Dear GKD Members, Kabissa has launched a new Web site for our TIME TO GET ONLINE project. TIME TO GET ONLINE is an Internet capacity-building project for West African civil society organizations that that was launched in November 2002. Initially, we targeted organizations in West Africa whose main agenda concerns human rights, freedom of information, responsive government and democratization. A set of self-learning materials has been developed to help civil society activists and organizers to get online and to integrate the Internet into their organizations. The materials can be used as both a self-taught curriculum and as a reference guide for users with varying levels of Internet experience and expertise. The materials are available for download for African civil society organizations. Local workshops serve as a supplement to the learning materials and give organizations the opportunity for hands-on learning.
To date, Kabissa has completed the pilot phase of this project, which involved the development of pilot versions of the learning materials and a first round of workshops. These workshops were conducted in Lagos, Nigeria with over 35 civil society organizations and in collaboration with Nigerianet and Media Rights Agenda. Future phases of the project will include further improvements to the materials and workshops throughout West Africa. We plan to replicate the project in other regions and with a wider range of African civil society organizations. You are invited to visit <http://www.ttgo.kabissa.org> or write to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to learn more about the TIME TO GET ONLINE project and to get your own copy of the TIME TO GET ONLINE self-learning materials. You can pre-order print and cd-rom copies as well as download the entire book in electronic Adobe PDF format. Photos of the February workshops can also be accessed through the Web site. Enjoy! Best wishes, Tobias Eigen Executive Director -- Kabissa - space for change in Africa http://www.kabissa.org _______________________________________________ Kabissa-News mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.kabissa.org/mailman/listinfo/kabissa-news ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
