The Lanka Development Gateway (LkDG) has implemented an operational portal consisting of over 450 pages. The portal now includes daily updated news, financial indices, notices, events and other articles on matters of relevance.

The main services offered by this portal as of now include local tender notices in addition to those linked in through a local view of dgMarket, a local view of the AiDA database and discussion forums. LkDG has also identified key economic clusters that were formed under the USAID’s The Competitiveness Initiative to develop and generate information of the entire value chain of each of the identified industries such as Gem and Jewellery, Ceramics, Agriculture, Information and Communication Technology . The on-line issuing of Certificates of Origin (CO) will be a unique opportunity afforded by the linkage with the CCC in the near future.

The project will also focus on developing a strong social focus section (sub-portal) that would bring in the key stakeholders including donors. LkDG will focus on identifying key government and non-government agencies and developing productive partnerships with them. LkDG will also strengthen existing partnerships with the Department of Agriculture of the Universities of Colombo and Jaffna, the ICT Agency. The implementing of the proposed organisation structure and a distinct legal entity for LkDG will be a key initiative in the next few months.