SCD and Intercooperation have commissioned a study called Experiences with communities of practice in India , an important resource published in december 2005. It is a good study looking at exisiting CoPs in the development sector in India. A wide variety of groups and networks were studied, like a farmers group producing a journal, an exchange programme, a listserv and email discussion group, and information sharing The important features of the groups has been the leadership provided by a few individuals or organisations with the energy and time to contribute, not only with regard to initiation, but also for continuation.

That may be OK for other countries, which have “intellectual propertized” their knowledge and hold the balance of power in IP Rights, but not for India which has had a long, rich tradition of free knowledge cultures like yoga, ayurveda, mathematics and many other disciplines. It would not be far-fetched to say that many Indian traditions place a moral imperative on sharing knowledge. When we look back on our times, we may find that the term, “Intellectual Property” has taken its place along side another archaic term, “Horseless Carriage.” 8221;

The list is longer than I thought: Community of ICT4D trainers ILO/CIARIS experiences in lusophone Africa Communities of practice in India CoP in Ghana Tech forum in Kumasi, Ghana The community empowerment network in Central Asia Ayuda Urbana, a cop on urban development in Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean Communities of practice at CARE International E-collaboration amongst Dutch development organisations Thailand Community of practice on e-government UNDP's experiences in India UNDP's knowledge networks 5 examples from Latin America Obstacles to knowledge

More particular, the Greenhouse Development Rights framework lays out an effort-sharing framework that is based upon a straightforward accounting of national responsibility and capacity, an accounting that takes explicit care to define both responsibility and capacity with respect to a “development threshold” that excuses the poor, wherever they may live, from any responsibility to bear the burdens of the climate transition. The above is the shortest explanation of the Greenhouse Development Rights framework proposed by EcoEquity, an approach to climate change that takes into account

UM’s latest “Power to the People” survey - the largest global analysis of social media usage to date - has revealed dramatic changes in the way that consumers are using the internet to create and share their thoughts,pictures and videos. Wave 4 of UM’s research into the facts behind the hype of social media reveals that social networks are becoming the dominant platform for content creation and content sharing. You can download the full report here. After four surveys of active internet users—those who use the internet every day or every other day—showingimpressive growth for all types

An emissions-trading system based on “benefit-sharing” would offer enormous opportunities to developing countries and provide the key to a new low-carbon global order. The Copenhagen targets should not be portrayed as sheer austerity measures, but rather as a chance for benefit-sharing and for the long overdue entry into a climate-friendly global society. 8230; by reframing climate These are excerpts from a quite technical and complex essay and proposal, but relevant to commons-oriented policy-making. The essay: Claus Leggewie.

So we were quite intrigued to hear about Semanti, a browser add-on that automatically shares things you bookmark with your Facebook friends. Currently, we can share individual links on Facebook. Semanti will take this one step further and instead of bookmarking in Delicious (for example) in isolation or posting separate links to Facebook, you can share your bookmarked links with your Facebook friends straight away.  Here we go: 1.

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Most sites support the maintenance of pre-existing social networks, but others help strangers connect based on shared interests, political views, or activities. Some sites cater to diverse audiences, while others attract people based on common language or shared racial, sexual, religious, or nationality-based identities. Sites also vary in the extent to which they incorporate new information and communication tools, JCMC Home Submit Issues Author Index Editors About JCMC boyd, d. m., &

wikirage1 :  The Indian  Agricultural Research  Institute (IARI) is the institute for advanced education in agriculture in India.  [link] Can a community or a network emerge around a shared tweeting topic like it can around a social bookmarking tag ? The folks over at BrandonHall, the learning folks who blog lots of interesting links, pointed out a value of Twitter that not all of us may have seen yet. Twitter as a search engine.