 The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) is a worldwide partnership of Distance Learning Centers (DLCs). Its unique facilities offer the opportunity for on-time and cost-effective information exchange, knowledge sharing, coordination, consultation, training, and dialogues to organizations, groups, teams and individuals that work to contribute to sustainable development and the reduction of poverty in the developing world.
Through Distance Learning Centers (DLCs) affiliated with GDLN it is possible to bring together development practitioners and experts at an unprecedented level - to share their experiences and learn from each other as they design and implement ambitious reform and change programs in developing countries. By eliminating the need for experts and practitioners to travel, training or other forms of knowledge exchange do not need to be delivered in a concentrated period of time. This gives more time and flexibility for participants to read more background material; prepare real, rather than simulated assignments related to their actual work; and to learn with their own (local) colleagues as a team. The Dili Distance Learning Center (DDLC) has been established to support the development process in Timor-Leste. It is working to help build the capacity of Timorese institutions through providing appropriate training and information. The immediate goal of the DDLC is to enhance the skills of development decision makers in Timor-Leste from all levels. This is achieved through courses, seminars and discussions from a variety of global sources. Since its establishment in 2002, the DDLC has offered a number of activities including global dialogues on land policy, global seminars on HIV/AIDS and a variety of intensive courses ranging from office techniques to drafting laws. A dynamic and visionary centre, the DDLC actively seeks content from partners worldwide to provide a valuable service to Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste GDLN was established in 2001 and is located within the office of the World Bank in Dili.
News and Events:  The Dili Distance Learning Center: Working to Rebuild Timor-Leste. The DDLC has become instrumental in providing much-needed knowledge and expertise for the region's newest nation. More
Balancing the Scales: Timorese Jurists Take on Legal Reform Through GDLN. For a nation as young as Timor-Leste, the future is now. Decision makers are offered a unique opportunity to rebuild the country’s economic, political, and social foundations and to ensure that these are sustainable, efficient, and fair. More
Certified Effectiveness: Public Sector Officials in Timor-Leste Look to GDLN for Help on Becoming Agents of Change. Government officials in Timor-Leste are going back to the drawing board. Since February 2006, managers in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries are using the distance learning technologies and techniques offered by their local GDLN Affiliate to learn how they can make their institution more efficient. More
Timor Links (95kb pdf): Dili Distance Learning Center Newsletter, January/February 2004
DDLC Team:
Vicente Ferrer Madeira Soares
Manager, Dili Distance Learning Center
Rua dos Direitos Humanos, Dili, Timor-Leste
Tel: +(670) 3324649 Ext. 4322
+(670) 725 1358 (mobile)
5765+4322 (WBGN)
Fax: +(670) 3321178
Email: vsoares@worldbank.org
Ildefonso da Silva
Training Coordinator, Dili Distance Learning Center
Rua dos Direitos Humanos, Lecidere, Dili, Timor-Leste
Tel: +(670) 3312367 (ext. 4326)
Fax: +(670) 3321178
E-mail: idasilva@worldbank.org
More information:
Tokyo Development Learning Center (regional hub)
DLN Calendar of Activities
GDLN Learning Centers in the East Asia and Pacific Region
GDLN Activity Management System
GDLN Main World Bank Website Back to top |
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