Development Gateway

Development Gateway: an IREX Venture (DG) is an international nonprofit organization with team members in more than 10 countries worldwide. DG conducts research on data ecosystems, builds digital tools to support those ecosystems, improves data interoperability and analytics, and advises on data strategy and digital transformation to strengthen decision making, transparency, and service delivery. IREX is a global development and education organization dedicated to building a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world by empowering youth, cultivating leaders, strengthening institutions, and extending access to quality education and information. Through this grant, DG, together with education sector experts from IREX, will map the education data and decision ecosystems in Kenya and Senegal, focusing on primary and secondary education, to more holistically understand the barriers to more effective data sharing, interoperability, and ultimate use. By understanding the barriers to data use, this program will allow for more targeted interventions for creating robust education data ecosystems for better learning outcomes. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)

Development Gateway promotes transparency and citizen participation in public resource management through the use of technology and capacity building. In each partner country, Development Gateway works closely with governments to build and use technology tools for open publication of data on government transactions, including contracting, procurement, and public service provision. Development Gateway also builds the capacity of civil society and watchdog groups to access and use this data for monitoring and oversight. This grant will enable Development Gateway to work with two county governments in Kenya to enhance public disclosure of contracting and procurement data, and promote use of this data by civil society and watchdog groups for monitoring and oversight.