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 …
Dgroups Swiss update
This week, Maarten Boers and Peter Ballantyne were in Switzerland to meet with WA Research on the status of the Dgroups migration process. We also met with Dgroups members Helvetas and Swiss Development Cooperation. Helvetas has so far been gradually introducing and using Dgroups into its activities. It also acts as sponsor for the very …
Dgroups 2.0: Build and Migration
The Dgroups Executive Committee agreed a contract with WA research to build the next version of Dgroups. The contract was signed last week, Thursday. WA Research SA has been in operation since January, 2002, with a mission to build and support collaborative solutions for the international development sector. Customers include the World Health Organisation, the …