UNCDF, Access Agriculture join Dgroups
After the 3 organizations that joined earlier in 2014, the year 2014 closes with another good news for Dgroups. Two new organizations have just formalized their membership and have joined the Dgroups Foundation. The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is the UN’s capital investment agency for the world’s 48 least developed countries. Specifically: UNCDF provides seed capital – …
Report Dgroups Annual Partners Meeting 2014
The Dgroups Partners Annual Meeting, held online on 3 December 2014, was organized to present members the activities undertaken by the Dgroups Foundation during this year and to discuss and identify priorities for 2015 with the larger Dgroups membership. In total, 12 participants representing 9 Dgroups partners joined the virtual meeting. The agenda of the …
New Dgroups introduction presentation available for download and use
Although most of the participants in the 2014 Dgroups Annual Partners Meeting were familiar with Dgroups, this short presentation by Sarah Cummings was a useful reminder of what Dgroups is and what it stands for: [slideshare id=42334155&doc=anintroductiontodgroups-141203222828-conversion-gate01] This presentation is available in a longer version as part of the material recently developed to support Dgroups …
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Three new organizations join Dgroups
We’re delighted to announce that over the past weeks three new organizations have joined the Dgroups partnership: the Tropical Health & Education Trust (THET), The Broker Online and Enda Energie. Based in London, THET is a specialist global health organisation working for over 20 years to educates, train and supports health workers through partnerships. This principle is central to …
Dgroups Activities Report 2013
In August 2013, Dgroups counts 2.297 communities, with around 167.691 registered users. It delivers around 400.000 email messages each day. The Dgroups Foundation is committed to make Dgroups accessible and affordable to all development organisations. To fulfill its responsibilities, the Board of the Dgroups Foundation prioritized seven work areas in 2013: Platform improvement Service reliability Users’ support for optimum use …
Dgroups.org is restored to normal service
The Dgroups.org website was down over the weekend, apparently due to a temporary technical problem with the Internet Service Provider, which is now fixed. Thanks to the prompt intervention of WA-Research over the weekend, we are now back online. All messages sent during the down-time should be queued normally, so no specific actions are required …
Dgroups Board approves new membership structure
At the Dgroups Annual Partners meeting earlier this year, Dgroups members discussed how to increase the annual income of the Foundation and how to encourage small organisations (less than 1 million Euros annual turnover) to join. A new membership and financial contribution structure was proposed. This was then explored further, adapted and ratified at the subsequent …
Dgroups review, priorities and action plan 2014
For many organizations, Dgroups remains an essential tool, both for internal communications as well as for information and knowledge sharing with and amongst partners. For example, for FARA Dgroups has been a key instrument to connect users working on agriculture and rural development in Africa. Likewise for CTA Dgroups provides a unique solution to the …
Dgroups Annual Partners Meeting – 16 January 2014
In the last Board meeting, the Board of the Dgroups Foundation has set the date for the next Annual Partners Meeting, to take place in Utrecht (ICCO premises) on 16 January 2014, from 11 am to 4.30 pm. The programme of the day includes: Share Fair for exchange of news and experience among Dgroups Partners …
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Dgroups 2012 Annual Meeting and Online Peer Exchange – 15 November 2012
After the 2011 meeting held last year in Rome during the ShareFair, we’re excited to announce the 2012 Dgroups Annual Meeting, which will take place online on 15 November 2012 starting at 1400 GMT to 1630 GMT. Registration are open on this Eventbrite page. This event comes at a very important time for Dgroups. The …
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