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CIVIC Web 2.0 Platform Training for Channel Managers

Join us in Juan Dolio, DR, to learn about the new CIVIC web platform based on Drupal, offering advanced tools for collaboration, resource sharing, and knowledge management in ICT for Development in the Caribbean. Explore channel management concepts and features of the platform.

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CIVIC Web 2.0 Platform Training for Channel Managers

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  1. CHANNEL MANAGERS’ TRAINING The CIVIC web 2.0 platform Juan Dolio, DR, 11-14 November 2008 Stéphane Bruno, sbruno@websystems.ht

  2. FACTS • Since 2002, CIVIC has relied mainly on a mailing list and a basic resource repository based on Dgroups • The platform is supported by IDRC, and provides limited functionality • In survey conducted in 2006, members expressed desire to use more advanced, web 2.0 platform to enrich user esperience and participation • Working groups in dec. 2006 and oct. 2008 produced terms of reference and specifications for new CIVIC web 2.0 platform • The new CIVIC web is based on a Content Management System (CMS), drupal

  3. OBJECTIVES • Provide an improved environment and more advanced tools to allow CIVIC members to better interact, share resources, work collaboratively on projects and documents; • Provide an online “home” for the CIVIC community which provides an identity to the network and allows others to learn about its purpose and activities; • Provide tools to better manage activities conducted by CIVIC members: • internal (as governance mechanisms, working groups, sub-networks, knowledge sharing and creation, collaborative project development) • external (advocacy actions, promotion, outreach activities, fundraising and brokering, etc.) • Provide a knowledge base and resource repository for practitioners, academics, donors, research, businesses, development workers, agencies and multilateral organizations, policymakers in ICT for Development (ICT4D): a one-stop destination for information and data on ICT4D in the Caribbean

  4. USER ROLES • Anonymous User • CIVIC member • Content Manager • Channel Manager • Administrator • Moderator

  5. THE CONCEPT OF CHANNELS • A CIVIC channel is a sub-section within CIVIC 2.0 web platform and a sub-group of members who have a specific area of interest • A channel can be: • Thematic: as ICT and education in the Caribbean, ICT for disaster management in the Caribbean, ICT business networking in the Caribbean, • Transversal/processoriented: as ICT4D advocacy, ICT4D monitoring and evaluation, ICT4D project management, ICT4D planning, ICT4D policy in the Caribbean, etc.; • Geographic: as ICT4D in the OECS, ICT4D in Dominican Rep, ICT4D in St Kitts, ICT4D in leeward islands, etc.

  6. FEATURES OF THE WEB PLATFORM • Multilingual • Extended user profiles • Clearinghouse • Mailing list and forum integration • Event calendar and management • Resource section • Annoucements section • Poll and voting mechanism • Search

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