twinning against AIDS Survey Response - 9 to 9.1
Section 9 to 9.1
9. Respondents perception of the role that the Internet based ICTs can play in advancing twinning processes and the kinds of things that can be enabled using ICTs:
Selected comments:
Yes, but not all of us have access
A web site can be difficult to integrate into the workplace
In Africa we have a problem with Internet access but we still need to train future users
This would be cost effective in that it is a cheap comparatively and faster method which can get many people from different parts of the world connected and sharing information
It could act as a data base
There are already many sites out there and we need to avoid duplicating efforts
To me it appears excellent because the costs would be low and we would receive a lot of help through this medium
Not all of our organisations have financial support to buy computes
What has been lacking in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe is the lack of information exchange. There was a proliferation of ASOs all of which were duplicating activities and some of which were not appropriate as evidenced by lack of impact (only 20% change). Such a facility would enable stakeholders to check their activities and conduct some kind of self audit.
There are already innumerable websites. it would depend on how a website for twinning would be defined
Particularly if it listed organisations or websites to go to for specific information or materials.
Maybe -- my experience with websites is they sound better in theory than they turn out to be in practice
It is an effective and useful tool not broadly used in Latin countries due to the high costs
The problem of access for resource poor areas has to be addressed
It should complement not replace personal exchange
But not if it is fancy and expensive to download. Email is much more accessible than WebPages. Ideally you would have the ease of access of email
9.1 Respondents ranking of various elements that could be included on a web site to facilitate twinning partnerships and selected other ideas:
| Peer review of projects, publications, training, materials, courses, strategies, evaluations, methods etc. | |||||
| 1. Lowest | 2 (6%) | 2 (1%) | |||
| 2. | 2 (6%) | 2 (1%) | |||
| 3. | 4 (14%) | 4 (20%) | 6 (18%) | 14 (11%) | |
| 4. | 11 (24%) | 3 (10%) | 4 (20%) | 6 (18%) | 24 (19%) |
| 5. Highest | 34 (75%) | 21 (75%) | 12 (60%) | 15 (51%) | 84 (66%) |
| Sharing and reviewing organisational plans, programmes, and evaluations | |||||
| 1.Lowest | |||||
| 2. | |||||
| 3. | 1 (2%) | 4 (14%) | 1 (5%) | 11 (33%) | 17 (13%) |
| 4. | 9 (20%) | 8 (29%) | 6 (33%) | 6 (18%) | 29 (23%) |
| 5. Highest | 35 (77%) | 15 (55%) | 11 (61%) | 16 (48%) | 77 (62%) |
| On-line mentorship or supervision | |||||
| 1.Lowest | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (1%) | ||
| 1.Lowest | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (1%) | ||
| 2. | 1 (3%) | 2 (11%) | 3 (9%) | 6 (4%) | |
| 3. | 9 (20%) | 7 (25%) | 5 (27%) | 7 (21%) | 28 (22%) |
| 4. | 19 (42%) | 10 (35%) | 3 (16%) | 10 (30%) | 42 (33%) |
| 5. Highest | 17 (37%) | 9 (32%) | 8 (44%) | 12 (36%) | 46 (37%) |
| A ‘dating service” where needs and resources are profiled and matched | |||||
| 1. Lowest | 1 (3%) | 1 (-%) | |||
| 2. | 1 (3%) | 2 (6%) | 3 (2%) | ||
| 3. | 6 (14%) | 8 (28%) | 3 (15%) | 6 (18%) | 23 (19%) |
| 4. | 17 (40%) | 8 (28%) | 7 (36%) | 9 (28%) | 41 (33%) |
| 5. Highest | 19 (45%) | 10 (35%) | 9 (47%) | 15 (46%) | 53 (43%) |
| Working with documents on-line between 2 or more organisations | |||||
| 1. Lowest | 1 (2%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (6%) | 4 (3%) | |
| 2. | 3 (6%) | 1 (3%) | 4 (12%) | 8 (6%) | |
| 3. | 7 (16%) | 7 (25%) | 5 (26%) | 6 (18%) | 25 (20%) |
| 4. | 12 (28%) | 7 (25%) | 6 (31%) | 11 (33%) | 36 (29%) |
| 5. Highest | 20 (46%) | 12 (42%) | 8 (42%) | 10 (30%) | 50 (40%) |
| A central global calendar of training courses, conferences, workshops, university programmes | |||||
| 1. Lowest | 1 (3%) | 1 (-%) | |||
| 2. | 2 (4%) | 2 (7%) | 4 (3%) | ||
| 3. | 7 (15%) | 5 (17%) | 5 (25%) | 6 (18%) | 23 (18%) |
| 4. | 8 (18%) | 5 (17%) | 6 (30%) | 5 (15%) | 24 (19%) |
| 5. Highest | 27 (61%) | 16 (57%) | 9 (45%) | 21 (63%) | 73 (58%) |
| A place where Twinning partnership experiences can be shared and reviewed | |||||
| 1. Lowest | 1 (3%) | 1 (-%) | |||
| 2. | 2 (7%) | 1 (3%) | 3 (2%) | ||
| 3. | 2 (4%) | 1 (3%) | 3 (15%) | 6 (18%) | 12 (9%) |
| 5. Highest | 30 (69%) | 17 (60%) | 10 (52%) | 12 (36%) | 69 (56%) |
| An on-line Twinning partnership discussion forum | |||||
| 1. Lowest | 1 (3%) | 1 (-%) | |||
| 2. | 4 (9%) | 2 (7%) | 2 (6%) | 8 (6%) | |
| 3. | 3 (6%) | 5 (17%) | 1 (5%) | 7 (21%) | 16 (13%) |
| 4. | 12 (27%) | 4 (14%) | 11 (61%) | 10 (31%) | 37 (30%) |
| 5. Highest | 25 (56%) | 17 (60%) | 6 (33%) | 12 (37%) | 60 (49%) |
| An on-line regular electronic newsletter profiling such things as particular Twinning partnership experiences, organisational needs, available resources, special calls for assistance etc | |||||
| 1. Lowest | 1 (2%) | 1 (-%) | |||
| 3. | 3 (6%) | 4 (14%) | 3 (15%) | 6 (18%) | 16 (13%) |
| 4. | 12 (27%) | 7 (25%) | 3 (15%) | 10 (31%) | 32 (26%) |
| 5. Highest | 26 (60%) | 15 (53%) | 13 (68%) | 14 (43%) | 68 (55%) |
Respondents who scored each section high – 4 or 5
| Africa | Asia and Pacific | Latin America | Europe and North America | Overall | |
| Peer review of projects,. Publications, training materials, courses, strategies, evaluations, methods etc. | |||||
| 45 (99%) | 24 (85%) | 16 (80%) | 21 (69%) | 108 (85%) | |
| Sharing and reviewing organisational plans, programmes, and evaluations | |||||
| 44 (97%) | 23 (84%) | 17 (94%) | 24 (66%) | 106 (85%) | |
| On-line mentorship or supervisionM | |||||
| 36 (79%) | 19 (67%) | 11 (60%) | 22 (66%) | 88 (70%) | |
| A ‘dating service' where needs and resources are profiled and matched | |||||
| 36 (85%) | 18 (63%) | 16 (83%) | 24 (74%) | 94 (76%) | |
| Working with documents on-line between 2 or more organisations | |||||
| 32 (72%) | 19 (67%) | 14 (73%) | 21 (63%) | 86 (69%) | |
| A place where Twinning parntnership experiences can be shared and reviewed | |||||
| 41 (94%) | 24 (85%) | 16 (84%) | 26 (78%) | 107 (86%) | |
| An on-line Twinning partnership discussion forum | |||||
| 37 (83%) | 21 (74%) | 17 (94%) | 22 (68%) | 97 (79%) | |
| An on-line regular electronic newsletter profiling such things as particular Twinning partnership experiences, organisational needs, available resources, special calls for assistance etc | |||||
| 36 (87%) | 22 (78%) | 16 (88%) | 24 (74%) | 100 (81%) |
Selected other ideas:
A listing of agencies according to their areas of work i.e. advocacy
Database -- where to go for specific HIV/AIDS topics
Peer exchanges amongst the affected where those with innovative ideas help others
I fear the balance between face2face and distance processes risks being upset. the ICT-based approaches need to support the former
Bulletin board for information requests from organisations
On line counselling courses
Downloadable educational materials
Facilitation in filling staffing needs – who could help with what a particular organisation needs
Lecture and conference material to be downloaded and use in local conditions
Actual research on aids
Youth newsletter
Networks already established should be used to provide constant information about the web site
Resources for helping with project evaluation
Statistical country-based information on HIV/AIDS
Information on living positively with HIV
Development of educational material
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