Welcome 2 Web 2 Share 

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Using the web to share knowledge and information; to communicate, to learn in development.

Development organizations are investing in web-based systems and tools to communicate and collaborate; to create, exchange, share, and disseminate development content; and to share knowledge and information.

The truly exciting aspect is the way that different forms of communication and information sharing can be easily and openly instigated and integrated across the web.

People can more easily generate content from their own knowledge and experience; they can share it in different media; they can select and subscribe to knowledge of others, they can re-combine this knowledge into their own personal services.

This wiki introduces some 'building blocks' - tools and applications - for open information, knowledge sharing and communication in development. It builds on the efforts of ICCO, Euforic and their partners. It supports further investments in these tools and approaches.

While the tools are mainly just technical applications, using them well requires a different mindset that particularly values the content and efforts of other people, encourages collaboration, and makes knowledge open. These three notions are close to the heart of effective development!

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