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On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 Subbiah Arunachalam wrote :<BR>
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&gt;GKP/MSSRF South-South Exchange Traveling Workshop 2005<BR>
&gt;- Call for participation!<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt;The South-South Exchange Traveling Workshop 2005 will be hosted by GKP<BR>
&gt;member, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), from 28 November<BR>
&gt;to&nbsp; 5 December 2005.&nbsp; The workshop, supported by the Global Knowledge<BR>
&gt;Partnership (GKP) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation<BR>
&gt;(SDC), provides an opportunity for the exchange of knowledge and<BR>
&gt;perspectives between village communities in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry in<BR>
&gt;southern India and civil societies from developing countries with a<BR>
&gt;specific focus on ICT-enabled development.<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt;This action-learning workshop will:<BR>
&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; * help participants learn about how to integrate modern ICT effectively<BR>
&gt;in their development projects,<BR>
&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; * provide perspectives regarding various technologies and innovations<BR>
&gt;involved in rural ICT, and<BR>
&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; * help participants to blend ICT in the local knowledge management<BR>
&gt;process<BR>
&gt;The workshop is one of GKP's efforts in facilitating learning from<BR>
&gt;concrete, on the ground, practical knowledge in the use of ICT for<BR>
&gt;development.<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt;Participation is open to programme officers and implementers of ICT-enabled<BR>
&gt;development projects (NGOs, Consultants, private sector as well as<BR>
&gt;governments) from developing countries, who should be in a position to make<BR>
&gt;immediate use of what they have learnt in the workshop in their projects/<BR>
&gt;programmes.<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt;The deadline for applications is 23 September 2005.<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt;For more information and to submit an application online, please visit:<BR>
&gt;&lt;http://www.globalknowledge.org/southsouth2005&gt;www.globalknowledge.org/south south2005<BR>
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