Source: Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
The Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) has launched its first introductory e-course Rights of Refugees and Displaced Persons. The introductory e-courses are an addition to the specialised (11-week) distance learning courses, offered since 2002, and the short (6-week) certificate courses that HREA started offering in May.
The IPCC Scholarship Programme has been established with the funds received on the occasion of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize award to the IPCC. The first funding partner of the Programme is Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Norwegian Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change. The goal of this programme is to help strengthen the scientific and technical capability in developing countries to contribute to climate science and research and to develop and implement climate change policies and measures at the domestic and international level. It aims to provide a sound knowledge base and stimulate institutional strengthening in developing countries. Priorities will include research on climate processes, the impacts of climate change in the most vulnerable regions of the world, the potential for adaptation and mitigation and sustainable development.
Source: Panos Caribbean
Panos Caribbean seeks to recruit a senior Caribbean professional to join its management team and play a central role in the coordination of its programme and in the growth of the organisation. Panos Caribbean is a regional organisation serving the Wider Caribbean region in the field of communications and development. Its mission is to amplify the voices of the poor and the marginalized through the media and ensure their inclusion in public and policy debate, in order to enable Caribbean communities and countries to articulate and communicate their own development agendas.
Source: The Center for International Forestry Research
Based in Lima, Peru and covering South and Central America, the post offers an outstanding opportunity to work in a fast moving and intellectuality challenging environment. The post holder will be responsible for planning and delivering an effective communication programme for CIFOR’ s research and mission. She/he will be expected to work with a variety of media formats and demonstrate their ability to target messages to multiple audiences across the region.
Source: UNICEF, US
Under the guidance of the Senior Adviser Immunization (Chief Immunization), you will be responsible for the technical guidance, planning, coordination and management of the Polio Eradication Program activities in PD/Health in the context of UNICEF’s Medium Term Strategic Plan under Key Result Area 1: Young Child Survival and Development.
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Initiated a great events for youth, Mainly for Red Crescent Youth! IF you are a RCY, You can apply or you can disseminate this information with others. For more info see below.
Have you been waiting for an opportunity to begin to change the world? This could be one chance for you! In 2009, through the Solferino Youth Declaration, you called the international community to action, to work with you. The IFRC has heard your call and wants to help to provide you with tools, training and opportunities that you will need to become the strong advocates and activists that are needed for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement of tomorrow.
Climate change is one of the key issues that you identified in your declaration, and our two-year climate change initiative is designed to promote youth involvement in this field and to empower your voice as Red Cross Red Crescent spokespeople advocating on climate change related issues. Through an online competition, we will identify and select 10 young volunteers from across the world to act as spokespersons for the Red Cross Red Crescent at the UN climate conference in Mexico this December. Read more…
October 25-28, 2010
Alexandria, Egypt
Registration is now open for the 9th Global Conference on National Youth Service in Alexandria, Egypt, October 25-28, 2010. Hosted by the International Association for National Youth Service (IANYS), the American University in Cairo and the Library of Alexandria, this conference is an exciting opportunity for professionals in the field of youth development to come together to share information and current developments in the field with other policymakers, practitioners, and researchers; nurture connections for developing future projects; and discuss the emerging impact of service in the context of youth employability and youth service policy among other important themes. Conference participants will include professionals in the field of youth civic engagement from across the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region and around the world.
Learn more at: www.icicp.org/ht/d/sp/i/11209/pid/11209
We know most teachers and administrators are on summer vacation, so Youth Service America has extended its deadline for the STEMester of Service program to late August to allow time for educators to get back to school and apply. Funded by Learn and Serve America, a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, STEMester of Service incorporates YSA’s semester-long service-learning framework to engage educators and students in addressing critical environmental and disaster preparedness needs and connecting them to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curricula. YSA is seeking middle schools with large populations of disadvantaged youth; STEM schools must be located in one of the 19 states with highest dropout rates (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wyoming). The $5,000 grant (that includes travel and training at YSA’s Youth Service Institute in Detroit in October) supports teachers as they engage local partners and guide students in addressing local needs through planning and implementing sustainable service projects that launch on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January 17, 2011) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 15-17, 2011). www.ysa.org/grants/stem
NEW ELIGIBLE STATES: The STEMester of Service grant program targets states with the highest dropout rates. Based on the most recent dropout rate data released last month, YSA has added 7 states to the list of eligible states, including: the District of Columbia, California, Hawaii, Michigan, Montana, Rhode Island, and Wyoming. Middle schools in these states, in addition to those in the original 12 states, are eligible.
DoSomething.org has teamed up with the Dunkin’ Donuts & Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation to award project grants to individuals who are taking action to help children in hospitals. From creating a safe space while elementary and middle school aged kids stay in hospitals, to creating care packages for hospital bound or recovering kids, there are many ways to get involved with or start your own projects. Whether you have an established organization that helps youth in hospitals, or if you have a new idea to help kids in hospitals, apply for a Get Well Soon Grant to help your project grow! Fifteen projects will receive $500 grants, and 5 grand prize winners will receive $1,000 grants for their projects or organizations. All of the winners will be featured on DoSomething.org and celebrated through various marketing platforms. Learn more at: www.dosomething.org/grants/get-well-soon
We are looking for young dynamic contributors to send articles, pictures and videos about current projects to UNICEF’s new Voices of Youth blog! The Voices of Youth blog http://blog.voicesofyouth.org/ will complement the larger VOY site http://www.unicef.org/voy/, and will report on both UNICEF-based projects and on related initiatives and topics. Once or twice a week we will publish new articles written by youth contributors from around the world. If you are interested, and would like to write for Voices of Youth, contact UNICEF’s Youth Section: blog@voicesofyouth.org Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information or guidance.
