Message-ID: <35D6EEEA.81AFB991@idn.org> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 10:38:34 -0400 From: "Christopher L. Byrne, Director" <mailto:info@IDN.ORG> Subject: This Week at the International Development Network (August 16, To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
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And now, What's New at the IDN Web Site this week (August 16, 1998):
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IDN Membership Directory
List of pending membership applications updated. ____________________________________________
Tools You Can Use:
This week's tool is a link to the GEF Lessons Notes published by the Monitoring and Evaluation team in the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat. These Notes are a dissemination vehicle for lessons emerging from evaluation studies, annual implementation reviews, and other material of broad relevance to the GEF. ____________________________________________
Quick Link of the Week:
This week's IDN Quick Link is to the web site for the CIDA (CANADA) Online Consultation on Gender Equality in Development. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is inviting Canadians and non-Canadians to give their views on a draft CIDA policy on Gender Equality in Development. That consultation will take place online from August 17th to September 4th. ____________________________________________
Fund Raising Ideas
Creme De La Creme of Restaurants Together for Taste of the Nation '98
Taste of the Nation is a fundraiser for Australia's lead aid agency, Community Aid Abroad. Members of the public get to try a wide variety of gourmet dishes from some of the best restaurants in their city, for a fraction of the normal price, and all the funds go to helping poor com- munities around the world. Read more about this at www.idn.org.
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L.A. Sparks Host World Vision Night
In support of World Vision's relief and development programs internationally and in Los Angeles, the L.A. Sparks hosted World Vision night in their game against the Washington Mystics at the Great Western Forum on August 3. Read more about this at www.idn.org
New Links:
Assistance Universelle pour le Developpement - AUDE is a local NGO in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Our projects cover a wide range of development activities from reproductive health and family planning to food banks and education for girls.
Convention on Biological Diversity - represents a dramatic step forward in the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.
devMEDIA - Media for Development and Democracy.
FIDAMERICA - a network of projects and institutions dedicated to fighting rural poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean by means of improving information and knowledge systems. Its purpose is to increase the efficiency and the impact of initiatives of sustainable agricultural development in poor rural areas.
The Ford Foundation - a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide.
Forum Fisheries Agency - reflects the common concern of member nations on matters of conservation, optimum utilization and coastal states sovereign rights over the region's living marine resources.
Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning - assists the Governments of the region in the area of public policy planning and coordination through the provision of training, advisory and research services.
The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs - provides practical assistance to civic and political leaders advancing democratic values, practices and institutions.
World Academy for Local Government and Democracy (WALD) - Istanbul-based NGO specializing in the areas of democracy and local government, and the ties between these concepts.
World Water Council - provides a forum to arrive at a common strategic vision on integrated water resources management on a sustainable basis, and to promote the implementation of effective policies and strategies worldwide. __________________________________________________________
Stories from The Development Front
The following stories were provided to members of the IDN last week and are now available on the web site:
GAO and Chairman Gilman Laud Innovative USAID HIV/AIDS Programs
ADRA Refutes Article by L.A. Times (link to the LA Times Story included by the IDN)
World Bank Finances Urban Property Rights Project For Peru
Paediatricians Enlisted in Fight Against Childhood Killers
Improving Women's Health in Pakistan
Canada Contributes to International Effort to Help Victims of Terrorist Bombings in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam
Governments Urged to Back Young People's Combat Against HIV/AIDS
UNICEF Says Young People Have Key Development Role
WFP and Lutheran World Federation Sign Agreement to Join Forces in Food Aid Operations
WFP Reports Numbers of Displaced People Growing in Angola; Some 60,000 Receiving Emergency Food Aid
WFP To Deliver First Food to Ethnic Albanians Trapped Near Kosovo-Albania Border Since June Offensive
Australian Assistance for Victims of Embassy Bombings
MSF Evacuates Teams from Eastern Congo
UNESCO Director-General Expresses Concern Over China Floods
Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Steps Down For Personal Reasons
World Commission on Water for the 21st Century Establishes Body to Assess Water Resources & Devise Solutions
ADB Accepts Pakistan's Contribution to the Bank's Technical Assistance Special Fund
Australian Government To Help Improve Health Care for Pacific Islanders
Canada Provides Relief to Indonesians Facing Serious Food Shortages
CDC - A Significant Investor In Emerging Markets Forestry
CDC - A Significant Investor In Emerging Markets Infrastructure
IFC Launches Hong Kong Dollar Global Medium Term Notes Offering
Increase in Infectious Diseases in Flooded Parts of China
Low Income Children in New York to Receive Used Computers From UN Development Programme
WFP Barge Travels Down Nile River to Deliver Food for Hungry Sudanese
ADRA China Reopened, Plans Immediate Flood Relief And Housing Project
Diane Marleau to Travel to Haiti to Meet President Préval and Reinforce Canadian-Haitian Cooperation
Large Latin American Industrial Companies and Groups Well Situated in the 1990s
Korea Helps Strengthen Pacific Island Fisheries Legislation
IFAD to Expand Regional Training Programme on Rural Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Dengue Haemorragic Fever Epidemic in Cambodia May Become the Worst in Country's History, Red Cross/red Crescent Warns
Rs.17 crores UNDP Assistance to Bring Energy to Rural Areas of India
Belgian Aircraft En Route to WFP Food Aid Operation in Sudan Carries Medical Assistance for Victims of Nairobi Blast
First Canadian-made Therapeutic Milk for Sudan Famine Now in Production
Hamilton Aid Worker Kick Starts Housing Project for African Refugees
GTZ Takes a Look at Radio and Television in Oman
Agreement on a New Telecommunications Regulatory Framework for Bosnia and Herzegovina Reached in Geneva
Costa Rican Minister Outlines Health Situation
Get the Cease-fire in Sudan Extended to One Year - Minister Urged by Trócaire
Trócaire Welcomes Ministerial Visit to Sudan
World Bank Supports Thailand's Financial Restructuring Reform
USCR Condemns Use of Food as a Weapon in Kosovo
Senegal Blocks Aid Supplies from Reaching War Victims in Guinea Bissau
Government Honours Australia's Overseas Volunteers
Philippine Microfinance Summit to be held at ADB
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