1. A website for leprosy control support (NLR) A pilot in India 2007-2010

2. A pilot Since 2007 www.nlrindia.orgwww.nlrindia.org Website as tool for NLR support in India Information management Communication within project, with HQ, stakeholders, public Public area and intranet for NLR staff Workshops: requirements, skills, stepwise building structure, content

3. Considerations The pilot should primarily focus on leprosy content management, not on IT, not on a specific content management system (CMS) A site as a tool for information that is more sustainable, accessible and multipurpose Simple and low cost Design of website structure by project staff Template (look&feel) according NLR HQ Content management by staff Gradual development: BO, states, districts

4. Why this content management system (SiteatSchool)? Sheer luck I hit on it Compliant with some fundamental principles that I liked –Simple, stable, secure, no thrills –For those without time, knowledge, skills –Freedom (“ open source” OSS GPL), no vendor lock-in, you always can switch to something you like more)

5. The pilot Workshops in Delhi with branch office and field staff Discussions with NLR Project Officer, KIT (IT and Education) Discussions / work with Helpdesk CMS

6. The pilot Better appreciation of the design goals of the CMS –Their coherence and consistency –Modular structure –Multi language (now +/- 15 languages) –Inexperienced users publish their own pages –Easy maintenance by non experienced users

7. The pilot Design goals of the CMS (cont) –Very flexible access rights –Simple installation of the CMS –No creeping featurism –Safety and security by embedding the CMS in a comprehensive server (again, free downloadable and service at hand) Adaptation of CMS is possible Alternative CMSs available www.siteatschool.org www.serveratschool.net

8. Results so far A basic website produced by project team Team made content More understanding on information and knowledge management, communication More discussion on websites Reports on the pilot

9. Costs Registration/hosting +/- € 90/yr Technical Maintenance/Helpdesk currently < € 250/yr Customized template (for NLR branding) < € 500 Installation € 0

10. At this stage Time to further upload content according to plan Time to involve more LPA’s at state level Time to evaluate achievements so far ….Time for Dr Arif