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ANNOUNCEMENTS
- IFPRI Training Material
Policy Implications of Regression Estimates of Drought and Famine Relationships: Policy Analysis Training Course. Based on IFPRI Research Report 88. Neal Bliven. IFPRI. 1996.
- Better Livelihoods for Poor People: The Role of Land Policy
This paper by the Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom, examines the importance of land rights and land reform in developing countries in providing better livelihoods for poor people. It also considers how land policies can contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. For more information, visit http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Pubs/files/landpolicy_consult.pdf.
- Assessing Participation in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: A Desk-Based Synthesis of Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa
This research report commissioned by the Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom, and conducted by the Participation Group at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), United Kingdom provides an update on practice and experiences of civil society participation in the development of poverty reduction strategy papers. For more information, visit http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/bookshop/rr/rr52.pdf.
- Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Rural Development: Review of the Literature, Current Interventions, and Opportunities for Action
This discussion paper by Overseas Development Institute (ODI), United Kingdom, looks beyond the current "digital divide" debate, which focuses on information disparities, to assess the potential role of ICTs in rural areas of the developing world. For more information, visit http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/working_papers/wp192.pdf.
- Forum for Food Security in Southern Africa
This project is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom, and implemented by a consortium of institutions in the United Kingdom and Southern Africa. It supports strategic thinking on food security issues in Southern Africa by facilitating a forum of specialists and key policy stakeholders from the international and regional research community, donors, NGOs, civil society, and the private sector. It produces policy papers and hosts a combination of moderated electronic discussions and workshops on key policy options. The work will focus in five countries: Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. For more information, email Elizabeth Cromwell/ Steve Wiggins at e.cromwell@odi.org.uk/ s.wiggins@odi.org.uk, Research Fellows, Overseas Development Institute, London.
- Ending Famine in the 21st Century
This program coordinated by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is based on the belief that global eradication of famine is achievable in the foreseeable future. The objective of this research is to contribute to a new policy agenda for famine prevention. This program, funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), will bring together academics, policymakers, and practitioners from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America to present and debate salient issues and case studies, to consolidate our understanding of why famine persists, and to help develop a new global policy agenda for its prevention. For more information, visit http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/pvty/Famine/endfamine.html or email Jenny Edwards, Poverty Team Administrator, at J.A.Edwards@ids.ac.uk.
- Biosafety and Risk Assessment in Agricultural Biotechnology: A Workbook for Technical Training
The Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSP), Michigan State University, has published this workbook, which was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The workbook is designed to complement technical biosafety-assessment training courses in developing countries. It provides a background for the practical application of biosafety review procedures using a case study approach. For free copy/ download, visit http://www.iia.msu.edu/absp/biosafety_workbook.html or email to absp@msu.edu.
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INSTITUTION PROFILE
SADC Multi-Donor Hub
The Multidonor Hub, special Programme of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), was established in 1999. Its mission is to provide high quality technical support to SADC and its Member States in implementing programmes and policies that help to reduce poverty and enhance food security. It works in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is supported by the European Union (EU), Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), French Cooperation, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the World Bank. For more information, visit http://www.sadchub.org/.
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NETWORK PROFILE
Society for International Development (SID)
The Society for International Development (SID) was created in 1957 with its secretariat in Rome, Italy. It is a global network of individuals and institutions concerned with participatory, pluralistic, and sustainable development. It has over 3,000 individual members in 125 countries, 55 institutional members, and 65 local chapters. It works with more than 100 associations, networks, and institutions involving academia, parliamentarians, students, political leaders, and development experts for solutions to the problems of poverty, gender inequity, and sustainability. It aims to support development innovation and to promote knowledge sharing, dialogue, understanding, and cooperation for the social and economic development of all people. For more information, visit http://www.sidint.org.
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COURSES/WORKSHOPS
- The Development Consultants for Asia Africa Pacific (DCAAP), Philippines, is offering the following courses:
Contact:
Cesar M. Mercado
Development Consultants for Asia Africa Pacific
Bonifacio Hall
University of the Philippines
E. Jacinto Street
Diliman
Quezon City 1101
Philippines
Phone: 632-926-7347/ 632-926-9522/ 632-932-8190/ 632-926-6282
Fax: 632-926-3244/ 632-932-2254
Email: dcaap@pacific.net.ph / dcaap@mozcom.com / dcaap@easycall.com.ph
- Title: Systematic Communication Management and Implementation
Location: Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Date: March 3-28, 2003
Fees: US $2,400
- Title: Formulating/Developing Sustainable Development Projects
Location: Quezon City, Philippines
Date: March 31-April 25, 2003
Fees: US $2,400
- The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Philippines, is offering the following courses:
Contact:
Education and Training Program
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Y.C. James Yen Center
Silang 4118
Cavite
Philippines
Phone: 63-46-414-2417
Fax: 63-46-414-2420
Email: Education&Training@iirr.org
Web: http://www.iirr.org/html/International.htm
- Title: Rural Development Management
Location: Cavite, Philippines
Date: June 16-July 11, 2003
Fees: US $3,000
- Title: Sustainable Agriculture Training of Trainers
Location: Cavite, Philippines
Date: July 14-August 1, 2003
Fees: US $2,500
- Organization: International Centre for Development Oriented Research in Agriculture (ICRA), The Netherlands
Title: 23rd ICRA Training in Interdisciplinary Team Work for Participatory Rural Development
Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands (English) and Montpellier, France (French)
Date: January 12-July 23, 2004 (Wageningen) and January 19-July 30, 2004 (Montpellier)
Deadline: October 1, 2003 (application)
Fees: € 26,900
Contact:
Saskia Vleer
International Centre for Development Oriented Research in Agriculture
Central Office and Anglophone Programme
P.O. Box 88
6700 AB Wageningen
The Netherlands
Phone: 31-0-317- 422-938/ 427-372; Fax: 31-0-317- 427-046
Email: icra@iac.agro.nl
Web: http://www.icra-edu.org/
- The Asia Pacific Regional Technology Centre (APRTC), Thailand, is offering the following courses
Contact:
Robert T. Raab
Director
Asia Pacific Regional Technology Centre
28th Floor
Rasa Tower
555 Pahonyothin Road
Chatuchak
Bangkok 10900
Thailand
Phone: 66-0-29371321
Fax: 66-0-29370491
Email: info@aprtc.org
Web: http://www.aprtc.org/agLearn/course_schedule.asp?yr=2003
- Title: Digital Literacy for Agricultural Professionals
Location: Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand
Date: March 10-April 18, 2003
- Title: Integrated Pest Management in Rice
Location: Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand
Date: March 3-April 11, 2003
- Title: Integrated Nutrient Management
Location: Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand
Date: March 10-April 18, 2003
- Title: Basics of Vegetable Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Location: Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand
Date: March 3-April 11, 2003
- Organization: Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC), Thailand
Title: Managing Conflict in Forest Resource Management
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: May 7-23, 2003
Fees: US $4,000
Deadline: April 1, 2003
Contact:
Vitoon Viriyasakultorn
The Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific
P.O. Box 1111
Kasetsart University
Bangkok 10903
Thailand
Phone: 66-2-940-5700; Fax: 66-2-561-4880/ 66-2- 562-0960
Email: vitoon@recoftc.org/ contact@recoftc.org
Web: http://www.recoftc.org/03region/courses/conflict/intro.html
- Organizations: Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN), Switzerland and Abu-Ghazaleh CASIN Center for Trade Policy Capacity Building (AGCATrade), Jordan
Title: Professional Training Programme on Trade Policy and the WTO: Challenges and Opportunities for Arab Countries
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Date: March 17-April 4, 2003
Contact:
Jean F. Freymond
Director
Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN)
7 bis
Avenue de la Paix
Case postale 1340
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
Phone: 4122-730-86-60; Fax: 4122-730-86-90
Email: casinfo@casin.ch
Web: http://www.casin.ch/gover/negotiation/caltrade.htm#tradepolicy
- Organization: Coady International Institute at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Title: Community-Driven Development: The Asset-Based Approach
Location: Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: May 19-June 6, 2003
Contact:
Gord Cunningham
Coady International Institute
St. Francis Xavier University
P.O. Box 5000
Antigonish
Nova Scotia
Canada B2G 2W5
Phone: 902-867-3237/ 902-867-3960; Fax: 902-867-3907
Email: gcunning@stfx.ca/ coady@stfx.ca
Web: http://www.stfx.ca/institutes/coady/programs_educational_certificate_Participatory.html
- Organization: International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), United States
Title: Designing Policies and Institutions that Promote Competitive Agro-Input Markets in Transitional Countries
Location: Azerbaijan
Date: April 7-11, 2003
Fees: US $1,100 and US $1,300 (late fee)
Contact:
Dan Waterman
Acting Director
Training and Workshop Coordination Department
International Fertilizer Development Center
P.O. Box 2040
Muscle Shoals
Alabama 35662
United States
Phone: 1-256-381-6600; Fax: 1-256-381-7408
Email: hrd@ifdc.org/ hrdu@ifdc.org
Web: http://www.ifdc.org/Training/Summary - April 7-11'03.pdf
- The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria, is offering the following courses:
Contact:
Samir El-Sebae Ahmed
Head
Human Resources Development Unit
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
P.O. Box 5466
Aleppo
Syria
Phone: 00963-21-2213433/ 77; Fax: 00963-21-2213490
Email: s.ahmed@cgiar.org/ icarda@cgiar.org
- Organizations: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria and United Nations Development Program--Global Environment Facility (UNDP-GEF)
Title: Application of Molecular Tools for Biodiversity Studies
Location: Aleppo, Syria
Date: February 23-March 6, 2003
- Organization: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria
Title: Spatial Analysis of Variety Trials
Location: Aleppo, Syria
Date: March 23-April 3, 2003
- Organizations: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria and Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Morocco
Title: Integrated Pest Management
Location: Morocco
Date: March 26-April 9, 2003
- Organization: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Iran
Title: Monitoring and Evaluation of Adoption and Impact
Location: Iran
Date: March 29-April 3, 2003
- The Agricultural Policy Analysis Network for Latin America and Caribbean (REDCAPA), is offering the following courses:
- Organization: The International Development Department at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Title: Governance, Partnerships, and Poverty Training Program
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Date: February 24-March 21, 2003
Contact:
Yvonne Swain
International Development Department
School of Public Policy
J. G. Smith Building
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
United Kingdom
Phone: 44-121-414-4967/69; Fax: 44-121-414-7164
Email: Y.Swain@bham.ac.uk/ A.Bolstridge@bham.ac.uk
Web: http://www.idd.bham.ac.uk/short-study/gpp.htm
- The Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH (InWEnt)--Capacity Building International, Germany, is offering the following courses:
Contact:
InWEnt
Department 5
Feldafing
Germany
- Title: Training for Trainers of Programmes for Reducing Rural Poverty
Location: Feldafing, Germany
Date: April 2-25, 2003
Deadline: February 28, 2003
Target Group: Professionals from Southeast Asia in key positions in non-governmental, public voluntary, and community-based organizations or training institutions
Fees: € 5.532,00
Fax: 49-8157-938-777
Email: leda.hernandez-zecher@inwent.org
- Title: Monitoring and Evaluation in Development Projects/ Programmes
Location: Feldafing, Germany
Date: April 14-25, 2003
Deadline: February 20, 2003
Target Group: Executive and managerial personnel from governmental and non-governmental development projects and programs from Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Fees: € 2.979,00
Fax: 49-8157-938-777
Email: leda.hernandez-zecher@inwent.org
- Title: Land Use Planning for Rural Development: Planning and Co-ordination in Natural Resources Management
Location: Zschortau, Germany
Date: April 23-May 20, 2003
Deadline: February 28, 2003
Target Group: Mid-level and senior planners from governmental institutions or non-governmental organizations and lecturers from universities, colleges, or training institutions
Fees: € 6.383,00
Fax: 49-34202-845-778
Email: thomas.pertermann@inwent.org
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CONFERENCES
- Organizations: System for Analysis, Research, and Training (START), South Africa; Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Norway; and Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), Brazil
Title: START Young Scientists' Global Change Conference
Location: Trieste, Italy
Date: November 16-19, 2003
For more information, visit
http://www.start.org/Fellowships/YS_Conference.html or email Kristy Ross at kristy@crg.bpb.wits.ac.za.
- Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), United States; Estonian Academy of Sciences, Estonia; Estonian Agricultural University, Estonia; International Section of the American Fisheries Society, United States; and Montana Water Center at Montana State University, United States
Title: 7th International Symposium on Fish Physiology, Toxicology, and Water Quality
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Date: May 12-16, 2003
Fees: US $200
Deadline: April 1, 2003
For more information, visit
http://water.montana.edu/symposium/default.htm or email Michelle White at mdwhite@montana.edu.
- Organization: University of Latvia, Latvia
Title: Integrative Approaches Towards Sustainability
Location: Jurmala, Riga, Latvia
Date: March 26-29, 2003
For more information, visit http://home.lanet.lv/~asi/conference.htm .
- Organizations: International Association of Agrifood Economics (AIEA2), France; Romanian Association for Rural and Agrifood Economics (ARERA), Romania; Scientific Association for Rural Development "Virgil Madgearu" (SARDVM), Romania; University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Surgery (USAMV), Romania; and the Institute for Agricultural Economics (IEA), Romania
Title: Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Opening, and Agrifood Development
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Date: September 5-7, 2003
Fees: € 200 (ARERA and AIEA2 members before July 1), and € 250 (after); € 20 (students and Ph.D. students before July 1) and € 30 (after); € 250 (other participants before July 1) and € 300 (after)
Deadline: March 15, 2003 (abstracts) and July 1, 2003 (registration)
For more information, email Camelia Serbanescu at iea@ines.ro.
- Organization: International Institute of Development Management Technology (IDMAT), Thailand
Title: 5th International Workshop on Gender Equity and Microenterprise Development
Location: The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Date: April 18-24, 2003
Fees: Rs 27,750 (Indian delegates), US $1,125 (International delegates before March 10, 2003), and US $1,225 (International delegates after March 10, 2003)
For more information, email training@aidmat.com/ anu@online.ru.
- Organization: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Sweden
Title: The 13th Stockholm Water Symposium on Drainage Basin Security: Balancing Production, Trade, and Water Use
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Date: August 11-14, 2003
For more information, visit http://www.siwi.org/pdf/2003_World_Water_Week_1st_Announcement.pdf.
- Organization: Latin American and Caribbean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (ALEAR), South America
Title: First Latin American and Caribbean Congress on Environmental and Resource Economics
Location: Cartagena, Colombia
Date: July 9-11, 2003
Fees: US $100 (Students of ALEAR members before March 31, 2003), US $150 (Professionals at ALEAR members institutions before March 31, 2003), US $100 (Students of non-members before March 31, 2003), US $250 (Professionals at non-members institutions before March 31, 2003), US $120 (Students of ALEAR members after April 1, 2003), US $200 (Professionals at ALEAR members institutions after April 1, 2003), US $120 (Students of non-members after April 1, 2003), and US $300 (Professionals of non-members after April 1, 2003)
Deadline: March 1, 2003 (papers) and May 31, 2003 (registration)
For more information, visit
http://www.alear.org/english/products/congress/default.asp.
- Organization: University of Udine, Italy
Title: Role of Multi-purpose Agriculture in Sustaining Global Environment
Location: Udine University, Udine, Italy
Date: October 20-24, 2004
Deadline: December 30, 2003
For more information, visit
http://www.dpvta.uniud.it/~agroenv or email Giuseppe Zerbi/ Sajid Mahmood at zerbi@dpvta.uniud.it / smahmoodpk@yahoo.com.
- Organization: International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA), France
Title: 71st IFA Annual Conference
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date: May 26-29, 2003
For more information, email Valerie Corfmat at vcorfmat@fertilizer.org.
- Organizations: Danish Environmental Protection Agency--Danish Cooperation for Environment in Eastern Europe (DANCEE), Copenhagen; European Crop Protection Association (ECPA), Belgium; Federal Environment Agency of Germany, Austria; Ministry of Environment, Finland; Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC), Switzerland; and Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom
Title: 7th International Hexachloroexane (HCH) and Pesticides Forum: Towards the Establishment of an Obsolete Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)/ Pesticides Stockpile Fund for Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) and New Independent States (NIS)
Location: National Agricultural University, Kiev, Ukraine
Date: June 5-7, 2003
Fees: US $200 (50% reduction for speakers and presenters of posters)
For more information, visit http://www.hchforum.com/index.php or email Valentina Pidlisnyuk at pidlis@carrier.kiev.ua.
- Organized for the Research School for Resource Studies for Development (CERES) by the Amsterdam Institute for Global Issues and Development Studies (AGIDS); Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES); Royal Tropical Institute (KIT); Department of Anthropology and Sociology of the Free University of Amsterdam; and the Amsterdam Institute for International Development (AIID) all are in The Netherlands
Title: Faces of Poverty
Location: Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: June 23-26, 2003
Fees: € 100 (participants) and € 50 (paper writers) for Non-CERES members from Europe, United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand); € 50 (participants) and € 30 (paper writers) for Non-CERES member from other countries
For more information, visit http://gp.fmg.uva.nl/agids/agids/ceres_callforpapers.pdf or email Gert van der Meer at G.J.Meer@frw.uva.nl.
- Organizations: Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP), Norway and the Social Science Academy, Nigeria
Title: Law and Poverty
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Date: November 2003
Deadline: April 30, 2003 (abstracts) and September 1, 2003 (papers)
For more information, visit http://www.crop.org/workshops/files/000066-CP-CROP-SSAN%20Nov%202003%20workshop.pdf.
- Organization: World Water Council (WWC), France
TTitle: Third World Water Forum
Location: Kyoto, Shiga and Osaka, Japan
Date: March 16-23, 2003
For more information, visit http://www.worldwaterforum.org/eng/index.html or email the Forum Secretariat at office@waterforum3.com.
- Organizations: Société Française d'Économie Rurale (SFER) and Association Internationale d'Economie Alimentaire and Agroindustrielle (AIEA2), both in France
Title: European Doctoral Meeting: Food, Agriculture, Environment, and Development in Economics, Business, and Social Sciences
Location: Montpellier, France
Date: June 19-20, 2003
Fees: € 100 (SFER and AIEA2 members), € 20 (Students), and € 160 (Other participants)
Deadline: February 28, 2003 (abstracts) and June 10, 2003 (registration)
For more information, visit http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.ensam.inra.fr/jet/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dwww.ensam.inra.fr/jet%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8 or email Laurence Jaffre/ Jean Marie Boisson/ Jean Louis Rastoin at jaffre@inapg.fr / boisson@sceco.univ-montp1.fr/ rastoin@ensam.inra.fr.
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FELLOWSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS / COMPETITIONS
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