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Dear Members,



From: Jethro Greene

For your information




Jethro
CaFAN


From: Shepherd, A.

Date: Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:26 AM
Subject: FW: St Lucia - Caribbean - Web2.0 and Social Media Learning Opportunity, Nov 2012
To: Jethro Greene

From: Lohento, K.
Subject: St Lucia - Caribbean - Web2.0 and Social Media Learning Opportunity, Nov 2012

Please disseminate in your Caribbean networks, Regards, KL, CTA

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Venue: Tissue Culture Conference Facility

              Union Orchid Garden
              Union, Castries, St Lucia

Date and time: Monday 26 – Friday 30 November  2012 (9:00 – 17:30)

Technological innovation is taking place at a breath-taking pace. Simple, open source internet-based applications and services designed to enhance on-line collaboration are now available to the wider public at little or no cost at all. These new online technologies known as Web 2.0 applications - sometimes called ‘social media’ - enable people to collaborate to create, share and publish information.

The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation EU-ACP (CTA)<http://www.cta.int/>, in collaboration with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS<http://www.oecs.org/>), the Ministry of Agriculture of St Lucia and the contribution of the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI<http://www.cardi.org/>), will host a 5-day Web 2.0 Learning Opportunity starting from Monday, 26 November 2012.

CTA has a mandate to facilitate access to, and dissemination of information in the fields of agriculture and rural development in 78 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP). Supporting the adoption of Web 2.0 applications represents a great opportunity for meeting it. These Learning Opportunities form part of CTA initiatives that support development partners in networking, accessing and disseminating information more effectively.

Participants will be introduced to selected web 2.0 applications and will learn how to use them hands-on. They will get a chance to see what others have done, get hands-on experience on how to use innovative applications, and assess how they could adopt these innovations within the context of their work and organization.

Programme of the Learning Opportunity

 *   Introduction to the participatory World Wide Web (Web 2.0)
 *   Search Magic: How to conduct advanced multilingual online searches;
 *   Information Self Service: How to get selected information served to you via alerts and RSS feeds;
 *   Remote collaboration: How to develop content remotely using wikis and Google Docs;
 *   Online mapping: How to locate your organization and your projects on a online Map;

•        How to communicate voice over the internet at (almost) no cost;

•        Online publishing (micro-blogging and blogging);

•        Professional / corporate social networking (LinkedIn and Facebook);

•        Web 2.0 self-instruction (introduction to IMARK)


This agenda will be adapted to participants’ needs.

Participants - Eligibility and responsibilities
Participation in the Learning Opportunity is free of charge, but subject to acceptance by the organizers. The selected candidates will receive a confirmation of their participation. Most participants will come from agriculture related sectors.

Eligibility criteria

 *   be actively engaged in agriculture and rural development / natural resource management / biodiversity conservation in the domains of information and communication, ICT for development (ICT4D). Candidates representing institutions will be privileged.
 *   be computer literate and conversant with browsing the Internet;
 *   be competent in the use of the English language;
 *   have an active e-mail account;
 *   be a resident in St. Lucia.
 *   the ownership of a Wi-Fi enabled laptop is a strong advantage;

Responsibilities
Accepted participants will be responsible, if required, for all costs related to their travel to and from the venue. Organizers will provide only lunch, refreshments and distribute publications and instructional material during the five days of the Learning Opportunity.

How to apply
If you are interested in applying, please click on the link to complete the online application form here https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/web2-st-lucia-nov12

Deadline for application: Sunday 04 November  2012.

Feedback
The organizers will inform successful applicants latest ten days before the training starts.

Contact

Ken Lohento
ICT Program Coordinator
CTA
The Netherlands
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Georges Alcee or Natasha Deterville
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Secretariat (OECS)
The Morne, Castries, St. Lucia
Tel: 1758 455 6332<tel:1758%20455%206332>
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Judith




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