Friday, August 5, 2011

RIC-NET SECRETARIAT MEETS HIVOS EXPRESSION AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM OFFICER



RIC-NET secretariat this morning at 10:00 am held a meeting with the HIVOS Expression and Engagement officer Gregory Mwendwa at RIC-NET board room.
The purpose of the meeting was to share RIC-NET's experiece in the areas of information sharing with Gregory and to also learn from him more about HIVO's interventions and ways of operation following the establishment of the regional office in Nairobi.

During the discussion RIC-NET's Executive Director shared RIC-NET's achievements, interventions, challenges and future plans. he mentioned that RIC-NET had registered an achievement in the establishment of e-platforms like E-library in Kasese at the E-society center and the Rwenzori people's voice (www.rwecovoice.blogspot.com) . he added that more of these platforms are yet to be established in the other 6 districts of the Rwenzori region.


The HIVOS program officer, Gregory, informed RIC-NET staff that he was on a familiarization tour with HIVO's partners in Uganda. He revealed that a number of restructuring had recently been done in HIVOs such as establishing a HIVOs regional office in Nairobi whose purpose is to decentralize their services and also enable them to get a better grip/feel of what is being done in the region.
The office is intended to serve their (HIVOS) partners in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.


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