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GFAR 2003-04-01d.en 2 nd Triennial GFAR Conference 22 – 24 May 2003 Méridien Président Hotel, Dakar, Sénégal Linking Research and Rural Innovation to Sustainable Development InterSard…InterDev: Two Cases of Partnerships for Sharing Information and Knowledge on good practices and local innovation
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GFAR 2003-04-01d.en
2nd Triennial GFAR Conference
22 – 24 May 2003
Méridien Président Hotel, Dakar, Sénégal
Linking Research and Rural Innovation toSustainable Development
InterSard…InterDev: Two Cases of Partnerships for Sharing Informationand Knowledge on good practices and local innovation
Two Cases ofTwo Cases of
Partnerships forPartnerships forSharing Information and KnowledgeSharing Information and Knowledge
on good practices and local on good practices and localinnovationinnovation
InterSard…InterDevInterSard…InterDev
Why ?Problems of sharing good practices and local
innovation in agricultural development:
• Limited resources for info management, esp NGOs and FOs• Experiences of good practices poorly documented• Good practices for rural poor hardly published• Limited exchange mechanisms of experiences• Dissemination is expensive and rather slow.• Feed-back on technologies is lacking• Isolated initiatives not linking up
What ?
• web-based information systems
• for sharing of Information and knowledge
• on good practices/lessons learned in AE/NRM
• support to the documentation of local innovations
• capacity building in the use of Web-based information
• decentralised info management
• tools for on-line and off-line
• support through a network of regional, national andthematic focal points
Goal
“To enhance the accessibility and use ofinformation on good practices, knowledgeacquisition and sharing in order to support ruralcommunities in reducing poverty, enhancing foodsecurity and managing their natural resources.”
The main beneficiaries are rural communities (and
their support organizations NGOs/ FOs) withlimited access to external information and atpresent with poor IC&T connectivity.
Outcomes1. Web-based platform in order to store,
systematize, share and disseminate goodpractices in AE/NRM
2. Capacities to document good practices andlocal innovation, and to manage institutionalinformation
3. Learning platform for exchange of experiencesrelated to good practices (thematic); feed-backto practices by peer organizations
4. Support mechanisms (regional/ national/ themebased) for information management
Organisations:. name. address. mandate
Experts:. contact details. expertise field. projects involved
Outputs:. grey literature. reports. Maps, Powerpoints
Projects:. objectives/lograme. partners. location
Lessons learned &good practices
documented cases
Technologies:. processes& methods. local knowledge
Factual info:. market prices. soil, water (GIS). news
Shared Information Reservoirvarious contributors
(national and international)
WISARD Database SystemWISARD Database System InterSardInterSard
InterSard:Pillars of Information
InterSard Activities 2002-03March 2003 2 ‘definition’ workshops (India/ Philippines):
– Concept-/ position papers IM, IT, good practices– Assess existing information sources for innovation– Develop functional requirements/ design together
April - August– Build prototype system based on existing technology and
user feed-back, testing of system, pilot fillingSeptember - December
– 2 Training workshops in S Asia and SE Asia (50 NGO/ FOs)- Production of training CD-ROM- Strengthen linkages Asia, Africa, L.America
and coming up…Related issues that InterSard is addressing:• Poor connectivity situations
– Email, off-line tools, mobile solutions• Hardware/ software skills• ‘Last-mile linkages’
– eg. rural radio, village resource centers• Develop exchange tools with existing
metabases (using XML-technology)• Produce partner defined ‘web-skins’• Fair-use policy – based on “copyleft” to
“protect” local knowledge
InterDev:a shared and Decentralized
Database
ResourceOrganisationsand IndividualsLists the stakeholdersinvolved in a givensubject or ageographical area.
Equipment andTechnologyFocusing on tools,techniques and howto use them, locallyavailable techniquesand material, etc.
BibliographicReferencesSelection of a limitednumber ofreferences infunction of theirtarget uses andpublics.
Experiences and PracticesContaining project fact sheets,with - notably - lessons to belearnt from these experiences.
MultimediaDocumentsImages, machineplans,photographs, etc.
Contact MonitoringUsed by Interdev membersonly
Four thematic networks
• Food Processing• Agro ecological Farming
Systems• Urban and Peri-Urban
Agriculture• Decentralised Electricity
Supplies
430 experiences recordsOn-line
Activities 2003
• Network development• 2 Regional Programmes, coordinated by GRET/ IUED
(funding: EC-IncoDev, SDC)– Central and West Africa (4 countries):ENDA-graf; Agro-PME; CEPEPE; IC-Sahel; SEMIS
– Indian Ocean (2 countries)CITE; CTHA; CTHT; Apexhom
• Start-up programme in 2 countries SouthEast Asia VASI; CEDAC
Further information
InterSard• www.intersard.org• Email:
[email protected]• InterSard Poster / flyer• InterSard GFU
c/o ETC Foundation
InterDev• www.interdev-net.org• Email:
[email protected]• InterDev flyer
