Message-ID: <35BB37BF.92C3BB87@idn.org> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 10:05:51 -0400 From: "Christopher L. Byrne, Director" <mailto:info@IDN.ORG> Subject: This Week At The International Development Network (7/26/98) To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Apologies for Any Cross-PostingDid you know that 84% of Australians support that country's foreign aid program? The full story can be found at
http://www.idn.org/news/0798/df072498-2.htm
Did you know that the Rockefeller Foundation has provided $2.5 Million Dollars to the World Health Organization to support reform efforts there? The Full Story is available in the Development Front Section of the IDN Web Site at http://www.idn.org.
New this week at the IDN (http://www.idn.org/):
TOOLS YOU CAN USE
This week we feature a link to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Procurement Opportunities Web Site.
QUICK LINK OF THE WEEK
This week's quick link is to the web site for Round-table on Partnership with Civil Society in Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action, taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh this week.
NEW TRAINING
Information on the following training opportunities available from The University of Melbourne Program in Development
Sustainable Development and Gender Focus in Development Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Governance and Gender Equity in Sustainable Development Agenda
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The following links have been added to the Funding Opportunities Page:
United Nations Population Fund Procurement Unit The Rockefeller Foundation
NEW LINKS
This week's new and modified links include:
ACP Group - The mission of the ACP Secretariat is to assist the citizens of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific to accelerate their rates of development and to reduce the levels of poverty through the instrumentality of the Lomé Convention.
The African Environmental Research Consortium Group (AERCG) - works towards improving the quality of life, mitigating environmental hazards and protection of human health in Africa.
Association For India's Development (AID) - Learning humility, purity and simple-living from those who don't take too much from the earth ...Targetting the problems of hunger, disease and oppression that sadden their lives...Inspiring in each other trust, confidence, and support for one another.
Australian Council For Overseas Aid - The Australian Council for Overseas Aid was formed in 1965 to "create a vehicle to enable government to relate to the NGO community more easily".
Australian People for Health, Education & Development Abroad - assists international development by supporting skills training projects for workers in South East Asia, the Pacific, southern Africa and the Middle East.
Christian Aid - works in over 60 countries helping people, regardless of religion or race, to improve their own lives and tackle the causes of poverty and injustice.
Christian Blind Mission International - Worldwide Christian charitable service for the prevention and curing of blindness, and services for the blind and other disabled people.
Development Alternatives, India - is a non-profit research, development and consultancy organisation established in 1983. It fosters the new relationship in the people, technology and environment interactions needed to attain the goal of sustainable development.
DGVIII at the European Commission - Directorate-General VIII deals with development cooperation between the European Community and a large number of developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, the ACP states, a group which includes many of the poorest countries in the world.
Finnish Aid - The Department for International Development Cooperation plans, finances, and monitors Finland's official development cooperation and provide information on development issues and on developing countries in general.
Forum: Habitat in Developing Countries - is an internet resource aimed at providing information to researchers and professionals working for the improvement of the built environment in developing countries, and at facilitating communications among them.
Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training (GLADNET) - brings together research centers, universities, enterprises, government departments, trade unions, and organizations representing disabled persons, all committed to the common goal of advancing competitive employment and training opportunities for persons with disabilities.
Global Information Infrastructure Commission - mission is to foster private sector leadership and private-public sector cooperation in the development of information networks and services to advance global economic growth, education and quality of life.
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission - promoting marine scientific investigations and related ocean services, with a view to learning more about the nature and resources of the oceans.
International Development Ireland Ltd. - International Seminars on Banking, Development and other economic issues.
Irish Aid - Ireland's Official Development Assistance Programme. Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) - is an organization for Christians who seek to connect their faith and daily work in a needy world.
RAWOO Advisory Council for Scientific Research in Development Problems - advises the Dutch government on matters involving research that is important for developing countries.
TEAR Australia - A movement of Australian Christians responding to need in developing countries by supporting initiatives of indigenous Christian groups and churches.
Trócaire - the Catholic Agency for world development, was set up by the Bishops of Ireland in 1973 to express the concern of the Irish Church for the needs and problems of the developing countries and the issues of justice involved.
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