AFRINIC has launches survey Internet measurement in Africa - ITREALMS

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The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) has launched a survey with the aim of assessing the current status of Internet measurement in Africa, reports ITREALMS.

The Centre is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for the African region and responsible for the allocation and management of Internet numbers (IPv4, IPv6 & ASNs)  to name a few.

 AFRINIC, ITREALMS reports, said that the available measurement infrastructure on the continent as well as the gap in the infrastructure and the relevant skills needed to be filled. 

Also AFRINIC revealed it would use the responses as guide in building Internet measurement programmes to train network operators, regulators, end users, and other stakeholders in the forthcoming summits, conferences, and *nog meetings across the continent.

The survey, ITREALMS gathered is  available in both English and French, even as the deadline for filling the survey is 28 February 2018.

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Group laments lack of project measurement, plans workshop

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A strategy-focused organisation, Development Measures, has concluded plans to hold a 3-day Strategy Development and Management for Results Workshop for Development professions in Nigeria, reports ITRealms.

Monitoring and Evaluation expert and President, Development Measures, Nigeria, Emmanuel Uche, who disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja, Monday, said the organization is: “delivering this Strategy, Monitoring and Evaluation Training as part of its Institutional strengthening capacity building series.”

“This particular diet is targeted at Development Measure’s partner organisations that are essentially of the organized non-state actors to improve their operational capacity, programme impact and sustainability,” he said.

According to him, the training series, targeting organized non-state actors holds from 19th to 21st of July, 2017, while registration of participants ends on the 17th of July, 2017.

He urged civil society organisations in the country to take advantage of the opportunity to build their capacity, sharpen their skills, and deepen their understanding of Monitoring and Evaluation, as well as Managing for Results, for greater productivity.

Development Measures is a private non-governmental organization, committed to building institutional capacities to effectively manage for results in both public and private spheres.

They have their key competencies in the provision of consultancy services around governance strengthening, strengthening system for accountability and transparency, organizational strategy development and performance management, system studies, research and evaluation.

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CMC Connect takes on PR measurement, hosts workshop

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Leading public relations firm, CMC Connect Burson Marsteller in partnership with Ornico, a brand intelligence research company in South Africa, has concluded plans to hold a workshop on measurement and evaluation of communication to further enlighten communications experts on how public relations adds value to overall success of businesses, reports ITRealms.

The workshop themed ‘Can You Measure Up?’ is the first ever gathering endorsed by the International Association for the Measurement & Evaluation of Communication (AMEC) for communications and PR professionals, focusing on measurement and evaluation in the industry.

The thought-leadership initiative put together by the PR firm is scheduled to hold on Tuesday 27^th September, 2016 at The Bridge House, 77, Oduduwa Crescent, GRA Ikeja, Lagos. It will be facilitated by Francois Van Dyk – Head, Operations, Ornico, while Mr. Niyi Yusuf, Country Managing Director, Accenture Nigeria, will be the Keynote Speaker. It will also feature a special video presentation from the AMEC CEO, Barry Leggetter.

According to a statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer, CMC Connect Burson Marsteller, Mr. Yomi Badejo-Okusanya, a key challenge in the public relations industry has been how to determine its value and contribution to the bottom-line, as practitioners more than ever before need to justify their budgets in the face of dwindling resources. 

The workshop is designed to equip PR practitioners and clients with the latest techniques in public relations measurement and evaluation. It also organised to mark September, as the Global International Measurement & Evaluation (M&E) month, in line with AMEC’s declaration.

In 2010, AMEC the world’s largest professional body for communications research, media intelligence and insights, unveiled a framework known as the Barcelona Principle, the first international framework for measuring communications performance. It was further upgraded to Barcelona 2.0 in 2015. The body is the first point of call for communications and PR professionals to get expert knowledge and advice.

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