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Piloting and Upscaling: Both Crucial Stages in Social Innovation
In current development cooperation, there is a lot of discussion on project pilots versus project upscaling. I can understand that people say that there are enough pilots and that we should start investing in upscaling and diffusion. But it’s also vital not to forget pilot projects as a phase in social innovation.
How to achieve efficiency in digital educational content production
 
Digital localized content production in Bolivia - Impressions from a workshop
Anne Schanz is currently supporting the IICD-funded educational projects EducaTic (ICT for educational processes) and CEPAC (Peasant Agricultural Promotion Centre) in Bolivia in the mapping of software used for digital content production. In this blog she reflects on digital educational content production within these projects.
e-agriculture: Top minds seek to improve impact of ICT in rural development at IAALD
The e-Agriculture community gathered some of the top minds in using ICT for rural development at a lively panel discu...
The creation of a new Barefootguide writers collective
We were located 2 hours from Capetown in the small town of Kleinmond. We stayed in a holiday home in small bungalows in a be...
Gender Matters on the Table
On February 23 last, I took part in the symposium Genderjustice.nu , organised by WO=MEN (pronounced women equals men). ...
Creating a low cost interactive whiteboard
Bringing life to presentations with interactive whiteboards has been out of reach for our partners because of the high costs ...
La Luna: going THIN
Earlier this year Radio La Luna in Ecuador surprised us with the great documentary “Memorias de Quito”, a very interesti...
Solar Chargers for Farming Cooperatives in Ghana
Davy, from SEND foundation, would pick me up on Saturday morning 1st August at 06.00 and he was there on the dot. In clean w...
Sillicon Valley in the Andes
Quito, is nestled in a long, narrow valley between Volcano Pichincha to the west and the precipitous canyon of the river Mach...
CapDev impressions of the Zambia Country Programme
Back at the IICD office, it is now time to evaluate my first trip to Zambia. As the new officer for the Capacity Developme...
Sengerema Community Browsing the Net
Sengerema Telecentre, monday morning. The floor in front of the training room is covered with shoes of people taking an exam ...
A Bright Future for Telemedicine and Distance Learning
As the Managing Director of IICD, I participated in the end of January in the World Bank’s “ ICT Sector Week: Enabling Develo...
Cross-Country Learning Event: Computers are no longer a taboo for farmers
November 5 th 2008, Bamako, Mali, 7 in the morning. A special day had started.  The first day of the long awaited Cr...
Cross-Country Learning Event: Computers are no longer a taboo for farmers
November 5th 2008, Bamako, Mali, 7 in the morning. A special day had started. The first day of the long awaited Cross-Coun...
Wireless network connects community organisations in Tanzania
On October 26, 2008, a wireless mesh network was launched in Sengerema, Tanzania, connecting 10 local organisations to the in...
What makes a good project node meeting?
What determines the success of an IICD Projectnode meeting? Is it the number of participants? Is it the location? Is it the t...
Collecting data through Blackberries in Jamaica
Time to visit Jamaica. It seems a long time since I was Manager of the Jamaica Country Programme, back in 2004. I got to know...
L’Attaque and La Chute
What I actually expected on forehand I do not recall, but to act as one of the main presenters and main resource person at a w...
Visit to the Bogodogo College in Ouagadougou
Monday morning 7.30: while I am finishing my breakfast, Christoph, member of the Burkina NTIC network and teacher at the Bogo...
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