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Neil, Rob, Kristin 16 January 2014Dgroups: (Draft) Action Plan 2014

High-level PrioritiesStrengthen partnership

Improve the platform

Improve our marketing and outreach

Strengthening the PartnershipAlfa Redi CIDSE Department for International Development (DFID), UK ECDPMFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) (Helvetas)Humanist Institute for Co-operation with Developing Countries (Hivos) ICCO International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) Natural Resources Institute (NRI) RWSN Rural Water Supply Network SAP International SDC Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) UNECA

New partners 0 Leavers 1 (KIT)

Strengthening the PartnershipShared visionPromote connections among the Partners and among individual DgroupsPromote connections with other CoPs

Shared vision(= how we want the world to be)What is our vision? Suggestions for discussionA world where every individual can contribute constructively to dialogue and decision-making for international development and social justice??????

Knowledge sharing among Dgroups partners (?KM4Dev) Visibility of individual Dgroups and how they relate to each other, by theme, geo, lang.visualisation tool, eg DebateGraph Mapping of Dgroups INCREASED COLLECTIVE IMPACT OF DGROUPS

Promote connections among the Partners

Mapping of Dgroups Progressive mapping of Global CoP ecosystem Navigability Alignment Duplication collective impact of all CoPs (Dgroups + non-Dgroups) working in international development

Promote connections with other CoPs

By 2020:All (open) Communities of Practice will be readily visible and searchable by moderators and users.All (open) CoPs will be able to connect and share seamlessly with one anotherAll (open) CoPs will be able to harness the collective intelligence of their members (multi-stakeholder input into policy and practice)

2020 Goals

Work area 1: Platform improvement 2014 Objectives We shall continue toimprove the platform through a user-driven process. ensure that all requests and ideas for functionality improvements raised through the [redesign] discussion group are monitored and made freely available to all usersassess the feasibility (or otherwise) and provide progress updates on each request. explore how Dgroups can take advantage of mobile opportunitiesOther??

User-driven functionality improvement[redesign] Dgroup Kristin & DamirViewing the web archive (6)Delivery of email messages, formatting and content (5)Moderation (4)Visual design (1)Monitoring and evaluation (1)Terminology (2)

Work area 2: Service reliability 2014 ObjectivesWorking with WA-Research:We shall maintain service reliability at or very near to 100%. We shall increase our disaster preparedness, so that normal service is maintained in the event of disaster (eg technical breakdown, illness, injury). Other??

Work area 3: Training & Peer Exchange 2014 ObjectivesWe shall:introduce a peer support / training programme (Dgroups Training module ECDP)organize regular online peer exchange sessions (1 each quarter) continue to publish regular blog posts, presentations etc on Dgroups Foundation website (www.dgroups.info)other??

Work area 4:Engagement with current partners 2014 ObjectivesWe shall regular communications with all our Partners, through 1-to-1 calls (at least 2 times per year). We shall promote knowledge sharing among Partners, especially around C4D issuesWe shall build a basic visual representation of the Dgroups CoP ecosystem Other??

Work area 5: Marketing and outreach 2014 ObjectivesWe shall:continue to develop and improve the Dgroups Foundation website (www.dgroups.info) recruit 6 new paying members produce leaflet in different languagescoordinate and provide support to at least 6 Partners to promote Dgroups (conference calendar, leaflets, PPT)other??

Work area 6: Governance and administration2014 ObjectivesWe shall seek to expand the number, skills and influence of the Board We shall improve Board representation gender and geographical locationOther??

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Fees: Way forward With present membership, an increase in partnership contribution to E 5.000 is needed to cover costs. Therefore:Dgroups Board proposes to increase fees to E. 5000 starting 2015, for organizations with turnover of over 5 million Euro.From now on, for new small organizations with turnover below 5ME, a reduction of fees is offered, calculated at 0.1% of turnover, limiting the number of Dgroups to a maximum of 12Below E 150.000 we do not charge, but ask for a formalized "sponsorship" by one of the large members