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...
Read More
News & Stories
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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,...
Read More
The East African School of Library and Information Sciences (EASLIS), College of Computing & Information Sciences (CoCIS), Makerere University
Read More
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.
Read More
Peace and Values Education was chosen due to the importance of cultivating positive attitudes
Read More
Between the 29th and 31st of October 2018 more than 200 peace builders gathered at this year’s Build Peace conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Read More
ISOOKO was created with the conviction that we build peace through dialogue. We’ll be building ISOOKO the same way
Read More
ISOOKO project kick-off meeting happened in Kigali-Rwanda. ISOOKO will be a community platform
Read More
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