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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Google SMS version of Gmail in Africa – New opportunities for Dgroups users
I am excited to read the following news item on the BBC website (with thanks to Giacomo Rambaldi and Web2ForDev discussion list on Dgroups). Google launch SMS version of Gmail in Africa: Google has launched a text message-based version of its email service targeted at users in Africa. Gmail SMS can run on so-called “dumb phones” …
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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), …
Dgroups at Share Fair 2011
From next Monday to 29 September 2011 IFAD in Rome will host the the second AgriKnowledge Share Fair. After the previous Share Fairs in Addis Ababa (2010) and Rome (2009), also the programme and design for this year event looks impressive: more than 150 sharing and learning sessions on issues related to rural development and agriculture; …
Dgroups at PICNIC 2011
In the context of the International Cross Media Festival PICNIC in Amsterdam, on Friday 16 September 2011, Dgroups member IICD co-organised the session Digital Media for a Better Future. The meeting addressing the issue of contributing to a better world through digital connection between the Netherlands, other western countries and developing and emerging economies. In …
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. …