In the past few years the project “Knowledge systems in rural areas” has hosted workshops on financing research and extension, media and services in rural areas. All workshop reports can be downloaded here and are also available in limited number on CD-ROM from our contact partner.

• Workshop Funding
  The workshop “Funding Development-Oriented Agricultural Research and Extension” in 2001 was offered by GIZ (former InWEnt) in Feldafing near Munich.
  en-funding-workshop-2001.pdf, 0.12 MB (English)
• Use of Media in Rural Development
  In July 2003 the GTZ and InWEnt offered the workshop “Use of Media in Rural Development”. This guide was developed as a quick reference manual for experts in rural development.
  en-media-for-rural-development-2004.pdf, 2.03 MB (English)
• Workshop SNRD 2001: Managing Change
  The project “Knowledge systems in rural areas” offered a workshop in Polokwane, South Africa, in December 2003 on the theme “Managing Change in the Delivery of Rural and Extension Services at District Level”.
  en-snrd-workshop-2001.pdf, 8.08 MB (English)
• Workshop SNRD 2002: Agricultural Extension & Municipal Rural Services
  The workshop “Managing Change in the Delivery of District Agricultural Extension & Municipal Rural Services” was organised and offered by the project “Knowledge systems in rural areas” in Polokwane, South Africa, in December 2002.
  en-snrd-workshop-2002.pdf, 7.45 MB (English)
• Workshop SNRD 2003: Delivery of District Agricultural Extension Services
  In December 2003 the project “Knowledge systems in rural areas” offered a workshop titled “Managing Change & New Challenges in the Delivery of District Agricultural Extension Services” in Polokwane, South Africa.
  en-snrd-workshop-2003.pdf, 14.31 MB (English)
• Framework on Effective Rural Communication for Development
  This framework is the result of a GTZ and FAO expert workshop (Laimburg Italy, 18 - 22 October 2004). It serves as a guide for planning, implementing and evaluating rural communication strategies including case studies, a tool for analysing the situation on media and plenty of useful links.
  en-effective-rural-communication-2006.pdf, 0.55 MB (English)
• Conceptual Framework for Rural Service Reform Processes: Anglophone Afrika
  This framework is a collaborative effort of practioners in rural development to present their experiences with rural services reform processes in a form that can be used as a basis for the planning of projects, programme interventions, for harmonising interventions by different actors and monitoring the implementation of interventions.
  en-framework-anglophone-Africa-2006_.pdf, 0.47 MB (English)
• Two New Publications on Development and Management of Rural Services in Francophone Africa
  From the SNRD working group" Governance of Natural Ressources - Francophone Africa" in collaboration with InWEnt, DED and the GTZ Sector Project "Knowledge Systems in Rural Areas" :
  1.a framework on services for rural areas 
  2. a comparative study on implementation experiences and facilitation approaches 
  fr-cadre_conceptuel-2007.pdf, 0.65 MB (French)
  fr-etude_comparative-2007.pdf, 2.29 MB (French)
• Knowledge Management, Learning and Communication in Value Chains
  The study focuses on the theoretical background of knowledge management in value chains and the application of the concepts on the case of FAPECAFES, a smallholder coffee growers’ association in the southern highlands of Ecuador. It contains the analysis of information needs, know-how, communication and knowledge flows, as well as the assessment of transaction and opportunity costs.
  en-fapecafes-2006.pdf, 1.97 MB (English)
• Assessment of Appropriateness of the Various Neuchâtel Initiatives Frameworks for the Evaluation of Extension Programmes/Services
  A short report by Guenter Kleemann about the assessment carried out in the context of the First Annual Review of the Joint Extension Projects that took place in Kenya in December 2007 involving 6 projects and a team of 16 experts.
  en-Neuchatel-Report-2008.pdf, 0.07 MB (English)