Learning and Capacity Strengthening Newsletter
March 2007
- Announcements
- Institution Profile
- Network Profile
- Courses/Workshops
- Conferences
- Fellowships / Scholarships / Competitions
Announcements
- Rural Innovation Systems Information Portal
Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, recently launched an information portal on Rural Innovation Systems (RIS). The portal not only provides free access to full-text electronic documents on RIS but also offers relevant links to newsletters, discussion groups, websites, and bibliographic databases, as well as access to directories of organizations and projects.
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- Free Access to Knowledge Management Articles
The journal Development in Practice, United Kingdom, is offering free access to selected knowledge management articles from its archives until May 8, 2007. The offer includes all articles from the November 2006 issue.
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- Statistical Tools
International Statistical Institute (ISI), Netherlands, offers an extensive list of free statistical tools and learning resources available on the web. Information includes data sets, general statistical textbooks, email lists, software, and websites related to special topics such as epidemiology, forecasting, data presentation, and data editing.
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- Toolkit: Disseminating Research Online
The Global Development Network (GDN) offers a toolkit for disseminating research online. Drawing on best practices from the information and commercial worlds, the toolkit provides tips and practical suggestions related to communicating academic research using the internet. It also offers support for organizations that do not have websites and links to resources on creating a comprehensive dissemination strategy.
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- Guide to Successful Communications
The European Commission offers an online “Guide to Successful Communications” to assist project coordinators and team leaders in effectively generating publicity about the objectives and results of their work. The guide particularly addresses communications via TV, radio, and the print press, as well as through internally produced materials like websites, CDs, video, and print publications. The "Communicating Science: A Scientist's Survival Kit" brochure is also available in PDF form on the site.
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- IFPRI Dataset: Thailand: Social Accounting Matrix (SAM), 1998
The 1998 Social Accounting Matrix for Thailand has 60 sectors, 3 household types, 3 factors (labor, agricultural capital, and nonagricultural capital), 2 enterprise types (public and private), a government account, and a rest-of-the-world account. There are 7 agricultural sectors: paddy rice, vegetables, fruit, other crops, livestock, fishing, and forestry. The other sectors can be categorized into energy intensive manufacturing industries, other manufacturing industries, primary energy sectors, transportation sectors, and service sectors. The dataset also has an accompanying discussion paper that describes its construction and use.
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Institution Profile
- China Open Resource for Education (CORE), China
China Open Resource for Education (CORE) is a consortium of Chinese universities dedicated to enhancing Chinese higher education through closer interaction and open sharing of educational resources between Chinese and international universities. The consortium’s key objective is to introduce advanced courseware from MIT and other top-ranked universities from around the world to Chinese higher education, while also sharing advanced Chinese courseware and other quality resources with universities internationally.
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Network Profile
- Cap-Net: Capacity Building for Integrated Water Resources Management, Netherlands
Cap-Net is an international network for capacity building in Integrated Water and Resources Management (IWRM). The network is made up of a partnership of autonomous international, regional, and national institutions and networks committed to capacity building in the water sector. The website offers numerous training materials, network management tools, and information on various resources and training courses.
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Courses/Workshops
Africa
- Organization: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), United States and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia
Title: Regional Training Workshop on Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Impact Assessment of Research and Development (R&D) Investments in Agriculture
Location: Njoro, Kenya
Date: July 16 – 27, 2007
Fees: US$ 2,500
Deadline for applications: May 31, 2007
Contact: IFPRI
ISNAR Division
P.O Box 5689
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251-11-6463215 ext 2525; Fax: +251-11-6462927
Email: w.asnake@cgiar.org; m.seyoum@cgiar.org
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Asia
- Organizations: The Asia & Pacific Seed Association (APSA), Thailand; the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines; and Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Science, China
Title: APSA Hybrid Rice Seed Production Training Program
Location: Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China
Date: June 1 – 30, 2007
Fees: US$ 2,500
Contact: APSA
PO box 1030
Kasertsart Post Office
Bangkok 10903, Thailand
Phone: +66-2-9405464; Fax: +66-2-9405467
Email: publications@apsaseed.com or apsa@apsaseed.com
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Europe
- Organizations: The IMA International, Ltd., United Kingdom is offering the following courses:
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: Brighton, United Kingdom
Date: June 25 – July 6, 2007
Fees: £ 2,950
Deadline for applications: May 14, 2007
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- Title: Multi-Stakeholder Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Date: July 9 – July 13, 2007
Fees: £ 1,500
Deadline for applications: May 28, 2007
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- Title: Development Planning and Management
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Date: June 11 – June 22, 2007
Fees: £ 2,950
Deadline for applications: April 30, 2007
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- Title: Development Planning and Implementation
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Date: June 11 – June 22, 2007
Fees: £ 2,950
Deadline for applications: April 30, 2007
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- Title: People Skills for Development Managers
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Date: June 18 – June 22, 2007
Fees: £ 2,950
Deadline for applications: May 7, 2007
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- Organizations: Unidea – UniCredit Foundation, Italy; the University of Florence, Italy; and the European Development Network (EUDN), Belgium
Title: The 2nd Summer School on Development: Inequality, Growth and Human Development
Location: Civita Castellana, Italy
Date: July 1 – 6, 2007
Deadline for applications: April 15, 2007
Contact: Unidea – UniCredit Foundation
Via San Protaso, 3
20121 Milan
Italy
Phone: +39-02-8862-3939; Fax: +39-02-8862-3937
Email: summerschool@unicreditfoundation.org
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Middle East
- Organization: Galillee College, Israel is offering the following courses:
Contact: Mr. Noam Nevo
Programmes Director
International Agricultural Training Centre (IATC)
Galillee College
P.O. Box 208, Nahalal 10600
Israel
Phone: +972-4642-8888 or +972-4642-8820; Fax: +972-4651-4811
Email: nnevo@galilcol.ac.il
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- Title: Agro-Technologies Management
Location: Galillee College Study Centre on Kibbutz Mizra, Israel
Date: April 19 – May 7, 2007
Deadline for Application: March 26, 2007
Fees: Tuition: € 2,250; Local Expenses: € 2,865 - Title: Livestock and Aquaculture Management
Location: Galillee College Study Centre on Kibbutz Mizra, Israel
Date: April 19 – May 7, 2007
Deadline for Application: March 26, 2007
Fees: Tuition: € 2,250; Local Expenses: € 2,865 - Title: Application of Climatic Data in Agriculture and Environmental Protection
Location: Galillee College Study Centre on Kibbutz Mizra, Israel
Date: April 19 – May 7, 2007
Deadline for Application: March 26, 2007
Fees: Tuition: € 2,250; Local Expenses: € 2,865 - Title: Aquaculture: Intensive Fish Cultivation Management
Location: Galillee College Study Centre on Kibbutz Mizra, Israel
Date: April 19 – May 7, 2007
Deadline for Application: March 26, 2007
Fees: Tuition: € 2,250; Local Expenses: € 2,865
On-line
- Organizations: World Bank Institute (WBI)
Title: Poverty and Growth
Location: Online
Date: April 30 – May 21, 2007
Contact: Maxine Alonso Pineda
The World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433 USA
Phone: 202-473-1000; Fax: 202-477-6391
Email: Mpineda1@worldbank.org
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- Organizations: The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), United States
Title: Getting Started - Online Course Development Basics
Location: Online
Date: April 25 – May 17, 2007
Fees: US$ 295
Contact: The Sloan Center at Olin and Babson Colleges
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Olin Way
Needham, MA 02492-1200
United States
Phone: 781-292-2537 or 781-292-2523; Fax: 781-292-2505
Email: workshop@sloan-c.org or info@sloan-c.org
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Conferences
Europe
- Organization: Centre de Recerca en Economia i Desenvolupament Agroalimentari
Title: Adding Value to the Agro-Food Supply Chain in the Future Euro-Mediterranean Space
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Date: April 23 – 25, 2007
Email: medcon@medcon.creda.es
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- Organization: International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR); Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium; CEIS - University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy; Rutgers University, United States; Economic Growth Center, Yale University, United States
Title: 11th International Conference onAgricultural Biotechnologies: New Frontiers and
Products – Economics, Policies and Science
Location: Ravello, Italy
Date: July 26 – 29, 2007
Email: icabr@economia.uniroma2.it
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- Organization: Wessex Institute of Technology, United Kingdom
Title: ECOSUD 2007, Sixth International Conference on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development
Location: Coimbra, Portugal
Date: September 5 – 7, 2007
Email: rswinburn@wessex.ac.uk
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- Organization: Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Croatia and University of Zagreb, Croatia
Title: 2nd International Symposium on Environmental Management
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Date: September 12 – 14, 2007
Email: info@sem-eco.com.hr
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North America
- Organization: The National Academies, United States
Title: 29th International Union of Biological Sciences General Assembly and Scientific Symposium
Location: Washington, DC, United States
Date: May 9 – 13, 2007
Email: Kbowman@nas.edu
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- Organization: Western Education and Research Activities Committee on Agribusiness (WERA-72), United States
Title: Agribusiness Research Emphasizing Competitiveness and Profitability
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Date: June 17 – 19, 2007
Email: jasterns@ufl.edu
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Fellowships / Scholarships / Competitions
- Organization: International Tropical Timber Organization (IITO), Japan
Title: ITTO Fellowship Programme, Freezailah Fellowship Fund
Eligibility: Only nationals of ITTO Member countries are eligible to apply. Awards are to be made to individuals not to institutions. Previous ITTO Fellowship awardees are not eligible to apply for another ITTO Fellowship within two years of receiving the first award and submitting to the Secretariat a final report on the activity for which the award was made.
Deadline: September 5, 2007
Contact: International Tropical Timber Organization
International Organizations Center, 5th Floor
Pacifico-Yokohama 1-1-1, Minato-Mirai,
Nishi-ku, Yokohama, 220-0012
Japan
Email: fellowship@itto.or.jp; Web: program brochure / application
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- Organization: Rothamsted International, United Kingdom
Title: African Fellows Programme (AFP)
Eligibility: Applicants must be mid-career African scientists, a PhD is not required. Please see the Criteria for Fellowships for further details.
Deadline: June 22, 2007
Contact: Rothamsted International
Harpenden
Hertfordshire
AL5 2JQ
United Kingdom
Email: rothamsted.international@bbsrc.ac.uk or judy.mann@bbsrc.ac.uk; Web: program brochure / application
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- Organization: Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), Philippines
Title: SEARCA Graduate Scholarships
Eligibility: Southeast Asian citizens, not more than 35 years old, who will pursue MS or PhD in agriculture and related fields and conduct thesis/dissertation on topics in line with promotion of agricultural competitiveness, sustainable land use and water management, and biodiversity conservation by addressing economic and institutional constraints, expanding access to productive resources and technology, and strengthening local governance capability to deliver agricultural services.
Deadline: July 30, 2007
Contact: Graduate Scholarship Department
SEARCA, Los Baños, Laguna
Philippines
Email: gsd@agri.searca.org
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- Organization: Institute of Development Studies, United Kingdom, is offering the following opportunities:
Contact: Postgraduate Admissions
Sussex House
University of Sussex
Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RE
United Kingdom - Title: PhD Studentships linked to the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS) Centre
Eligibility: Applicants should be EU citizens, resident in the UK for at least three years, with a Masters Degree or equivalent.
Deadline: May 31, 2007
Email: A.Dowman@ids.ac.uk; Web: application
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- Title: MA Science, Society and Development 2007 Scholarship
Eligibility: Two scholarships are available for African students. Admission to the program requires an honors degree in a social or natural science discipline, and work experience in development-related work. The minimum acceptable level of English language competence is grade 7 in each section of the IELTS test (or equivalent).
Email: J.L.Brown@ids.ac.uk; Web: application
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