Netzwerk entwicklungsbezogener Dokumentationsstellen der Schweiz
Réseau suisse des centres de documentation spécialisés dans le développement
Network of Swiss Development Documentation Centres

What is NEDS? 

What is NEDS?  

The Network of Swiss Development Documentation Centres 
 

For over a decade there have been informal contacts among Swiss libraries and documentation centres working in the field of development cooperation. In 1995 these relationships were given a formal basis with the foundation of the association called NEDS (Network of Swiss Documentation and Information Centres).

The objectives of NEDS are:

• the exchange of professional and technical information among its members,
  
  
• enhanced synergy, and
  
  
• a general improvement in development cooperation documentation in Switzerland, 

The 20 most important Swiss development cooperation libraries and documentation centres are members of NEDS. They are financed by universities, government agencies - such as the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) -, and private development and missionary organisations. 

The changes in information technology over the last few years are of great significance for NEDS members, as the new techniques are creating new possibilities for communication between partners. NEDS has been able to meet two basic common needs:

• the need for more and better information regarding the utilisation and benefits of new technologies in the information and communication field, and
  
  
• the need for the exchange of information and experience among like-minded people,  and so the importance of NEDS has grown.
  
   

NEDS members meet at least twice a year to exchange information. Whereas the main issue of the spring meeting is an extended exchange of information regarding the successes and problems of the libraries and documentation centres represented within NEDS, the main focus of the autumn meeting is on the discussion of current topics. These meetings normally include a visit to the information centre of a NEDS member. These periodic meetings create welcome opportunities for establishing personal contacts.

NEDS members have contacts with many other development cooperation networks. The network affiliations of NEDS members include IVEP (Informationsverbund Entwicklungspolitik), RITIMO (Réseau d'Information Tiers-Monde de centres de documentation pour le développement) and EADI (European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, Working Group on Information and Documentation).
 

More information ...

... on NEDS is available from the NEDS committee members:

Camille Aubry
Cinfo
Rue Centrale 121
CH- 2500 Bienne 7
Tel. +41 (0)32 365 80 02
Fax +41 (0)32 365 80 59
E-Mail:
documentation@cinfo.ch

Heidi Immler
Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut
Socinstr. 57
CH-4002 Basel
Tel. +41 (0)61 284 82 22
Fax +41 (0)61 284 81 06
E-Mail:
heidi.immler@unibas.ch

Christine Wehrli
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
Bibliothek
16, La Voie-Creuse
Case postale 76
CH-1211 Genève 21

Tel. +41 (0)22 908 58 97
Fax +41 (0)22 908 62 70
E-Mail: Christine.Wehrli@graduateinstitute.ch

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