IICD Tanzania activities in 2000

ICT Roundtable Processes
The first Sectoral Roundtable examined ways to improve livelihood opportunities, and the second (co-organised with local Hivos’ partner ForDIA) emphasised the good governance focus of NGOs working in Tanzania, as well as in Kenya and Uganda. In 2000, six projects, focusing on the education sector, as well as on livelihood opportunities and good governance, were in the implementation phase.

An e-networking project that resulted from the second Sectoral Roundtable is currently being implemented by the Tanzania Traditional Energy and Environment Organization (TATEDO) supported by IICD’s three training partners, Community Telecentres (CTC) in Mwanza, and Joyous Computers and Soft-Tech in Dar Es Salaam. The project aims to improve networking, lobbying and knowledge sharing on environmental issues among NGOs, and has led to the establishment of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Network, SEE-NET (www.see-net.co.tz). The project encompasses a tailor-made mix of training, organisational learning, content development and website management.

Capacity Development
Tanzania has some well equipped training institutes, including the Computer Centre of the University of Dar Es Salaam, and companies such as Joyous Computers and Soft-Tech. IICD’s Capacity Development aims to broaden the outreach of training activities in Tanzania to include both urban and rural areas. In addition, it assists in tailoring training services to the needs of civil society. In this way, Capacity Development supports the training needs of IICD’s local project partners. During 2000, IICD’s local training partners, Community Telecentres, Joyous Computers and Soft-Tech, were invited to attend additional courses in The Netherlands to enhance their training curricula and methodologies. The local training workshops, which attracted a total of 23 IICD project partners, were judged a success by both trainers and participants.

Knowledge Sharing
IICD’s local Information Networking (IN) partner in Tanzania, Issam International, agreed to collect the lessons learned from the Country Programme. A website that will facilitate knowledge sharing is presently under construction and is expected to be fully operational in May 2001.

A monitoring and evaluation partner for the Country Programme in Tanzania will be identified in 2001.

This is a chapter from IICD's Annual Report 2000. You can download the PDF version of this report from www.iicd.org/reports.