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1. Global Open Food and Agriculture University (GO-FAU)
   A link to distance-education resources is now available on the GO-FAU website.
   More info...
2. IFPRI Dataset
   Malawi: Social Accounting Matrix (SAM), 1998
   The 1998 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Malawi is now available. Prepared by Peter Wobst in collaboration with Osten Chulu of the Agricultural Policy Research Unit at the University of Malawi, it includes 38 productive activities and 3 distribution activities (trade and transport margins). Of the 38 productive activities, 11 are agricultural, 18 manufacturing, and 9 are service activities. The SAM also distinguishes between small-scale and large-scale activities in three agricultural sectors: tea, coffee, and other crops. There are 8 labor categories distinguished by type of occupation and level of education; 2 land factors (small scale and large scale); and 3 capital factors. The SAM also distinguishes 14 household types, 3 enterprise accounts, 2 government accounts, an investment/saving account, and a rest-of-the-world account.
   Ordering info...
3. CANCELLED  Brown Bag on Capacity Strengthening
   The International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) division of IFPRI is hosting a brown bag on "Building Capacity in Managing Sustainable Development in Asia and Europe" by Mr. Konrad von Ritter. Mr. von Ritter is the Sector Manager of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Division of the World Bank Institute. The brown bag will take place at IFPRI (2033 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006) on June 29, 2006 in conference room 4A from 12:30 PM-2:00PM. If interested in attending this brown bag or future brown bags on capacity strengthening, please email Elizabeth Carbone (E.Carbone@cgiar.org).
4. Book: Agricultural Development Policy: Concepts and Experiences
   Agricultural Development Policy: Concepts and Experiences, prepared under the guidance of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), presents a systematic review of important classes of policy issues in developing countries and discusses the emerging international consensus on viable approaches to those issues. The topics covered include agriculture's role in economic development, the objectives and strategies of agricultural policy, linkages between macroeconomic and agricultural policy, policies for the agricultural financial system, and agricultural technology development. It is currently available in English and Spanish, and will soon be available in French and Arabic.
   In English... and In Spanish...
5. Newsletter: Outreach 2015
   Outreach 2015 is a daily newsletter produced by the Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future that reports from the conference floor at key international sustainable development meetings and provides political analysis, coverage of side events, and stakeholder views.
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6. Online Project Directory: Accessible Information on Development Activities (AiDA)
   AiDA is jointly managed by Development Gateway, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/Development Co-operation Directorate, the World Bank, and the United Nations Development Programme. It is the largest online directory of worldwide development projects and activities, and offers a quick overview of who is doing what in international development, where they are doing it, and with what funds. Information is harvested from major bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, and UN agencies. The directory is searchable by country, sector, or donor.
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7. Capacity Development Resources: EASYPol (FAO)
   EASYPol is an online, interactive, multilingual repository of downloadable resource materials for capacity development in policymaking for food, agriculture, and rural development. EASYPol materials are developed and maintained by the Agricultural Policy Support Service of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The interrelated and cross-linked modules are organized by topic, type, and training paths, and can be accessed through user-friendly search facilities.
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• Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC)
  PARC is a national agricultural research organization in Pakistan that aims to institute broad-based consultation involving scientists, researchers, planners, policymakers, and other stakeholders in agricultural research. PARC seeks to aid, promote, and coordinate agricultural research; arrange for the utilization of research results; establish research organizations to fill the gaps in existing programs of agricultural research; arrange for the training of high-level scientific researchers in the agricultural sciences; generate, acquire, and disseminate information relating to agriculture; and establish and maintain a reference and research library.
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• Network of Ugandan Researchers and Research Users (NURRU)
  NURRU, a nongovernmental organization, was established in 1994 by representatives of 25 Ugandan research and research-user organizations with support from the government of the Netherlands. Its mission is to promote effective, action-oriented research aimed at socioeconomic development by linking researchers and research users. Its goal is to increase the benefits derived from the use of demand-driven research on poverty eradication and socioeconomic development in Uganda. Its objectives are to enhance organizational capacity to efficiently generate participatory, action-oriented research on poverty eradication and socioeconomic development, to disseminate the research findings to policymakers, and to strengthen networking among members.
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• The IMA International Ltd, United Kingdom, is offering the following courses:
  Contact:
  Donna Kelly
  Marketing Co-ordinator
  IMA International Ltd
  Randolphs Farm
  Brighton Road
  Hurstpierpoint
  West Sussex
  BN6 9EL
  United Kingdom
  Phone: 44-0-1273-833-030; Fax: 44-0-1273-833-230
  Email: post@imainternational.com/ Donna@imainternational.com
  
  
  • Title: Monitoring and Evaluation in Development
    Location: Cape Town, South Africa
    Date: August 14-25, 2006
    Fees: £ 2,950 (includes accommodation)
    More info...
    
    
  • Title: Development Planning and Management
    Location: Cape Town, South Africa
    Date: August 14-25, 2006
    Fees: £ 2,950 (includes accommodation)
    More info...
    
    
  • Title: Strategic Leadership of Organizations in Development
    Location: Kampala, Uganda
    Date: October 2-6, 2006 (module 1) and January 29-February 3, 2007 (module 2)
    Fees: £ 2,950 (excludes accommodation)
    More info... (module 1 and module 2)
  
  

• 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
  
  
  • Title: Participatory Action Research for Rural Development
    Location: Philippines
    Date: July 10-28, 2006
    Fees: US $2,630
    
    
  • Title: Gender Mainstreaming: From Programmatic to Organizational Transformation
    Location: Philippines
    Date: August 14-25, 2006
    Fees: US $2,250

• Organizations: Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australia
  Title: Environmental Management and Development
  Location: Canberra, Australia
  Contact:
  Dianne Dunne
  Program Administrator
  Environmental Management and Development
  Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government
  ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
  The Australian National University
  Canberra ACT 0200
  Australia
  Phone: 61-2-6125-5628; Fax: 61-2-6125-8448
  Email: Dianne.Dunne@anu.edu.au
  More info...

• The IMA International Ltd, United Kingdom, is offering the following courses:
  Contact:
  Donna Kelly
  Marketing Co-ordinator
  IMA International Ltd
  Randolphs Farm
  Brighton Road
  Hurstpierpoint
  West Sussex
  BN6 9EL
  United Kingdom
  Phone: 44-0-1273-833-030; Fax: 44-0-1273-833-230
  Email: post@imainternational.com / Donna@imainternational.com
  
  
  • Title: Monitoring and Evaluation in Development
    Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
    Date: July 3-14, 2006
    Fees: £ 2,950 (includes accommodation)
    More info...
    
    
  • Title: Issues, Themes, and Strategies in Development Management
    Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
    Date: September 4-15, 2006
    Fees: £ 3,100 (includes accommodation)
    More info...

• The Wageningen International, The Netherlands, is offering the following courses:
  Contact:
  Marjolein Smit
  Wageningen International
  P.O. Box 88
  7600 AB Wageningen
  The Netherlands
  Phone: 31-317-495-495; Fax: 31-317-495-395
  Email: fannie.deboer@wur.nl / wijnand.klaver@wur.nl / marjolein.smit@wur.nl / training.wi@wur.nl
  
  
  • Title: Leadership and Adaptive Management--Supporting Decentralized Forest and Nature Management for Rural Development
    Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands (partly conducted in Africa)
    Date: October 2-November 10, 2006
    More info...
    
    
  • Title: Food and Nutrition Security
    Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Date: February 12-April 27, 2007
    More info...

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• Organization: Initiative of Science and Technology for Sustainability (ISTS), United States; Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), Italy; and Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), Austria
  Title: International Dialogue on Science and Practice in Sustainable Development: Linking Knowledge with Action
  Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
  Date: January 23-27, 2007
  Email: jill.jaeger@seri.at
  More info...

• Organization: Central European Centre for Women and Youth in Science (CEC-WYS), Czech Republic
  Title: Science Policies Meet Reality: Gender, Women, Youth, and Science in Central and Eastern Europe
  Location: Prague, Czech Republic
  Date: December 1-2, 2006
  Deadline: July 16, 2006 (paper)
  Email: Laura Henderson at laura@zenyaveda.cz
  More info...

• Organization: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), United States
  Title: Energy in Agriculture: Managing the Risk--Tools for Agriculture to Manage Energy Risks
  Location: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
  Date: June 27-28, 2006
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• Organizations: Drug Information Association (DIA) and International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP), both are in United States
  Title: Developing Probiotics as Foods and Drugs--Scientific and Regulatory Challenges
  Location: Marriott Conference Center, University of Maryland College Park Campus, Adelphi, Maryland, United States
  Date: October 16-17, 2006
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• Organizations: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Office of Poverty Reduction (PR), United States; Households in Conflict Network (HiCN), Brighton; and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin
  Title: International Conference on Poverty Reduction in Conflict and Fragile States: Perspectives from a Household Level
  Location: Washington, D.C., United States
  Date: November 8-9, 2006
  Email: Christine Binzel at cbinzel@diw.de
  More info...

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• Organization: Rotary International, United States
  Title: Graduate Study Scholarships
  Eligibility: Hold an earned undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university or its international equivalent (based on a four-year curriculum); have proficiency in a second language (including the language of the proposed host university; possess excellent leadership skills; demonstrate a commitment to peace and international understanding through service, academic, or professional achievements; hold citizenship in a country where there is a Rotary club; persons with disabilities and members of Rotaract clubs are eligible and encouraged to apply.
  Deadline: July 1, 2006 (application)
  Contact:
  Judy Gibson
  The Rotary Foundation
  Rotary World Peace Scholarships (Master's Degree-level)
  Rotary Centers for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution Department
  Rotary International
  One Rotary Center
  1560 Sherman Avenue
  Evanston, Illinois 60201
  United States
  Phone: 847-866-3834
  Email: rotarycenters@rotary.org
  More info...
  
  
• Organizations: Australian National University and the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government (APSEG), both are in Australia
  Title: Scholarships for Ph.D. Degrees
  Eligibility: International students from developed and developing countries; applicants with the equivalent of a High Distinction Undergraduate Degree and preferably some publications and work experience; students with a focus on Natural Resource Management and Poverty and Natural Resource Management and Governance.
  Deadline: July 31, 2006
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• Organization: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Institute of International Education (IIE), both are in United States
  Title: Investing in Women in Development Fellowship Program (IWID)--Disability and Gender Specialist
  Eligibility: U.S. citizen; relevant Master's degree or Ph.D. as well as 4-15 years experience in rehabilitation and disability issues related to USAID projects, preferably at an international level; qualifications include a minimum of 5 years prior USAID-related or international development experience; a strong interest in development and gender issues; a congruence between academic training and the specific position to which you are applying; leadership and supervisory skills; characteristics of a self-starter who takes initiative, but works as a team player; and strong communication skills, especially cross-culturally and in writing.
  Contact:
  Aimee Fullman
  Senior Program Coordinator
  IWID Fellows Program
  Institute of International Education
  1400 K Street, Suite 650
  Washington, D.C. 20005
  United States
  Phone: 202-326-7710; Fax: 202-326-7698
  Email: Afullman@iie.org / iwid@iie.org
  More info...