istvs-comms-follow-up

=Somaliland: ISTVS comms support and follow up= April 12–14, 2017 [|ISTVS], Sheikh, Somaliland

ILRI CKM team led two Communications and Knowledge Sharing training workshops with research and teaching staff at the IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary School and Reference Centre (ISTVS) in March and June 2015.

This visit grew out of the two earlier training workshops targeting key "focal" staff who will be instrumental in sustaining the initiative at ISTVS. This visit aims to raise awareness among staff of the wider range of multimedia and other social media tools and products they are currently using by ISTVS.


 * Purpose: **
 * Generate a status update from the two previous training workshops (what has been done so far at ISTVS)
 * What are the gaps right now and how are we going to move forward in supporting the comms effort


 * Visitors/trainers ** :
 * Apollo Habtamu
 * Liya Dejene


 * List of participants: **
 * Mohamed Adan Guun – ICT Expert - Skype: guun80; mohamed.aden@stvs-edu.org
 * Kaltun Muse Mohamed - Assistant Librarian - kaltun.muse@stvs-edu.org
 * Ali Abdilahi Shaqalle - Administrator - Skype: shaqalle: ali.shaqalle@igad.int
 * Suad Abdirahman Wayrax - Secretary accountant - suad.abdirahman@stvs-edu.org


 * Some ISTVS social media sites to follow up: **
 * **[|ISTVS Twitter account]**
 * **[|ISTVS Facebook account]**
 * **[|ISTVS Flickr account]**
 * **[|ISTVS Slideshare account]**
 * **[|ISTVS YouTube account]**
 * **ISTVS Wordpress account**


 * Schedule ** :

Day 1 (**April 12**): The ILRI team reaches Hargeisa on 12 April and travels to Sheikh (and visit ISTVS if possible)

Day 2 (**April 13**): ISTVS campus, Sheikh
 * **Morning:** Conduct a half day follow-up refreshment training and study what has been done so far (Apollo and Liya)
 * Monitor ISTVS publishing channels both used for corporate and research/teaching purposes (Blogging–Wordpress, Flickr, Slideshare...) and make sure content on these channels are being updated.
 * Follow up with page/platform owners and workflows...etc.
 * Make sure that there is a documentation for each channel.
 * Follow-up suggest and give support on using Canon EOS Digital SLR camera or any other option we have… ||
 * -- Lunch break -- ||
 * **Afternoon:** Study gaps and way forward ||

Day 3 (**April 14**): The ILRI team departs Sheikh for Hargeisa on 14 March and travels to Addis on the same day