GDLNGlobal Development Learning Network

Linking the World through Learning

Presented by

Mor SECK

Director Senegal DLC August/September 2002

San Paulo - Brazil

Distance Education :

A Development Challenge

What is the GDLN ?

An interactive, multi-channel, multi-node

delivery system configured to meet

individual, institutional, local, regional and

country needs

GDLN will :

• Improve decision-making through interactive learning

• Enhance country-to-country exchanges among experts and practitioners

• Increase cost-effective course delivery

Who is GDLN ?

• Distance Learning Centers (DLC’s)

• Content Providers

• Donors

• Learners

What are GDLN Objectives ?

To build capacity by:

• Bridging the knowledge gap

• Enabling people to learn anywhere/anytime

• Facilitating learning and knowledge sharing

around the world

Learners

Decision makers in

Governments

Public administration

NGOs

Academia

Civil Society

Global Development Learning Network

Global Development Learning Network

Currently in operations

Benin Côte d'IvoireEthiopiaGhanaSenegalTanzania Uganda

BoliviaChileColombiaCosta RicaNicaraguaPeruDominican Rep.

China (2)India SingaporeSri LankaThaïlandVietnam

FranceItaly (2)Russia (2)SerbiaSpainTurkey (2)Ukraine

EgyptJordan

USA

For the future

Burkina FasoCameroonEritreaKenyaMalawiMozambiqueS. AfricaNigeriaZambiaZimbabwe

BangladeshCambodiaEast TimorIndonesiaKoreaMalaysiaNepalPhilippinesS. Pacific*

AlgeriaDjiboutiKuwaitLebanonMoroccoSaudi ArabiaSyriaTunisiaW. Bank & Gaza

ArgentinaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasVenezuela

ArmeniaBosniaBulgariaCzech Rep.CroatiaKyrgyz Rep.LithuaniaMoldovaPolandRomaniaSlovakiaTajikistan

JapanCanada

A Blended Learning Approach

Videoconferencing

Internet

Video

CD-ROM

Face-to-face

Print

Phone

Pedagogical ScenariosPedagogical ScenariosMedia MixMedia Mix

Course A

Course D

E

C

R

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VideoConferences or

Interactive TV

Internet

& WWW

B

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Knowledge for Development Partnerships

ENA

HEC

CNFPT

WBIIBFI

Content Partners :

• Governments

• Universities

• Research Institutions

in the North and the South

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GDLN features

Video-Conference Seminars

Global or Regional Dialogues

Web-based courses

CoursesVideo-conference

sessions complemented

by electronic learning

methods and online

collaboration

WBI Programs

• Macroeconomic management for Sub-Saharan Africa• Corporate governance and private sector development• Economic growth and poverty reduction• Implementation of social safety nets• Strategic communication on development projects• Urban management• Economic and business journalism

Training programs proposed from Paris

• Fighting against money laundering (CEBC - HEC)

• Main organizational changes in higher education institutions entailed by the introduction of ITC (EduFrance)

• Challenges of decentralization (BDPA)

• Public Debt Management (ADETEF – Ministry of Finance)

• The Euro and the Franc zone (Bank of France- IBFI)

• Public procurement (IIAP-ENA)

• Introduction to micro-finance (WBI / AFD-CEFEB)

For any additional information :

http://www.gdln.org

GDLN’s unique potential

A powerful knowledge sharing

network engaging all people

across borders anytime