User profile

First name

Sylvie

Last name

Siyam

Country of residence

Cameroon

Extended profile

Organisation

PROTEGE QV

Bio

Engineer with a Master in Energetics, Coordinator of PROTEGE QV (http://www.protegeqv.org ), association created since 1996 with the aim to empower the different actors in communities so they become able to change their lives. As Coordinator of PROTEGE QV, Sylvie works a lot in women empowerment and local leaders counselling. She has a good knowledge of the challenges in poverty reduction and the usages of ICT for development. Sylvie is President of GOREeTIC network, created in june 2008 with the aim to use advocacy and research to improve universal access for development in west and central Africa. She strongly believes in the power and the efficiency of partnership and knowledge sharing as pillars for development. She is member of different networks: Association for Progressive Communication, PRECESSE, Global Knowledge Partnership, AAW, FARMRADIO.