Country: Benin

Organization: iEARN (International education and Network resource)

3) Strategy Summary:
Our idea is to organize first a seminar and then to bring online in the worldwide net young people of my country to join others on the world for a collaborative online project. This project can improve their educational environment and satisfy world wide issues. These young people can exchange ideas and it will bring across cultural awareness and understanding among the young in the world. It will bring young people together, not isolate them. We think that our idea is original in my country.

4) How the Strategy Works:
The percentage of people in general and particularly young peple in Africa that have internet education is very low. Whether we want it or not, the world is moving to a global village. We need as educators to strengthen our citizens' education capacity to enable them to interact with others for a real development among nations.

First in my locality, I will circulate a list on which young people will register. Then I will organize according to the number a seminar for those that have interest. Then I will create a website where people will register. Then projects can be initiated. We hope that for a period of three months, people will show their interest and work on these commun projects. We will invite some schools on the world to join us to know our system and policy of education .We will be sharing ideas and cultural facts and values. We will be sending each other picture of our old kingdom, musuem stories, political, religious and economic packs. I thing that after three months we will organize another seminar to evaluate what we have done up now. And the to elaborate a manual to include participant internationally and locally. We hope that we will give more colors to our organization to be successfull especially cultural insights for the unity among the education environment in the world. Today our world likes unity peace and education is a ground we must sow some seed of unity and peace.

5) Key Strategy Elements:

i. Mobilizing Citizen Support:
In our country Benin Republic , the system of democracy is bringing a mentality of decentralization.It' good to work online with such new democratic movement that a force belongs to people from the grassroot to initiate project to expentiate collegial activity of common interest.We think that in Benin our country when initiate a project , and citizens are well Mobilized , they can give effective support.And we think that citizen support is a key item to our strategy and make it innovative

ii. Generating Financial and Nonfinancial Resources:
organization of social and cultural activities , we can apply for sponsorship.

iii. Establishing Relationships with Strategic Partnerships:
Create competition and ask for donations and companies to help .

iv. Engaging and Managing Volunteers:
Look for partneship in multi ways

v. Developing Information and Spreading the Message:
Use means of communications to be knows and of our effectivity.

6) Increasing Self-sufficiency and Social Impact:
Our plan and strategy make makes our organization self- sufficient because we have set goals. And while progressing the goals that have been set must be achieve and show to our community that we are increasing in number and giving to students all over the world a way to develop their skills and evoluate out of traditional education to modern education. Students and teachers will integrate in their system of education internet literacy.

8) Organization Mission and Vision:
to create an access to students and teachers worldwide through online collaborative projects that have impact in the improvment of mankind

Contact Information:
Tossou Cossi  Hyacinthe
National Representaive
iEARN (International education and Network resource)
01 Bp 903 Cotonou
Benin
Tel: 00229878747
Fax: 00229313307
Email: iearnbjgp@yahoo.ca
Website: www.iearn.org