Dgroups elects new Chairman of the Board
In the last meeting on 24th April, 2012, the Board of the Dgroups Foundation elected its new Chairman. The outgoing Chair, Caroline Figuères (IICD) has been the first ever chair of the Dgroups Foundation after this has been established in 2009. In her words, the past three years as Chair of Dgroups have been “a challenging …
Towards Next Dgroups and beyond
On April 24th, 2012 a meeting was held in The Hague to review the progress and future of Dgroups. The meeting brought together all Dgroups board members and Damir Simunic, director of WA Research, which has provided the technical platform for Dgroups for the past 2 years and has led the redesign of next Dgroups. …
New Board, new platform, renewed commitments – Dgroups partners meeting 2011
The Dgroups membership met last week in Rome during the Rome 2011 Share Fair for the 2011 Partners meeting. This was the first face to face meeting of the Dgroups partners since 2009, when we met in The Hague just after the Foundation was created and the migration of the platform to WA-Research was completed. The meeting …
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New Dgroups Board members nominated
During the 2011 Dgroups Partners meeting that took place in Rome on 27 September 2011, the partnership council nominated 3 new members to the Dgroups Partnership Board: Giacomo Rambaldi, from CTA Kristin Kolshus, from FAO Neil Pakenham Walsh, on behalf of INASP The three new members join Caroline Figuères (IICD, Chairman of the Dgroups Board), …
Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) joins Dgroups
As of September 2011, the Dgroups partnership welcomes the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) as new Dgroups member. RWSN is global knowledge network for rural water supply technologies and approaches. As it reads on their website: RWSN focuses its work in specific areas where it believes it can make a significant contribution. RWSN’s aims to: Maximise impact …
Dgroups partners meeting 2011
The 2011 Dgroups partners meeting will take place in Rome on 27 September 2011 in the context of the Second Global AgriKnowledge Share Fair. The Share Fair will be an exciting and “out-of-the-box” event, offering participants creative and innovative learning and sharing opportunities, and equipping them with tools to better influence future rural development activities. …
Dgroups partners meeting 2010
As agreed by the Dgroups Board, the 2010 Dgroups partners meeting will be held on line in the week beginning 29 November 2010. It will consist of a series of online conversations, through emails and other e-tools, where Dgroups members will have the opportunity to discuss and interact with each other, with the Board of …
Dgroups: Still going and growing – and blogging again!
Welcome to the revived Dgroups blog! There have been a number of important developments in the past few months. The new Board of the Foundation has been busy since its election in April 2009, while WA Research has keep on improving the platform and its performances – unfortunately in both cases the communications have not been at the same …
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The Global Mechanism joins Dgroups
As of July 2009, the Global Mechanism (GM) joined the Dgroups Partnership. From the GM website: The Global Mechanism (GM) was established by Article 21 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). It began its operations in October 1998. The GM is a subsidiary body of the UNCCD. Its original functions of general …
Reflecting on the Dgroups partnership
Earlier today, members of the Dgroups Partnership completed their meeting in The Hague. It was followed by a brief meeting of the new Board. For the first time, members could participate virtually in some parts of the discussions, opening a new chapter for Dgroups. New Helvetas Board member Riff Fullan reflects on the discussions: [youtube_video …