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GLobal Development Learning Network (GDLN)

Global Development Learning Network (GDLN)

This unique partnership of public, private, and non-governmental organizations is a fully interactive, multi-channel network with a

mandate to serve the developing world. GDLN partner organizations work together to take advantage of the most modern

technologies, to build local capacity, share information and knowledge, and develop a global community dedicated to fighting

poverty.

GDLN is committed to providing quality programming drawn from a variety of public and private sources, including the World Bank

Group. Learning programs fall into three broad categories: Courses and Seminars, Development Dialogues, and Web-based

Programs.

Courses and Seminars. These combine two-way multimedia video-conferencing sessions complemented with print packages,

CD-ROMs, interactive Web communications, or face-to-face tutorials.

Development Dialogues. These short videoconferences enable participants to work together to address pressing issues that call for a

common international agenda or require a local policy response.

Web-based Programs. These are synchronous or asynchronous learning activities using the Internet for delivery.

The GDLN vision is "for decision-makers across the developing world to have affordable and regular access to a global network of

peers, experts and practitioners with whom they may share ideas and experience that will help them in their work: to fight poverty."

The GDLN mission is "to harness modern technology" including interactive video, the Internet, and satellite communications "in a

cost-effective way, so that people who know are brought together with those who need to know, to learn with and from each other

about the full range of development issues."

GDLN Goals are to:

1 Provide cost-effective interactive learning activities throughout the developing world, by reaching across geographic borders, time

zones, and language barriers.

2 Improve decision-making through interactive learning that is based on everyday experience shared by experts, practitioners, and

decision-makers.

3 Facilitate regular exchanges among practitioners and experts across countries and regions.

4 Provide the means to exchange cutting-edge knowledge within the development community on current issues, in real time, through

virtual and web-based events and activities.