AYF-News> Bridging policy and Education - On-line discussion

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In June 2001 when we started the AYF mailing list, our aim was to be able to
reach about 200 interested participants, who could discuss development
issues in Africa by the end of the year. The group has been quite active and
we
are very glad to announce that, we achieved this measure in a matter of four
months. As at mid October 2001, the AYF mailing list had more than 200
subscribers. Thank you all for your participation.

Our next move toward the direction of the way ahead of us, is an on-line
discussion which we are launching to explore new work on the topic of IT
Training and development education for the youth in Africa. The purpose of
this
on-line discussion is to gather broad-based participation in the development
of a
proposal to fund projects in this area.  

The on-line discussion will last for six weeks starting from 29 October
2001, and will be conducted in three segments. During the first two sessions
(each ten days in length) the link between IT training and its impact in
Africa
will be explored. At the end of each session, a summary of the discussion
will
be posted. There will be a one-week pause (If necessary) while the
moderators prepare a draft project proposal. The final session will be
dedicated to a
discussion of the Employment proposal. The proposal, revised in light of the
previous week's discussion and other material, will be presented for further
consideration at the Second International Conference to be held in Bonn,
Germany from 4 ? 6 June, 2001. From this debate a final agenda will be
determined. For more information on the discussion view the AYF Symposium
Report
available at:

http://www.ayf.de/symposium_english.html

The URL for the discussion Board is: www.ayf.de/forum

Should anyone object posting comments on the board, kindly send the comments
per email to:ayf@xxxxxxx or jansen@xxxxxx

Counting on your cooperation

With Kind Regards

Vincent Onyango
Programme Coordinator

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