IICD News April 2010

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April 2010 | www.iicd.org

In this issue of Logon4D, read about the IICD-supported crop price information project showcased on Bolivian TV. You can also find out about the national decoration of a Burkinabe farmers' organisation, and the successes and challenges of the eGovernment project DistrictNet in rural Uganda.

IICD Supported Price Information Programme Featured on National Bolivian TV Show
The IICD supported programme that provides small-scale farmers in Bolivia with crop price information has been featured on Bolivia's national television network UNITEL. market.

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Project Partner Receives Decoration of Knight of the Burkinabe Order of Merit
The President of the IICD-supported Burkinabe farmer organisation FEPPASI has been awarded one of Burkina Faso's highest honours: the decoration of Knight of the Burkinabe Order of Merit.

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eGovernment Project in Uganda Reflects on Successes and Challenges
What happens to a project after IICD support ends? This question was recently addressed at a focus group meeting of the Mbarara District Net project in Uganda, operating independently since 2006.

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Organisation News

IICD Joins United Nations Global Compact >more

IICD Alliance Connect4Change Through to 2nd Round of Dutch Government Funding >more

Publications

Improving visual teaching material - Zambia

Events

IICD participates in:

WSIS Forum 2010
10-14 May 2010
Geneva, Switzerland

eLearning Africa
26-28 May 2010
Lusaka, Zambia

Dutch Medical Development Aid
8 June 2010
Utrecht, the Netherlands

iEARN
12-17 July
Toronto, Canada

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Logon4D is the e-newsletter from the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD). It brings information directly from the field on how ICT helps improve lives in Africa and Latin America.