AICKM Workshop Launched

The National AICKM workshop was launched on the 12th July 2010. OK, so the Minister was not there! But he was represented by PAS Nathoo, who read the Minister's speech and declared the event open.

Other VIPs addressing the audience at the opening were the VC of the UoM, the Chairman and DG of FARC and the SADC/ICART Project representatives- Clesensio Tizikara and Krishan Bheenick.

While we are used to the routine Ministerial speeches, those who attended the opening ceremony, noted the seriousness of Minister Faugoo's address. Here are a few phrases that retained attention:
... Agricultural Information Management has featured in the strategy documents of my Ministry over the past decade ... I will make it a point to expect progress reported to me on this issue at regular intervals ... I look forward to hearing about the outcomes of this workshop and to reading the draft Strategy document in the near future. My Ministry will fully support this process in whatever way we can ...

While making his address, the DG of FARC, J Ramkissoon, highlighted the objectives of the workshop. Referring back to the Web 2.0 Training of last week, he gave examples of the Australian Gorvernment 2.0 project and President Obama's winning campaign to demonstrate the how Web 2.0 Tools are being used for information and communication.