Full coverage: Capacity Building

30.11.2006 Successful development projects flow from an understanding of shared community values. Heifer's “Passing the Gift” is a case in point.

30.11.2006 Farmers helping their brothers, so that they can help themselves to find solutions and not be dependent on the technician or on the bank. That is Campesino a Campesino.

29.11.2006 Translate.org.za wins African ICT Achiever 2006 Award for its efforts in bridging the digital divide in Africa. The organisation has done the translation of computer software into 11 official languages of South Africa by using a local translator and creating the first South African keyboard.

29.11.2006 Nirantar, a New Delhi-based NGO that works on gender and education, has announced its Annual Course on Participatory Material Production, to be held in two phases in November 2006, at Chitrakoot in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and March 2007 in Indian capital New Delhi.

28.11.2006 Sri Lanka's first outdoor wireless computer network is now up and running. Surprisingly, it is not in Colombo. It is not even in any of the other key places. It was installed in Mahavilachchiya, a little known village, 40 km from the nearest town Anuradhapura, and surrounded three sides by the Vilpattu jungle.

25.11.2006 Tekanan sosial ekonomi yang semakin berat mengharuskan masyarakat - termasuk perempuan - kreatif dalam mencari penghasilan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan keluarga. Adanya keterbatasan pendidikan dan keterampilan menjadikan usaha kecil atau informal sebagai salah satu pilihan. Ternyata bantuan kredit dengan persyaratan ringan bagi usaha yang mereka miliki membantu meningkatkan kesejahteraan dan posisi tawar mereka.

17.11.2006 Networked Intelligence for Development is a Toronto based network of independent consultants and trainers specializing in new media, information and communication technologies (ICTs), the creative industries and international development. Our consultants have held senior positions in multilateral organizations, governmental and intergovernmental organizations, broadcasting and media institutions, research institutes and non-governmental organizations.

17.11.2006 The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is inviting applications for CSE Media Fellowships on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA): Opportunities and Challenges. The felloships are open to journalists and the last date is November 28, 2006.

15.11.2006 DUSHANBE, Nov 15 (IPS) - Women have played important roles in rebuilding Tajikistan after the country's civil war of the 1990s. But women in this central Asian country still have many obstacles to overcome to reach equality with men, according to some local activists and international observers.

15.11.2006 TN Anuradha attends a novel workshop at the India Social Forum, which discusses innovative methods of training for community workers, through the use of magic tricks and other interesting activities.

14.11.2006 To give voice to the silent majority, to find creative responses to some of the most difficult questions of our time, on November 20 –21 this year at Dr. M.A Ansari auditorium, Jamia Milia Islamia, Tehelka is hosting a visionary new forum: Summit of the Powerless.

09.11.2006 The Labour Education and Development Society (LEDS) is organizing a seminar titled "Kaam - Dhaam aur Pahchan - Rajasthan ke Banjare aur anya adrishya mazdoor" - on November 11 from 2 to 4 pm at S/6.