Nadia Manning-Thomas, Project leader of the ICT-KM Knowledge Sharing in Research Project, has recently been elected as a new member of the Young Professionals’ Platform for Agricultural Research for Development (YPARD).
The Young Professionals’ Platform for Agricultural Research (YPARD) was launched in November 2006 to serve as a global platform through which young professionals can express their ideas and realise their full potential towards a dynamic agricultural research for development.
I firmly believe agricultural research needs young, capable, motivated professionals, so I have been supporting the group by offering training opportunities, mentoring…..helping in any way we can.
Now we are trying to identify good candidates for their Steering Committee, to help guide this group of young professionals. Below is the call….
“The YPARD Steering Committee is looking for a new steering committee member. Are you interested to contribute actively to a growing YPARD and help steering the strategic development of YPARD? Help YPARD achieve its ambitious goals with your commitment as a new SC member!
We are pleased to announce that the Young Professionals’ Platform for Agricultural Research for Development (YPARD) and ICT-KM would like to sponsor three participants to the upcoming FAO-CGIAR Knowledge Sharing Workshop, a three-phased event that combines online and face-to-face interaction (download announcement). If you are under 40, working in Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) and are interested in exploring new ways of sharing knowledge with your teams, partners, and stakeholders, then don’t hesitate to apply to this call.
The YPARD sponsorship covers your travel expenditures (ticket) and venue costs. The ICT-KM sponsorship covers the registration fee.
Please indicate your full name, contact information, the organization you work for and your current responsibilities.
Why and how do you think that your participation in this workshop could be beneficial for your work?
In what way do you feel you can contribute to this workshop?
How do you plan to share your learnings and the outcomes of the workshop with the wider YPARD initiative, FAO, the CGIAR, and your team members, or partners?
A group of 3 (YPARD, ICT-KM, and FAO staff) will be reviewing your replies and select the winning candidates. We hope to hear from many of you soon.