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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:43:24 +0200
From: "Agena, M."
Reply-To: "Agena, M."
Subject: FW: [web2fordev] Web 2.0 Learning Opportunity, Baraka
Agricultural College, Molo, Kenya - 27 Sep. 1 Oct. 2010
To: "magena [at] wougnet [dot] org"

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Venue: Baraka Agricultural College, Molo, Kenya
Date and time: Monday 27 September - Friday 1 October, 2010 (9:00 - 16:30)
Technological innovation is taking place at a breath-taking pace.
Simple, open source internet-based applications and services designed
to enhance on-line collaboration are now available to the wider public
at little or no cost at all. These new online services known as Web
2.0 applications enable people to collaborate remotely in creating,
sharing and publishing information.
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation EU-ACP
(CTA) has the mandate to facilitate access to and
dissemination of information in the fields of agriculture, rural
development and sustainable natural resource management in 78
countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP). Supporting
the adoption of Web 2.0 applications represents a great opportunity
for meeting it.

CTA, in collaboration with the Baraka Agricultural College
(BAC), has organised a 5-day Web 2.0
Learning Opportunity staring on Monday 27 September 2010. Participants
will be introduced to selected web 2.0 applications and learn on how
to use them; hands-on.
The Learning Opportunity will cover advanced online searching, getting
information served via alerts and RSS, collaborating remotely using
wikis and Google Docs, using VoIP, online mapping and social
networking. Participants will get a chance to see what others have
done, get hands-on experience on how to use innovative applications,
and assess how they could adopt these innovations within the context
of their work and organisation.
These Learning Opportunities form part of CTA initiatives that support
development partners in networking, accessing and disseminating
information more effectively.
Programme of the Learning Opportunity

* Introduction to the participatory World Wide Web (Web 2.0)
* Search Magic: How to conduct advanced multilingual online searches;
* Information Self Service: How to get selected information served
to you via alerts and RSS feeds;
* Remote collaboration: How to develop content remotely using
wikis and Google Docs;
* Online mapping: How to locate your organisation and your
projects on a online Map;

· How to communicate voice over the internet at no cost

· Online publishing (Blog)

· Social networking (LinkedIn and Facebook)

· Web 2.0 self-instruction (introduction to iMARK)
Eligibility and responsibilities
Participation in the Learning Opportunity is free of charge, but
subject of acceptance by the organisers. Selected applicants will
receive a confirmation notice.

Eligibility criteria:

· be computer literate and conversant with browsing the Internet;

· have regular access to or better own a computer;

· have active e-mail accounts;

· be actively engaged in agriculture and rural development,
natural resource management and biodiversity conservation, and / or
ICT for development (ICT4D).

· be self-sufficient in terms of transport and subsistence
during the event

· be in the position to carry his/her own WIFI-enabled laptop
to the venue.

· be a resident of Kenya.

Responsibilities

Accepted participants will be responsible for all costs related to
their travel to and from Baraka Agricultural College, their
accommodation (if situated outside the BAC facilities), their petty
cash expenses and for bringing their own WIFI-enabled laptop at the
event.

Entitlements

During the event the organisers will provide lunch and refreshments
and distribute copies of CTA publications and instructional material.
Participants may opt to stay at the Baraka Agricultural College for
the duration of the Learning Opportunity. In this case they will be
offered accommodation at the college, breakfast and dinner in addition
to lunch and refreshments.

How to apply

If you are interested in applying, please follow this
link. Deadline: 15 August 2010.

Feedback
The organisers will inform applicants about the status of their
application during the first week of September, 2010.

Best regards

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Giacomo Rambaldi

Senior Programme Coordinator

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation ACP-EU
P.O. Box 380, NL 6700AJ Wageningen The Netherlands

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Br. David Muchemi,

Principal

Baraka Agricultural College

Box 52

Molo 20106

Kenya

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