Dgroups at the Knowledge for Development (K4D) Conference
Dgroups was presented as an example of best practice at the Knowledge for Development Conference in Geneva, 3-4 April 2017. Neil Pakenham-Walsh, chair of the Dgroups foundation and founder of HIFA (Healthcare Information for All: five Dgroups with >16,000 members interacting in 3 languages) presented Dgroups to a diverse audience of more than 200 development …
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Dgroups is now available for time-limited projects
The Foundation is committed to make Dgroups accessible and affordable to all development organisations worldwide. For this reason, and to answer requests for membership in Dgroups received in recent months, the Dgroups Foundation has now introduced a new type of partnership into Dgroups: Project Partner. This membership type is available for time-limited activities that are …
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Presentation Dgroups Partners Meeting 2016
Representatives of Dgroups member organizations and Board members met on 14th September 2016 for the Dgroups Partners Meeting. The meeting was hosted by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). The meeting report will be available for Dgroups members’ in the coming days. In the meantime, you can view the presentation below, which illustrates objectives and progresses for the …
Save the date! Dgroups Partners Meeting 2016
We’re pleased to announce that the 2016 Dgroups Partners Meeting will take place on 14th September, 2016, and it will be hosted and co-organized with IDS in the context of the Eldis 20th Anniversary Workshop. The Eldis 20th Anniversary Workshop aims “to bring together knowledge brokers and communications professionals to share learning on the current “state-of-the-art” in digital knowledge sharing …
Dgroups welcomes three new partner organizations
Between end 2015 and beginning 2016, three new organizations have joined the Dgroups Foundation: IDS and UNISDR as Full Dgroups Partners; Savana Signature as Associate Partner. The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a well established actor in the development sector, being a “leading global institution for development research, teaching and learning, and impact and communications.” Based at the …
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cinfo joins Dgroups
We’re happy to announce that the cinfo – the Centre for Information, Counselling and Training for Professions relating to International Cooperation – has recently joined the Dgroups Partnership. Based in Biel, Switzerland, cinfo is:As we read from its website: a specialised service provider and the network platform for professionals and organisations involved in the IC job …
Dgroups Activities Report 2014
With six new partners joining in 2014, the Dgroups Partnership counts now 22 member organizations and it is stronger at the end of 2014 than at the beginning of the year. The recently published Activities Report 2014 highlights the work areas around which the Dgroups Board focused its operation in 2014, and the results achieved. …
UNCDF, Access Agriculture join Dgroups
After the 3 organizations that joined earlier in 2014, the year 2014 closes with another good news for Dgroups. Two new organizations have just formalized their membership and have joined the Dgroups Foundation. The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is the UN’s capital investment agency for the world’s 48 least developed countries. Specifically: UNCDF provides seed capital – …
Report Dgroups Annual Partners Meeting 2014
The Dgroups Partners Annual Meeting, held online on 3 December 2014, was organized to present members the activities undertaken by the Dgroups Foundation during this year and to discuss and identify priorities for 2015 with the larger Dgroups membership. In total, 12 participants representing 9 Dgroups partners joined the virtual meeting. The agenda of the …
New Dgroups introduction presentation available for download and use
Although most of the participants in the 2014 Dgroups Annual Partners Meeting were familiar with Dgroups, this short presentation by Sarah Cummings was a useful reminder of what Dgroups is and what it stands for: [slideshare id=42334155&doc=anintroductiontodgroups-141203222828-conversion-gate01] This presentation is available in a longer version as part of the material recently developed to support Dgroups …
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