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ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management
Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (SANREM) is seeking pre-proposals that support SANREM's overall goal, which is to improve decisionmaking by natural resource managers in order to increase food production, reduce poverty, and conserve natural resources. Pre-proposals should focus on three priority themes: community-based water and watershed management, agriculture and biodiversity use and conservation linkages, and local responses to global climate variation. For further information, visit http://www.sanrem.uga.edu.
- Freedom from Hunger
Freedom from hunger has launched a technical resource site, which focuses on lessons learned from implementing, expanding, and evaluating the project Credit with Education. For more information, visit http://www.ffhtechnical.org.
- World Bank
The World Bank has recently launched a new and improved weekly listserve that better informs readers about the latest news and activities at the Bank Group. For more information, e-mail newsbureau@worldbank.org.
- Data from Developing Countries
The University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) has recently launched a website (http://chaka.sscnet.ucla.edu/dev_data/data.htm) that contains an extensive collection of household data, including nutrition, for developing countries.
- FAO-Biotech News
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched FAO-Biotech News, an e-mail listserve containing news and event announcements that are relevant to the application of biotechnology to food and agriculture in developing countries. The aim of FAO-Biotech News is to inform policymakers and technical decisionmakers about current developments and issues in agricultural biotechnology. For more information, visit http://www.fao.org/biotech/index.asp.
- Anthropometric References for Children
The FANTA Project has constructed Excel files containing anthropometric data on children. For more information, visit http://www.fantaproject.org/publications/anthropom.shtml.
- International Development Research Centre
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, is launching a competition to support research on the changing balance between public and private sector funding of research, and its implications for developing country governments and research institutions. The competition is open to researchers throughout the developing world, and will award up to seven grants, with a maximum value of CAD $80,000 each. Applications must be submitted by March 29, 2002. For more information, visit http://www.idrc.ca/research/xroks_e.html.
- Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has developed technical tools for conducting Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) to monitor the well-being of children. For more information, visit http://www.childinfo.org/index2.htm.
- USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC)
Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) Express is a free, electronic publication that provides a listing of the latest development experience reports from USAID. For more information, visit http://www.DEC.org.
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INSTITUTION PROFILE
International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD)
The International Institute of Sustainable Development promotes the transition towards a sustainable future through policy research, information exchange, analysis, and advocacy on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resources. They provide governments, businesses, and civil society with action recommendations based on careful analysis; offer knowledge networks to help build the information and analytical capacity of civil society and other actors in the South and North; and provide timely reporting of international negotiations critical to the sustainability of the planet. For more information, visit http://www.iisd.org/default.asp.
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NETWORK PROFILE
South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI)
In June 1998, the South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI) was initiated. It seeks to establish strong research interlinkages among diverse economic research institutions by organizing summer school and training workshops for capacity strengthening, disseminating information on economic issues, and creating a forum for the exchange of ideas on pertinent and emerging economic issues in South Asia. For more information, visit http://www.saneinetwork.org.
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COURSES/WORKSHOPS
- Organization: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Title: Management of Water Resources and Improvement of Water Use Efficiency in the Dry Areas
Location: Aleppo, Syria
Date: April 7-June 6, 2002
Contact: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
Human Resources Development Unit
P.O. Box 5466
Aleppo Syria
Phone: (963-21) 2225112/ 2225012/ 2213433/ 2213477
Fax: (963-21) 2225105 / 2213490
Email: s.ahmed@cgiar.org
Web: http://www.icarda.cgiar.org/Training/Training2002.html
- Organization: Georg-August University
Title: Masters Program on Tropical and International Agriculture
Location: Göttingen, Germany
Deadline: April 30, 2002 (winter semester) and October 31, 2002 (summer semester)
Contact: University of Göttingen
Institute of Rural Development
The Coordinator of the Masters Program on Tropical and International Agriculture
c/o Dr. Ronald Kühne
Waldweg 26
D-37073 Göttingen
Germany
Phone: 49 (0) 551-393924
Fax: 49 (0) 551-393076
Email: agritrop@gwdg.de or rkuehne@gwdg.de
Web: http://www.gwdg.de/~uare
- The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) is offering the following courses:
Contact: Nori Ignacio
Course Coordinator
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Biga, Silang
Cavite 4118
Philippines
Phone: (63-46) 414-2417
Fax: (63-46) 414-2423
Email: Education&Training@iirr.org
Courses offered:
- Title: International Course on Sustainable Agriculture Training of Trainers
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: July 1-19, 2002
Fee: US $1,500 (covers training materials, meals, and accommodation)
- Title: International Course on Training Program Development and Management
Location: Silang, Cavite, Philippines
Date: July 8-26, 2002
Fee: US $2,500 (includes training materials, meals, and accommodation)
- Title: International Course on Rural Development Management
Location: Silang, Cavite, Philippines
Date: July 8-26, 2002
Fee: US $3,000 (includes training materials, meals, and accommodation)
- Organization: International Agricultural Centre (IAC)
Title: Participatory Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation (PPM&E)
Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands
Date: April 3-25, 2002
Fee: 2700 (includes administration fees, lecture materials, and excursions)
Contact: International Agricultural Centre
Course coordinator
Ir. B. Huizinga
P.O. Box 88
6700 AB
Wageningen, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 317 495 495
Fax: +31 317 495 395
Email: training@iac.agro.nl
Web: www.iac.wageningen-ur.nl
- Organization: International Agricultural Centre (IAC)
Title: Network Development for Agriculture Innovation
Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands
Date: April 3-25, 2002
Fee: 2700 (includes administration expenses, training materials, and excursions)
Contact: Ir. R.J. Ludemann
Course coordinator
International Agricultural Centre
P.O. Box 88
6700 AB
Wageningen, The Netherlands
Phone: + 31 317 495 495
Fax: + 31 317 495 395
Email: training@iac.agro.nl
Web: www.iac.wageningen-ur.nl
- Organization: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Title: Facilitating the Agricultural Innovation Process
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: April 15-27, 2002
Target Group: National Agricultural Research System (NARS) program leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fee: US $3,000 (includes meals, incidentals, training materials, resource persons, local transportation, and telephone allowance)
Contact: Veyrl Adell
Training Coordinator
International Livestock Research Institute
P.O. Box 30709
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: 254-2 630743
Fax: 254-2 631499
Email: v.adell@cgiar.org
- Organization: German Foundation for International Development (DSE)
Title: Land Use Planning for Rural Development: Planning and Coordination in Natural Resources Management
Location: Germany
Date: April 17-May 16, 2002
Deadline: February 20, 2002
Target Group: Mid level and senior planners from governmental institutions and non-government organizations from South Asia, South East Asia, South Africa, and the Near East
Contact: German Foundation for International Development (DSE)/Centre for Food, Rural Development and the Environment (ZEL)
Feldafing/Zschortau
82336 Feldafing
Germany
Fax: 49 (0) 8157-938777
Email: Hernandez_zecher@dse.de
Web: http://www.dse.de/zel/zel-e.htm
- Organization: Sustainable Agriculture Centre for Research, Extension, and Development in Africa (SACRED Africa)
Title: Regional Course in Participatory Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture for East and Southern Africa
Location: Jinja, Uganda
Date: October 13-18, 2002
Deadline: September 1, 2002
Fee: US $500
Contact: Dr. Eusebius J. Mukhwana
P.O. Box 2275
Bungoma, Kenya
Phone: 254-337-30788
Email: sacred@africaonline.co.ke
Web: http://www.acts.or.ke/sacred
- Organization: University College, London
Title: Gender Mainstreaming: A Methodology for Practice
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date: April 8-19, 2002
Fee: US $2000
Contact: Frankie Liew
Course Administrator
Development planning Unit
University College London
London WC1HOED
United Kingdom
Phone: 44-207-388-7581
Fax: 44-207-387-4541
Email: dpu@ucl.ac.uk
Web: http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/dpu/information/Forthcm_events.htm#anchor2
- Organization: Overseas Development Group
Title: Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Activities and Management Information Systems Options
Location: Norwich, United Kingdom
Date: August 5-30, 2002
Contact: The Training Office
Overseas Development Group
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR47TJ
United Kingdom
Phone: 44-1603-456410
Fax: 44-1603-505262
Email: odg.train@uea.ac.uk
Web:http://www.odg.uea.ac.uk/pages/training.html
- The Free University of Brussels is offering the following Summer School 2002 courses:
Contact: Prof. Ali Bayar
Department of Applied Economics
Free University of Brussels
Avenue F. Roosevelt, 50 C.P. 140
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32-2-650 3988
Fax: +32-2-650 4137
Email: anouk.verlinden@ecomod.net
http://www.ecomod.net/Courses/Summer_School.htm
Courses offered:
- Title: Practical Economic Modeling
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date: July 8-13, 2002
- Title: Advanced Economic Modeling
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date: July 15-20, 2002
- Title: Advanced Macroeconometric Modeling
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date: July 22- 27, 2002
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CONFERENCES
- Organization: Hebrew University
Title: The Economics of Water and Agriculture
Location: Rehovot, Israel
Date: December 18-20, 2002
For more information, visit http://departments.agri.huji.ac.il/economics/kenes-yoav4.html
- Organization: The Government of Egypt, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), World Bank, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI), AASTMT, National Agricultural System (NAS), and Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Title: Biotechnology and Sustainable Development: Voices of the South and the North
Location: Egypt
Date: March 16-20, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.egyptbiotech.com/2002
- Organization: Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
Title: Symposium on Measurement and Assessment of Food Deprivation and Undernutrition
Location: Rome, Italy
Date: June 26-28, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.fivims.net/Symposium_en.htm
- Organizations: African Econometrics Society (AES) and University of Pretoria
Title: 7th Annual Conference on Econometric Modelling for Africa
Location: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Date: July 3-5, 2002
Deadline: February 28, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.up.ac.za/academic/economic/econ/conference/Conference2002
- Organization: Boston University
Title: Tenth Annual Graduate Research Conference in African Studies
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Date: March 22-23, 2002
Deadline: March 1, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.bu.edu/Africa/programs/graduate/gradconf
- Organization: Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)
Title: Agricultural Enterprises in Transition- Parallels and Divergences in Eastern Germany, Poland and Hungary
Location: Halle, Germany
Date: September 29-30, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.iamo.de
- Organization: Information Technology in the Advancement of the Nutrition in Africa (ITANA) 2002
Title: IT in the Advancement of Nutrition in Africa
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: July 21-25, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.itana2002.org
- Organization: Stockholm International Water Institute
Title: 2002 Water Symposium "Balancing Competing Water Uses - Present Status and New Prospects"
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Date: August 12-15, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.siwi.org
- Organization: International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)
Title: International Conference on Water Quality Management: South Asian Perspective
Location: New Delhi, India
Date: April 11-12, 2002
For more information, visit http://india.ilsi.org
- Organization: Federation of Asian Nutrition Societies, Nutrition Foundation of India, and Nutrition Society of India
Title: IX Asian Congress of Nutrition
Location: New Delhi, India
Date: February 23-27, 2003
For more information, visit http://acn2003india.net/intro.html
- Organization: Johannesburg Summit 2002
Title: World Summit on Sustainable Development
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: August 26- September 4, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/brochure/brochure12.pdf
- Organization: African Development Forum
Title: Regional Economic Integration
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date: March 3-8, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.uneca.org/adfiii/adfiii.htm
- Organizations: Canadian International Development Agency, Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ministry of Agriculture, People's Republic of China, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chinese Society of Agronomy, Hebei People's Government, Potash and Phosphorous Institute of Canada, and Agriteam Canada
Title: Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture for Dry Areas for the 2nd Millennium
Location: Hebei, People's Republic of China
Date: September 15-19, 2002
For more information, visit http://res2.agr.ca/lethbridge/hebei/index.htm
- Organization: Center for International Studies on Economic Growth (CEIS)
Title: Institutions and Growth: The Political Economy of International Unions and the Constitution of Europe
Location: Rome, Italy
Date: June 25-27 2002
Deadline: April 30, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.economia.uniroma2.it
- Organization: 17th World Congress of Soil Science
Title: Soil Science: Confronting New Realities in the 21st Century
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: August 14-21, 2002
Deadline: February 14, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.17wcss.ku.ac.th
- Organization: Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT)
Title: Macroeconomics in Transition Countries
Location: Bank of Finland, Helsinki
Date: April 12-13, 2002
Deadline: March 1, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.bof.fi/bofit
- Organization: Global Economic Modeling Network
Title: Policy Modeling
Location: Brussels
Date: July 4-6, 2002
Deadline: February 28, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.ecomod.net
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FELLOWSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS / COMPETITIONS
- Organization: Colorado Trust Fellowship
Title: Masters in Non-Profit Management Graduate Program
Deadline: February 15, 2002
Contact: The Colorado Trust Fellows Project
Regis University
3333 Regis Boulevard
Mailstop L-16
Denver, Colorado 80221-1099
Phone: 303-458-4080 / 1-800-677-9270
Email: masters@regis.edu
Web: http://www.regis.edu/spsmnm/coloradotrust
- Organization: Cities Feeding People (CFP)
Title: International Graduate Research Awards Program in Urban Agriculture
Award: A maximum of CDN $20,000 per year
Deadline: December 31, 2002
Contact: An International Centre for Research and Higher Education in Agriculture (AGROPOLIS)
International Graduate Research Awards in Urban Agriculture
International Development Research Centre
P.O. Box 8500
Ottawa, Ontario
K1G 3H9 Canada
Phone: (613) 236-6163 Ext. 2040
Fax: (613) 567-7749
Email: AGROPOLIS@idrc.ca
Web: http://www.idrc.ca/cfp/agrhome.html#THE AWARDS
- Organization: Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS)
Title: Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists
Target Group: Female students in developing countries
Deadline: May 31, 2002
Contact: Leena Mungapen
TWOWS Secretariat
Enrico Fermi Building, Room 9
Via Beirut 6
34014 Trieste, Italy
Phone: +39 40 224 0321
Fax: +39 40 224 4559
Email: info@twows.org
Web: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~twas/TWOWSActivities.html
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