Message-ID: <35A981B8.6A197C@idn.org> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 23:40:40 -0400 From: "Christopher L. Byrne, Director" <mailto:info@IDN.ORG> Subject: This Week At the International Development Network (July 13, 1998) To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Apologies for Any Cross-PostingThis week the IDN (http://www.idn.org/) returns to daily updates after a one week hiatus for systems and application development training in Lotus Notes/Domino.
What doe this mean for you? Eventually, the IDN will move to being a Notes/Domino Based Application offering greater security and flexibility in how you access and view information on the IDN Web Site and more...Lotus Notes/Domino will allow members of the IDN to be truly networked in the sharing of databases, information and dialogue... more on this as we move towards implementation...
This past week we passed 8,000 visitors to the site since our launch and we thank all who have visited and provided input to us to help us improve the site. Please feel free at any time to offer any comments and/or suggestions. If you find a link that is not working or "404 Not Found" let us know and we will fix it ASAP.
New this week:
IN THE IDN BOOKSTORE (http://www.idn.org/bookstore/index.htm)
We have added 120 Titles in Development Economics and Finance. See a title you want that is not included? Tell us and we will add it if available...or just click on any title and once in the bookstore do a keyword search for the title you are looking for...it is that simple...
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY (http://www.idn.org/members/index.htm)
We have added a new member profile for Jeremy Clark and updated the pending membership list to add 5 new membership applications received this past week.
TOOLS YOU CAN USE
This week we feature a link to PACT Publications' Educational Materials and Training Tools for the Development Community
QUICK LINK OF THE WEEK
This week's quick link is to the web site for Agencia Española De Cooperación Internacional (the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation)
GENDER & POPULATION NEWS
This past week Family Health International released a number of Press Releases in this area. Given the interest in this subject and the fact that World Population Day was just celebrated this past weekend, we have given these links their own section for the week...
NEW PUBLICATION LINK
UNICEF's The Progress of Nations 1998
NEW LINKS
This week's new and modified links include:
CPAR/Plant a tree in Africa - CPAR is a non-profit, non government Canadian-based organization committed to building healthy communities in Uganda, Malawi and Ethiopia.
China Population Information Network (CHINA POPIN) - exists to strengthen the national effort implement the family planning program to assist leaders in policy-making, to strengthen the population sciences and to avoid wasteful duplication of investment and effort.
China Population Information and Research Center (CPIRC) - produces following publications: China Population Today, China Family Planning Yearbook, Population and Family Planning, Population Abstracts and China Population Data Sheet.
The Microstate Network - provides strategic consulting and project administration/support services to governments, companies, organizations, and individuals, which desire to more effectively utilize information technologies to assist public and private sector development.
Network Women In Development Europe (WIDE) - works to influence European and International policies and to raise awareness on gender and development issues among important sectors of opinion in Europe, with the objective of empowering women worldwide. (English/Spanish)
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) - a nonprofit corporation that serves the U.S. in the Pacific region. PREL helps Pacific schools improve educational outcomes for children, youth, and adults by providing research, development opportunities, training, technical assistance, group facilitation, information resource activities, dissemination, and evaluation services.
Pan American Health Organization - offers timely and comprehensive health news from the Americas as well as a wealth of technical information on health topics ranging from vaccine research and immunization strategy to health issues of high risk groups such as children, the poor, and indigenous people.
Tulane Institute for International Development - Integrated and interdisciplinary program based on the foundation of sustainable human development; Flexible program which provides the ability to design your own course of study by working in conjunction with a faculty mentor. Credit given for past coursework and appropriate international development work
UNEP Ozone Secretariat - the Secretariat for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer .
UNEP Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Web Site - Information on the Global Negotiations on POPs.
Joint Vienna Institute (JVI) - provides training, support and supplements the national efforts of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries formerly republics of the USSR, and other countries, in their transition from centrally-planned to market based economies.
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