Dgroups

Dgroups - Development through dialogueAkinsamni et al 2007, p.49. - was set up in 2002 as an online platform offering tools and services that bring individuals and organisations together in the international development community.

Dgroups started as a joint initiative of seven development organisations: Bellanet/IDRC, the Department for International Development (DFID) (DFID), the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA),{{Cite web|url=http://www.apc.org/en/about/funders/institute-connectivity-americas-ica-2|title=Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA) | Association for Progressive Communications|date=April 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402235312/http://www.apc.org/en/about/funders/institute-connectivity-americas-ica-2 |accessdate=October 28, 2023|archive-date=2012-04-02 }} the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD), OneWorld,{{Cite web|url=http://oneworld.net/|title=Home | Towards Global Goals 2030|website=oneworld.net|accessdate=October 28, 2023}} the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the

UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). These organisations were looking for an online communication tool that would suit their needs for target groups in the developing world, as well as other development practitioners worldwide. As none of the existing knowledge sharing applications were considered suitable, they decided to join forces and build their own system starting from an existing Bellanet platform.Cummings 2008, p.15 Dgroups is online since 2003.

After having grown and matured in Bellanet/IDRC as a project, in March 2009 Dgroups members decided that an independent legal entity was needed at the heart of the partnership and the Dgroups Foundation was established in the Netherlands. The Dgroups Foundation now governs the development and running of the platform and related online services.

The Dgroups platform is designed and developed keeping in mind low-bandwidth users. Thus exchanges occur mainly via email, using electronic mailing lists. The Dgroups platform offers online tools and services needed to support the activities of a team, a group, a network, a partnership or a community.

Dgroups supports more than 800 active communities of practice, with more than 270,000 registered users. It delivers around 500.000 email messages each day, half of which are exchanged with and within African countries.

As of February 2017 the Dgroups Foundation comprises 16 Full Partners and 7 Associate Partners.

Full Partners:

• CIDSE
• CTA - Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU
• DFID - Department for International Development
• ECDPM - European Centre for Development Policy Management
• FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
• Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA){{Cite web|url=https://www.fara-africa.org/|title=Fara-Africa | Makeup, Microblading Eyebrows, Hair Care|website=www.fara-africa.org|accessdate=October 28, 2023}}
• Hivos - Humanist Institute for Co-operation with Developing Countries
• IDS - Institute of Development Studies
• INASP - International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
• Rural Water Supply Network{{Cite web |url=http://www.rwsn.ch/ |title=Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) — RWSN community site |access-date=2011-10-13 |archive-date=2011-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707003325/http://www.rwsn.ch/ |url-status=dead }}
• SDC - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
• SNV - Netherlands Development Organisation

• THET - Tropical Health & Education Trust{{Cite web|url=https://www.thet.org/|title=THET - Working in partnership to support health workers across the world|website=www.thet.org|accessdate=October 28, 2023}}
• UNCDF - United Nations Capital Development Fund
• UNECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
• UNISDR - United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Associate Partners:

• Access Agriculture{{Cite web|url=https://www.accessagriculture.org/|title=Access Agriculture|website=Access Agriculture|accessdate=October 28, 2023}}
• Alfa Redi{{Cite web|url=http://alfa-redi.org/2016/|title=Políticas y Marco Regulatorio de Sociedad de la Información|website=alfa-redi.org|language=es|accessdate=October 28, 2023}}
• cinfo{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinfo.ch/en|title=Careers in International Cooperation | International development, humanitarian aid, peacebuilding | cinfo|website=www.cinfo.ch|accessdate=October 28, 2023}}
• Euforic Services{{Cite web|url=http://www.euforicservices.com/|title=euforic services blog|accessdate=October 28, 2023}}
• Ricardo Wilson-Grau Consultoria em Gestão Empresarial Ltda{{Cite web|url=https://outcomeharvesting.net/|title=Home|website=Outcome Harvesting|accessdate=October 28, 2023}}
• Savana Signature{{Cite web|url=https://savsign.org/|title=Home|website=Savana Signatures|accessdate=October 28, 2023}}
• The Broker Online{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebrokeronline.eu/|title=Broker Front Page | The Broker|date=November 20, 2018|website=www.thebrokeronline.eu|accessdate=October 28, 2023}}

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;Notes

• Sarah Cummings. 2008. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110713041319/http://www.kit.nl/INS/55136/Royal-Tropical-Institute/Publication?item=2505 Development through dialogue: report of a research initiative]. KIT Working Paper I1
• Andrea Carvajal, Odilia Mayorga, and Boru Douthwaite. 2008 [http://journal.km4dev.org/journal/index.php/km4dj/article/viewFile/120/188 Forming a community of practice to strengthen the capacities of learning and knowledge sharing centres in Latin America and the Caribbean: a Dgroup case study.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062214/http://journal.km4dev.org/journal/index.php/km4dj/article/viewFile/120/188 |date=2012-04-25 }} Knowledge Management for Development Journal, Vol 4, No 1
• Giacomo Rambaldi. 2007. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120329144406/http://www.iapad.org/publications/km4dev_giacomo.rambaldi_vers_04.pdf Using a dgroup with third party online applications for a cause]. Knowledge Management for Development Journal, Vol 3, No 1
• Titi Akinsamni, Andrea Aranguren, Manju Chatani, Nynke Kruiderink and Theresa Stanton. 2007. [http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/viewFile/93/153%20 Development through Dialogue. A showcase of Dgroups from three perspectives; institutional, project and capacity development level.] Knowledge Management for Development Journal, Vol 3, No 1

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