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Anir Chowdhury

Anir Chowdhury, D.Net Governing Body Member, is the Policy Advisor of UNDP-supported Access to Information Program, Prime Minister's Office and coordinates policy formulation and nationwide implementation of e-governance and e-service delivery. He is a member of the Prime Minister’s National Digital Task Force, Education Minister's National ICT in Education Task Force, and ... (more)

Daan Boom

Daan Boom is Programme Manager of Integrated Knowledge Management at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), headquartered in Kathmandu, Nepal. In this position Daan oversees the coordination and integration of the knowledge value proposition of the Centre including networking and capacity building for knowledge development with various selected partners... (more)

 

                                 

Bangladesh Conference on improving research infrastructures with social media

 

On 24 and 25 February 2011 the Danish Development Research Network (DDRN), the Focuss.Info Initiative, the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) together with the Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication (BNNRC) and Development Network (D.Net) organised the Bangladesh Conference on improving research infrastructures with social media. 

Through hands-on exercises 56 participants were being introduced to tools to present themselves, through which they could find experts and share knowledge. As a result, the Bangladesh Conference managed to strengthen social media skills of students, researchers, policy-makers and individual practitioners in the field of global development studies and research.

If you want to learn more about what happened during these 2 days of conferecing, you can read the following documentation: 

 

The participants of the Bangladesh Conference during the 2nd day  

 

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