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TechCamp Niamey

Voices for Peace

Communications Campaigns & Advocacy Promoting Peace & Tolerance
Niamey, Niger View Map
January 20-21, 2016

Participants from

Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Chad; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal

Description

TechCamp Niger: Voices for Peace connected 70 youth and religious leaders from across West Africa. Participants and technology trainers came together to discuss the challenges of countering violent extremism (CVE), the threat of radicalization in their communities and to learn ways that technology can be used to create and promote counter-narratives of peace and tolerance. In addition to gaining new technology skills, participants are now part of a regional network of leaders who can seek advice and share best practices as they work to promote peace.

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Agenda

Tuesday, January 19 | Pre-TechCamp

  • 2:00pm - Afternoon: Venue walk-through (organizers, MCs, Video/Photography Team)
  • 6:30pm - Tech-trainer meeting with organizers – at Hotel Gaweye

Wednesday, January 20 | TechCamp Day 1

  • 8:00am - 9:00am - Registration
  • 9:00am - 9:10am - Overview of TechCamp
  • 9:10am - 9:25am - Welcome Remarks: Ambassador Eunice S. Reddick
  • 9:30am - 10:00am - Icebreaker: Agree or Disagree
  • 10:00am - 11:00am - Fast-paced Project Presentations: “Speed-Geeking” Sessions

  • TechCamp Niamey 2016 - Speed Geeking Sessions

    Team NumberTopicTech-Trainers and Organizations
    1Turning your audience into a community Jamila Fagge - VOA Radio Hausa
    2Multimedia Storytelling Gino Hadji - Canal3
    3Storytelling for RadioInne Kaka Moussa - Equal Access Radio
    4Social Media for Religious LeadersCheik Bourama Daouda
    5Digital skills for Job SeekersOussama Abdelah Benhmida - Lab4Net
    6Mobile App DevelopmentMamadou Drame - Digitalschool Technologies and Mandela Washington Fellow (YALI)
    7Connectivity, Computing access in rural areasAli Karim Alio - Nova Technologies, Mandela Washington Fellow (YALI)
    8Community Mapping Orsolya Jenei - PDEV
    9Digital Media Strategies for AdvocacyDaouda Hamadou - NOVATECH;
    Houssein Abil - L’Incubateur CIPMEN
    10Video ProductionSophien Ben-Achour - Search for Common Ground
  • 11:00am - 11:30am - Tea / Coffee break
  • 11:30am - 12:45pm- Interactive Training Session 1
  • 12:45pm - 2:00pm - Lunch
  • 1:30pm - 2:00pm - Prayer
  • 2:00pm - 3:30pm - Interactive Training Session 2
  • 3:15pm - 3:30pm - Tea / Coffee Break
  • 3:30pm - 3:45pm - Discussion: What is a Challenge Statement? (Pre-TechCamp participants share examples)
  • 3:45pm - 4:45pm - Participants and Trainers Develop Challenge Statements
  • 4:00pm - 4:30pm - Prayer
  • 4:45pm - 5:00pm - Brief announcements
  • 5:00pm - Tech-trainer meeting and discussion with organizers
  • 7:00pm - Dinner at Hotel Gaweye

Thursday, January 21 | TechCamp Day 2

  • 8:00am - 9:00am - Networking, coffee & tea (Solution Sign-up Time)
  • 9:00am - 9:30am - Discussion of problem statements/challenges brainstormed on Day 1
  • 9:30am - 12:00pm - Small Group Work on Identifying Solutions
  • 12:00pm - 1:15pm - Lunch
  • 1:15pm - 1:30pm - Instructions and Announcements (if required)
  • 1:30pm - 2:00pm - Prayer
  • 2:00pm - 3:00pm - Small Group Problem Definition Refinement and Action Planning
  • 3:00pm - 4:45pm - Final Presentations – Groups present the outcomes
  • 4:00pm - 4:30pm - Prayer
  • 4:45pm - 5:00pm - Participant and Trainer Survey
  • 5:00pm - 5:25pm - Closing Remarks: CNJN
  • 5:25pm - 5:30pm - TechCamp Group Photo with all participants
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