Atos Origin Learning Solutions and IICD sign agreement to invest in knowledge and education in Africa and Latin America

Under the umbrella term of ‘Knowledge 4 Development', Atos Origin Learning Solutions will devote 1% of its time to channelling its educational and technical knowledge and expertise into projects and activities that benefit IICD and its local partners in Africa. Consultants from Atos Origin Learning Solutions will offer support to a number of local projects and activities initiated by IICD, such as developing an eLearning tool to train evaluation partners in the different countries, and showing local training partners how to develop multimedia training material in Zambia. Staff members from IICD will benefit from this partnership too as they can share in Atos Origin Learning Solutions' expertise on state-of-the-art technology in the field of eLearning.

Improving teaching skills

Since 2000, IICD supports projects in Zambia in the field of Education, Governance, Agriculture and Small & Medium Entrepreneurship. “Information Technology is only being applied in small numbers within the education sector in Zambia. The use of new training materials, such as the Internet, videos and CD-Roms, is of significant importance to the quality of education. Teaching material can easily be updated and it supports teachers to transfer knowledge in a more understandable way”, explains Olaf Erz, Country Manager Zambia of IICD. “Further, through the e-learning tool of Atos Origin Learning Solutions more local partners can be trained and supported to monitor and evaluate the process of their projects.”

Shared objectives

The collaboration between Atos Origin Learning Solutions and IICD fits perfectly with the core activities of both organisations. International IT company, Atos Origin, is an outstanding knowledge organisation. The Learning Solutions business unit focuses specifically on developing business solutions for training and education. This expertise is of great added value for an organisation such as IICD which considers ICT to be the key to sustainable development in developing countries. For Atos origin is return, this collaboration – which is part of its Corporate Sustainability Program – offers possibilities to provide services to projects that focus on improving livelihoods in developing countries. Further, consultants can experience working and applying their expertise in circumstances differing enormously from what they are used to in the Western world. The expertise of Atos Origin Learning Solutions is of great added value to an organisation such as IICD, which believes applying knowledge and information is key to sustainable development.

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