A social media course in Samoa that will teach people to use internet tools, blog, and help them use social media for their jobs is due to start in late October.
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation EU-ACP (C.T.A), which works in agriculture and rural development in 78 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, is supporting the adoption of Web 2.0 applications and social media.
The Women in Business Development Inc., in collaboration with The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (S.P.C), the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (S.P.R.E.P), the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (M.A.F), the Pacific Environment Information Network (P.E.I.N) project, and C.T.A will host a 5-day Web 2.0 Learning Opportunity, on 27-31 October, 2014.
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The course will cover advanced online searching, getting information served via alerts and RSS, collaborating remotely using Google Drive, Dropbox, VoIP, online mapping and social networking.
Participants will get a chance to see what others have done, get hands-on experience on how to use innovative applications, and assess how they could adopt these innovations within the context of their work and organisation.
Participation in the Learning Opportunity is free of charge, but subject to acceptance by the organisers. 25 participants will be accepted for the event.
Participants must be computer literate and conversant with browsing the Internet; have regular access to a computer (ownership of a computer is an advantage); be in a position to take along a WIFI-enabled laptop to the training; be competent in the use of the English language; have an active e-mail account; be actively engaged in agriculture and rural development / natural resource management / biodiversity conservation in the domains of I.C.T for development (ICT4D), policies, markets; publishing, communication and media; and be resident in Samoa.
Accepted participants will be responsible for all costs related to their travel to and from the venue, at the S.P.R.E.P/P.E.I.N Library & Information Resource Centre, Apia, Samoa, accommodation, breakfast and supper, daily subsistence allowances, and for bringing their own WIFI-enabled laptop to the event.
During each event, the organisers will provide lunch and refreshments and distribute copies of C.T.A publications and instructional material.
If you are interested in applying, please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/wibdi-01 to complete the online form.
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