Methodology and timetable

The workshop is going to invite experts, mainly from countries with relatively low experiences in new information technology. The workshop is planned to be held on 20-24 April 1998. It will allow in addition the preparation of participants for the forthcoming conferences in Freising, and in Rome. We hope, the training and discussion with young experts from the subregion will generate some new ideas which can be important and useful for FAO WAICENT programme, too. The workshop will be organized in two parts: theoretical and practical training. The main goal is to advise and gain practical skills in using the Internet and CD-ROM technology. The participants will be encouraged to discuss related questions and share experiences. They will be asked to prepare and bring some texts and additional material for practical work, especially for practising the use of FTP or creating and adding some information to their homepages. They will be trained by using - FAO -WAICENT-homepage and CD-ROM s, - IAALD- homepage, - NitraNet -homepage, - PARTICIPANTS -homepages and CD-ROM s.

PROGRAMME:

SUNDAY, 19 April
Arrival

MONDAY, 20 April
9 00 - 9 30 Registration

9 30 - 10 00 Opening of the workshop

10 00 - 11 30 Presentation by FAO, IAALD , NitraNet and other speakers

11 30 - 12 30 Introduction to WAICENT programme on Internet and on CD-
ROM

12 30 - 13 30 L u n c h

14 00 - 17 00 Introduction of Internet
(access, login, basic user commands, etc.)
Practise and discussion

19 00 Welcome Reception

TUESDAY, 21 April

9 00 - 12 30 Internet services review (comparing the Windows and
UNIX environment - advantages and disadvantages
The use of Internet : E-mail
On-line communication (talk)
Practise and discussion

12 30 - 14 00 L u n c h

14 00 - 17 00 The use of Internet: Mailing lists (E- conference system)
News groups
Gopher
Practise and discussion


WEDNESDAY, 22 April

9 00 - 12 30 The use of Internet: FTP /File Transfer Protocol
FTP search services
Hypertext
LYNX - UNIX,

12 30 - 13 30 L u n c h

14 00 - 17 00 The use of Internet: The World Wide Web
The most frequently used search engines
Practise and discussion


THURSDAY, 23 April

9 00 - 12 30 Designing web pages (creating personal home pages) I.
Practise and discussion

12 30 - 14 00 L u n c h

14 00 - 17 00 Designing web pages (creating personal home pages) II.
Practise and discussion


FRIDAY, 24 April

9 00 - 12 30 Agricultural databases:
- on-line databases
- off-line databases
CD-ROM databases
- strategies for retrieving information

13 00 - 14 00 L u n c h

14 00 Evaluation session, discussion

SATURDAY, 25 April

9 00 - 12 00 Facultative programme - visiting state farm with genebank
function (Arabic, Lipican and Hucul horses)

12 00 - 13 00 L u n c h

Departure