The ISOOKO platform was envisioned as a Peace and Values Education tool through which constructive information-driven dialogue would be conducted at a community level and piloted in both Rwanda...
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News & Stories
A few tips on how to create an inclusive digital PVE platform to promote peace discussion among boys and girls Internet penetration in Rwanda has increased significantly over time....
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From 20th February to 19th March 2021 the ISOOKO project through Makerere University team conducted a pilot CPD programme in Digital Archiving and Peacebuilding. The programme attracted participants from...
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A team of researchers from the college of Computing and InformationSciences (CoCIS) Makerere University are implementing an EU-ISOOKOproject that is aimed at developing an open-source, participatory softwareplatform that supports...
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A team of researchers from the college of Computing and InformationSciences (CoCIS) Makerere University are implementing an EU-ISOOKOproject that is aimed at developing an open-source, participatory softwareplatform that supports...
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Rwanda and Kenya will be running Isôoko pilots from November 2020 to March 2021. Through pilots in Rwanda, we will encourage youth between 18-30 to use digital technologies to...
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Influencing people’s behaviour is an ambition of many people (either their own or that of other people). Therefore, there are many opinions on the question “What determines people’s behaviour?” as...
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The Isôoko project investigates the use of digital technologies (and in particular digital platforms) for the purpose of peace building (and in particular peace education) in East Africa. In...
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Rwanda, a land-locked country in East Africa, is home to more than 12 million people and has one of the highest population densities in Africa at 26,338 km². The...
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Isôoko Project is reaching an exciting phase, one of trialing various scenarios in Kenya and Rwanda, both countries being Isooko project experimenting grounds. Scenarios being tested have emerged from...
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A single device trial During the designing process of BRCK/Moja as an “edge technology” that facilitates access to and engagement with digital content in environments of variable internet connectivity,...
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The East African School of Library and Information Sciences (EASLIS), College of Computing & Information Sciences (CoCIS), Makerere University
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The objective of innovation is to add value. Through a pilot you might want to learn whether, and how, your innovation works in the real work.
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Peace and Values Education was chosen due to the importance of cultivating positive attitudes
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ISOOKO
Partners
King's College London
Project Coordinator
Makerere University
Education and Training Lead Partner
DOTSOFT
Exploitation Lead Partner
Aegis Trust
Communications and Engagement Lead Partner
Universiteit Leiden
Scoping and Requirements Lead Partner
Kigali Collaborative Research Centre
Evaluation, Analysis and Impact Lead Partner
Ushahidi
Development and Deployment Lead Partner
ISOOKO explores the potential of digital technologies to support peace education. It does so through the testing and development of digital technologies for peace education in both Rwanda and Kenya.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under the grant agreement: No 779793