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Volunteers linking knowledge with needs
Youth and ICTs_Mali Conjedev
Cybervolunteering:Involving young people in
Innovative Educational ICT Initiatives
4 September 2009Monterrey, Mexico
The aim of the workshop is to facilitate exchange around concrete ICT initiatives presented by young people from around the world. These will be the basis for discussion and exchange to identify ingredients needed for best practices and project creation around ICT4D.
Aim of this Workshop
StatementGuidelines for the involvement of young people in South-South and international initiativesReporting and feedback from the field in view of reporting mechanisms by young people for ICT4D
Expected outcomes & achievements
Viola Krebs, Founder and Executive Director of
ICVolunteers
In this workshop
Ramon Bartomeus, Resources Manager, IWith.org
Bayni Soumaila Traoré, President, ICVolontaires-Mali
Renata Moraes, Director, Converdgencia / ICVoluntarios-Brasil
Oumar Diamouténé, President, Youth and ICTs_Mali
Youth, husbandry, agriculture and ICTs in the Sahel Region:
Viola Krebs, Executive Director of ICVolunteersBayni Soumaila Traoré, President, ICVolontaires-Mali
Youth, ICTs and Environmental Education in Brazil:
Renata Moraes, Director, Converdgencia / ICVoluntarios-BrasilImproving the World using Information Technologies to Help Organizations:
Ramon Bartomeus, Resources Manager, IWith.orgYouth and Wikiteaching:
Oumar Diamouténé, President, Youth and ICTs_Mali
What to communicate to the plenary?
In this workshop
Presentation 1
E-TIC Project
Viola KrebsFounder and Executive Director
of ICVolunteers
Bayni Soumaila TraoréPresident, ICVolontaires-Mali
ICVolunteers
International FederationStarted 10 years ago
Working in the field of communications:
CybervolunteeringLanguagesSupport and organization of conferences and seminars
Linking knowledge with needs
A network of 10,000 volunteers from over 179 countries, speaking 155 languages
CyberVolunteers Programme
Cybervolunteering: use of information and communication technology for volunteer effort both locally and virtually (online volunteering)The CyberVolunteers Programme connects grassroots projects with highly skilled volunteers in ICT (information and communication technologies)The Programme values in particular South-South exchanges, but also includes South-North and North-South cooperation.
ICV’s projects to date
Offices & RepresentationsProjects implemented since creation
E-TIC.NET: what is it about?
A program focusing on information related to agriculture and husbandryLinks knowledge with needs through a good and applied use of information and communication technologies
E-TIC.NET: connectors
Young peopleWomenJournalists (in particular for community radio)
E-TIC.NET: objectives
Develop ICT training for better farm managementRaise awareness to better grazing management and health issuesPromote adoption of practices aimed at developing sustainable farming through better accountability of farmers including an awareness of farming environmentally and biodiversity
E-TIC.NET: objectives
E-TIC.NET: objectives
E-TIC.NET: regions
E-TIC.NET: objectives
Promote the use and marketing of products and by-products of livestockConduct an inventory and establish a system to trace animals and pastures Interface "Green Network"Strengthening food safety
E-TIC.NET and Societal Lighthouse
The Societal Lighthouse is:a multi-partnership incubator of ideasa working group and mechanism of proposals to improve the lives of people and societies around the world
The Societal Lighthouse aims t collect information taking into account the suggestions and concerns from citizens, around online services provided by government and other entities. It implements projects linked to ICT4D and ICT for active citizenship.
Partners: Observatoire Technologique of Republic and State of Geneva, Ingénieurs du Monde, ICVolunteers, University of Geneva,…
E-TIC.NET and Societal LighthouseIt aims:
to promote hands-on best practices related to social, health, technological, scientific, economic and cultural issues and concerns... to provide an opportunity to link human beings with technological tools and raise their awareness of being active and responsible citizens.
http://www.icvolontaires.orghttp://www.e-tic.net