WOUGNET uses and applies ICTs to create opportunities for information sharing and the exchange of knowledge. While our emphasis is directed towards Internet-based technologies, we are also interested in how these technologies can be integrated with traditional means of information exchange and dissemination including telephones, radio, video, television and print media.
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The Communicating for Food Security course provides guidance on how to design and implement a communication strategy for food security information. Using several realistic examples, the course illustrates the various components of a communication strategy, and provides concrete and detailed guidelines on how to communicate through the media and how to present information to policymakers in order to influence the policymaking process. It is currently available in English; other languages are planned. The course is developed by the "EC/FAO Programme on Linking Information and Decision Making to Improve Food Security”. |
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WOUGNET is carrying out a survey on the various approaches it uses to facilitate access to information to its members, partners and at community level using its various ICT platforms. This exercise will help us examine the impact of the diverse ICTs we use with our members and partners. And as a result, we shall be able to improve on the use of old technology as well as adopt new technology to serve better. WOUGNET Members and Partners are kindly invited to download and complete the WOUGNET Survey, and send the completed survey to
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All the information given during this survey will be treated as confidential and used for the purpose of improving information access to the various stakeholders WOUGNET serves. |
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As noted for the 2009 CTA Observatory, in recent years the ICT4D field has changed its focus profoundly mainly to the wide use of mobile phones. Africa has the highest growing rates of mobile subscribers, while other ACP (African-Caribean-Pacific) countries have witnessed similar developments. The ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), together with its partners, held the 2009 Observatory on ICTs on “mobile services” for agricultural and rural development. The seminar was held in Wageningen, The Netherlands from 2 to 4 November 2009 and attended by around 30 international experts.
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An annual event, this year’s Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) event was held from the 5th to the 8th October 2009 at the Maison Notre – Dame du Chant d’Oiseau in Brussels, Belgium. KM4Dev is a community of International Development practitioners who are interested in knowledge management and knowledge sharing.
The meeting attracted over eighty people from across the world, right from Community Based organizations, telecentres managers and practitioners at community level to International organizations like FAO, IFAD, IRC, CABI among others. Some of the interesting highlights were the use of huddles, social reporting and social networking tools both before and during the meeting so as to be able involve other KM4Dev members who could not physically participate in this year’s event.
For more information log on to www.km4dev.org or follow on twitter.com/km4dev |
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According to Uganda Media Women’s Association over 40% of marriages in Uganda end up in separation. Most families/marriages in Uganda can be summed up as “UNHAPPY”. Polygamy, adultery, materialism, breakdown of the traditional values, adoption of the global culture and the general degeneration of our morals as a society are some of the factors that are contributing to the breakdown of the family institution in Uganda.
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* Information Sharing & Networking 
