Learning and Capacity Strengthening Newsletter
February 2007
- Announcements
- Institution Profile
- Network Profile
- Courses/Workshops
- Conferences
- Fellowships / Scholarships / Competitions
Announcements
- The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation: Valuation in Tropical Forest Ecosystems
This new Earthscan book by Dr. K.N. Ninan provides an economic analysis of biodiversity conservation, focusing on the Western Ghats of India.
More info… - How to Prepare a Winning Poster
The Gender and Diversity Program of the CGIAR offers some great resources on how to prepare and present a winning scientific poster.
More info… - Call for Papers
Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, will be publishing a multi-volume book series called Environmental Studies, edited by Drs. Gautam Kumar Basu and Prasenjit Maiti. Although submissions may focus on any aspect of human development, preferred topics include water resource management, watershed conservation, and rural and urban environmental management strategies (see link below for a full list). There is no limit on paper length and previously published papers can be submitted. Please send your papers, along with brief author biographies, to the publisher, Dr. KR Gupta, at editorial@atlanticbooks.com, as soon as possible.
More info… - New IFPRI Dataset: Kenya: Social Accounting Matrix (SAM), 2003
The 2003 Kenya Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is a consistent data framework that captures the information contained in the national income and product accounts and the input-output table, as well as the monetary flows among households, the government, and other institutions. The Kenya SAM also used surveys to estimate the production technology underlying different sectors of the economy. By combining this information with the country's household income and expenditure survey, the SAM provides a comprehensive picture of the structure of the Kenyan real economy in 2003.
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Institution Profile
- The Egyptian Biodynamic Association (EBDA), Egypt
EBDA, an NGO created by the Sekem Initiative in 1990, provides Egyptian farmers with biodynamic research, training, and extension service in the field of organic farming. Additionally, EBDA is currently developing a knowledge database to act as a platform for the exchange of information among researchers, engineers, farmers, and producers in organic agriculture.
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Network Profile
- The Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (nrg4SD), Spain
nrg4SD, formed in 2002 at the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, is a network of regional governments and regional government associations committed to worldwide sustainable development. The network aims to represent regional governments at a global level, promote regional sustainable development, share policy information, and promote collaboration among its members.
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Courses/Workshops
Asia
- Organizations: Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), India; and Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi), United States
Title: Training on Property Rights, Collective Action, and Environmental Governance
Location: Bangalore, India
Date: April 16- 20, 2007
Deadline: February 25, 2007
Fees: Detailed and precise expense estimates will be sent to selected applicants
Contact: Dr. Madhushree Sekher or Prof. K.V.Raju
Center for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources
Institute for Social & Economic Change (ISEC)
Nagarbhavi, Bangalore-560072
India
Email: madhu@isec.ac.in or kvraju@isec.ac.in
More info… - Organizations: The IMA International, Ltd., United Kingdom
Title: Monitoring and Evaluation in Development
Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
Date: April 16 – 27, 2007
Fees: £2,950 including accommodation
Contact: Donna Kelly, Marketing Coordinator
IMA International
Randolphs Farm
Brighton Road
Hurstpierpoint
West Sussex, United Kingdom, BN6 9EL
Phone: +44-0-1273-833030; Fax: +44-0-1273-833230
Email: post@imainternational.com
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Africa
- Organizations: The IMA International, Ltd., United Kingdom
Contact: Donna Kelly, Marketing Coordinator
IMA International
Randolphs Farm
Brighton Road
Hurstpierpoint
West Sussex, United Kingdom, BN6 9EL
Phone: +44-0-1273-833030; Fax: +44-0-1273-833230
Email: post@imainternational.com - Title: Monitoring and Evaluation in Development
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: May 14 – 25, 2007
Fees: £ 2,950 including accommodation – (£ 2,650.00 if payment is received by March 19)
More info… - Title: Inspiring Leaders in Development- Module A
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Date: May 7 – 11, 2007
Fees: £ 1,500 including accommodation – (£ 1,350.00 if payment is received by March 12)
More info… - Organization: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Philippines
Title: Facilitating Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) Course
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date: June 11 – 22, 2007
Fees: US $1,300
Contact: Training Officer
IIRR- Ethiopia Country Office
P.O. Box 21990
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Phone: 251-11-4664422 or 4650931; Fax: 251-11-4667044
Email: iirr@ethionet.et
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Central America
- Organizations: El Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
(CATIE), Costa Rica
Title: Diplomado en Desarrollo Empresarial Rural, Módulo 1: Fundamentos para la Organización Empresarial de Pequeños Productores
Location: CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica
Date: Mayo 21 – Junio 1, 2007
Fees: US$1950
Contact: Ruth Junkin or Eliécer Vargas
Área de Capacitación y Conferencias
CATIE 7170
Turrialba
Costa Rica
Teléfono: 506-558-2433; Fax: 506-558-2041
Email: capacitacion@catie.ac.cr
More info…
South America
- Organizations: The Norwegian Institute of Gene Ecology (GenØk), Norway; and Asociación Desarrollo Medio Ambiental Sustentable (ASDMAS), Peru
Title: “South American Regional Biosafety Course: Holistic Foundations for Assessment and Regulation of Genetic Engineering and Genetically Modified Organisms”
Location: Lima, Peru
Date: March 19 – 24, 2007
Contact: ASDMAS
Av. La Molina 2135
Solde la Molina
Lima 12
Peru
Phone: +51-1-479-2866; Fax: 51-1479-2866
Email: antonietta@terra.com.pe or Katrine.Jaklin@fagmed.uit.no
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North America
- Organizations: International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET), Canada
Title: Building Skills to Evaluate Development Interventions
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Date: June 11 – July 6, 2007
Fees: $8,538
Contact: Mary Dixon
IPDET Registrar
International Program for Development Evaluation Training
Faculty of Public Affairs and Management, Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs
D199 Loeb Building, 1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6
Canada
Phone: +1-613-520-3525; Fax: +1-613-520-7815
Email: info@ipdet.org
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On-Line
- Organizations: Transcend Peace University (TPU), Romania
Title: Human Right to Food
Location: Online
Date: March 19 – June 19, 2007
Fees: € 150 (participants from developing countries); € 300 (participants from developed countries)
Contact: TPU Global Center
OP 1 CP 331
Cluj-Napoca 400699
Romania
Phone: +40-724-380-551; Fax: +40-264-420-298
Email: tpu@transcend.org
More info… - Organizations: Proyecto Regional de Cooperación Técnica para la Formación en Economia y Politicas Agrarias y de Desarrollo Rural en América Latina (FODEPAL), Chile
Title: Seguridad Alimentaria
Location: En la red
Date: Mayo 28 – Agosto 31, 2007
Fees: US$ 150 (US$ 125 por pago antes de Abril 28)
Contact: Antonio César Ortega
Proyecto FODEPAL
Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe
Av. Dag Hammarskjold 3241, Vitacura
Santiago de Chile
Teléfono: 562-337-2231; Fax: 562-337-2242
Email: acortega@ufu.br
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Conferences
Europe
- Organization: The German Agricultural Society (DLG) Agriservice GmbH, Germany; and Agricultural Sector of All-Russian Exhibition Centre (APK VVC), Russia
Title: AgroFarm 2007
Location: Moscow
Date: June 19 – 21, 2007
Email: agrofarm@dlg.org
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South America
- Organization: University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil; Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Italy; Brazilian Network of Food Data Systems (BRASILFOODS), Brazil; Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR), United States; Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), Canada; European Food Information Resource Network (EuroFIR)
Title: 7th International Food Data Conference: Food Composition and Biodiversity
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date: October 22 – 24, 2007
Deadline (for abstracts): February 28, 2007
Email: 7ifdc@usp.br or wenzelde@usp.br
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North America
- Organization: The Human Development Network Education of the World Bank
Title: Public-Private Partnership in Education
Location: Washington D.C.
Date: June 7 – 8, 2007
Deadline (for abstracts/papers): March 16, 2007
Email: hpatrinos@worldbank.org; fbarrera@worldbank.org
More info… - Organization: Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, United States
Title: The Future of Food and Nutrition: A Multidisciplinary Graduate Research Conference
Location: Boston, United States
Date: March 10, 2007
Email: info@friedmansrc.com
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On-Line
- Organization: FAO Biotechnology Forum
Title: Coping with water scarcity in developing countries: What role for agricultural biotechnologies?
Location: Online
Date: March 5 – April 1, 2007
Email: biotech-mod2@fao.org
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Fellowships / Scholarships / Competitions
- Organization: Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE) and the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE)
Title: Veblen 150 Prize Competition
Eligibility: Anyone who submits a written work will be considered a candidate for the prize. Topics should be related to the nature of institutions, the theory of institutional evolution, the philosophical foundations of institutional and evolutionary economics, or the application of institutional or evolutionary theory to economic policy. Unpublished or published (no earlier than 2005) books, articles or PhD theses may be considered. Submissions should be in English.
Deadline: June 30, 2007
Contact: Geoff Hodgson
RSM Erasmus University
Chimes, Burg, Oudlaan 50
Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Email: G.M.Hodgson@herts.ac.uk
More info… - Organization: The Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellows Program, United States
Title: Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (LEAP)
Eligibility: Applicants must be a citizen of a USAID-assisted country, as well as an MS or PhD student at a US or developing country university. Additionally, eligible candidates will have completed at least one year of course work at the graduate level with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and a thesis-topic related to agricultural development and similar fields. Applicants must be fluent in reading, writing and speaking English.
Deadline: March 15, 2007
Contact: Borlaug LEAP Program (2754)
University of California, Davis
258 Hunt Hall
Davis, CA 95616
Email: BorlaugLEAP@ucdavis.edu; Web: program brochure / application
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