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Dear
friends, This is from
today’s news on Digital Opportunity Channel (www.digitalopportunity.org). I’ve
attached the complete announcement below. For details about Dgroups visit www.dgroups.org. International partners launch online community platform Seven
international organisations have jointly launched Dgroups, an online community
platform for groups working in development and human rights around the world.
Designed for low bandwidth users in the South, it hosts mailing-list based
discussions supported by an accessible, simple Website with discussion
archives, and where members can share personal profiles, events, links, and
documents of interest with the group. Kanti Kumar Editor, Digital
Opportunity Channel www.digitalopportunity.org email:
kanti.kumar@oneworld.net Dgroups:
International Partners Launch Online Community Platform Bellanet,
DFID, ICA, IICD, OneWorld, UNAIDS and UNECA are proud to announce Dgroups, an
online community platform for groups
working in development and human rights around the world. Many
groups make Dgroups their home, for instance: - The
Ministries of Education and Non-Formal Educators from Kenya, South Africa,
Tanzania/Zanzibar, Uganda, Zambia, Mozambique
and Zimbabwe used Dgroups as a forum to discuss strategies and policies necessary
for the development and implementation of a NFE Statistical Information System. -
Dgroups is being used to deliver a current awareness / news service covering
HIV/AIDS press coverage in Asia and the Pacific. -
Students in Austria, Romania, Ghana, the Netherlands, Uganda and the USA are
using Dgroups to discuss and learn about migration. -
Specialists around the world are exploring ways to apply information and
communication technologies in agricultural research and
extension. -
Dgroups is the forum for a group discussing and preparing an ICT policy for
Jamaica. - A
network of grassroots organisations working for the eradication of poverty in
South Asia is connected through Dgroups. DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH DIALOGUE "Development
through dialogue" is the slogan of Dgroups, an online meeting place for
teams, committees, networks, communities of practice, and communities of
interest that transcend geography and institutional boundaries. Already,
over 5000 people are participating in more than 250 Dgroups - communicating,
planning, and working together on issues such as the environment, human rights,
and health. Created by and for development partners, Dgroups is an
advertising-free discussion platform for people making change in the world. Dgroups
is designed for low bandwidth users in the South. Each Dgroup includes
mailing-list based discussions supported by an accessible, simple website with
discussion archives, and where members can share personal profiles, events, links,
and documents of interest to the group. Dgroups
can be public or private, and the interface is currently available in English,
French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Contact us if you are interested in helping to
bring a new language to the platform. Whether
your interest is in health, education, agriculture, or any other sector of
development, INDIVIDUALS are invited to participate in the many open Dgroups
listed on the site. You can network, share knowledge, and even upload a photo
of yourself. ABOUT
THE DGROUPS PARTNERSHIP Over the
past year the partners have pooled their resources, talent, time, networks and
enthusiasm to bring about this initiative. The result, Dgroups, enables the
seven organisations to integrate dialogue and participation more fully into the
delivery of their programmes in the South. Dgroups
is run by and for the international development community, and is an alternative
to commercial or advertising-supported discussion platforms. Hosted by Bellanet
but equally owned and managed by all partners, Dgroups offers a sustainable way
to share information and knowledge among members of your network or
stakeholders in your development activities. The
partners value quality over quantity. Each Dgroups partner provides guidance
and support to their users for the effective use of online spaces, so that
discussions are well run and purposeful. With enough critical mass, the
partners hope to make Dgroups even more widely available to the development community. ORGANISATIONS
interested in using Dgroups for their own efforts or in providing Dgroups to
their networks are invited to contact the partners to find out how to join a
growing list of organisations in this exciting initiative! Visit us
online: www.dgroups.org Partnership
inquiries: contact@dgroups.org Dgroups Partners Bellanet
International Secretariat www.bellanet.org Department
for International Development (DFID) www.dfid.gov.uk Institute
for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA) www.icamericas.net International
Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) www.iicd.org OneWorld.net www.oneworld.net Enquiries
from OneWorld Partners: Partnership@oneworld.net --- please mention
Dgroups in the subject. Joint
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) www.unaids.org United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) www.uneca.org |
