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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 ... by Caroline Figuères — last modified Sep 13, 2010 04:18 PM
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How to achieve efficiency in digital educational content production
- by Anne Schanz — last modified Aug 16, 2010 04:07 PM — Filed under: ICT4D, Education, Capacity building, Bolivia, Working in the field
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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 ... by Anne Schanz — last modified Jul 12, 2010 04:42 PM — Filed under: ICT4D, Education, Capacity building, Content, Bolivia, Working in the field
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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... by Denise Senmartin — last modified May 04, 2010 09:49 AM — Filed under: Content, ICT4D, Agriculture
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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... by Martine Koopman — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Content, Knowledge management, Collaboration/networking tools, ICT4D
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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). ... by Judith Veldhuizen — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Content, Gender, ICT4D
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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 ... by Alfonso Acuna — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Soft- and hardware, ICT4D
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La Luna: going THIN
- Earlier this year Radio La Luna in Ecuador surprised us with the great documentary “Memorias de Quito”, a very interesti... by Alfonso Acuna — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: CapDev, Ecuador, Knowledge management, Open Source, Connectivity
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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... by Martine Koopman — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Agriculture, Ghana, Access, Connectivity
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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... by Alfonso Acuna — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: CapDev, Ecuador, Capacity building, Soft- and hardware
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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... by Gaël Hernández Bourlon-Buon — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: CapDev, Zambia, CapDev, Zambia
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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 ... by Miep Lenoir — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: CapDev, Tanzania, Telecentres, CapDev, Tanzania, Telecentres
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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... by Caroline Figuères — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Working in the field, Health, Mali, Tanzania, ICT4D
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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... by Denise Senmartin — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Agriculture, Working in the field, Livelihoods, Mali, Collaboration/networking tools, ICT4D
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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... by Denise Senmartin — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Agriculture, Working in the field, Livelihoods, Mali, Collaboration/networking tools, ICT4D
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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... by Bernadette Huizinga — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: CapDev, CapDev
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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... by Martine Koopman — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Working in the field, Zambia, Capacity building, Content, ICT4D
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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... by Stijn van der Krogt — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Working in the field, Education, Jamaica, Connectivity, ICT4D
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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... by Hilde Eugelink — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Working in the field, Agriculture, Mali, Capacity building, Content, Collaboration/networking tools, ICT4D
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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... by Hilde Eugelink — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Working in the field, Education, Burkina Faso, ICT4D
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The Sahel is getting greener everyday
- When visiting the Sahel desert during a road trip from Ouagadougou, Burkina faso, I noticed that the Sahel is looking greene... by Hilde Eugelink — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Working in the field, Health, Burkina Faso, ICT4D
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From travel trouble to price information convenience
- During my business trip to Tanzania, I planned to visit Magu for a Focus Group meeting with farmers. However, getting to Magu... by Anne Marijke Podt — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: M&E, Working in the field, Tanzania, ICT4D
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Burning to blog in Burkina
- It is not easy to give a training on Web 2.0 tools for development, when the internet connection is slower than Sylvestre’s ... by Miep Lenoir — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: CapDev, Working in the field, Burkina Faso, Knowledge management, Connectivity, ICT4D
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The first Web4Dev Conference in Africa
- I recently returned from the Web4Dev conference where Christian Kreutz from GTZ, and I held a workshop titled “ Potentials ... by Nynke Kruiderink — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Collaboration/networking tools, ICT4D
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My first day on the job
- On the 27th of October I started my first day on the job as Officer Knowledge Sharing for Zambia and Ghana. Not in the office... by Martine Koopman — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Working in the field, Livelihoods, Agriculture, Zambia, ICT4D
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Handover Project Management Uganda - E-Society Apac
- At first glance Apac town looks like a roundabout surrounded by a few blocks of houses and some dusty tracks, though ther... by ValmirStar — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Working in the field, Governance, Uganda, ICT4D
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Getting connected
- Mr. Paul is running a telecentre in Katesh, in the north-east of Tanzania. His telecentre provides computer training, the onl... by Miep Lenoir — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: CapDev, Working in the field, Tanzania, Telecentres, Collaboration/networking tools, ICT4D
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Emerging Communities
- As I am usually mostly working from the hotel or inner-city project headquarters when in Ecuador, paying a visit to a local s... by Anne Marijke Podt — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: M&E, Working in the field, Ecuador, Access, Telecentres, ICT4D
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Handover Project Management Uganda - first impressions
- This week is my first visit to the IICD country programme in Uganda . Within IICD, I am changing position and will be taking... by ValmirStar — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Working in the field, Health, Uganda, Telecentres, ICT4D
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Innovation for innovations’ sake?
- More than 10 years of experience in applying information and communication technologies (ICT) to education, healthcare, gover... by Hilde Eugelink — last modified May 01, 2010 03:28 AM — Filed under: Research, Connectivity, ICT4D