Projects

Consolidation of actions promoting water hygiene and sanitation in Passoré province through the use of NICT tools — by admin — last modified 2007-03-08 12:40

This project, scheduled to last one year, will engage in a variety of activities aimed at increased provision of training and information to promote water hygiene and sanitation through the use of NICT. The project will cover 20 villages. The beneficiaries will be agricultural producers, pupils and civil servants. During this phase, the project will take an approach that is much more focused on the active involvement of beneficiaries in the transfer process. Special emphasis will be given to the visibility of the experiences to be published.

ICT for Education - Burkina Faso — by admin — last modified 2008-02-14 12:04

This project targets twelve secondary schools (5 in the capital and 7 at provincial level) and empowers them to a level where they will be able to better integrate ICTs in their education cycle. This is achieved by raising awareness, by providing capacity development and technical assistance, and through content development. Both teachers and students benefit from newly acquired IT-skills. Once in full implementation, the project should provide lessons and experiences to be fed into the development of the Education policy of Burkina Faso.

Rural women's information network in Zabré — by admin — last modified 2007-11-05 16:06

This empowerment project aims to provide information and access to communication to members of the women's association Pag La Yiri (11.000 members) in the information-poor area of Zabré, through the installation of an Internet connection and the setup of a small community radio station. The radio station will also benefit other local organisations and the local population in general.

Information Centres Water Hygiene — by admin — last modified 2007-11-06 15:50

This project aims at reinforcing the communication capacities of local project staff of Sahel Solidarité in order to inform villagers in the district of Bokin on the hygienic use of water. In order to do so in an efficient way, the local bureau of SaSo in Bokin will be equipped with an Internet connection powered by solar energy, with a few (portable) computers and digital cameras, and with portable projection equipment which will make it possible to organize multimedia sessions in remote villages. The experiences will be documented on a web site, and shared with other national organisations which work on similar themes.

TV Koodo — by admin — last modified 2007-02-02 12:16

Early 2005, the Institut Africain de Bio-Economie Rurale (IABER), with financial support from IICD, initiated a project to provide information on agricultural markets through a television programme entitled TV Koodo, which is linked to the IABER website (www.iaber.bf). This project provides viewers of Burkina Faso’s national television channel with monthly information on market prices for livestock and grain, in addition to discussing various topics with guests invited to participate in the broadcasts.

Information Centres Water Hygiene — by admin — last modified 2007-03-07 17:09

This project aims at reinforcing the communication capacities of local project staff of Sahel Solidarité in order to inform villagers in the district of Bokin on the hygienic use of water. In order to do so in an efficient way, the local bureau of SaSo in Bokin will be equipped with an Internet connection powered by solar energy, with a few (portable) computers and digital cameras, and with portable projection equipment which will make it possible to organize multimedia sessions in remote villages. The experiences will be documented on a web site, and shared with other national organisations which work on similar themes.

Rural women's information network in Zabré — by admin — last modified 2005-08-01 14:39

This empowerment project aims to provide information and access to communication to members of the women's association Pag La Yiri (11.000 members) in the information-poor area of Zabré, through the installation of an Internet connection and the setup of a small community radio station. The radio station will also benefit other local organisations and the local population in general.

Sissili Vala Kori — by admin — last modified 2005-08-01 15:21

The project Sissili Vala Kori, or ‘Improvement of agriculture related information channels to farmers in the rural area Sissili’, is managed by the Farmers’ Federation Feppasi (Fédération Provinciale des Producteurs Agricoles de la Sissili) in the district of Leo. It aims at reinforcing communication and information between the federation and its constituency, through the creation of two small telecenters in the villages of Bieha and Boura and through the training of active members in the use of multimedia tools for information production and dissemination.

Tele-education at Burkina's Universities — by admin — last modified 2005-03-09 14:04

Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world. It has a fragile eco-system and very limited resources. Skilled manpower has to be the countries' major source of progress. In Burkina Faso there are two universities; at the capital city Ouagadougou and at Bobo Dioulasso. Both cities are located at approximately 4,5 hour's drive from each other. The University of Bobo Dioulasso focuses particularly on applied sciences like agriculture. Also the National School for Information Technology (ENI) is also located in Bobo Dioulasso. At both universities a shortage of qualified manpower is a major bottleneck. Another factor reducing the quality of education is the heavy reliance on rather poor didactical methods like ' le grand conférence'. The project is designed to countermeasure the shortage of personnel by allowing students at Bobo Dioulasso to follow courses on-line or a-synchronous- provided in Ouagadougou. The approach and software used will stimulate the teaching staff to improve the didactical build-up of the courseware. This will trigger a development towards the more efficient method of 'competence-based' learning and the build-up of an effective organisation to support this way of working.

Business Intelligence Trade Points — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 10:50

This project will collect and disseminate, by means of ICT, up-to-date national market and price information as well as other relevant information for local producers of agricultural products. Because of their increased knowledge, these producers will be able to become more competitive players on the market.

Introduction of ICTs in information boutiques — by admin — last modified 2006-08-03 16:06

As part of their Programme d'Appui a la Decentralisation (Programme for Decentralisation Support), SNV Burkina Faso established the Boutiques d'Information. The primary goals of this Programme are to promote the development of democracy by stimulating the population to participate actively in decision-making processes and sustainable human development. Boutiques d'Information was designed to meet the information needs of the rural population of Burkina, who do not have sufficient access to information supporting basic economic, social and political activities. The Information Boutiques collect and provide information about judicial matters, facilitate courses and mediate between the local population and services.