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 …
Dgroups elects new Board
Today in The Hague, members of the Dgroups Partnership elected a new Board to guide the Partnership in the coming years. The organizations elected were: Helvetas Hivos ICCO IICD Sula Batsu
Dgroups members meet in The Hague
On 15 and 16 April, the members of the Dgroups partnership meet in the Netherlands. The group last met in The Hague in January 2007. Since then, an elected executive committee has worked towards: In 2007/2008: Moving the dgroups 1 platform out of IDRC (to IGLOO) In 2008-2009: Migration to a new platform and a …
Dgroups Foundation established
Earlier this month the Dgroups Foundation was established in the Netherlands. After early years incubated by Bellanet/IDRC as a project, Dgroups members decided that a legal entity was needed at the heart of the partnership. The intention is to keep the Foundation small and smart: It will have a Board elected from members of the …