UAV4Ag Dgroups Case Study

Case study: Using Dgroups to map rules and regulations governing the use of drones

Giacomo Rambaldi from CTA is a long time user and supporter of Dgroups, having used the platform for more than a decade now. During a recent webinar organized in partnership between FAO-Dgroups, Giacomo presented one specific Dgroup he is administering and that deals with the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones technology for agriculture. Watch …

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Case study: Using Dgroups to bring together a global community of purpose

Neil Pakenham Walsh is the Coordinator of Healthcare Information For All (HIFA) and is the current Chair of the Dgroups Foundation. In a recent webinar organized in partnership between FAO-Dgroups, Neil presented the work that HIFA does and why Dgroups is a cornerstone of its success. Watch the video presentation below: (see also the slides used in …

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Case study: Using Dgroups for stakeholder engagement and participation in the FAO Farmer Field School

During a recent webinar organized in partnership between FAO-Dgroups, Suzanne Phillips from the Farmer Field School Team in the Plant Production and Protection Division of the FAO presented how they have been using Dgroups to connect a global and growing community of field school practitioners together. Watch the video presentation below: (see also the slides used …

Dgroups welcomes four new partner organizations

The Dgroups Partnerships keeps growing, with four organizations having recently joined the Dgroups Foundation: Global Healthcare Information Network CIC (GHI-net) and C3 Collaborating for Health as Associate Partners; Charter for Change and Personas Facilitadoras DT as Project Partners. Global Healthcare Information Network CIC (GHI-net) is a “non-profit organisation established in 2005 to administer the global initiative HIFA (Healthcare Information For All). […] …

Presentations and report Dgroups Annual Partners Meeting 2017

The 2017 Dgroups Annual Partners Meeting was held on 30 November 2017. This year’s meeting was held online using Adobe Connect. A total of 15 participants joined the meeting, representing 6 of the 16 Full Dgroups Partners and 5 of the 8 Associate Partners. Damir Simunic and Joe Canda from WA-Research also joined the meeting. The agenda of …

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Case study: Using Dgroups to scale up online networking and communication in the Rural Water Supply Network

This case study describes why RWSN has chosen to use Dgroups as their main tool for communicating with partners and clients all over the world. It explains how they’ve been using Dgroups and what results it helped the network achieve. Finally, it presents the key lessons learned by RWSN on what makes an active group, …

Neil Pakenham-Walsh at K4D Conference, Geneva, April 2017

Dgroups at the Knowledge for Development (K4D) Conference

Dgroups was presented as an example of best practice at the Knowledge for Development Conference in Geneva, 3-4 April 2017. Neil Pakenham-Walsh, chair of the Dgroups foundation and founder of HIFA (Healthcare Information for All: five Dgroups with >16,000 members interacting in 3 languages) presented Dgroups to a diverse audience of more than 200 development …

FAO, UNISDR project grants to support Dgroups improvements

During 2016, the Dgroups Foundation could count on additional financial support from FAO and UNISDR, through two separate project grants. FAO is a long standing partner in Dgroups since the early days of the platform, back in 2002-2004. For FAO, Dgroups is an established tool for communication, collaboration and networking in teams and projects, and …

Communities of Practice – Increasing inclusiveness, value and collaboration. Real trends or wishful thinking?

Many Dgroups partners participated at the Eldis 20th Anniversary workshop on Digital Knowledge Sharing, held at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK on 15 and 16 September. Dgroups representatives Neil Pakenham-Walsh (Chair, Dgroups Foundation) and Ivan Kulis (ECDPM) were delighted to give a presentation on global trends and challenges for Communities of …