A warm digital welcome!
13 February 2008
A month has passed since we, Bridges members, had the opportunity to my meet face to face for the first time in the beautiful city of Oporto and, by the way, celebrate my anniversary with a great dinner.
Back then we have made a brief CIARIS presentation and explained that ILO main role, in what concerns CIARIS, was basically to add value to our process of mutual learning.
Since them Carla, Beverly and me, with the collaboration of REAPN and Jordi, have been working on creating a virtual home intended to be a comfortable and useful place for all of us to work and interact within the framework of the Bridges for Inclusion. In this house you can do several things. I would highlight four of them:
1. Know better and easily contact other project members;
2. Place and access different project related documents;
3. Participate in the discussions taking place around certain project issues and documents.
4. Disseminate the project results to a larger group of people
During this week we invite you to get to know what we have done so far.
Like in other new environment you can start by feeling a certain strangeness and take some time to get familiar with it. That’s normal to any process of learning and can be an interesting challenge. Exploration is the key.
On the other hand, may have doubts and difficulties using the space. That’s also perfectly normal and it’s very important that you express those questions to us. Don’t hesitate to contact us, especially Carla.
That said, the only purpose of this house is to support you. So your comments and suggestions are very important to make it better and more adapted to your needs. Tell us what you think.
By the way, like most houses, Bridges space is part of a larger neighbourhood, the global CIARIS. And in the Bridges surroundings you have all sorts of neighbours working on social inclusion related issues all over the world, and a vast array of resources that you can use. If you feel adventurous go ahead, explore further.
We’ll see each other around
CommentsOriginal Language:
Thank you Luís, for putting in such a nice way what CIARIS intends to offer to Bridges partners. I also hope that this virtual home will be seen as cosy and welcoming by everyone!
Luís: Many thanks for the global warming. I still didn't found a smoking place but... :-)
Hi everyone! Thanks for the warm digital welcome. External evaluation team is exploring this collective home, and, we are feeling already comfortable.