M4D Workshop on Collaboration in East Africa

When: 
2008-12-11 - 2008-12-12
Where: 
Karlstad University, Sweden

SPIDER co-sponsors a workshop on M4D at Karlstad University. Read more about it at http://m4d.humanit.org/

The SPIDER workshop held at the M4D 2008 conference in Karlstad December 11-12, 2008, will build directly on the Kampala workshop that was held on 5th and 6th November 2008 http://m4d.kcl.co.ug/, identifying actors within the SPIDER network that can contribute to filling out some of the gaps identified in Kampala. The Karlstad workshop will have as its goal to discuss the Kampala outcomes as well as define projects and draft proposals for funding where this is necessary.

In particular, the goals of the Karlstad workshop are the following:

  • Bringing the knowledge and experiences presented in Kampala to Sweden
  • Experts (academics and practitioners) within SPIDER’s network + some additional experts meet around the Kampala theme
  • Selected project ideas/proposals raised in Kampala are investigated and discussed to form strategic alliances with already formed groups in East Africa for further collaboration.
     
    The workshop will naturally also produce a short report to be disseminated through, e.g., the web sites of SPIDER, the Centre for HumanIT at Karlstad University and the Kampala workshop site. It will also present the results and outcomes at the M4D 2008 conference.
Contact Details

Kampala workshop: Johan Hellström, johan@upgraid.org

Karlstad workshop: Johan Hellström (chair), johan@upgraid.org, or John Sören Pettersson, john_soren.pettersson@kau.se

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