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GDLN
Global Development Learning Network
Linking the World through Learning
Presented by
Mor SECK
San Paulo - Brazil
Director Senegal DLC
August/September 2002
Distance Education :
A Development Challenge
What is the GDLN ?
An interactive, multi-channel, multi-node
delivery system configured to meet
individual, institutional, local, regional and
country needs
GDLN will :
• Improve decision-making through
interactive learning
• Enhance country-to-country exchanges
among experts and practitioners
• Increase cost-effective course delivery
Who is GDLN ?
• Distance Learning Centers (DLC’s)
• Content Providers
• Donors
• Learners
What are GDLN Objectives ?
To build capacity by:
• Bridging the knowledge gap
• Enabling people to learn anywhere/anytime
• Facilitating learning and knowledge sharing
around the world
Learners
Decision makers in
Governments
Public administration
NGOs
Academia
Civil Society
Global Development Learning Network
Global Development Learning Network
Currently in operations
USA
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Peru
Dominican Rep.
France
Italy (2)
Russia (2)
Serbia
Egypt
Spain
Turkey (2) Jordan
Ukraine
Benin
Côte d'Ivoire
Ethiopia
Ghana
Senegal
Tanzania
Uganda
China (2)
India
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Thaïland
Vietnam
For the future
Japan
Canada
Argentina
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Venezuela
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Eritrea
Kenya
Malawi
Mozambique
S. Africa
Nigeria
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Armenia
Bosnia
Bulgaria
Czech Rep.
Croatia
Kyrgyz Rep.
Lithuania
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Tajikistan
Algeria
Djibouti
Kuwait
Lebanon
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Tunisia
W. Bank &
Gaza
Bangladesh
Cambodia
East Timor
Indonesia
Korea
Malaysia
Nepal
Philippines
S. Pacific*
A Blended Learning Approach
Videoconferencing
Internet
Video
CD-ROM
Face-to-face
Print
Phone
Pedagogical Scenarios
Media Mix
Course A
B
C
E
VideoConferences
or
C
Interactive TV
R
I
Course D
T
Internet
&
WWW
Knowledge for
Development Partnerships
Content Partners :
ENA
• Governments
IBFI
WBI
CNFPT
• Universities
HEC
• Research Institutions
in the North and the South
GDLN features
Courses
Video-conference
sessions complemented
by electronic learning
methods and online
collaboration
Video-Conference
Seminars
Global or Regional
Dialogues
P
Web-based courses
WBI Programs
• Macroeconomic management for Sub-Saharan Africa
• Corporate governance and private sector development
• Economic growth and poverty reduction
• Implementation of social safety nets
• Strategic communication on development projects
• Urban management
• Economic and business journalism
Training programs
proposed from Paris
• Fighting against money laundering (CEBC - HEC)
• Main organizational changes in higher education institutions entailed
by the introduction of ITC (EduFrance)
• Challenges of decentralization (BDPA)
• Public Debt Management (ADETEF – Ministry of Finance)
• The Euro and the Franc zone (Bank of France- IBFI)
• Public procurement (IIAP-ENA)
• Introduction to micro-finance (WBI / AFD-CEFEB)
For any additional information :
http://www.gdln.org
GDLN’s unique potential
A powerful knowledge sharing network
engaging all people across borders
anytime