Antonella Pastore | ICT-KM of the CGIAR

Second Global Knowledge Share Fair 2011: submit a proposal

Posted by Antonella Pastore in ICT-KM Program, Knowledge Sharing on 27 May 2011 | No Comments

The Second Global Knowledge Share Fair will be held from 27-29 September 2011 at IFAD headquarters in Rome, Italy. Building on the success of the First Global Knowledge Share Fair, this three-day event provides a forum for participants to learn and share their knowledge, experience and innovations on...

Selecting a CMS: how not to get distracted in a potential religious war

Posted by Antonella Pastore in ICT Developments, ICT-KM Program on 29 March 2011 | 10 Comments

Recently, choosing a content management systems (CMS) has become a hot topic among the CGIAR digerati. Discussions on Sharepoint vs Drupal, Drupal vs WordPress, custom-built solutions vs Joomla are blossoming in online spaces, like flower buds in the warm springtime sun. We at ICT-KM are frequently...

Seeds and climate change: two stories from India

Posted by Antonella Pastore in ICT-KM Program on 23 February 2011 | No Comments

Ever wondered what seeds and genebanks have to do with climate change? Looking for a good story of agricultural research impact on food security in layman’s terms? Our social media agitator Peter Casier posted two great stories with interviews on the blog of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate...

CGIAR Ongoing Research: Ready to Travel

Posted by Antonella Pastore in CG-Map, Featured Articles on 1 December 2010 | No Comments

CGIAR Ongoing Research is now online with a brand new design and new pathways to help you find, promote and reuse project information across the CGIAR. Thanks to the many contributors, anyone interested in the work of the CGIAR can find out who is doing what, where and with whom across the CGIAR at...

Impact of ICT-KM social media efforts: an interview at Web2forDev

Posted by Antonella Pastore in CGXchange, ICT-KM Program, Social Media on 1 November 2010 | No Comments

Last summer, Simone Staiger and I were contacted by Christian Kreutz who contributes to Web2forDev to answer some questions on the impact of social media in the CGIAR. We felt that it was a great opportunity to reflect on our work. Christian’s questions guided us to synthesize some interesting...

It’s all about the people: please meet the CGIAR Ongoing Research Map focal points

Posted by Antonella Pastore in CG-Map, ICT-KM Program on 22 October 2010 | No Comments

This week during the AgKnowledge Africa Share Fair in Addis, a quite secretive group of people was wandering around the ILRI Campus. While at the Fair everything was open to all and people could walk around and participate in learning pathways, focus groups and lively sessions, what was a small group...

CGMap and Ongoing Research: what’s up with projects in the CGIAR – Part 2 of 2

Posted by Antonella Pastore in CG-Map, ICT-KM Program on 7 June 2010 | 3 Comments

Those of you who are more familiar with our work know – hopefully – that we at ICT-KM manage two project information systems for the CGIAR: CGMap and Ongoing Research. See previous post in this 2-part series for the story behind CGMap, and this one for background on Ongoing Research. Along the...

M-agriculture: mobile devices and their role in transforming communication

Posted by Antonella Pastore in ICT Developments on 4 June 2010 | 4 Comments

Many are surprised by the rapid emergence of mobile telephony and generally connected populations across the globe thanks to mobile devices. There are so many possible applications arising, but as usual the challenge is in understanding what is the right place and role of the technology in social,...

CGMap and Ongoing Research: what’s up with projects in the CGIAR – Part 1 of 2

Posted by Antonella Pastore in CG-Map, ICT-KM Program on 31 May 2010 | 1 Comment

If I had to wish something bad to my worst enemy, I’d wish they get caught in the definition of project as an information object. I’d get rid of them in a snap, sending them astray into a maze of definitions, schemas, standards or lack thereof. Why so cynical, you may ask… well,...

Fotos de la Feria del Conocimiento

Posted by Antonella Pastore in Feria del Conocimiento Cali on 26 May 2010 | No Comments