International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Knowledge Management and Information Services (KMIS) and Public Awareness (PA) teams were heavily involved in organizing, facilitating, documenting and reporting about the recent Livestock Exchange (or LivestockX) event held on 9 and 10 November 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event, which was hosted by the ILRI Board of Trustees, had 130 … Continue reading
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ILRI ‘communications’ at the 3rd International Forum for Water and Food – Research gets social
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) and the Challenge Programme for Water and Food (CPWF) organized with much success the third International Forum for Water and Food, from 14 to 17 November 2011 in Thswane, South Africa. The Addis Ababa Knowledge Management and Information Services … Continue reading
Ewen Le Borgne joins ILRI as Knowledge Sharing and Communication Specialist
Today, Ewen Le Borgne officially joined the KMIS team, based in Addis Ababa. Ewen will lead a range of activities around knowledge sharing/management, learning, event facilitation, communication and monitoring & evaluation. He believes that development is “all about empowerment and that learning is essential to empowerment because it gives the means to continually improve one’s … Continue reading
Continuous communications learning opportunities for ILRI campus staff
In ILRI we have loads of research outputs and also lots of knowledge and valuable ideas are produced through our big events and workshops. Together with ILRI Public Awareness, ILRI’s Knowledge Management and Information Services (KMIS) aims to support knowledge sharing and communication activities in ILRI. KMIS helps to capture the knowledge, documenting and sharing … Continue reading
Liya Dejene joins ILRI Knowledge Management team
Liya Dejene has joined Knowledge Management and Information Services as Web Communications Assistant starting December 3, 2010. Liya has BSc in Information Systems from Addis Ababa University in 2007. Continue reading
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ILRI pool of freelance editors, translators, and communication experts
Looking for some editorial assistance? We have set up an ILRI pool of editorial and other communication experts from around the world. The list has sections for English-language editors/proofreaders, scientific journalists, design and layout experts, film and multimedia experts, full-service communication experts and translators. Of course, you can also call on ILRI’s own editorial, graphics, … Continue reading
Sharing Africa’s agricultural and rural development knowledge
In October, ILRI will join many partners to host a ‘share fair’ on the Addis Ababa campus. The event will share and showcase the ways agricultural and rural knowledge in and of Africa is created, shared, communicated, and put to use. We expect some 250 participants from across Africa, and from partners like FAO, IFAD, … Continue reading
Nadia Manning-Thomas joins ILRI
So, many of you will have seen a change in my work arrangements recently and started to see me in the KMIS division of ILRI. My name is appearing on emails, programs and documents and I have been participating in ILRI events (e.g APM)– and you may be wondering about it (and about me). Well … Continue reading
Peter Ballantyne on board and leading the Knowledge Management and Information Services team
On 1 September 2011, Peter Ballantyne officially joined ILRI as the KMIS Manager and will lead the teams in Nairobi and Addis from his office in the ILRI Addis campus. One of the first things Peter did on arrival in Addis was to encourage all the KMIS teams to join others on the Yammer communication … Continue reading
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