January 2004

THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT: Dealing with the Media from GDRC's Programme on NGOs and the Civil Society Almost everyone in today's world have to interact with the mass media - either as passive recipients of information, or as active generators of info for mass consumption. "Dealing with the Media" is a toolbox of resources on the do's and dont's of working with the media ... http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/media/index.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 This section focuses on information management lessons learnt in coordinating GDRC's activities. Homogeneity and heterogeneity are key concepts in information management too! We need to keep the forest AND the trees in view - trees for heteroge- neity and forests for homogeneity. GDRC learnt early on that in providing information to its users, it is necessary to help individuals contextualize their professional boundaries (and for organizations, their programme and project boundaries) within a larger, global perspective. It is this ability to contextualize and actively use the info provided, whether at the individual or organizational level, that will enable good decision-making. WHAT'S NEW AT GDRC'S WEBSITE? Sustainable Development: Added a new feature, "Sustained VOICES" Technology Transfer: Technology databases were expanded and updated Urban Environmental Management: New UEMRI Theme page on "Disaster Mitigation and Management"! Urban Environmental Management: The Energy Management pages were enhanced and updated. Urban Environmental Management: Ecological Footprints > EF Network Initiative Urban Environmental Management: Water - Info on International Water Decade (2005-2015) added. Urban Governance: Community governance - additional resources on the Ombudsman system were collated. Microfinance: India country page - new article added, "Mainstreaming Microfinance: Bridging the NGO-Banker Divide" by Bibhudutt Padhi Microfinance: Intl. Year of Microcredit 2005 - the pages were updated with new information. MONTHLY STATISTICS FOR GDRC'S WEBSITE Total Hits - 638,307 Total Files - 521,662 Total Pages - 187,374 Total Visits - 63,957 Total KBytes - 4,316,033 Pages per Day - Avg. 6044; Max. 11611 Visits per Day - Avg. 2063; Max. 2839 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. To subscribe: http://www.gdrc.org/about/newsletter.html To unsubscribe: unsubscribe-mosaic@gdrc.org Comments, suggestions and contributions: mosaic@gdrc.org CONTACT ADDRESS: Global Development Research Center 5-13-3-1601, Nakano-cho, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka 534-0027, Japan Tel / Fax: +(81-6) 6925-8005 mosaic@gdrc.org http://www.gdrc.org/ © 2003-2005, GDRC. All rights reserved.