Choike engages in knowledge intermediaries network
- Wednesday Nov 11,2009 05:23 PM
- By editor
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Ana Abelenda, Editor of Choike, presenting the project
The I-K-Mediary Network is an emerging global network of organisations that play a knowledge and information intermediary role in development. These organisations all aim to increase access to and use of research in development contexts by providing portals, gateways or reporting services.
Choike has recentrly engaged in the newtwork and has participated in the 3rd I-K-Mediary Network meeting that took place in Brighton Nov 4-6 2009. Participants included:
Ananya Raihan, DNet, Bangladesh
Jennifer Liguton, Phillippine Institute of Development Studies , Philippines
Faye Reagon, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
Shamprasad Pujar, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India
Lynne Sergeant, HIV/AIDS Education Clearing House UNESCO, France
Carol Lombard, Dept for Social Dev, South Africa
Sanjay Edirisinghe, CEPA, Sri Lanka
Vong Sokha, Cambodia Food Security and Nutrition Information System, CARD, Cambodia
Abdallah Hassan, Economic and Social Research Foundation - Tzonline, Tanzania
Kiran Pandey, Coordinator, Indian Environment Portal, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), India
Derek de Gannes, Climate Change Clearing House, Belize
Jane Kibwarata, KNet KIPPRA, Kenya
Mary Waswa, Malawi National Library Service (MNLS), Malawi
Jane Ireri, African Medical and Research Foundation, AMREF, Kenya
Naume Kupe, Southern African AIDS Portal, South Africa
Anne Babcock, AIDS Portal, UK
Masum Billah, DNet, Bangladesh
Ana Abelenda, Choike - a portal on Southern Civil Societies, Uruguay
Alan Stanley, Eldis
Andrew McDevitt, IDS
Catherine Fisher, Strategic Learning Initiative , IDS
Cheryl Brown, Strategic Learning Initiative, IDS
Gabrielle Minkley Strategic Learning Initiative , IDS
Yaso Kunaratnam (I-K-Mediary Core Group and organising team), IDS
Members of the group differ in terms of the nature of the content they work with, their stakeholder groups, the communications channels and strategies they use and the sectoral and geographical scope of their work. However they have the following in common:
- A values based approach that seeks to support greater information flows as a contribution towards achieving positive development outcomes.
- Ambitions to enhance the information flows within development processes rather than influence the outcomes of those processes
- A belief that multiplicity of sources of information strengthens decision making and so they aim to enable access to and use of material from a diversity of sources, not just those from their own organisation
See more on the agenda of the meeting, recommendations on 10 portal pitfalls, photos, videos and how to get involved.
Communication. Information society
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