MS ActionAid Denmark is right now launching a new personnel category called Inspirators. Inspirators are cross-national placement of development practitioners with significant hands on experience from development work in developing or newly industrialised countries. We are therefore looking for dedicated individuals, who would like to spend 3 to 9 months together with one of our many partner organisations in Africa, Asia, Central America and the Middle East.
Inspirators are volunteer placements. This means that you will not receive a formal salary, but you will have your travel expenses and accommodation covered. You will also receive a living allowance to cover your costs of living while abroad and 350€ to cover some of the expenses you may have in your home country while abroad. Please, be aware that all allowances and subsidies are subject to local tax! Read more…
Deadline: 10 June 2010
In order to develop UNIFEM country strategies for Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, UNIFEM Southern Africa seeks the services of 9 national consultants with expertise on gender and development to undertake the assignments from the different countries. Find out more
The Technical Unit Co-Development launches in the framework of “Support Project Co-Development” on financing the 9th European Development Fund (EDF) a call for proposals “window for local development” in 2010. With a budget of 300 million FCFA, this call for proposals aimed at strengthening the participation of the Malian diaspora to local development in Mali through two components:
· Component 1: Productive projects and structuring, endowed with 200 million CFA francs;
· Component 2: improvement projects of the living population, endowed with 100 million CFA francs;
The subsidy amount per project will be between 15 million and 30 million CFA francs CFA.
The project duration is a maximum of 12 months.
The end date for submission is July 20, 2010.
The guidelines of the call, the application form and appendices are available to provide on the site of the Technical Unit of Co-Development: www.codeveloppementmali.org .
The United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) is organizing the second annual Global Model UN conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 14-18 August 2010 (including two days of pre-conference activities – date and time to be confirmed), for university-level students. The conference theme will be “Towards an Alliance of Civilizations – Bridging Cultures to achieve Peace and Development.”
For more information, please visit: www.un.org/gmun or write to: education-outreach@un.org
Contribute to building and strengthening the field by submitting a proposal to lead a session at this global learning event. This year’s conference themes are:
- Youth Enterprise Development
- Workforce Development
- Youth-Inclusive Financial Services and Financial Capabilities
- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Impact Assessment
- Adolescent Girls and Youth Women
To submit a proposal to lead a session and for more information, GO TO: http://www.youthenterpriseconference.org/themes.asp
The Grant Training Center: Professional Grant Development Workshop
Master the techniques of writing superior and winning proposals
Proposal Writing I: May 5 – 7, 2010
To be held at City College of New York New York, New York
This intensive three-day grant proposal workshop is geared for: 1) those who wish to strengthen their grant writing skills and 2) beginners who wish to acquire and master the techniques of preparing, writing and winning proposals from various funding agencies. The center of attention will be on how to effectively tell the story that leads to funding, be it for the researcher in the sciences and social sciences, educator and non-profit professional. Read more…
Within the framework of the 50th anniversary of African independence, the Social and Human Sciences Sector of UNESCO (SHS) is launching a “Call for Ideas” for prospective proposals in favour of Africa’s development within the next decade. Among the proposals, which should be submitted before Friday 30 April 2010 at midnight (Paris time), 10 ideas will be selected by an international jury and presented by their author(s) during 10 small-scale conferences to be held at UNESCO Headquarters in mid-June 2010.
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It’s fun and easy! All you have to do is make a bright bold design (an emblem) which you think shows how young people can take action to preserve the wonders of our biodiversity. What are you waiting for? Start using your imagination and send us your best creations by 15 June.For more information click here.
National Youth Rights Association seeks an experienced part-time development director. Responsible for grant seeking, new donor acquisition, and all other fundraising. For more information, contact: NYRA@youthrights.org
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New Impulses for Development Cooperation between the Regions and Local
Authorities
The federal states, regions and local authorities are important players in
the field of development cooperation.
Development cooperation is not solely a domain of the national states. On
the contrary: Federal states (or rather in the European context: Regions)
and local authorities are also important players. This is the message of the
2nd Bonn Conference on International Development. But how can and how do the
subnational players want to employ their skills? Which development policy
tasks do the federal states or the regions assume, Read more…