The Rift Valley Institute (RVI) is an independent, non-profit research and training organisation working with communities and institutions in Eastern Africa, including Sudan, South Sudan, the Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes region. Established in 2001, the RVI has offices in Kenya, the US and the UK.
The aim of the Institute is to bring local knowledge to bear on global information systems, advancing education, combating institutional amnesia, and modifying development practice.
Action-oriented social research and advocacyedit
The RVI's core activities can be summed up as action-oriented education: field research and the dissemination of knowledge about Eastern Africa, within the region and beyond. The RVI's research projects are designed to record and preserve indigenous culture, support local research capacity, promote human rights and inform global advocacy efforts.
Annual RVI coursesedit
The RVI works with educational institutions across the region and runs several in-country training courses. In the summer of 2012, there were three primary courses, covering Sudan/South Sudan, the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes. Each featured an intensive, week-long syllabus and was taught by both internationally recognized scholars and local experts. RVI courses emphasise the practical application of academic and technical knowledge to politics and development for local and expatriate aid workers, diplomats, peace-keepers, researchers and business people. An enlarged course schedule for 2013 will be announced in December 2012.
A knowledge networkedit
The Institute maintains an expanding open-access digital library, the Sudan Open Archive, available online and on disk, comprising historical and contemporary books, documents and audio-visual media. The RVI's own website features free-to-download digital editions of the Institute's reports and publications, including The Sudan Handbook (2011), an authoritative introduction written by leading Sudanese, South Sudanese and international specialists.
Senior staff, Fellows & Associatesedit
The RVI's Executive Director is Professor John Ryle, who founded the Institute with Jok Madut Jok and Philip Winter. Fellows of the Institute, drawn from the region and beyond, are practitioners and academic specialists in the fields of human rights, history, anthropology, political science, economics, development, media, and law.
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January 01, 1970
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Rift Valley Institute news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page July 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message The Rift Valley Institute RVI is an independent non profit research and training organisation working with communities and institutions in Eastern Africa including Sudan South Sudan the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region Established in 2001 the RVI has offices in Kenya the US and the UK Contents 1 Local knowledge global information 2 Action oriented social research and advocacy 3 Annual RVI courses 4 A knowledge network 5 Senior staff Fellows amp Associates 6 Funders 7 Partners 8 See also 9 External linksLocal knowledge global information editThe aim of the Institute is to bring local knowledge to bear on global information systems advancing education combating institutional amnesia and modifying development practice Action oriented social research and advocacy editThe RVI s core activities can be summed up as action oriented education field research and the dissemination of knowledge about Eastern Africa within the region and beyond The RVI s research projects are designed to record and preserve indigenous culture support local research capacity promote human rights and inform global advocacy efforts Annual RVI courses editThe RVI works with educational institutions across the region and runs several in country training courses In the summer of 2012 there were three primary courses covering Sudan South Sudan the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes Each featured an intensive week long syllabus and was taught by both internationally recognized scholars and local experts RVI courses emphasise the practical application of academic and technical knowledge to politics and development for local and expatriate aid workers diplomats peace keepers researchers and business people An enlarged course schedule for 2013 will be announced in December 2012 A knowledge network editThe Institute maintains an expanding open access digital library the Sudan Open Archive available online and on disk comprising historical and contemporary books documents and audio visual media The RVI s own website features free to download digital editions of the Institute s reports and publications including The Sudan Handbook 2011 an authoritative introduction written by leading Sudanese South Sudanese and international specialists Senior staff Fellows amp Associates editThe RVI s Executive Director is Professor John Ryle who founded the Institute with Jok Madut Jok and Philip Winter Fellows of the Institute drawn from the region and beyond are practitioners and academic specialists in the fields of human rights history anthropology political science economics development media and law Funders editThe RVI has received financial support from organisations including the Open Society Institute the J M Kaplan Fund the Sigrid Rausing Trust the United States Institute of Peace UNICEF UNEP and the UK Government Department for International Development DFID It has received donations from Small Voice UK and Times Newspapers and technical support from Compactive Digital Services Budapest and Halcrow Ltd London Partners editThe Institute works in collaboration with other organisations in the region and beyond These include the University of Juba Sudan the Southern Sudan Commission for Census Statistics and Evaluation the International Rescue Committee the Bahr el Ghazal Youth Association Save The Children Fund UK Bard College New York the Royal African Society the Royal Institute of International Affairs the British Institute in Eastern Africa Rumbek Senior Secondary School the Shading Tree the World Bank and the Poetry Translation Centre at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London See also editRift Valley Technical Training InstituteExternal links editThe Rift Valley Institute The Sudan Open Archive United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic Religious and Linguistic Minorities Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rift Valley Institute amp oldid 1173855315, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
