and IMF annual meetings. Created by seven prominent personalities, this blog provides web users with a new forum to share information, viewpoints and visions for the future, with the common goal of advancing the cause of development. Ideas for Development is an original platform of exchange – in its format as well as in its content. It will offer many applications such as video, RSS syndicate and e-mail updates. Available in three languages – English, French and Spanish – Ideas for Development will host wide-ranging debates, crossing perspectives and points of views from all over the world.

Social Performance Resource Center
http://microfinancegateway.org/...
The Social Performance Resource Center on the Microfinance Gateway is designed to serve as a common platform for those in the industry who see a double bottom line as intrinsic to the vision of expanding financial services to the poor. Browse this site for: definitions, debates, and links to ongoing initiatives; practical resources for MFIs and funders; answers to FAQs, training opportunities, and links to the Social Performance Task Force.

Gender and Trade
http://www.genderandtrade.org
The Commonwealth Secretariat in association with the Gender and Trade Initiative, GATI and DFID initiated a e-newsletter Gender and Trade as also set up a comprehensive web-based resource centre on Gender and trade. A programme is sensitizing key stakeholders and senior policy makers through training workshops on the linkages between gender, trade and export promotion in different regions.

EU Policy Coherence for Development
http://www.eucoherence.org
One of the main impediments to development are European policies that negatively affect developing countries. To increase the effectiveness of the European development cooperation policy, this site aims to place policy coherence for development higher on the agenda of European decision-makers. ''We invite all individuals and organisations that have identified incoherence issues to report these to us online.'' This European project is based on the four years of experience of the Evert Vermeer Foundation (EVF) has in addressing incoherent policies to policy makers in the Netherlands.

CivilSocietyBuilding.net
http://www.civilsocietybuilding.net
CivilSocietyBuilding.net is a network for exchange of knowledge, with mostly unique content provided by network members. Share your stories and experiences, or browse about for case studies, lessons, research or relevant events. A partnership website of the Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation and the Institute for Social Studies.

Friends of Modern Africa - Network for a New Africa
http://www.friends-of-modern-africa.org
This is a platform for an – up to now – unknown Africa: the Modern Africa of the 21st century. You can now contribute to santise the public image of Africa. The newly created internet-platform ''Friends of Modern Africa'' aims to create a new, a positive image of the African continent. ''It is our ambition to appropriate position the Modern Africa in the media and in the people’s mind. If we shall succeed with this task people, companies and politicians worldwide will increasingly turn towards Africa. They will endorse Africa to push forward, support the continent’s creativity and start networking.'', the Webmasters Steffen Heizmann and Jürgen Langen said in Berlin.

Pro-poor macroeconomic policies in Africa
http://www.uneca.org/...
Official UN website of the online discussion, which is being organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and MDGnet. The discussion will run for five weeks from 29 October to 30 November 2007. The purpose of the online discussion is to contribute to a better understanding of macroeconomic policies in Africa, especially how they are designed and implemented; what objectives are pursued and achieved; and the appropriateness of macroeconomic frameworks. The discussion should identify good practices and lessons learned and highlight gaps and challenges requiring further action. The results of the online discussion will be used for an overview of macroeconomic policy making in Africa and a policy brief on challenges for pro-poor macroeconomic policies in Africa. In addition, the online discussion is expected to help identify needs for technical capacity for macroeconomic policy analysis.

Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC)
http://www.aidc.org.za
AIDC from South Africa maintains a Website focussed on Unemployment and the Right To Work, Privatisation and Delivery of Social Services, Globalisation, Free Trade Agreements, and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and Debt. It provides resources, events and links to a wide set of useful information.

South African New Economics Network (SANE )
http://www.sane.org.za
SANE is a loose affiliation of individuals and organisations who recognise the central role of economics in modern society, and are concerned about the social and ecological consequences of economics as it is conventionally taught and practised. The Website hat a discussion forum, News Bulletins and New Economics newsletter.

Training and Research Support Centre in Zimbabwe
http://www.tarsc.org
Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC) in Zimbabwe provides training, research and support services to state and civil society organisations. TARSC is a learning and knowledge organization, with a particular focus on skills building and methods to support community based work, and with a commitment to long term capacity building in the public sector and in civil society.

East ASEAN Growth Area database
http://www.bimp-eaga.org
The BIMP-EAGA database is intended to support trade and investment in the subregion (Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area) through facilitating access to information necessary for the private sector to identify and take advantage of business opportunities and for policy makers to identify and address issues affecting the investment climate. It currently contains more than 20 million trade and investment related statistics and documents spanning the 4 member countries. Its content and design reflect feedback from wide-ranging stakeholder consultations held in each country and the contributions of 12 national government agencies as well as numerous local government units.

MEDSTAT Mediterranean Statistics
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/medstat
MEDSTAT II, the EU-funded regional Euro-Mediterranean Statistical Co-operation programme, has announced that its new dedicated website is now online. The site provides information in English, French and German on MEDSTAT II, its background, organisational structure and partners, as well as on the programme’s activities, events and publications and statistical data relevant to MEDSTAT’s priority areas. The three-year, €30 million MEDSTAT II programme objective is to strengthen the capacity of the partner countries’ National Statistics Institutes in order to provide users with updated, timely, reliable and relevant high-quality statistical data necessary for political decision-making.

Comercio y Pobreza en Latinoamérica (COPLA)
http://www.cop-la.net
COPLA aims to use research based evidence to strengthen and promote an improved dialogue between policymakers, researchers and those institutions that represent the poor to incorporate new issues into the policy debate. Its main objective is to use research based evidence to strengthen and promote an improved dialogue between policymakers, researchers and those institutions that represent the poor to incorporate new issues into the policy debate.

ASOCAM Portal Latinoamericano sobre Desarrollo Local
http://www.asocam.org
ASOCAM es una Plataforma Latinoamericana que facilita iniciativas y espacios de intercambio y construcción colectiva para promover la Gestión de Conocimientos sobre temas clave de desarrollo rural en la región. El Portal incluye propuestas temáticas y metodológicas sobre temas clave del desarrollo, una Biblioteca Virtual con más de mil documentos descargables y selecciones temáticas, una Base de Datos de Instituciones y Expertos, Portales Temáticos, Eventos y Foros.

ITC's Market Analysis Services (MAS)
http://www.intracen.org/mas/welcome.htm
Market Analysis Services (MAS) are part of the Programme of Product and Market Development of the International Trade Centre (ITC) UNCTAD/WTO. Through MAS services, ITC provides on-line tools, disseminates market research and trade analysis, and conducts training programmes in market analysis for trade support institutions and the business community in developing countries.

PERI's new Modern Conflicts Database
http://www.peri.umass.edu/index.php?id=396
Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, millions of people have lost their lives in violent conflicts around the world. PERI's new Modern Conflicts Database is a tool for researchers and students who want learn more about these conflicts. The Modern Conflicts Database has profiles of all post-Cold War conflicts with estimated death tolls of 25,000 or more, with references to further information sources. These can be accessed via a table, which ranks conflicts by total estimated deaths, or a map, which shows the locations of war-torn countries.

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
http://www.cepr.net
CEPR was established in Washington, DC in 1999 to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives. In order for citizens to effectively exercise their voices in a democracy, they should be informed about the problems and choices that they face. CEPR is committed to presenting issues in an accurate and understandable manner, so that the public is better prepared to choose among the various policy options.

The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)
http://www.peri.umass.edu
Established in 1998, PERI is an independent unit of the University of Massachusetts, USA. Since its founding, PERI has become a leading source of research and policy initiatives on issues of globalization, unemployment, financial market instability, central bank policy, living wages and decent work, and the economics of peace, development, and the environment.

September 2007

The Global Transparency Initiative (GTI)
http://www.ifitransparency.org
GTI is a grouping of civil society organizations committed to openness, believes that everyone has a right to access information held by international financial institutions (IFIs). Despite a stated commitment to openness, most IFIs remain highly secretive. The GTI is asking civil society groups and like organizations with an interest in IFI openness to endorse the GTI Transparency Charter, which we hope will increasingly be used in advocacy efforts around IFI openness. The Charter is the GTI's flagship statement of the standards to which we believe IFI access to information policies should conform.

Private Sector Enabling Environment Facility (PSEEF) – BizClim
http://www.acpbusinessclimate.org
The Private Sector Enabling Environment Facility (PSEEF) is an EU funded initiative under the Cotonou Agreement. From now on, the Facility will be promoted under the ACP Business Climate facility (BizClim). The Facility is essentially about ‘improving legislation, institutional set up and financial measures (the rules of the game) relating to the enabling environment of the private sector in ACP countries or regions and to the reform of SOEs - and to do so by focusing on possible support to ACP governments or regional institutions’

PRO€INVEST
http://www.proinvest-eu.org
Pro€Invest is an EU-ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) partnership programme developed and undertaken by the European Commission on behalf of the ACP countries. Pro€Invest, which has a budget of 110 million EURO over a period of 7 years, is financed by the European Development Fund (EDF).
Its implementation has been entrusted to a Management Unit within the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) under the supervision of the EuropeAid, Co-operation office on the European Commission.

Investment Facility/The Private Enterprise Finance Facility
http://www.eib.org/acp
The European Investment Bank has been a development partner in most ACP countries for some 30-40 years. Current EIB-ACP cooperation is based on the Cotonou Agreement that mandates the EIB to provide reimbursable aid to projects, alongside grant aid from the European Commission in 79 ACP countries. The EIB currently has five regional offices in the ACP region.

Centre for the Development of Enterprises (CDE)
http://www.cde.int
CDE’s financial resources mainly come from the European Development Fund (EDF). Its objective is to ensure the development of professional ACP enterprises operating in the private sector. CDE operates in complementarity with the European Commission, the Secretariat of the ACP Group of States and the European Investment Bank in the framework of support to the private sector.

EU/ACP Microfinance Framework Programme
http://www.euacpmicrofinance.org
In January 2005, the EUand the ACP Group launched the EU/ACP Microfinance Framework Programme. With a budget of 15 million Euro for 4 years from the 9th European Development Fund, the EU/ACP Microfinance Programme intends to support the development of innovative solutions and dissemination of good practices in microfinance. The Programme builds on successful microfinance experiences in ACP countries and promotes South-South learning. With this pilot programme, the EU seeks to advance the overall effectiveness of its microfinance operations in ACP countries, including those not directly funded by this Programme.

TRADECOM
http://www.tradecom-acpeu.org
The TradeCom Programme was established to provide and coordinate assistance to ACP countries. It aims at consolidating, and even creating, where absent, the necessary capacity that would enable them to craft trade policies, with a view to achieve sustainable development and balanced societies. The Programme therefore intends to develop capacity within the ACP countries and regions and to provide intellectual expertise to help them to devise their own development-oriented trade policies, as well as to formulate effective negotiation strategies on trade matters.

Export Helpdesk to Europe (EH)
http://exporthelp.europa.eu/
The Export Helpdesk is an online service, provided by the European Commission, to facilitate market access for developing countries to the European Union. This free and user-friendly service provides relevant information required by developing country exporters interested in supplying the EU market.

Website Launch Checklist
http://www.weitzenegger.de/en/to/launchlist.pdf
When deciding to launch a website, you should first check certain things listed here. If there are problems in any of these areas, your website's functionality will be greatly reduced. Frankly, sending traffic to unfinished website only defeats the purpose of advertising in the first place. If you do check them, however, your website has a greater chance of attracting visitors and becoming successful.

August 2007

World Bank's MDG Atlas
http://devdata.worldbank.org/atlas-mdg/large.html
This attractive website provides maps of accomplishments under most of the indicators defined for the eight Millennium Development Goals. The information and its display are provided by the World Bank. The site provides added data in some pull down graphs, and has other features, such as help buttons.

Doing Business Map
http://www.doingbusiness.org/map/
In partnership with the World Bank, Google recently released a map showing the ease of Doing Business around the world. 175 countries are color coded: green for easy, yellow for moderate, and red for difficult. Countries that have an additional green star are among the top 10 reformers. Similar to Google Maps, the user can choose a satellite map of the world or a map with political boundaries superimposed over a satellite map. Both include the markers that reference the World Bank’s Doing Business report. Users can also zoom in and out as desired.

Evidence-Based Policy in Development Network (EBPDN)
http://www.ebpdn.org
ODI has launched this new website for EBPDN. In addition to viewing relevant documents, and information about forthcoming events, visitors can participate in online forums (after registration). Specifically, this website is designed as a community website which provides: knowledge on bridging research and policy; details of members of the network; a directory of training and advisory expertise; discussion forums; project areas; and a partnership brokering area.

Focal Point for Rural Development
http://www.sdc-ruraldevelopment.ch/...
The Swiss SDC Focal Point for Rural Development is an answer to the challenge of effectively managing knowledge, learning and joint work around rural development across sectors and thematic specialisations, and across globally dispersed programmes and partners.

Economic Policy Institutes Network’s (EPIN)
http://www.epinetwork.org
A bi-lingual on-line resource to serve the needs of experts and researchers in information sharing and experience exchange in CIS countries and Central and Eastern Europe. The on-line resource aims at facilitating cooperation and networking among economic policy institutes (EPI) to strengthen their potential in policy advice.

IDEAS Centre
http://www.ideascentre.ch
IDEAS Centre is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to helping low-income countries to integrate into the world trading system - in a way that supports their national poverty reduction and economic development efforts. The Centre offers practical, results-oriented advisory services and executes projects aimed at strengthening the capacities of developing/transition country governments to shape both their domestic economic policies as well as the international policies that affect them.

BalkanKult
http://www.balkankult.org/bk/
BalkanKult is a foundation that aims to support the development of creative industries and cultural diversity in the Balkan region. The foundation provides an information network of databases of cultural institutions and associations, transnational foundations, networks, awards, programs, scholarship/bursary schemes, artists and competitions in over 15 artistic and cultural disciplines in South East Europe.

July 2007

Inter-agency website for the exchange of information on value chains, linkages and service markets
http://www.value-chains.org
The site is dedicated to the results being achieved through systemic approaches, particularly in Private Sector Development. You will find here information from over 100 agencies, working in over 70 countries; we welcome additional contributions. The structure of this site is built around the following Phases in the 'Life Cycle' of a typical Market Development Programme or Project. Substantive documents on how value chains are being developed in sustainable ways are always welcome, for posting on that site.

Donor Committee for Enterprise Development
Working Group Linkages and value chains
http://www.sedonors.org/groups/group.asp?groupid=4
This Working Group is co-chaired by Doyle Baker of FAO and Michele Clara of UNIDO. The Site links to relevant documents and events.

Community of Practice on Value Chains in Rural Development
http://www.sdc-valuechains.ch/
This SDC effort brings conceptualists and practitioners together, who are interested in both sharing and learning from experiences and ideas. Together we can find new insights and ways of working with value chains in rural development.

SDC Focal Point for Rural Development - Book Shop
http://www.sdc-valuechains.ch/...
In this bookshop you find selected resources on current topics around the theme of rural development. The collection contains white and grey documents as well as CDs, videos and other media. The bookshop does not want to be a library with a comprehensive collection of documents but to offer a selection of highlights from different sources and provide access to key SDC documents with relevance for rural development.

FAO Farm Management and Production Economics Service
http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/AGSP/activities.html
As one of four principal services of the Agricultural Support Systems Division, AGSP's mission is to improve planning and decision-making by farmers and people and organisations that provide support to farmers. AGSP is concerned with improvements in the profitablility, productivity and efficiency and competitiveness of farms and other agricultural business enterprises, and the promotion of sound decision making related to farm, enterprise and resource management and farming systems development.

Hans Posthumus Consultancy (HPC)
http://www.hposthumus.nl
Pioneers in developing and reviewing value chain development programmes. Training and coaching value chain practitioners, in Europe and abroad, is an important aspect of the works. HPC is looking for opportunities to pioneer monitoring and evaluation systems that define and measure impact at the various levels and among various types of stakeholders. Info: hans@hposthumus.nl

mesopartner
http://www.mesopartner.com/englisch/e-value-chain.html
mesopartner is a company that specialises in developing and disseminating methodologies around the issue of territorial development. mesopartner's approach to value chain development is informed by experience in both developed and developing countries. Contrary to other approaches, they suggest that the most effective and efficient way of launching a value chain initiative is by blending stakeholder mobilisation, research, and action planning into each other, rather than spending significant amounts of money on upfront research. mesopartner offers robust tools to get value chain initiatives running quickly.

Making Markets Work Better for the Poor
http://www.markets4poor.org
M4P aims to increase the private sector contribution to achieving better development outcomes. M4P is a three year regional technical assistance project co-financed by the ADB, DFID (UK) and the Tokyo-based ADB Institute. The project covers three countries: Vietnam Laos and Cambodia.

The Global Value Chains Initiative
http://www.globalvaluechains.org/
The Initiative seeks to develop an industry-centric view of economic globalization that highlights the linkages between economic actors and across geographic space. It is a multi-year effort to test and develop the GVC framework with the aims of creating greater analytical precision, intellectual impact and policy relevance. Our efforts include a research agenda, a publishing thrust, the development and dissemination of industrial upgrading handbooks for practitioners, and a series of intensive workshops convened to test and broaden the framework through interactions among network participants and with the broader academic, policy-making and activist communities.

CVCR: Center for Value Chain Research, Lehigh University
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inchain/
The Center for Value Chain Research (CVCR) is committed to promoting and conducting research and information exchange through the integration of emerging theory and best practices. The Center's research focuses primarily on value chain planning and development activities, which connect corporate strategy with value chain execution systems.

Value Chain Partnerships for a Sustainable Agriculture
http://www.valuechains.org/
The goal of this Iowa State University project is to foster the growth of value chains that reward small and midsize farmers who follow production practices using the highest standards of environmental and community stewardship.

The NetMBA: Value Chains
http://www.netmba.com/strategy/value-chain/
Michael Porter introduced a generic value chain model. Internet Center for Management and Business Administration

Wikipedia: Value Chains
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_chain

May 2007

FOCUSS Search Engine
http://www.focuss.eu
Focuss.eu provides a high quality search engine for practitioners, researchers and students in the area of global development studies. Other than generic search engines, like Google and Yahoo, focuss.eu indexes a specific choice of electronic resources, selected by librarians, researchers and practitioners working in participating institutions. The resources are selected based on their relevance for the development studies and the quality of the information. Individual researchers, students and practitioners can contribute by adding their bookmarks.

Business in Development Network
http://www.bidnetwork.org
The BiD Network Foundation's mission is to contribute to sustainable economic development by stimulating entrepreneurship in developing countries.
Activities are: 1. Stimulating small and medium sized entrepreneurship to create jobs and raise income in developing countries. 2. Engaging professionals, investors and organisations offering them the opportunity to directly contribute to poverty reduction through SME development in developing countries. 3. Inspiring people that business and poverty reduction can go hand-in hand.

Business4Good
http://www.business4good.org
The intersection between business approaches and non-profit missions towards the social good has increasingly received interest from development practitioners and academic researchers. This blog covers contemporary developments and news especially in Social Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility and Microfinance . It follows the words of Kofi Annan: ''It is the absence of broad-based business activity, not its presence, that condemns much of humanity to suffering. Business generates employment and wealth.'' (contributed by Juergen Nagler)

Brand Africa
http://www.tradeforum.org
Investment and growth levels are rising across Africa and governments are more stable. ''Brand Africa'' needs to reflect these changes. The latest stories on the Trade Forum site, from IMF, UNCTAD and ITC contributors, give an overview of African trade trends today. In pictures, in words and in figures, they tell a story of cautious optimism.

ADB Launches Online Version of Statistical Database System
http://www.adb.org/Statistics/sdbs.asp
ADB has launched an online version of its Statistical Database System, containing easily searchable economic and social data from 1988 onward for ADB's developing member countries. The database, developed and maintained by ADB’s Economics and Research Department, contains data from 1988 onwards and will be a major resource and analytical tool for policymakers, academics, researchers and journalists interested in issues and challenges facing Asia and the Pacific.

IDB launches DataGob portal of governance indicators
http://www.iadb.org/datagob/home_esp.html
The Inter-American Development Bank unveiled DataGob, an innovative portal that offers access to some 400 governance indicators, covering topics as varied as support for democracy, the cost of starting a business, wastefulness in government spending and police corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean and other developing regions of the world. The indicators available at DataGob come from 30 different sources, including academic institutions, non-governmental organizations, private firms and multilateral agencies. They cover four major areas: democracy, markets, public sector management and rule of law, as well as a number of key socioeconomic indicators.

InTERRAgate: Online Global Hazards
http://www.interragate.info/
This online natural hazards database is to identify the most vulnerable countries and give information to first responders, humanitarian agencies and NGO's to improve preparedness and foster appropriate mitigation and management measures.

The Development CAFE Web services for NGOs
http://www.thedevelopmentcafe.org
The Development CAFE is an online network of social science professionals dedicated to bridge the technology and knowledge divide between policy and grassroots. The Cafe now offers either free or cost effective web services for NGOs who would like to make a web presence. This will be with your own URL, organizational, email id and maintenance by professionals. It costs 1/4th of the market rates. If however, you do not have budget in your organization for a website and you are doing a good, the CAFE does it for free. For more information contact the Cafe Moderator, moderator@thedevelopmentcafe.org.

April 2007

Value Based Management
http://www.valuebasedmanagement.net
Value Based Management.net is a management portal specifically aimed at the information needs of senior executives with an interest in value creation, managing for value and valuation. We provide learning materials explaining management methods, models and theories on strategy, performance, finance, valuation, change, corporate governance, communication, marketing, leadership and responsibility with links to additional resources in the field.

AidMarket.org - seeking constructive criticism
http://www.aidmarket.org
Seeking constructive criticism before realizing the idea in practice... AidMarket's mission is to provide a marketplace for foreign aid and philanthropic work. An open market for individuals and organizations to propose small-scale projects that promise positive development given piecemeal improvements. AidMarket enhances the impact of aid on poverty reduction by enabling donors to get more involved in the development effort. AidMarket is apolitical and will maintain account transparency. Our long term goal is to improve the quality and availability of educational material to the poor. 'O for the P' -- Become an I AM Donor and support I AM Agents throughout the world. AidMarket facilitates donor-agent partnerships; cutting red tape for the agent and offering donors a new way to help achieve the MDGs

Conflictsensitivity.org
http://conflictsensitivity.org/?q=privatesector
Conflictsensitivity.org aims to inform on issues of conflict sensitivity and encourage further thinking and discussion on how humanitarian, development and business operations – on the project, national and international level – interact with conflict. The site has a section of private sector.

The Third World Network (TWN)
http://twnafrica.org/trade&investment.asp
TWN - Africa Secretariat seeks to make the international trade and investment regime, including the WTO respond more sensitively to the needs of African countries; promote equity in international trade and investment; and develop a framework for Africa. This TWN webpage compiles articles related to Trade and Investment.

Pacific Regional Economic Integration Programme (PACREIP)
http://www.pacreip.org
The Pacific Regional Economic Integration Programme (PACREIP) enhances the capacity of PACPS to support regional economic integration, preparation and conduct of negotiations of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). Documents relating to the EPA negotiations on Investment in the Pacific region can be accessed here.

International Economic Development Group, Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Research Area: Investment and Growth
http://www.odi.org.uk/...
ODI’s research on Investment and Growth focuses on: What drives growth; The role of investment, local and foreign, in getting growth going, and how different types of investment relate to the pattern of growth; What type of government and business policies work where and when for supporting growth and investment; How donors can assist investment and growth.

Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)
http://www.somo.nl
SOMO investigates the consequences of Multinational Enterprises' (MNE's) policies and the consequences of the internationalisation of business particularly for developing countries. It has a dedicated research theme on International Trade and Investment.

development network of Students
http://www.carookee.com/forum/development-network
The ''development-network'' now includes students from all over Europe. Their objectives are to have an exchange among like minded individuals concerned about development collaboration; to exchange ideas with people from different dicsiplines (Economics, Politics, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences...); to have a network of people where somebody might know somebody who can help you to find the answer to your question; to establish connections which lasts for the time after studies.

Central American Anti-Corruption Resource Network or RECREA
http://www.transparency.org/recrea
Transparency International (TI) launched a website that will help to monitor anti-corruption initiatives in Central America and serve as a virtual home for anti-corruption knowledge on the region The launch follows the signing of the Guatemala Declaration, which commits the leaders of Central America and the Dominican Republic to reach concrete outcomes in the fight against corruption by 2010 – and which is one of the primary target of the website’s monitoring activities.

MicroVest
http://microvestfund.com
MicroVest One's global investments reach viable, proven MFIs seeking capital to continue their growth. Instruments include debt, subordinated debt, loan guarantees, equity (with an exit strategy), and quasi-equity sub-debt. Investments are made in existing financial institutions that: Provide financial services to low-income based enterprises, and Are profitable, growth-oriented, and well-managed.

Kiva
http://www.kiva.org
Kiva is an online service that connects lenders to small business borrowers in developing countries. Kiva partners with existing microfinance institutions. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, a lender can ''sponsor a business'' and help a few of the world's working poor stride towards economic independence. Loans can be made instantly via PayPal, which does not charge for the service. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), the lender can receive email journal updates from the business you've sponsored. As loans are repaid, you get your loan money back. Borrowers, screened by the local microfinance institution, can get small amounts of money relatively quickly. The website claims over US$4 million in loans, with an excellent repayment scheduler.

March 2007

AfDevInfo African Development Information Services
http://www.afdevinfo.com
AfDevInfo is a new service tracking the mechanics of political and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. A new research resource for libraries, media, business and government. A new approach to information delivery.

African Voices in Europe
http://practicalaction.org/?id=africanvoices
Practical Action has launched a new website - African Voices in Europe - to expose the failures of European aid and set out a new agenda for Improving aid for Africa's poorest communities. Millions of African farmers and livestock keepers who make up the majority of the continent's poor are being bypassed by international aid, according to Practical Action. The new website highlights the plight of small-scale farmers and livestock keepers in remote and deprived areas of Africa who are struggling to cope with worsening drought, HIV/AIDS pandemic and conflicts.

Index on Africa is a gateway to information on Africa on the Internet, with over 3.800 links sorted by country, subject and news.
http://www.afrika.no/index/
The Index has been created by The Norwegian Council for Africa (NCA), as a part of NCA's efforts to raise awareness about Africa and African affairs.

SANGONET started a page with links to International Newsletters
Non-Profit Sustainability and Development Newsletters
http://sangonet.org.za/...

Stop unfair trade deals: EPA 2007
http://epa2007.org
This Website supports the civil action against unfair EPAs (Economic Partnership Agreements). EPAs are new free-trade agreements being negotiated between the European Union and 75 former European colonies known as the African, Caribbean and Pacific group (ACP). So far over 10,000 people from the EU and the ACP have taken action The action is now live in Spanish, French and Italian

European TrendChart on Innovation
http://trendchart.cordis.lu
The European TrendChart on Innovation is an initiative of the European Commission, Enterprise & Industry Directorate General, Innovation Policy Development unit. The January 2007 edition of the TrendChart Newsletter is now available on the TrendChart News Service. As always, it provides information about the latest developments in innovation policy in Europe.

PRO INNO Europe
http://www.proinno-europe.eu
A new initiative of Directorate General Enterprise and Industry which aims to become the focal point for innovation policy analysis, learning and development in Europe, with the view to learning from the best and contributing to the development of new and better innovation policies in Europe.

The European Observatory for SMEs
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/...
The Observatory of European SMEs was established in 1992 to improve monitoring of the economic performance of SMEs in Europe. Its reports provide an overview of the current situation in the SME sector in Europe through statistics on the number of enterprises, total employment and production by size of enterprise. In addition, the reports cover a range of thematic issues related to SMEs and entrepreneurship.

IPAnet has merged with FDI.net
http://www.fdi.net
IPAnet has merged with MIGA's new online investment information portal - the Foreign Direct Investment Network- FDI.net. FDI.net offers IPAnet users unparalleled access to investment opportunities in developing countries and emerging markets. IPAnet users can also continue to use their IPAnet email address and password to log into FDI.net.

Micro, small, and medium enterprise database: updated
http://rru.worldbank.org/...
The MSME Database gathers publicly available country-level data on micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and presents them in an easily accessible format. Now containing information from 118 countries - new data added for 66 of these - the MSME Database is the most comprehensive MSME dataset of its kind. You can see items such as the percent of employed people working for MSMEs. This dataset is a part of overall research efforts investigating the link between growth, poverty reduction, and the small and medium enterprise sector. See the companion note for more information.

References: Evaluation Methods and Guidelines
http://www.adb.org/Evaluation/methods.asp
This website of the ADB Operations Evaluation Department of the Asian Development Bank provides several evaluation methods and guidelines. The Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) developed good practice standards for evaluation of private sector investment, public sector, and policy-based lending operations, in line with its objective of harmonizing evaluation criteria and processes among its members

World Bank's electronic selection of consultants (EConsult
www.worldbank.org/econsult
The electronic selection of consultants (EConsult) is a secure web-based tool that supports current and prospective consulting firms doing business with the World Bank. EConsult contributes to the transparency of the selection process by allowing consulting firms to view opportunities, express interest, obtain documents, send proposals, and communicate with the Bank in a secure online environment.

February 2007

Development Gateway Foundation | Development Gateway
http://www.developmentgateway.org
The Development Gateway Foundation has launched a new portal to better serve the development experts that use it on a daily basis. The portal will be divided into two separate Web sites. One of the Web sites, www.developmentgateway.org, will offer direct access to the services provided by the foundation, including dgCommunities, AiDA, Country Resources and dgMarket. The other Web site, www.dgfoundation.org, will highlight the goals and strategies of the foundation, and include success stories that highlight its work. It will include access to the Aid Managment Platform and the E-government Grants program.

Aotearoa New Zealand International Development
http://www.devnet.org.nz
DevNet websitenlook and functionality will change. New features will include a page on
which much of the content of these updates can be viewed (and through
which you can submit content). Also included will be revitalised DevNet
forums.

Co-operative College's International Development Programme
http://www.internationaldevelopment.coop
The college and the wider UK co-operative movement have been involved in international work for many years. From the earliest days of the original UK co-operators (the Rochdale Pioneers) the co-operative vision has not simply been about retailing but also about how, through self-help, people can improve their working and living conditions. This model of democratic, practical self-help is relevant both in the UK and in poor communities in developing countries. A growing number of national and international organizations are now in agreement that co-operatives are vitally important in the fight against global poverty. For example the United Nations estimates that the livelihood of over three billion people is made more secure by co-operatives.

Youth Employment Gateway - PathFinder Framework
http://www.youthemploymentgateway.org
''Create opportunities by spreading ideas, inspiring creativity and innovation and facilitating opportunities to take shape''. An organisational culture of innovation is a source of inspiration as well as a driver of opportunity. Effective leaders inspire and create a dynamic environment for innovation to flourish. They tend to frequently discuss matters with team members, solicit their feedback and seek to develop new ideas through them. This approach promotes a sense of ''anything is possible”, erases conventional boundaries of thinking and triggers new opportunities for the organization. Young men and women facing livelihoods challenges are often restricted by both perceived and very real limitations on the opportunities that are available to them. When practitioners use creative possibility thinking they set an example that can inspire young people to break down the barriers created by their limited belief in their own possibilities. It is thereafter that their perspective on possibilities widens. When their perspective opens up opportunities emerge. This is a direct result of effective leadership that inspires a culture of open learning, sharing and innovation. (Contributor: Anuradha Bhattacharjee)

3C - Combat Climate Change - A Business Leaders' Initiative
http://www.combatclimatechange.org/
The 3C Initiative aims at forming a global opinion group consisting of companies showing leadership by demanding an integration of climate issues into the world of markets and trade facilitated by means of a global framework coming into force in 2013. The goal is to underline the need for urgent action by the global community and to influence the post-Kyoto process by demanding a global framework supporting a market based solution to the climate change issue. This can be achieved by getting as many companies as possible aboard and by getting our common platform well known and well understood. (Contributor: Giulia D'Amico)

Innovation Network
http://www.innonet.org
This is a nonprofit organization working to share planning and evaluation tools and know-how. We provide consulting, training, and online tools for nonprofits and funders. The website provides an assortment of online resources.

New BDS Internet Portal for Senegal
http://www.senegal-entreprises.net
A new BDS website for small and medium enterprises (SME) in Senegal has just been published: www.senegal-entreprises.net . The website design is user friendly offering almost all information on the first navigation level. On the right navigation bar you will meet all necessary information on business creation, business registering, bookkeeping and cost calculation, business planning, import-export, trade fairs, guide for access to credit, taxation procedures and support for business associations. Give your comments to info@senegal-entreprises.net

EXPERTS Blog des experts en coopération technique internationale
http://experts.hautetfort.com
Claude Guillemain's Blog will become The Strategic Platform in Brussels this year. The Strategic Platform, besides its founding members and the instigators who are an association, RBE, and experts network, intends to widen its scope to other partners (SME, Associations, NGOs, European officials and representative personalities), in order to foster networking and better relationship between all members.

Monitoring and Evaluation Library
http://www.globaldev.org/m%26e/
This website supported by a consortium of NGO's provides a well indexed set of resources on monitoring and evaluation. I find 49 resources in English, 14 in French, and 9 in Spanish on the site in January 2007. (Contributor: John Daly )

World Dialogue on Regulation for Network Economies (WDR)
http://www.regulateonline.org
The World Dialogue on Regulation for Network Economies is concerned with regulation and governance for network economies. It conducts research, facilitate online dialogue and discussion among experts, and publish and distribute papers, reports and other relevant information. The dialogue theme for the current research cycle is ''Indicators and Benchmarks of Performance in ICT Development''. Project initiated by infoDev, Global Information and Technologies Department, World Bank.

World Bank Website for Financial Sector Evaluations
http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/...
Financial sector development is essential for mobilizing resources, channelling them to productive investments, managing risks, and thereby contributing to economic growth and poverty reduction. IEG has completed evaluations of different aspects of World Bank support to the financial sector during fiscal years 1993-2005. Available now are three reviews and a synthesis report of this work.

Project Gutenberg online catalogue: over 20,000 free books
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
There are over 20,000 free books in the Project Gutenberg online catalog. Gutenberg is an Open Library project of free ebooks whose copyright has expired. According to the project, 2 millions books are downloaded each month. The online book catalog allow visitors to search and download among this ''Open Library''. According to Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg (often abbreviated as PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute cultural works. Founded in 1971, it is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books. The project tries to make these as free as possible, in long-lasting, open formats that can be used on almost any computer. (Contributor: Thomas Bekkers)

January 2007

WSSN World Standards Services Network
http://www.wssn.net/WSSN/index.html
World Standards Services Network (WSSN), is a network of publicly accessible World Wide Web servers of standards organizations around the world. Through the Web sites of its members, WSSN provides information on international, regional and national standardization and related activities and services.

ISO/IEC Information Centre (ISOIEC)
http://www.standardsinfo.net
Provides stakeholders with information about standardization, standards and related matters. This site of the ISO/IEC Information Centre serves as a portal to the main information given on various pages of the ISO and IEC Web sites e.g. the ISO and IEC Catalogues, provides an enquiry service for users and gives access to the Web sites of national standards organizations via WSSN.

EUR-Lex
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/...
EUR-Lex provides direct free access to European Union law on metroloy related issues.

EPTIS European Information System on Proficiency Testing Schemes
http://www.eptis.bam.de
The EPTIS database lists hundreds of PT schemes (PTS) operated in Europe, the Americas and in Australia. It aims at helping you to find a suitable PTS in this quite intransparent market. The focus is on the field of testing; metrological and clinical PTS are not included systematically. EPTIS is a non-commercial, joint publication of many international organisations in Europe and the Americas, and open for further international participation.

Virtual Institute for Reference Materials (VIRM)
http://www.virm.net
Find a Reference Material by using the extensive searchable data base on RMs, find RM specialists, use the scientific HelpDesk, get the bimonthly VIRM Newsletter by e-mail, locate a publication/report in the Library (many are downloadable in pdf format), look for Conferences or training Workshops, RM related Projects, or Links. RM Producers and RM Users are invited to enter information on the site.

Valid Analytical Measurement
http://www.vam.org.uk/referencematerials/reference.asp
Visit the VAM website for free advice and information on reference materials and other measurement issues

The BIPM key comparison database
http://kcdb.bipm.org
The BIPM key comparison database is defined in the text of the MRA as the database maintained by the BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures) which contains Appendices A, B, C and D of the Mutual Recognition Arrangement.

ISONET – the ISO Information Network
http://www.wssn.net/WSSN/RefDocs/isonetdir/index.html
ISONET is an agreement between standardizing bodies to combine their efforts in order to make information on standards, technical regulations and related matters readily available whenever it is required.

The Standards Portal
http://www.standardsportal.org
The Standards Portal is an online resource designed to provide information and educational materials on standardization—including conformity assessment and mandatory technical regulations. The aim of the Standards Portal is to facilitate trade between the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China.

International Information Centre for Terminology (Infoterm)
http://www.infoterm.info
With increasing specialization in business as well as in science and technology, specialized knowledge keeps growing, and with it the number of technical terms. With the right terminology, we can communicate in the ''right” way and understand each other correctly.

IQNet database on certified/registered companies
http://www.iqnet-certification.com/indexsearch.php
IQNet and its partners established a common database on certified/registered companies. All certificates/registrations contained in this database are issued by IQNet partners. Certificates/registrations mean mainly third-party certification/registration of management systems in accordance with international standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, sector specific standards, or national standards.

Compliance online
http://www.complianceonline.com
An information portal for compliance, standards and quality. A place users can visit to access the latest thinking, the most innovative ideas, the best practices and the largest repository of products in quality and compliance.

NIST Virtual Library
http://nvl.nist.gov/index.cfm
Information resources that support NIST staff research needs. Browse the Library's Online Catalog and list of E-Journals; search science and engineering Databases; gather information on Patents and Standards, or use reference tools such as dictionaries and thesauri.

Information Portal of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
http://www.mstq.info/
German only.

Technical Barriers to Trade database
http://weitzenegger.de/oo/tbt.html
The World Bank has completed a new database on technical barriers to trade and standards, based on a survey of 689 firms in 17 developing countries. The World Bank Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) database includes information on both mandatory technical regulations, as well as the use of voluntary standards.

Dictionary of basic and general terms in metrology
http://mit.tut.fi/dictionary/
by Tampere University of Technology, Finland

The Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net)
http://www.scidev.net
SciDev aims to provide reliable and authoritative information about science and technology for the developing world.

Nanotechnology for Development
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/nanotechnology
Development Gateway Portal

The WWW Virtual Library for Technology Assessment
http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ita/www.htm
The VL for Technology Assessment consists of links to resources on the use of new technologies within their societal context. Technology Assessment provides the basis for developing technological and organisational design alternatives and any required regulatory measures.

Physics Departments Worldwide
http://physnet.uni-oldenburg.de/PhysNet/physdep.html
PhysDep - Physics Departments Worldwide - offers lists of links to worldwide distributed physics institutions, such as institutes and departments at universities, ordered by continent, country and town.

Online Conversion Sites
http://www.convert-me.com/en/
http://www.onlineconversion.com
http://www.weitzenegger.de/en/to/converter.html
http://www.weitzenegger.de/en/to/conversion.html
http://www.megaconverter.com/mega2/
http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/

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