Introduction

The technology and the access to the Internet have evolved considerably since the early days of the Belgian CHM partnership. Web-based tools are different, as well as the use of the Internet by society. Focal points around the world need to adapt to these changes in order to take the best possible advantage of the emerging technologies for their work on the CHM.

Since 2018, the training for the CHM makes use of the ‘Bioland Tool". This toolkit has several advantages that make it especially useful. First, it is open source and available free of charge. Second, it enables the setting up of websites without having expertise in programming. Finally, various users can contribute to the contents of the website through a web interface (the only requirement is to possess a login and password).

Many partner countries have started the transfer from PTK-based websites to the Bioland tool. However, due to time or connection constraints, they have not been able make a complete Biomand based website. At this moment there is a situation for some countries that none of the two sites are up to date or coherent.

The ‘Brainstorming Workshop on the Identification of a Strategy for the CHM Partnership for the Period 2018-2023’ held in Brussels on 17-19 June 2024 identified several constraints for the maintenance of the national websites. This includes insufficient time for managing the websites, as well as irregular and problematic Internet connections and a lack of computer expertise of some of the actors supposed to be contributing to the websites.

The Belgian CHM partnership regularly launches calls for proposals in order to help partner countries boost their contribution to the CHM websites. The objective of the initiative is to obtain websites that are:

• officially endorsed by the national authorities
• operational both in terms of format and content
• updated with the relevant data
• contain comprehensive information and national documents
• make links with other relevant websites at national and international level

Link
Call for projects for the reinforcement of CHM websites 2024-2025 
Projects that received grants under previous "calls for the reinforcement of national CHM"
Template for the project proposals