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Communities of Expertise (CoEs) are networks convened by GAID to bring together motivated and capable actors to address specific, well-defined ICTD problems in a results-oriented manner and to identify and disseminate good practices

List of CoEs by GAID Focus Area

Education

ICT Competencies for Teachers
Improve the training of new teachers in the use of technology
ICT Integration and Pedagogical Engineering
Open and distance teaching and learning methodologies, blending and integrating traditional distance education technologies with consolidated ICT
ICTs for education
Maximize the effectiveness and sustainability of Education Initiatives.
Global Alliance for Enhancing Access to and Application of Scientific Data in Developing Countries
Strategy on policy and practice with ICTs focused on preservation of and access to scientific and technical data in developing countries

Entrepreneurship

Youth Social Technopreneurship
Information Society policy engagement of young people, especially in the field of social technopreneurship

Governance

eGovernance for Development
Global knowledge broker on eGovernance.
E-services for development
Study of how different hardware, software and related services for development can cooperate.
Information and Communication Technologies for Peace
 

Health

ICT for Country Health Information
Improve the foundation for ICT for the health sector in developing countries

Cross-cutting Themes

Gender

Gender, Development and Information Society Policies
 
Women and ICT Taskforce
International Taskforce on Women and ICT
 

Rural Development

E-Agriculture
 

Connectivity

Wireless for Development (W4D)
Foster community and government support for wireless deployments in support of regional economic and social development and deploy W4D projects with the benefit of experiences from other W4D entrepreneurs