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Generating, Publishing, and Applying Knowledge for Development

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What is the role of information in achieving development aims, and how is knowledge generated, disseminated, and used? Where do you go to find information, and what is the role of the researcher, the publisher, the librarian, and the NGO? 'Generating, Publishing, and Applying Knowledge for Development' examines the information continuum, from creation to application.

1. Information, power, and advocacy, Shehnilla Mohamed, South Africa Programme Director, Oxfam GB
2. The Generation of Knowledge, Ineke Buskens, GRACE, and Heloise Emdon, IDRC
3. Publishing: shaping and disseminating information, Brian Warafarowa, New Africa Books and Chair of APNET, and Akoss Ofori-Mensah, Founder and Managing Director of Sub-Saharan Publishers
4. The role of government, of national library services and of community libraries in selecting and disseminating information, Gray Nyali, National Librarian, Malawi, and Elisabeth Anderson, Centre for the Book, Cape Town
5. NGOs, resource centres, and information, Lumba Sianga, Women for Change, Lusaka, Zambia, and Dr Andre Kraak, Human Science Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
6. Plenary/Questions, Denis Beckett, Journalist and Writer, Johannesburg

1. Information, power, and advocacy

Shehnilla Mohamed, South Africa Programme Director, Oxfam GB

Shehnilla Mohamed sets out a framework and discusses the importance of having the right information in advocating for change.

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2. The Generation of Knowledge

Ineke Buskens (speaker), GRACE / Research for the Future, and Heloise Emdon (respondent), IDRC

Where does information come from and who can be a researcher? This session addresses this question, with a focus on participatory research approaches and knowledge construction.

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3. Publishing: shaping and disseminating information

Brian Warafarowa (speaker), New Africa Books and Chair of APNET, and Akoss Ofori-Mensah (respondent), Founder and Managing Director of Sub-Saharan Publisher

This session explores the role of the publisher as an agent for change. Both speakers are established members of APNET and bring experience and insight from across Africa.

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4. The role of government, of national library services and of community libraries in selecting and disseminating information

Gray Nyaliv (speaker), National Librarian, Malawi, and Elisabeth Anderson (respondent), Centre for the Book

This session focusses on how traditional national and public library systems and services can be developed to serve as community resources and libraries, supporting community change and development while not loosing their national cultural role.

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NGOs, resource centres, and information

Lumba Sianga (speaker), Women for Change, and Dr Andre Kraak (respondent), Human Science Research Council

A case study from Zambia. NGOs/CSOs as knowledge creators, knowledge brokers and knowledge users, focusing on the advocacy issue of the role of women.

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