PAN All Partners’ Conference
Penang, Malaysia
June 12-14, 2009
In June 12-14, 2009, PAN Asia Networking (PAN) will hold the “All Partners’ Conference” to bring together its research partners in the Asian region. The conference is a key evaluation activity at the mid-point of PAN’s current programming life-cycle. The conference will be held at the Wawasan Open University in Penang, Malaysia. More than 150 participants, including project and sub-project leads, representatives from PAN research networks, targeted global researchers in ICTD, key regional practitioners and researchers, evaluators, donors and relevant IDRC staff will attend the conference.
The conference is intended for people who are related to PAN projects and therefore participation is by invitation only.
Joanna will be presenting at a joint clinic session with Hammad Durrani from PANACeA. She will present the processes in place with SIRCA and will also present analysis from a recent survey done of the researchers working with the mentors and the mentors themselves.
In recognition of the growing trend toward supporting needs-based and responsive mentorship activities within the structure of projects, this clinic is designed to share experiences of the Strengthening ICTD Research Capacity in Asia (SIRCA) grants program and PANACeA, which is a multi-country research network on eHealth. The clinic will discuss the role of mentorship in these projects, the strategic design and processes of the two different projects, as well as the pressing opportunities and challenges that are faced when designing such a function. The session will include hands-on exercises for the audince members.