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In the true spirit of capacity building and knowledge
sharing, the Sergio Vieira de Mello Library, in close partnership
with UNEP - Post Conflict Branch in Geneva, is supporting the establishment
of an Environmental Information Centre for the Ministry of Environment
in Iraq. The Information Centre will be a good resource for the
Iraq people (government officials, researchers, academicians and
the civil society) to access and use the environmental information
resources to guide them in decision making processes.
Major publications on environment published by UNEP have been
donated to the EIC. In addition, the Library conducted a two-week
training (10th – 21st October 2005) for four staff members from
the Ministry of Environment (Iraq), on library and information management
aspects, in Nairobi. The core objective of the training was to equip
the trainees with the necessary skills and tools to enable them
establish and manage a modern environmental information centre,
incorporating publications (both print and electronic) and information
technology aspects. A team of qualified trainers was drawn from
the Library and the DCPI Internet Unit staff members.
At the end of the training the Iraq Ministry of Environment staff
members were equipped with the following skills:
- Web Design and content management
- Public Information flow
- Setting up and use of the Library Information System (WEBLIS)
- How to set up an information center
- Use of several online resources e.g. Online databases, online
reference materials, using the Internet to search information
among many other topics.
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