End of Phase II Workshop

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Contents 1 Background to the Workshop 2 Workshop theme 3 Workshop location and date: 4 Workshop Objectives 5 Workshop agenda 6 Workshop Participants 7 Expected outcomes 8 Workshop documentation

Background to the Workshop

A second workshop for Harambee was not originally one of the planned activities for Phase II of the project. It arose from the decision by Hivos, one of Harambee’s funders, not to fund Phase II of the project. Since it was expected that Hivos funding would cover most Phase II activities, this meant that Phase II needed to be radically modified. Bellanet Africa and the Harambee Coordination Committee decided that it would be best to use the remaining funds for an output oriented activity, thus the workshop. With input from the Coordination Committee, Bellanet Africa developed a workshop proposal for submission to IDRC.

The main rationale for the workshop was the felt need to capture and consolidate the experiences and learnings from the implementation of the project. These experiences and learnings will be documented and disseminated for the benefit of knowledge sharing networks in Africa. There was also a felt need, by Bellanet Africa, to charter a way forward for the future of the project which has been fully reliant on donor funding.

Workshop theme

The theme of the workshop was: "A stop on the Harambee Safari: achievements, challenges, learnings and opportunities". Safari being a Swahili word meaning 'long journey', that aptly depicts the Harambee experience.

Workshop location and date:

Venue: Protea Hotel Kampala, Uganda

Date: 14-17th January 2008

Workshop Objectives

1. To consolidate learning from the Harambee partners
2. To feed the Harambee experience into the project research
3. To communicate the network stories
4. To map the future of Harambee

Workshop agenda

Day 1: Introductions and Digital Storytelling training(Part I)
Day 2: Digital Storytelling training(Part II)
Day 3: Network learning and Research Discussions
Day 4: Discussions on the future of Harambee and Wrap-up

Workshop Participants

The workshop brought together about 20 participants who included the following

1. Harambee Focus Network coordinators
2. Harambee Small Grants recipients
3. Harambee Coordination Committee
4. Other knowledge sharing networks in Africa
5. Resource persons
6. Researchers
7. Trainers (Digital Storytelling)

There were a limited number of places for network coordinators therefore interested persons had to fill out a workshop application form. As only a handful of Harambee network coodinators applied, all applicants were invited to the workshop.

See the original List of participants and Participant information guide for the workshop.

Expected outcomes

The following were the expectations of the Harambee Coordination Committee from the workshop:

1. Increased capacity of network coordinators in the use of technology to support knowledge sharing
2. Documentation of good and bad practices in the use of collaborative tools and processes for knowledge sharing in networks
3. Development of a conception of future potential of the Harambee Community

Participant Expectations were shared at the beginning of the workshop

Workshop documentation

Documentation of the workshop was done using several media:

• Wiki
• Blogs on the Harambee website
• Photos
• Video recordings
• Audio recordings (podcasts)