Full coverage: Capacity building
June 2006
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The aim of this Guide is to provide a broad introduction to the subject of Capacity Building in the developing countries
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28.06.2006
Oil wars, water wars, land wars, atmospheric wars: this is the real face of economic globalisation, whose appetite for resources is exceeding the limits of sustainability and justice, writes Vandana Shiva, an author and international campaigner for women and the environment.
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23.06.2006
The time is now ripe for the development community to engage with climate change, says Saleemul Huq, director of the climate change programme at the International Institute for Environment and Development, United Kingdom and chair of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies.
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22.06.2006
Journalists, media entrepreneurs, government and civil society representatives, academics, and students met last week in UNESCOs Montevideo Office to analyze and evaluate the situation of media, development and poverty reduction in Uruguay and the region, and to make recommendations for UNESCOs action in this context.
Story linkFrom: UNESCO - Communication, Information and Informatics Sector Related topics/regions: [Uruguay] [capacity building] [civil society & ICT] [communications] |
22.06.2006
Eight people with disabilities have an opportunity to voice their issues using the Community Multimedia Centre (CMC) in Nepal after a recent training workshop on audio production and new technologies. Of the eight participants, five were visually impaired and the remaining three were physically challenged. Read more about this innovative project by UNESCO.
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19.06.2006
Programi Publikues i Institutit tė Fondacionit pėr Shoqėri tė Hapur Maqedoni FOSIM, dha Ēmimin Vjetor pėr Dizajnin mė tė Mirė tė Librit pėr Shoqatėn Qytetare Ekokrater nga Kratovo, pėr doracakun e tyre Kratovo Doracak pėr Turistė . Ceremonia e dorėzimit tė ēmimit u mbajt nė OJQ-nė Infocentre nė Shkup.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)] Image: Ēmimi Soros
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15.06.2006
The need to enhance information flow to farmers led to the inception of the Information and Communication Support for Agricultural Growth in Nigeria Project (ICS-Nigeria). The hope is that access to information will trigger an increase in farmers use of agricultural technologies, which in turn will increase their productive capacity.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Nigeria] [capacity building] [communications] [ICT in poverty reduction] Image: © Oxfam America
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15.06.2006
The University of Manchester is launching a new one-year MSc programme to address the training needs associated with recent massive expansion in information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) projects.
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13.06.2006
IT for Change, supported by HIVOS, India, and Association for Progressive Communications, is planning to hold a workshop, Audio Visual Resources for Development: Moving towards Open Paradigms", on 15th June in Bangalore.
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08.06.2006
Women in southern Sri Lanka, who were affected by the tsunami, have started a programme of recycling garbage so that some of the women can sort out the garbage and earn a living. With Oxfam GB's help, this compost and garbage-recycling programme has been extended to nearly 1,500 households.
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07.06.2006
The Information Management Resource Kit (IMARK) is a comprehensive suite of distance learning resources for information management and exchange.
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07.06.2006
Accurate, timely information saves lives. Jonathan Walter, editor of the World Disasters Report, provides an insight.
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05.06.2006
Away from the cacophony of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), prowess in information technology and the growing GDP, students from the University of Michigan, on a visit to India, got a taste of the real India water problems, low literacy, poor infrastructure, ill-managed cities and rural poverty.
Story linkFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related topics/regions: [India] Image: Indian villagers.
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01.06.2006
The ongoing gender sensitisation programmes by Delhi Police is likely to get a boost with a recent manual compiled for the police officials involved in training the middle and lower rank officers. It will be used by the trainers in Delhi Police Academy, Andhra Pradesh Police Academy, and Delhi Home Guard Academy.
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