Welcome to another edition of GDRC's Mosaic!
This month, GDRC Mosaic is being set to more
than 1100 subscribers in 110 countries worldwide.
As with all sections of GDRC, contributions, comments
and suggestions are always welcome from users and
subscribers! Please contact GDRC's Coordinator at -
mosaic@gdrc.org
FOCUS ON GDRC: LEARNING LESSONS
THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT: SMEs and the Environment
from GDRC's Programme on Sustainable Business.
"Most economies of developing countries are characterized
by small and medium centerprises (SMEs). How can they be
made more environmentally firendly? "
Out of 75 million enterprises across the world, 90 percent
are SMEs (small and middle size enterprises) - particularly
in developing countries.
They contribute substantially to entrepreneurship,
innovation, economic growth and job creation. SMEs also
form a critical link in the production process chain.
But they also suffer from lack of human capacity, finance,
and market access. To make them more responsive to global
trends, they need to be a critical target to foster
environmental sustainability as a 'good business'.
GDRC has been working on these and related issues .
Resources on this topic are available at:
http://www.gdrc.org/sustbiz/for-sme.html
As with all sections of GDRC, contributions, comments
and suggestions are always welcome from users and
subscribers! Please contact GDRC's Coordinator at -
mosaic@gdrc.org
FOCUS ON GDRC: LEARNING LESSONS
Information Literacy
Information Literacy is defined as the ability to
know when there is a need for information, to be
able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively
use that information for the issue or problem at hand.
This is an important skill that each and everyone of
us have to possess - something that has become apparent
as GDRC developed over the years.
The information explosion has meant that the information
you want is out there - someone already has it. What we
need is a way to search for it, a way to understand,
package and use it for our needs.
How important is it compared to other skills and
knowledge, particularly in this information age?
How do we develop information literacy? What formal
and informal skills can we use for this?
Interesting questions - that we hope we can explore in
GDRC's Learning Lab and its programmes.
MONTHLY STATISTICS FOR GDRC'S WEBSITE
Total hits encountered - 1,026,274
Total files downloaded - 853,237
Total pages viewed - 315,580
Total web visitors - 132,696
Total KBytes - 9,210,766
Pages per day - Avg. 11,306. Max - 14,927
Visits per day - Avg. 4,739 Max. - 6,910
WHAT'S NEW AT GDRC'S WEBSITE?
A sample of new items added to GDRC's programmes:
- Sustainable Development: Human Security - Bibliography on issues related to human security
- Urban Environmental Management: Ecological Footprints - Added link to "Paper Calculator"
- Urban Heritage and Conservation: Created a new 'Document Repository' of all research output from GDRC.
- Microfinance: Disasters - document added, "Livelihoods and Micro-finance in Refugee Camps"
- Information Design: Information Design - Some definitions
ABOUT GDRC MOSAIC
The "GDRC Mosaic" is a monthly email newsletter that provides
information bites, and summarizes programme activities of
GDRC, including new items added to the website.
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