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NDLink improves development cooperation with 20 Niger Delta CSOs
Participants on the Akvo RSR training workshop held at PIND's Port Harcourt EDC office, learn how to upload and update project information and perform simple video interviews. Photos taken by PIND's Media Hub.
On September 3rd, NDLink held it's first face-to-face event -- training 20 local CSOs (with 40 participants present) on how to use the Akvo RSR tool to better document and track progress on their donor-sponsored projects in the region. When Akvo's partnership with PIND began in July 2014, NDLink was just a few months old. Our NDProjects page contained a wealth of data, about more than 1,000 projects taking place in the region, but people were not using the information. Members found the quantity and the unintuitive format of the information, as it was presented then, intimidating. What was needed was a better way to help the growing NDLink community easily access information to make better decisions around grants and development projects in their local communities. We identified Akvo RSR as a good solution to make the information more accessible and to keep it perpetually up to date.
Akvo is helping PIND bring around 1,000 projects online on the NDLink platform using Akvo RSR, and training PIND staff and partners on how to maintain their projects online and post updates. We are working with local organizations to help them understand the benefits to the region of opening up their information and sharing it in an effective and accessible way. This is a complex and lengthy process that involves collecting project information in the Akvo RSR format and adding it to the RSR database, as well as supporting partners to develop a culture of openness.
Click on the image above to see more photos from the training!
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Generating Economic Development through Infrastructure Investment in the Niger Delta
Washington, DC | October 28, 2015
Next week in Washington, DC, NDPI and PIND will host the second NDDF in DC that will bring together a select group of investors, transport and power experts, development finance institutions and government representations to discuss practical recommendations for infrastructure projects in the Niger Delta that take advantage of the vast investment opportunities that exist today. Due to limited seating, participation in this event is by invitation only.
Confirmed speakers are: Mamadou Beye (Chevron Corporation), Ousmane Dore (African Development Bank), Dennis Flemming (NDPI Foundation), Andrew Fawthrop (Mid Africa Strategic Business Unit), Zach Kaplan (DAI Ventures), Elizabeth Littlefield (Overseas Private Investment Corporation), and Kunle Oyinloye (Bank of Infrastructure Nigeria), just to name a few.
Collaborative Efforts For Stimulating Investments and Inclusive Economic Growth in the Niger Delta
Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria | November 17-18, 2015
Expanding and continuing the conversation on investments and economic growth for the region, NDDF Asaba will seek to leverage on that tradition of value-added space where interested and committed development actors convene to take actions to promote growth while seizing the huge opportunity to influence the development agenda for the region. Unlike the previous Forums for 2015, NDDF Asaba will be conducted over two days with focused leading presentation papers on select topic areas.
The Forum will be keynoted by Professor Patrick Utomi with confirmed participation from several Niger Delta state governments, including the host state, Delta. Due to limited seating, participation in this event is by invitation only.
For up-to-date information on NDDF, kindly visit the Forum website to learn more.
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