Case Studies

Dewpoint portalThe DEW Point Resource Centre generates and disseminates knowledge on behalf of DFID staff and their development partners in the areas of environment, climate change, water resources and water and sanitation. It is managed by a consortium of companies led by Harewelle International, and including NR International and Practical Action. Source-KM has advised the consortium from the tender stage and has designed and delivered Dew Point’s online knowledge portal and enquiries mangement service (www.dewpoint.org.uk from Aug 07).

MPAIS portalThe Marketplace for Agricultural Information and Services (MPAIS) is an innovative information and services trading platform being implemented by Nkoola Institutional Development Assocates (NIDA) in rural Uganda. The MPAIS services enables rural users to access relevant information and services and purchase them using virtual information credits. Source-KM is working closely with NIDA and the Ugandan Government as a consultant and provides the MPAIS portal technology as a managed hosted service (www.mpaisuganda.com).

SICTAF portalSistema de Informacion y Conocimiento Tecnologico Agropecuario y Forestal (SICTAF) is a natural resources information and knowledge community in Bolivia. Still in pilot, SICTAF’s membership is drawn from actors across the agricultural and NR innovation system including local communities, universities, research bodies and the Ministry of Agriculture (MDRAyMA). Source-KM has advised SICTAF from it’s inception and was also responsible for designing and delivering the SICTAF web portal at  (www.sictafpiloto.net).