ICT Enabled Development: South-South Exchange Travelling Workshop

The South-South Exchange Travelling Workshop will be hosted by a GKP member, the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) from 28 November to 5 December 2005. Exchange of knowledge and experience between visiting participants from civil societies of developing countries and village communities of Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu which are involved in many development programmes of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF). The participants will provide a profile of their organisations and their work, and bring with them presentations (posters, photographs, audio cassettes, Powerpoint presentations, short films, etc.). These materials will be taken to all the villages where the workshop will visit and be exhibited to the community. Similarly, the villagers will share their materials with the participants. In the past MSSRF have held a travelling workshop in the area of agricultural practices with experts from several Asian countries (Vietnam, Cambodia and Japan included) visiting their field stations and working closely with their farming communities. MSSRF found that in certain situations such workshops involving field visits and the local communities are far more productive than the regular workshops in seminar halls. In October 2002, MSSRF held the first South-South Exchange Travelling Workshop (with financial support from Hivos, IICD and IDRC) and in October-November 2003 MSSRF held the second South-South Exchange Travelling Workshop with financial support from GKP. The third workshop was held in October 2004. More: http://www.globalknowledge.org/southsouth2005/

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