West Africa eRider Training 2005 (Project
Details)
Full two-week training program for three
eRider teams in Senegal, Sierra Leone and Guinea Bissau.
Service and Program Area:
Centre of Excellence
Status: Completed
(August to September 2005)
Contact Person: Toni Eliasz
Supporters: Open Society Institute West
Africa (OSIWA)
Partners: The general
eRiding/NTAP community and Teresa Crawford provided training content
support. Laura Drewett (currently with Adapted
Consulting) helped facilitate the entire training program
on-site, including material development assistance.
In April 2005 the Open Society Institute
West Africa (OSIWA)
initiated three eRiding-based ICT support programs in Senegal, Sierra
Leone and Guinea Bissau. Because of Ungana-Afrika's specialization in
nonprofit ICT support and eRider training, OSIWA asked Ungana-Afrika to
provide the start-up training for these projects. This training was
launched between August 16-24, 2005 in Dakar Senegal, where each team
(each with 3-4 participants) gathered.
This training provided participants a basis
of knowledge and
skills needed to start an eRider support and capacity building program
of their own, and to design an appropriate business model for their
operations, including:
- A thorough understanding of the eRiding
model and associated processes.
- An understanding of the ICT environment
within African development networks.
- An understanding of effective consulting
methodology for African development networks.
- An understanding of training methodology
and planning for technical support.
- Basic management and business-planning
concepts that be be
applied when planning, sustaining and scaling autonomous eRiding
operations.
- An introduction to related concepts and
tools important to
eRiding work (free and open source software, connectivity such as
wireless, etc.).
The training materials used have been
developed by Ungana-Afrika (in
cooperation with the global eRider community) and are published as part
of the eRiders.net portal.
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