About the RUFORUM 2010 Biennal Conference
"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholders in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of Information Systems"
Development of a framework to assess completeness of Disaster Recovery Plans in RUFORUM Universities
Abstract:
In Universities and other institutions, Information
Communication and Technology (ICT) is critical for today’s
learning, research, business profiling and institutional
management. However, sustainability of systems in place
depends greatly on the disaster preparedness and Recovery
Plans. Although most African universities have these plans, the
implementation procedures are often not followed properly. The
objective of this study is to evaluate the implementation
procedures of disaster recovery plans in two RUFORUM
universities, identify their strengths, weaknesses, and develop
a generic framework for scaling up Disaster Recovery Plans
and implementation procedures in these and other RUFORUM
universities. The pilot study targets Egerton University in Kenya
and Makerere University (Uganda) especially ICT Departments
and Academic Registrars units.
Dans les universités et autres institutions, la technologie de
l’information et de la communication (TIC) est essentielle
actuellement pour l’apprentissage, la recherche, le profil d’une
entreprise et la gestion institutionnelle. Cependant, la durabilité
des systèmes en place dépend beaucoup plus de la préparation
aux catastrophes et aux plans de récupération. Bien que la
plupart d’universités africaines aient ces plans, les procédures
de mise en oeuvre ne sont souvent pas suivies correctement.
L’objectif de cette étude est d’évaluer les procédures de mise
en oeuvre de plans de récupération du désastre dans deux
universités RUFORUM , d’identifier leurs forces, les faiblesses,
et de développer un cadre générique pour étendre les plans de
récupération du désastre et les procédures de mise en oeuvre
dans ces universités et d’autres universités RUFORUM.
L’étude pilote vise l’Université Egerton au Kenya et l’Université de Makerere en Ouganda, en particulier les départements de
TIC et les unités d’enregistrement des étudiants.
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1765-1768
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