IICD Corporate Blog http://www.iicd.org daily 1 2010-05-01T07:59:35Z Piloting and Upscaling: Both Crucial Stages in Social Innovation http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/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. No publisher caroline 2010-09-08T15:00:55Z Weblog Entry How to achieve efficiency in digital educational content production http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/how-to-achieve-efficiency-in-digital-educational-content-production No publisher Anne Schanz ICT4D Education Capacity building Bolivia Working in the field 2010-08-16T14:07:23Z Weblog Entry Digital localized content production in Bolivia - Impressions from a workshop http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/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. No publisher Anne Schanz ICT4D Education Capacity building Content Bolivia Working in the field 2010-07-12T14:42:31Z Weblog Entry e-agriculture: Top minds seek to improve impact of ICT in rural development at IAALD http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/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... No publisher dsenmartin Content ICT4D Agriculture 2010-05-04T07:49:11Z Weblog Entry The creation of a new Barefootguide writers collective http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/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... No publisher mkoopman Content Knowledge management Collaboration/networking tools ICT4D 2010-05-01T01:28:42Z Weblog Entry Gender Matters on the Table http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/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). ... No publisher Judith Veldhuizen Content Gender ICT4D 2010-05-01T01:28:33Z Weblog Entry Creating a low cost interactive whiteboard http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/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 ... No publisher Alfonso Acuna Soft- and hardware ICT4D 2010-05-01T01:28:30Z Weblog Entry La Luna: going THIN http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/la-luna-going-thin Earlier this year Radio La Luna in Ecuador surprised us with the great documentary “Memorias de Quito”, a very interesti... No publisher aacuna CapDev Ecuador Knowledge management Open Source Connectivity 2010-05-01T01:28:36Z Weblog Entry Solar Chargers for Farming Cooperatives in Ghana http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/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... No publisher mkoopman Agriculture Ghana Access Connectivity 2010-05-01T01:28:40Z Weblog Entry Sillicon Valley in the Andes http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/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... No publisher aacuna CapDev Ecuador Capacity building Soft- and hardware 2010-05-01T01:28:40Z Weblog Entry CapDev impressions of the Zambia Country Programme http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/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... No publisher Gaël Hernández Bourlon-Buon CapDev Zambia CapDev Zambia 2010-05-01T01:28:28Z Weblog Entry Sengerema Community Browsing the Net http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/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 ... No publisher Miep Lenoir CapDev Tanzania Telecentres CapDev Tanzania Telecentres 2010-05-01T01:28:39Z Weblog Entry A Bright Future for Telemedicine and Distance Learning http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/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... No publisher caroline Working in the field Health Mali Tanzania ICT4D 2010-05-01T01:28:25Z Weblog Entry Cross-Country Learning Event: Computers are no longer a taboo for farmers http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/cross-country-learning-event-computers-are-no-longer-a-taboo-for-farmers-1 November 5 th 2008, Bamako, Mali, 7 in the morning. A special day had started.  The first day of the long awaited Cr... No publisher dsenmartin Agriculture Working in the field Livelihoods Mali Collaboration/networking tools ICT4D 2010-05-01T01:28:31Z Weblog Entry Cross-Country Learning Event: Computers are no longer a taboo for farmers http://www.iicd.org/IICDCorporateBlog/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... No publisher dsenmartin Agriculture Working in the field Livelihoods Mali Collaboration/networking tools ICT4D 2010-05-01T01:28:30Z Weblog Entry