In April, Valerie Kumer (University of Bergen) and I had the pleasure to organize a writing workshop at Makerere University in beautiful Uganda. The participants were all part of the WIMEA-ICT project.
WIMEAICT stands for Improving Weather Information Management in East Africa for effective service provision through the applications of suitable Information and Communication Technologies.
For a highly interdisciplinary project like this to succeed, the researchers not only have to publish in respected journals, they also have to communicate well across disciplines. Successful communication relies on good writing skills.
The aim of the course was to improve the participant’s knowledge of writing and to encourage them to work together to improve. The focus was certainly on learning-bydoing.