Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, VERCON Bridging the Rural Digital Divide FarmNet AGRIS Agora FAO’s role in Knowledge and Information Management in Africa NARIMS KAINET GFIS GAINS iMARK Multilinguality

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, This presentation concentrates on Research Knowledge Infrastructures  Open Archives  Collaborative Platforms  Common Exchange Standards  Semantic Tools Capacity Building  Strengthening Institutions  eLearning  IMARK Initiative

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, NARIMS National Agricultural Research Information Management System in Egypt KAINET Kenya Agricultural Information Network iMARK Information Management Resource Kit

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, What is NARIMS? NARIMS =National Agriculture Research Information Management System. It is a Web based bi-lingual information system aimed at capturing and disseminating information about: –Research institutions –Researchers of those institutions –Publications issued by those researchers –Projects done or currently active –National Agriculture and Veterinary research plan in Egypt It consists of: –Backend that enables data management –Front-end that enables data browsing and searching

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, Work Flow NARIC NARIMS Computer Servers production of new content retrieval of content Administration and Data Validation acquisition of content NARIC Unit Data Entry Data Verificati on dissemination of content Users of Agriculture Network

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, Agriculture Information Network Egyptian Universities Network (EUN) Telecom. Egypt Cloud EUNARC Universities + Academy Fiber Optics Extension NARIMS Future

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles,

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles,

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, KAINet – Vision and Mission Vision To be an effective and efficient network for harnessing information for a transformed and sustainable agricultural sector that is modernized, productive, profitable and competitive nationally, regionally and internationally Mission Statement To build a common and freely accessible information system through partnership in the generation, collection, processing, archival and dissemination of agricultural information

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, Towards Kenya AGRIS Network Selection of Pilot institutions: Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) – Headquarters Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI- National Agricultural Research Laboratories Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, Information Management Specialist Information Management Specialist Metadata + Full text Metadata + Full text Software AGRIS Website AGRIS Website Agris Service Providers Agris Service Providers Standards Users Researcher Open Access Researcher Open Access External Service Providers External Service Providers Agris Data Providers Agris Data Providers Content Management Content Management Self Archiving Knowledge Exchange Knowledge Exchange Directories Methods Internet The AGRIS Open Archives Architecture

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, KAINet – Next Activities Develop institutional ICM strategies Develop KAINet strategy (involve stakeholders outside the pilot institutions) Develop training schedule based on Needs Assessment Report Provide technical support in pilot institutions Market KAINet to the wider community

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, Common exchange layer (OWL, RDFS) (Vocabularies,Ontologies,) The broader View: a semantic webspace for Agricultural Research and Technology Geo Network Institutional Directories CGIAR Data Sets Other Data Sets AGRIS Open Archives... Aggregated Database View Subject specific Portals Decision Support Systems News feed services Information System (n) Group Work Spaces

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, Information Management Resource Kit interactive e-learning on effective digital information management

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, Investing in Information for Development Building Electronic Communities and Networks Management of Electronic Documents Digitization and Digital Libraries Modules Currently Available

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, A wide range of job aids and resources are included with each module such as : links to online resources recommended reading technical glossary self-study tutorials checklists, guides and forms practical guidelines software and manuals search function CD versions of the modules also include non-proprietary software applications and tools.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, Blended Learning the best of both worlds… IMARK lessons are being adapted for use in face-to-face (F2F) training. IMARK modules are provided in advance of workshops to ensure that trainees acquire some basic knowledge prior to F2F training, harmonising the level of understanding. The IMARK online community allows trainees to continue to work together after the training sessions.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, IMARK website Launched in November 2005 Persons experiencing bandwidth and connectivity problems can order a CD online

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN helping to build a world without hunger © FAO Europe-Africa Concertation Meeting Research Knowledge Infrastructures NARIMS and KAINET Dr. Johannes Keizer, Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building DivisionBruxelles, Wanted Partners for further projects in developing Research Knowledge Infrastructures in Africa