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2.1.3 Workshop objectives and Presentation of CTA – Ms Christine Webster, Deputy Manager, Planning and Strategic Services, CTA The presentation noted that the workshop was a follow up to the needs assessment studies that were conducted and aimed at understanding the local situation and hence the strategy was to use and work with local consultants who had a better appreciation of the conditions on the ground. Workshop Objectives These were outlined as follows: 1. Decision-makers sensitised and made more aware of the value and importance of effective and efficient ICM 2. Confident and better skilled workshop participants able and willing to commit to the development of ICM policies and plans within their own institution and in partnership with others using appropriate ICM tools 3. Networking and collaboration among participating institutions enhanced The workshop is direct response to an identified priority in Southern Africa for assistance with ICM policy and strategy development Mandate of CTA CTA’s mandate is “…helping agricultural and rural development organisations in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific to develop information and communication management (ICM) policies and programmes to reduce poverty, promote sustainable food security, preserve the natural resource base Objectives of CTA • To improve availability of and access to appropriate information for ACP agricultural and rural development • To improve information and communication (ICM) capacity of ACP agricultural and rural development organisations The main beneficiaries of the programme are farmers and agricultural and rural development organisations that benefit from the use of the following products and services: • CTA’s corporate website; and • Web portals such as: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) update; Knowledge for Development (K4D); Anancy – the virtual library with 13,000 documents • Print and electronic publications such as Spore, Agritrade and co-publications; • Rural radio and GSM networks, • Participatory Spatial Information Management and Communication (PGIS) projects, • Support to attend CTA and non-CTA training and capacity building courses, • Support to attend (co-)seminars and study visits, • Question and Answer Service (QAS) AS, SDI, CDROM databases, LANTEEAL. CTA provides technical assistance to ACP organisations for the preparation, implementation and monitoring of projects; the development of ICM strategies, products and services; and for IT use and human resources development. CTA also has offers an internship and has a young professional development programme. 6 | P age
3. Setting the Stage 3.1 Why do an ICM strategy? – Mr. Peter Walton, Agricultural Information Specialist Why do an ICM strategy? This is in recognition of the following realities: • Change in information management environment; • Change in information technology management (technological changes, access to information changes, interconnectedness, storage, processing, acquisition techniques changes); • Different information needs; • New kids on the block (NGOs, CBOs, are all part of the information landscape); • Change of audiences. How do we respond to these changes? Three options exist: • Maintain the status quo. • Do what you know best. • Do something about it. There is need to do something about it. In most Ministries of Agriculture, objectives often mentioned are information access and information dissemination. Information management is hardly mentioned which is about access, dissemination, organisation management of information-related activities and knowledge assets. Strategic significance of information • It helps you to know what to do and how to do it. • It helps in good decision-making. Information strategy • Directs priorities • Is a shared vision • Assists define relationships, information-related activities in planning, managing, and evaluation. This presentation highlighted that in relation to governments, policy comes first whereas in relation to organisations, strategy comes first. Polices are operational procedures. An information strategy normally: • Sets broader objectives of the organisation; • Sets how information activities will achieve broader objectives of management, how they relate to each other. Information Strategy for Agricultural Development Strategies are dangerous. They are based on predictions but changes are bound to occur in the course of a strategy’s life. There is increasing complexity of converging technologies. There is too much information and too many users and hence we tend to use specialists to provide the information for us. We need to set priorities in order to concentrate on priorities. 7 | P age
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