Skills Development in Rural Areas A debate among practitionners, policy makers, programm designers, ..... How this effort is organized

To join the debate click on this Plugin-Icon Request an ID and Password to contribute Home Objectives How to use Instantteam Rules for discussing Status of synthesis How this effort is organized Profiles of participants, and their checkrealities Downloadable documents Contac

The internet-environment: There are two distinct environments that are closely related: a) This Website here, on which you are right now. This is where all the information is for orienting ourselves, to archive important information and plans, etc. It is a useful place to come when you have been away for a while and need to catch up on what has happened. The website is not interactive, ie. it is not used for discussing. The website is also open for anybody from anywhere who surfs here. b) The General InstantTeam discussion forum This is where we interact in the debate. The plugin at the top of the bar on the left takes you straight there. The english global debate happens there. Each entry sent in by anybody via Email or entered directly online is archived there. It is also "threaded" in order to see who responds to what. The debate is only accessible with a User ID and a Password. For getting this you need to request to be able to join the debate (see contact ). For details how to discuss refer to Rules for discussing.  c) Regional groups with own InstantTeam discussion forum These groups operate their own platform to exchange in their regional group. Active groups are listed on Home. The groups can be accessed by everybody using ID "guest" and Password "readonly". The working structure: The exchange is moderated on-line by Ueli Scheuermeier of Agridea. The online-platform is available for all members to post questions, provide ideas, tell about experiences, etc. When an issue or specific topic is suggested by some participants for debate, a cycle of debate is launched A cycle starts with an inner circle of participants who acitvely debate the issues, while those in the outer circle watch. This is followed by a pause during which a synthesis of the debate is made by those who initiated it. The synthesis is then finally commented by all participants in order to achieve consensus. Then the platform is open again for all kinds of questions, ideas and experiences until another issue is proposed. Sub-groups can work at the regional level. They may be discussing in either Spanish or French instead of English. However, their findings are posted here on this main platform (see "Status of synthesis")