Interview with Ednah Karamagi at the international conference Web2forDev, Rome, 25-27 September 2007

Interview with Ms. Ednah Karamagi at the international conference Web2forDev 2007, Rome, 25-27 September 2007. Ednah works for BROSDI, a Ugandan NGO implementing the "Collecting and Exchange of Local Agricultural Content" (CELAC) Project. BROSDI extensively uses Web 2.0 applications at community level. CTA has initiated a partnership with BROSDI by supporting their participation in the Web2forDev conference in Rome, Italy and in the 3rd Global Knowledge Conference (GK3) in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.

Latest IMARK e-learning module

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is pleased to announce on behalf of the Information Management Resource Kit (IMARK) Steering Group, the release of a new IMARK module entitled Networking in support of development, the fifth in a series of e-learning modules being developed as part of IMARK.

The module describes how information and communication technologies (ICT) act as a medium for communications and helps the learner understand the policy and regulatory issues that will help facilitate ICT’s use as a communications media. The module also covers the cost issues involved in implementing ICT networks. For more information about IMARK visit: www.imarkgroup.org

CTA-supported project receives the 2007 World Summit Award

On November 5, 2007 at a ceremony which took place during the Global Forum 2007 at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy, the CTA-supported project Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM) for Resource Use, Development Planning and Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in Fiji was given the World Summit Award 2007 in the category e-culture. The product has been considered as one of the 40 best practice examples of quality e-Content in the world. The project has been jointly implemented by the following organisation: Fiji Locally-Managed Marine Area (FLMMA) Network, WWF South Pacific Programme, Native Lands Trust Board, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, National Trust of Fiji, Lomaiviti Provincial Council and CTA.