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The 4th InK4DEV Week is being organized in the context of the RUFORUM 3rd Biennial Conference.  The first Ink4DEV place in 2009 in Namibia, for the Southern African region, followed by West Africa, Ghana, in 2010, and East Africa, Uganda, in 2011.

The RUFORUM Biennial Conference is held every two years to enable African higher education stakeholders in Africa to share lessons and to enhance networking for improving training programs across the continent.

CTA is associating itself with this main event of its partner by contributing through capacity strengthening activities and ICT-ICM awareness side events during the conference.

This paper aims to examine the knowledge transfer process in Education. Findings suggest that linkage agents are central actors in the knowledge transfer process. Their intervention is critical to help adapt the knowledge to be used by practitioners. 

This study aims to gain a better understanding of the much talked about e-governance and citizen participation.

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Learn more about CIARD and access information and a community dedicated make agricultural research information publicly available and accessible to all. 

Start by checking these case studies regarding the process of developing information systems and institutional network.

In January, FAO hosted the International Scientific Symposium on Food and Nutrition Security Information - From valid measurement to effective decision making - in which a variety of topics were discussed and key actions for going forward agreed upon. 

This brief highlights the key actions necessary for moving forward.

The brief states the following key actions for moving forward:

A consultative workshop for youths between the ages of 18 and 25 entitled Using ICT to strengthen youth opportunities in agriculture and rural areas was held in IAALD Conference in Johannesburg on 20 May. The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) in partnership with other ACP partner organisations brought together about 30 youths, including young bloggers from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States who were winners and runner-ups of YoBloCo — the Youth in Agriculture Blog Competition.

CTA’s presence on the 2012 Conference of the African Chapter of the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD), will be very visible due to the ARDYIS project, implemented by CTA – Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU, that will be organizing a series of activities. Ken Lohento, Giorgio Bellinzas and Krishan Bheenick will be present at the conference. More information will follow.

Please, take note of CTA’s activities:

There is more on open source information online: Wikiversity, contains learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university.