Internship Report

Internship Report Internship May – July 2010

Internship Providing Organization: Centre for International Cooperation,
VU University Amsterdam
Supervisors: Anna Bon and Wendelien Tuyp

Nienke Akkermans
S1575619
Email:
[e-mail]
Master International Relations / International Organizations
Faculty of Arts, University ofGroningen, the Netherlands

Contents

1. Introduction 2

2. Preparation 4

3. The project and the assignment

4. The internship 5.1 cape coast 5.2 tamale 5.3 upper west region and upper east region 5.4 accra 5. Evaluation

Reference list

Appendix I: Internship Description
Appendix II: Map of Ghana
Appendix III: Flyer of the W4RA Project
Appendix IV: Research Report for CIS: The Role of ICTs in Knowledge Sharing within Rural
Communities in Ghana

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1. Introduction
Structure of the report. The internship is a compulsory part of the Master International
Relations / International Organizations (IRIO) at the Faculty of Arts of the University of
Groningen, the Netherlands. In thisreport I will give an overview of my internship for the
Centre for International Cooperation (CIS) at VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands and the research I conducted in Ghana for this internship. The structure of this report will be as follows: • Section 1, below, is a short introduction on the search for an internship. How did I find CIS as an internshipproviding organization?
• Section 2 describes the preparations for the internship, from applying for the internship to developing an internship assignment.
•Section 3 elaborates on the internship assignment and the project within which the internship falls.
•Section 4 is a detailed account of my stay in Ghana for the internship. It is divided in the