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ANNOUNCEMENTS
- IFPRI Training Materials
- HIV/AIDS, Food and Nutrition Security: A Review of Impacts and Actions. Training for Capacity Strengthening Program. Training Materials. May 2001.
- HIV/AIDS, Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition Security. Training for Capacity Strengthening Program. Training Materials. December 2001.
- HIV/AIDS: Impacts on Livelihoods. Training for Capacity Strengthening Program. Training Materials. December 2001.
- IFPRI Reading Materials
- HIV/AIDS: A Critical Health and Development Issue. Tony Barnett and Gabriel Rugalema. In The Unfinished Agenda: Perspectives on Overcoming Hunger, Poverty, and Environmental Degradation, edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Rajul Pandya-Lorch, 2001.
- AIDS Mushrooms into a Development Crisis. Reported by Sara E. Wilson. In The Unfinished Agenda: Perspectives on Overcoming Hunger, Poverty, and Environmental Degradation, edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Rajul Pandya-Lorch, 2001.
- Health and Nutrition: Emerging and Reemerging Issues in Developing Countries. Rafael Flores. In The Unfinished Agenda: Perspectives on Overcoming Hunger, Poverty, and Environmental Degradation, edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Rajul Pandya-Lorch, 2001.
- Effective Food and Nutrition Policy Responses to HIV/AIDS: What We Know and What We Need to Know. Food Consumption and Nutrition Division. Discussion Paper 112. June 2001.
- Health and Nutrition Emerging and Reemerging Issues in Developing Countries: HIV/AIDS. Anthony Barnett and Gabriel Rugalema. 2020 Focus 5. February 2001.
- Status of Agricultural Economics in Eastern and Southern Africa
A report entitled "Status of Agricultural Economics in Selected Countries in Eastern and Southern Africa" by Marios Obwona and David Norman, is now available. It was prepared for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 2020 Vision Network for East Africa in collaboration with the East and Central Africa Program for Agricultural Policy Analysis (ECAPAPA) and the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) with support from the Rockfeller Foundation (Nairobi).To download the article, visit http://www.ifpri.org/2020/nw/statusafrica.htm.
- Circle of Rights - A Training Resource
Circle of Rights is a manual for training human rights activists, development workers, members of organizations representing disadvantaged groups, and others who are addressing economic, social, and cultural issues. The hope and expectation is that trainers will adapt and expand this manual to conduct training programs on economic, social, and cultural (ESC) rights and ESC-rights activism. The complete training manual can be found at: http://www.hrusa.org/hrmaterials/IHRIP/circle/toc.htm.
- Client Targeting Center
The Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) recently launched the Client Targeting Center, which is intended for microfinance institutes (MFIs) and others interested in microfinance. The Center provides information on different targeting tools, empirical evidence on the depth MFI outreach, and experiences with targeting. For more information, visit http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/cgap/poverty.
- Participatory Training and Extension in Farmers' Water Management -- Website and CD-Rom
The Water Service of the Food and Agriculture Organization has developed a package of training material for the development and implementation of Participatory Training & Extension Programme in Farmers' Water Management. The website will provide a platform to exchange experiences and to make available relevant reference documents, web links, and training materials developed in various projects. The package is compiled on a CD-Rom together with an extensive set of training aids and materials. It is also available at http://www.fao.org/ag/AGL/aglw/farmerwatertraining. To obtain the CD-Rom write to farmer-water-training@fao.org.
- Free E-Book
Mantex Information Design is offering a free electronic book titled Improve Your Writing Skills. This e-book provides basic guidelines for making your writing clear and effective and information on punctuation, editing, and layout. To download the book, visit http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/ebooks.htm.
- Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation Training Materials
Kenneth Train of the University of California, Berkeley designed an on-line course on discrete choice methods. The course includes videotaped lectures for web streaming, a textbook, problem sets with data and computer codes, and a reading list with links to the articles. The course can be viewed at http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~train/distant.html.
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INSTITUTION PROFILE
Development Consultants for Asia Africa Pacific
The Development Consultants for Asia Africa Pacific (DCAAP) is a Manila-based global training, research, development, and consultancy firm specializing in human development management (HDM). DCAAP is the revival of the UNDP/Asia Pacific Programme for Development Training and Communication Planning (DTCP), which was privatized in 1995. DCAAP assists other organizations through custom-built training, formulating sustainable development project proposals, operationalizing newly approved project documents, and simplifying and rationalizing difficult to implement project documents. Some relevant trainings are: Managing and Implementing Poverty Reduction Campaigns, Training of Trainers on Poverty Reduction, Managing and Conducting Survey Research, Systematic Communication Management and Implementation, Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation, and Developing and Managing Rural Development and Extension Approaches. For more information, visit http://www.dcaap.com.ph
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NETWORK PROFILE
ACC Network on Rural Development and Food Security
The ACC Network on Rural Development and Food Security was established by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) , International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and World Food Program (WFP). The Network is a mechanism for follow-up to the World Food Summit Plan of Action, which stressed the need for coordinated and focused action at the country level. Some activities on rural development and food security stimulated by the Network range from supporting the Special Programme on Food Security (SPFS) to developing Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information Mapping Systems (FIVIMS). The ACC Network on Rural Development and Food Security aims to mobilize support for government efforts to implement the World Food Summit Plan of Action and rural development and food security programs; to reinforce ties between UN system organizations and other stakeholders; to foster complementarities and synergies; and to exchange and dissemination information, experiences, and best practices. The website serve as an interactive forum for networking, the exchange of lessons learned, and best practices. There is also an email discussion list, electronic conferences, and a publication on Guidelines for Thematic Groups. For more information, visit http://www.accnetwork.net.
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COURSES/WORKSHOPS
- Organization: Center for Social Policy and Institutional Development at the School for International Training
Title: International Policy Advocacy Course
Location: Washington, DC; New York, New York; and Brattleboro, Vermont.
Date: May 30-June 28, 2002
Fee: US$4,900
Contact: Center for Social Policy and Institutional Development
School for International Training
Kipling Road
P.O. Box 676
Brattleboro, Vermont 05302-0676
USA
Phone: 1 802 258 3433
1 877 257 7751 ext. 3433 (within the USA)
Fax +1 802 258 3320
Email: ipa@sit.edu
Web: http://www.sit.edu/ipa
- Organization: Crop Management Research Training Project (CMRT), Egerton University (EU), The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Title: Twelfth Crop Management Research Training Course
Location: Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya
Dates:
13-week CMRT course: March 3-June 11, 2002
13-week CMRT Course: July 7-October 5, 2002
26-week CMRT Course: March 3-August 31, 2002
Fee: US$450 (13 weeks) and US$7,000(26 weeks)
Contact: Director
Crop Management Research Training
P.O. Box 677
Njoro
Kenya
Phone: 037-62261/62368
Fax: 037-62145
Email: cmrt@africaonline.co.ke
- Title: Development Studies Course
Location: Birmingham, UK
Date: April 20-July 6, 2002
Contact: Wendy Banner
Email: w.banner@bham.ac.uk
- The following courses are offered by the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR):
Contact: Education and Training Program
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Y.C. James Yen Center
Silang 4118, Cavite
Philippines
Phone: (63-46) 4142417
Fax: (63-46) 4142420
Email: Education&Training@iirr.org
- Title: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
Location: Silang, Cavite, Philippines
Date: February 28-March 2, 2002 (Preparatory Session) and March 4-22, 2002
Fee: US$400 (Pre-session) + US$2,500 (Course)
- Title: Training Program Development and Management
Location: Silang, Cavite, Philippines
Date: July 8-26, 2002
Fee: US$2,500
- Title: Rural Development Management
Location: Silang, Cavite, Philippines
Date: August 5-30, 2002
Fee: US$3,000
- Title: Farmer-led Extension
Location: Silang, Cavite, Philippines
Date: October 7-25, 2002
Fee: US$2,500
- Title: Community-based Integrated Watershed Management
Location: Silang, Cavite, Philippines
Date: November 25-December 13, 2002
Fee: US$2,500
- Title: Development Management: Concepts, Principles, and Tools
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: March 4-5, 2002
- Title: Skills Development Course in Project Design and Proposal Writing
Location: Kisumu, Kenya
Date: August 19-30, 2002
- Title: Organizational Development and Strategic Planning
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: July 8-19, 2002
- Organizations: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), DGIS, and ETC-Netherlands
Title: Sustainable Agriculture Training of Trainers
Locations: India and Thailand (tentative)
Dates: February or April 2002 (India) and July 2002 (Thailand) (tentative)
Fee: Approximately US$1,500
Contact: Education and Training Program
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Y.C. James Yen Center
Silang 4118, Cavite
Philippines
Phone: (63-46) 4142417
Fax: (63-46) 4142420
Email: Education&Training@iirr.org
- Organizations: School for International Training (SIT), Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), and International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR)
Title: NGO Leadership, Development, and Social Change
Location: Silang, Cavite
Philippines
Date: January 21-February 8, 2002
Fee: US$2,500
Education and Training Program
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Y.C. James Yen Center
Silang 4118, Cavite, Philippines
Phone: (63-46) 4142417
Fax: (63-46) 4142420
Email: Education&Training@iirr.org
- Organizations: Central European University, University of Hawaii, World Food Programme Nicaragua; CARE Kenya; and European University Institute
Title: Human Right to Food and Nutrition: Principles and Policies
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Date: July 22-August 2, 2002 will be preceded and followed by distance learning modules via the Internet
Contact: Central European University
Summer University Office
1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 9.
Hungary
Phone: (36-1) 327-3811
Fax: (36-1) 327-3124
Email: summeru@ceu.hu (for information and general correspondence) and sunreq@ceu.hu (for requesting application forms)
Web: http://www.ceu.hu/sun/SUN%202002/Descriptions/The%20Human%20Right.htm
- Title: Working with Microfit-Modern Developments in Econometrics and Forecasting Techniques
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Date: March 20-22, 2002
Contact: Ben Gardiner
Workshop Organiser
Cambridge Econometrics
Covent Garden, Cambridge CB1 2HS
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 1223 460760
Fax +44 1223 464378
Email: bg@camecon.com
Web: http://www.camecon.com/services/training/workmfit.htm
- The following courses are offered by the Centre for Arid Zone Studies.
Contact: Short Course Organiser
Centre for Arid Zone Studies
University of Wales Bangor
Bangor
Gwynedd
UK
Email: cazs@bangor.ac.uk
Web: http://www.cazs.bangor.ac.uk/script/courses/contact1.htm
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Title: Forest Resource Economics and Project Management
Date: January-February 2002
Fee: £2700 + accommodation
- Title: Environmental Impact Analysis & Monitoring with GIS and Remote Sensing
Date: January 7-March 1, 2002
Fee: £4000 + accommodation
- Title: Information Management for Agricultural and Forestry Research
Date: July or August 2002
Fee: £2300 + accommodation (includes cost of visits)
- Organizations: Children's Budget Project at Idasa and Save the Children, Sweden
Title: Southern African Regional Training on Child Budget Analysis
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Date: January 28-February 1, 2002
For more information, contact Shaamela Cassiem at shaamela@idasact.org.za
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CONFERENCES
- Organization: University of Hohenheim, Germany; Kasetsart University, Thailand; Chiang Mai University, Thailand; International Centre for Research in Agroforestry ( ICRAF); and IBSRAM
Title: International Symposium Sustaining Food Security and Managing Natural Resources in Southeast Asia: - Challenges for the 21st Century
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Date: January 8-11, 2002
Contact: Institute of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics
University of Hohenheim (490a)
D-70593 Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany
Phone: 49-711-459-3476/2581
Fax: 49-711-459-2582
Email: symp2002@uni-hohenheim.de
- Organizations: International Trade and Finance Association, Imperial Valley Campus, and Ramkhamhaeng University
Title: 12th International Conference of the International Trade & Finance Association on "Asia: The Survival Strategies in the Global Economy"
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: May 29-June 2, 2002
Deadline: January 25, 2002 (paper submission)
For more information, visit http://www.ivcampus.sdsu.edu/itfa/itfa.html
- Organization: Mandat International
Title: World Civil Society Forum
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Date: July 14-19, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.mandint.org/forum
- Organizations: Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), and Malaysian Agricultural and Economics Association (PETA)
Title: Asia Pacific Economics and Business Conference 2002
Location: Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Date: October 2-4, 2002.
Deadline April 30, 2002 (abstract)
Further information, visit: http://www.econ.upm.edu.my/~conf2002/conf2002.htm
- Title: Irish Economic Association Annual Conference
Location: Mullingar County, Westmeath, Ireland
Date: April 12-14, 2002
Deadline: January 18, 2002 (paper submission)
For more information, visit http://www.iea.ie
- Organizations: Center for African Studies, University of Illinois; College of Education, University of Illinois; the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA); Association of African Universities; Ford Foundation; and U.S. Department of Education
Title: 28th Annual Spring Symposium of the Center for African Studies on "African Universities in the 21st Century"
Location: University of Illinois
Date: April 25-27, 2002
Deadline: January 14, 2002 (Abstract)
Contact: Center for African Studies
ATTN: African Universities
210 International Studies Bldg.
910 S. Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61801
U.S.A.
Fax: 217-244-2429
Email: swisher@uiuc.edu
- Organization: University of Maryland
Title: Globalizations 2002: Cultural, Economic, Democratic
Location: College Park, Maryland, USA
Date: April 11-14, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/conference
- Organizations: Chinese Agricultural Engineering Society; Food & Agriculture Organization; International Council of the Society for Sustainable Agriculture and Resources Management; and Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Title: Second International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Food, Energy and Industry
Location: Beijing, China
Date: September 8-13, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.isaconfe.org/indexe.htm
- Organizations: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ministry of Agriculture; People's Republic of China; Chinese Academy of Engineering; Canadian International Development Agency; Potash and Prosperous Institute of Canada; China Council; and Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (HAAFS)
Title: Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture for Dry Areas for the 2nd Millennium
Location: Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
Date: September 15-19, 2002
Deadline: January 31, 2001 (abstract)
For more information, visit http://res2.agr.ca/lethbridge/hebei/confindex.htm
- Organizations: InterAction, Uganda Women's Network (UWONET), Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC), and USAID Uganda
Title: Governance in African Development Relationships (East and Southern Africa)
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Date: February 19-21, 2002
For more information, contact Evariste Karangwa at ekarangwa@interaction.org
- Organizations: InterAction, Conseil des Organisations Non Gouvernmentales d'Appui au Developpement (CONGAD), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), and USAID Senegal
Title: Governance in African Development Relationships (West Africa)
Location: Dakar, Senegal
Date: February 26-28, 2002
For more information, contact Evariste Karangwa at ekarangwa@interaction.org
- Organizations: International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research; Center for International Studies on Economic Growth (CEIS) Tor Vergata University of Rome; Center of Sustainable Resource Development, University of California at Berkeley; and Economic Growth Center, Yale University
Title: 6th International Conference on "Agricultural Biotechnologies: New Avenues for Production, Consumption and Technology Transfer"
Location: Ravello, Italy
Date: July 11-14, 2002
Deadline: January 20, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.economia.uniroma2.it/conferenze/icabr
- Organization: Ministry of Water Resources, People's Republic Of China
Title: 12th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference: Sustainable Utilization
of Global Soil and Water Resources
Location: Beijing, China
Date: May 26-31, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.swcc.org.cn/isco2002
- Organization: Stockholm International Water Institute
Title: 12th Stockholm Water Symposium on "Balancing Competing Water Uses-Present Status and New Prospects"
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Date: August 12-15, 2002
Deadline: February 1, 2002 (abstract)
For more information, visit http://www.siwi.org
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FELLOWSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS / COMPETITIONS
- Organization: Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics
Title: Sylvia Lane Mentor Research Fellowship
Deadline: March 15, 2002
Eligibility: Completed an academic year in residence at an accredited American graduate degree program in agricultural economics or a closely related discipline, initiated a mentor association with an expert in agricultural economics or closely related discipline or industry, and the mentor must have a Ph.D. in agricultural economics or a closely related discipline and demonstrated expertise in an the area of food, agriculture, or natural resources.
Contact: Cheryl Doss
Sylvia Lane Fellowship Chair
Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS)
P.O. Box 208206
New Haven, CT 06520-8206
USA
Phone: 203-432-9395
Email: Cheryl.Doss@yale.edu
Web: http://www.aaea.org/sections/cwae/index.htm
- Organizations: National Science Foundation (NSF) and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Title: Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC) Program 2001-2003
Deadline: January 15 and July 15, 2002
Contact:
- Organizations: George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs and Starr Foundation
Title: George Washington University Fellowships
Target Group: Mid-career professionals from Eastern Europe, Russia, the former Soviet Republics, South Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Deadline: January 15, 2001
Contact: The Elliott School of International Affairs
The George Washington University
2013 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052
Phone: 1-(202) 994-6240
Fax: 1-(202) 994-0335
Email: elliott@gwu.edu
Web: http://www.gwu.edu/~elliott/academicprograms/mipp
- Organization: Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF)
Title: Women's Creativity in Rural Life
Award: $500
Deadline: March 2002 (nominations)
Contact: Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF)
P.O. Box 2001
1211 GENEVA 1
Switzerland
Phone: (00 41 22) 738.66.19
Fax: (00 41 22) 738.82.48
Email: prize@vtxnet.ch
Web: http://www.woman.ch/frampriz.htm
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