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Posted on July 20, 2011 in Center for Collaborative Technology, Civil Society Strengthening
Blog tags: Biblionet, Europe, librarians, recognition. e-government, Romania
Blog tags: Biblionet, Europe, librarians, recognition. e-government, Romania
A week prior to the Romania Digital Agenda conference, the Biblionet training manager feverishly called to tell me that the Vice President of the European Commission, Ms. Neelie Kroes, was going...
Posted on July 19, 2011 in Civil Society Strengthening, Youth
Blog tags: civil society, community, pride, Russia, service, youth
Blog tags: civil society, community, pride, Russia, service, youth
As a volunteer in Russia, I was frequently asked to speak to youth and educators about community service in the United States. Preparing for these presentations, I reflected on the well-accepted...
Posted on July 15, 2011 in Basic Education Development, Education, Youth
Blog tags: assessment, children, literacy, motivation, reading, reflection, school, Uganda
Blog tags: assessment, children, literacy, motivation, reading, reflection, school, Uganda
Two-dozen children welcome me into the school's library - a rare space in most Ugandan primary schools. But this is no ordinary school, and their headmistress, Olivia Muhumza, no ordinary...
Posted on July 12, 2011 in Youth
Blog tags: inspiration, Positive Youth Development, youth, youth for change
Blog tags: inspiration, Positive Youth Development, youth, youth for change
The extraordinary power of youth to change their own worlds and the world around them strikes me anew every day.I see this power manifest in diverse forms and settings – from the Russian...
Posted on July 7, 2011 in Center for Collaborative Technology, Civil Society Strengthening
Blog tags: development, ITC4D, libraries, philosophy, Romania, technology for development, Ukraine
Blog tags: development, ITC4D, libraries, philosophy, Romania, technology for development, Ukraine
IREX has been working with public access to information / telecenters for more than 15 years. In that time we’ve encountered many of the difficulties. How do the telecenters continue...
Posted on July 6, 2011 in Conflict Resolution, Gender
Blog tags: conflict mitigation, gender, health, somalia, violence, women
Blog tags: conflict mitigation, gender, health, somalia, violence, women
When the Thomson Reuters Foundation recently released the results of its poll on “The world’...
Posted on July 5, 2011 in Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Youth
Blog tags: civil society, peace, Philippines, technology, youth and conflict mitigation
Blog tags: civil society, peace, Philippines, technology, youth and conflict mitigation
I am writing from the Philippines, where I spent the past week meeting with representatives of the vibrant civil society sector to discuss the potential for programming related to youth and...
Posted on June 30, 2011 in Center for Collaborative Technology, Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Education, Research Support, Media Development, Youth
Blog tags: community leaders, donation, global understanding, ideas, IREX Founders Day, journalists, lasting change, policymakers, teachers
Blog tags: community leaders, donation, global understanding, ideas, IREX Founders Day, journalists, lasting change, policymakers, teachers
Forty-three years ago today, IREX was created to help advance exchanges, not just of people, but of ideas. As we celebrate IREX’s founding, we honor its original charge by continuing to...
Posted on June 30, 2011 in
Blog tags: 1968, committment, computers, history, international nonprofit, IREX Founders' Day, photos, technology
Blog tags: 1968, committment, computers, history, international nonprofit, IREX Founders' Day, photos, technology
“The only constant is change.” -- Heraclitus
On July 1, 1968, a new international nonprofit was created, IREX (the International Research & Exchanges Board). As we...
Posted on June 29, 2011 in Basic Education Development, Higher Education Development, International Education
Blog tags: culture, exchanges, international education, language, students, teachers, Technology in Education
Blog tags: culture, exchanges, international education, language, students, teachers, Technology in Education
Language transcends borders. That’s why I began studying Arabic six years ago. But when I met with female activists in a café in Fez yesterday, we used three (plus) languages to...
