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Learning and Capacity Strengthening Newsletter
April 2007

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  1. Open Training Platform
    The Open Training Platform (OTP), an initiative by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), offers free access to training materials for teaching, learning, and research in all fields of development, including 17 training resources on agriculture. The aim of the initiative is to foster development at the local level by making training and capacity-building resources openly available to local communities and grassroots stakeholders. The OTP also serves as a platform for sharing resources with other trainers and trainees.
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  2. Open Educational Content - Introduction and Tutorials
    The Open Educational Content, a collaborative development between the Open eLearning Content Observatory Services (OLCOS) project consortium and anybody who wants to contribute, supports students and teachers in the creation, re-use, and sharing of e-learning material. The webpage offers tutorials on how to search, create, and share open educational resources, as well as several directories of open educational materials. This information will also be helpful to management staff seeking to implement open learning policies and activities in their institutions.
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  3. African Water Journal
    The first edition of African Water Journal is now available from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).The Journal provides an outlet to consolidate and disseminate the growing knowledge and experiences of African national professionals in water resources development and management to help provide a strong foundation for regional and national water policies and plans. The journal is accepting contributions from different disciplinary perspectives for the upcoming editions. Prospective authors should send their manuscript to donkor@un.org, with a copy to basoah@hotmail.com.
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  4. African Women in Science and Technology Database
    The African Union Commission is working to create a database of African women scientists that will be used by the Commission and partners to invite and encourage African women to participate in upcoming science and technology events. For further information, contact masheleni@africa-union.org.

  5. Call for Editors and Reviewers
    Life Science Foundation India (LSFI) is currently seeking qualified members for the editorial board of its forthcoming multidisciplinary journal, TECHNOTOME (to be launched in 2008). TECHNOTOME will focus on the most innovative technical advancements in biotechnology, nanotechnology, chemical sciences, physical sciences, and other fields. Please contact the executive editor at technotome@yahoo.com if you are interested in becoming an editor or reviewer. Manuscript submissions are also welcome.
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  6. IFPRI Dataset: South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study (KIDS), 1993-1998
    The KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study (KIDS) combines the South African 1993 Project for Statistics on Living Standards and Development (PSLSD) household survey (KwaZulu-Natal portion only) with a re-survey of the same households from March to June 1998. The 1993 project was an integrated household survey that collected a broad array of information on the socioeconomic condition of households and included sections on household demographics, household environment, education, food and non-food expenditures, remittances, employment and income, agricultural activities, health, and anthropometry. The 1998 household questionnaire largely followed the 1993 version with a few important changes: (1) greater focus on individual ownership of assets and control over their use; (2) expanded emphasis on those individuals not living in the household but economically linked to it; and (3) four new sections on economic shocks, social capital, assets brought to marriage, and household decisionmaking.
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