IMARK
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|url ={{URL|http://www.imarkgroup.org}}
|type = Capacity building
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|registration = Optional
|language = English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese
|launch_date = 2001
|current_status = Online
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The Information Management Resource Kit (IMARK) is a partnership-based e-learning initiative developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and partner organizations to support individuals, institutions and networks worldwide in the effective management of information and agricultural development. IMARK consists of a suite of distance learning resources and tools on information management.{{cite web |url=http://www.imarkgroup.org/index_en.asp?m=0 |title=IMARK - Information Management Resource Kit |publisher=Imarkgroup.org |date= |access-date=2011-06-07 |archive-date=2011-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513012920/http://www.imarkgroup.org/index_en.asp?m=0 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://usain.org/links2.html |title=Links for Agricultural Librarians |publisher=USAIN |date=2010-05-19 |accessdate=2011-06-07 |archive-date=2011-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728150117/http://usain.org/links2.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://knowledge.cta.int/index.php/en/Dossiers/S-T-Issues-in-Perspective/ICT-for-transforming-research-for-agricultural-and-rural-development/Links/IMARK-FAO |title=IMARK (FAO) / Links / ICT for transforming research for agricultural and rural development / S&T Issues in Perspective / Dossiers / Home - Knowledge for Development |publisher=Knowledge.cta.int |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07 |archive-date=2011-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819130421/http://knowledge.cta.int/index.php/en/Dossiers/S-T-Issues-in-Perspective/ICT-for-transforming-research-for-agricultural-and-rural-development/Links/IMARK-FAO |url-status=dead }}
About IMARK
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations initiated a partnership-based e-learning programme in 2001 to support information management.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fao.org/e-agriculture/bridging-rural-digital-divide-programme-overview|title=Bridging the Rural Digital Divide Programme - Overview | E-Agriculture|website=www.fao.org|accessdate=29 June 2023}} IMARK is targeted at information professionals in developing countries. Each IMARK curriculum is designed through a consultative process with subject matter experts, field practitioners and representatives from the target audience from around the world. The IMARK initiative is a response to demand for enhanced information and knowledge management in the effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially those related to hunger and the information society, in the context of bridging the digital divide.{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/rdd/doc/FAO%20Approach%20to%20WSIS2005.pdf |title=FAO's strategies towards the WSIS 2005 |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}} The development goal of IMARK is to improve the capabilities of people concerned with information management and knowledge sharing.{{cite book|url=http://editlib.org/noaccesspresent/26495 |title=Ed/ITLib Digital Library → No Access |publisher=Editlib.org |date=2007-10-15 |pages=1149–1154 |isbn=9781880094631 |accessdate=2011-06-07}}{{cite web|url=http://www.infodev.org/en/Publication.183.html |title=Quick Guide: ICT and Rural Livelihood Resources at FAO |publisher=infoDev.org |date=2006-09-28 |accessdate=2011-06-07}}{{cite web|url=http://www.icimod.org/index.php?page=23 |title=Knowledge Management |publisher=Icimod.org |date=2010-12-16 |accessdate=2011-06-07}}
= Objectives and Scope =
The development goal of IMARK is to improve the overall effectiveness of programmes in agricultural development and food security by enhancing access to information by key stakeholders.{{Cite web |url=http://eprints.rclis.org/bitstream/10760/15682/1/FAO%E2%80%99s%20Capacity-Building%20Initiatives%20in%20Accessing,%20Documenting,%20Communicating%20and%20Managing%20Agricultural%20Information.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-07 |archive-date=2012-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322064006/http://eprints.rclis.org/bitstream/10760/15682/1/FAO%E2%80%99s%20Capacity-Building%20Initiatives%20in%20Accessing,%20Documenting,%20Communicating%20and%20Managing%20Agricultural%20Information.pdf |url-status=dead }}
= Steering committee =
IMARK has over 30 partners and collaborating institutions since its inception in 2001, and its activities are coordinated through a steering committee whose members include The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Groupe de Recherches et d'Echanges Technologiques (GRET), Bibliotheca Alexandrina and UNESCO.{{cite web|url=http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=21458&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html |title=IMARK launches new e-learning module |publisher=Portal.unesco.org |date=2008-01-24 |accessdate=2011-06-07}}{{cite web|url=http://www.apc.org/en/news/development/world/e-learning-module-developing-electronic-communitie |title=e-Learning module developing electronic communities | Association for Progressive Communications |publisher=Apc.org |date=2006-05-08 |accessdate=2011-06-07}}{{cite web |url=http://webapp.ciat.cgiar.org/ccc/imark.htm |title=CCC: E-Learning Initiatives - IMARK-FAO |publisher=Webapp.ciat.cgiar.org |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728030953/http://webapp.ciat.cgiar.org/ccc/imark.htm |archive-date=2011-07-28 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.iaald.org/docs/iisast2_report.pdf |title=2nd Expert Consultation IISAST |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721154258/http://www.iaald.org/docs/iisast2_report.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.imarkgroup.org/ Official IMARK Website ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713065814/http://www.imarkgroup.org/ |date=2011-07-13 }}
- [http://www.fao.org Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]
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Category:Agricultural education
Category:Virtual learning environments
Category:Educational technology projects
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