About Us

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  •  DevelopmentAdvisers Network (DAN) operates like a private members club for  full- or part time consultants and experts operating in the developing world. It may also be described as a "distributed enterprise portal", which channels to the development adviser all the  knowledge, dynamic information, contacts and logistical capacity which he needs for high level performance in his role. He is always "in touch" with latest developments anywhere, and can quickly endow himself with whatever briefing data he needs to respond effectively to any opportunity.

  • No matter where he is, the DAN member is accessible at all times. And he can communicate, securely, from any PC, without requiring local software. He is "web-based", carrying his most important files with him  and having the capacity to send them to anywhere, inside or outside DAN, in seconds. He can respond to  project opportunities immediately, enhancing his personal resources by forming collaborations with some of the thousands of other DAN professionals like him, via the free Profiles database.  Profiles use Usernames and mask real identities for as long as a member wishes.  He can follow up via internal instant messaging- secure and auditable- including the establishment of private meeting rooms with one or many colleagues in the system. He can promote himself to other members and to clients via his Profile, his DAN-hosted webpage and on the Bulletin Board and in Forums. He can access research, programme details, news and logistic/travelling information and local contacts for any country of interest, as well as latest tender opportunities from leading funding agencies.There are also many other features.

  • DAN membership is initially limited to 5000 individuals. Each must provide profile data about himself (which masks his actual identity). A subscription fee will be charged, variable by amount of disk space used, ranging upwards from twenty euros/month. However registration is temporarily free for qualified persons. Membership is open to development consultants as well as to other experts in any field who provide/ or are willing to provide short or long term expertise to the developing world.

  • Security is provided by
    • 1. Username and Password at login
    • 2. Access List authorisation for membership of meeting roooms;
    • 3. SSL-encrypted communictions between DAN and users anywhere
    • 4. strong data encryption utility is provided for free to members, for use as they wish.


  • DAN is built on FerrySafe (c) technology, a secure internet portal platform, providing secure file transfer and storage on the Internet; the ability to transfer and share files with other members and to send them to non-members; an integrated instant messaging system; and integrated meeting room environment, enabling meetingrooms to be established in seconds with any partners or clients/members.

FerrySafe (c) is owned by Herbert Street Technologies Ltd., of Dublin, Ireland.