Development

SOHITCOM's presentation at the Workshop on Mobile Science: Sensing, Computing and Dissemination at the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.

The Royal Scientific Society (RSS) launched the SOHITCOM project on Monday 7 March 2011 in Amman, Jordan.

The Syria Trust for Development "I Can, We Can" project, in collaboration with IDRC, is organizing a practical workshop on the open source crowdsourced mapping platform "Ushahidi" in Damascus on Sunday 20 February 2011.

Join us as we discuss the impact of Ushahidi on development, and learn first-hand from Ushahidi's experts how to implement, modify and maintain Ushahidi. This will be a full day workshop, and will start at 9:00 AM.

The solar power generation project for the village school at Rasm Al Sawan is currently operating. The project provides electricity to operate two PCs and one LCD screen in the school, as well as lighting for the classrooms and the teachers' room.

The project idea was conceived, developed and implemented by the beneficiaries of the "I Can, We Can" project in the city of Homs, Syria.

Participants in the "I Can, We Can" are embarking on a project to design, raise funds for, build and implement renewable energy resources for schools in deprived rural communities in Syria. The project team has successfully raised the required funds to provide solar power electricity to a school in a village of 300 residents. The school teaches 30 students, and has been operating without electricity since its establishment. Upon project completion, a computer with an LCD screen will be installed in the school.

The project team is also cooperating with several other stakeholders to ensure the successful implementation of the project, including the Syrian Scientific Society, the Department of Education and the Public Company for Electricity.

SOHITCOM's project team is contributing to the World Health Organization’s First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research that will be held in Montreux – Switzerland from 16-19 November 2010.

The event will be an opportunity to share the project findings and showcase its products to the global ICT in health community.

Full information is available on event's website.

SOHITCOM will present its project and research findings at the Workshop on Mobile Science: Sensing, Computing and Dissemination at the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy from 2-5 November 2010.

Full information on the event's website.

The Youth Leadership Development Foundation (YLDF) celebrated the International Youth Day 2010 by organizing an open day for its activities in Sana'a on Thursday 26th of August. During the day, which was attended by nearly 200 visitors, participants in YLDF's different activities demonstrated their innovations and initiatives, and discussed with the public the latest developments in the technology world.

The young beneficiaries of the "I Can, We Can" project embarked on an initiatives to teach technology and basic computer skills to their families and neighbors in the local community. Preparations are currently being performed for the initiatives, in which participants will prepare training materials, conduct outreach activities to recruit trainees, and document and evaluate the work. The following photos were taken at the preparation workshop held by the beneficiaries and the project team in Lattakia on August 3, 2010.

As part of its capacity building efforts for research partners in the region, the ICT4D-ME project organised a training workshop on Outcome Mapping in Beirut, Lebanon from 28 June - 1 July 2010. The workshop was attended by researchers and monitoring and evaluation specialists from partner organisations. During the workshop, participants worked together to develop and refine their evaluation plans and explore effective ways to use their monitoring and evaluation journals in disseminating their research findings and crafting impactful policy briefs.