[Fwd: FOCUS newsletter - N.12 - May 1998]one of those Fyi things,
Bob Pyke Jr (mailto:repyke@akron.infi.net)
Mon, 11 May 1998 18:54:33 -0400
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Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 18:54:33 -0400
From: Bob Pyke Jr <mailto:repyke@akron.infi.net>
Subject: [Fwd: FOCUS newsletter - N.12 - May 1998]one of those Fyi things,
To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Forum: habitat in developing countries wrote:
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> FOCUS N.12 – MAY 1998
> newsletter of the Forum: Habitat in Developing Countries
> url: http://obelix.polito.it/forum/focus/
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> INDEX OF THIS ISSUE
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> * ON LINE: CONFERENCES, DISCUSSIONS, EVENTS
> * CONFERENCES WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
> * CALLS FOR PAPERS - COMPETITIONS
> * SCHOOLS, COURSES, SCHOLARSHPS
> * NEWSLETTER AND BOOKS
> * MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
> * JOBS – COLLABORATIONS - VOLUNTEERING
> * HELP NEEDED!
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> You can contact us at the address: mailto:focus@araxp.polito.it
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> WHAT IS NEW IN THE FORUM
> Selected new links. For a complete list of new additions visit:
> http://obelix.polito.it/forum/links/new.htm
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> GARNET
> Have a look to the website of the Global Applied Research
> Network in water supply and sanitation (GARNET).
> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/cv/wedc/garnet/grntover.html
>
> LINKS COOPERAZIONE ALLO SVILUPPO
> In the Website of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
> http://www.ice.it/mae/xvi/links/linkcoop.htm
>
> NEW HEALTH & GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
> The WHO/UNICEF Joint Programme on data management and mapping
> for public health "HealthMap". The overall is to promote and
> implement the use of mapping and GIS as an operational tool for
> planning, monitoring and managing public health programmes of
> priority to national Ministries as well as to WHO, UNICEF and
> key agency partners.
> CONTACT: mailto:nuttalli@who.ch
> WWW: http://www.who.ch/ctd
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> ON LINE: SITES, EVENTS
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>
> 9 to 23 May 1988
> ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE ON GENDER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
> Organized by Global Applied Research Network (GARNET) in
> association with WASTE Consultants in the Netherlands.
> To encourage participants to share experiences and practices,
> and to motivate others to introduce a gender perspective in
> community based waste management.
> CONTACT: Dr Mansoor Ali (mailto:s.m.ali@lboro.ac.uk)
> WWW: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/solid-waste-management-
> recycle/join.html
>
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> CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
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>
> 14 May 1998 – Washington - USA
> "MICROFINANCE IN THE WAKE OF DISASTERS"
> To further the dialogue between microfinance and disaster
> practitioners and donors.
> WWW: http://www.mip.org/jobs/jobs-def.htm
>
> 22-23 June 1998 - Geneva
> INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
> International conference organized by United Nations
> Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
> CONTACT: mailto:infotech@unrisd.org
> WEB: http://www.unrisd.org/infotech/conferen/conf.htm
>
> 29 June – 2 July 1998 – Egypt
> POVERTY, NGO'S AND DEVELOPMENT:
> GLOBAL DIMENSIONS AND NEW DIRECTIONS
> Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development
> Symposium to be held in Egypt June 29 through July 2 1998.
> WWWW: http://www.uta.edu/iucisd/index.htm (under EGYPT' 98).
>
> 5 August 1998, Lisboa, Portugal
> "WORKSHOP ON URBAN SUSTAINABILITY"
> The workshop will be multi disciplinary in order to generate a
> learning process and a platform for debate between researchers,
> professionals and policy makers. An important outcome of this
> workshop will be the publication of a book with selected
> materials.
> CONTACT: Teresa Valsassina Heitor (mailto:teresa@civil.ist.utl.pt)
>
> 31 August - 4th September – Islamabad - Pakistan
> "SANITATION AND WATER FOR ALL" - 24th WEDC Conference
> CONTACT: mailto:WEDC@lboro.ac.uk
>
> 14-18 September 1998 - Liverpool, UK
> 2nd European Congress on Tropical Medicine
> 'TROPICAL HEALTH FOR THE 21ST CENTURY - CLONE, CURE AND
> CONTROL'
> The Congress will focus on selected aspects of Tropical Medicine
> in its broadest sense, particularly on areas where European
> scientists, in collaboration with doctors and scientists in
> developing countries, have made a substantial recent
> contribution.
> CONTACT: mailto:eurocong@liv.ac.uk
> WWW: http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/eurocong.html
>
> 21-24 September 1998 - London, UK
> DEVELOPMENTS IN URBAN DRAINAGE MODELLING
> WWW: http://ewre-www.cv.ic.ac.uk/udm98.htm
>
> 21-25 September 1998 - South Africa
> CODATU VIII: CONFERENCE SUR LES TRANSPORTS URBAINS DANS LES
> PAYS EN DEVELOPPEMENT.
> La politique des deplacements urbains: outil de developpement durable.
> CONTACT: mailto:codatu@entpe.fr
>
> 20-25 October 1998 - Santa Fe de Bogotá
> VI ENCUENTRO INTERNACIONAL HABITAT COLOMBIA
> REFLEXION ACADEMICA - Seminario Internacional Especializado
> El Seminario Académico hace parte de una serie de actividades y
> eventos realizados con el espíritu de propiciar la convergencia
> y el diálogo entre los distintos actores que intervienen en el
> diario proceso de desarrollo de las ciudades.
> CONTACT: mailto:habitol@olnodo.apc.org
>
> 5-7 November 1998 in Seattle, Washington
> ARNOVA: THE 27TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
> Voluntarism, the nature of the third sector and its place in
> society, the management of nonprofit organizations,
> international and comparative studies, the teaching of nonprofit
> studies, and issues in such sub-sectors as health, social
> services, religion, culture, civic benefit, recreation,
> education, environmental protection and advocacy.
> CONTACT: fax 317/684-2128
>
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> CALLS FOR PAPERS (conferences – journals) /COMPETITIONS
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>
> 9-10 September 1998
> 4TH UK RESEARCHING THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR CONFERENCE
> Loughborough University, England
> The UK Researching the Voluntary Sector conference has become
> the annual platform and meeting place for researchers drawn from
> within the UK voluntary sector, academia, and the policy making
> field.
> CONTACT: mailto:ncvo_research@compuserve.com
>
> 30 November – 2 December 1998 - Washington, D.C. USA
> FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
>
> "THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES"
> You are invited to submit case studies, experiences and lessons
> learned in the areas of: 1) policy conducive to rural
> telecommunications development; 2) technology choices
> appropriate for rural areas of developing countries; and 3)
> appropriate or suitable organizational structure of entities
> delivering telecommunications services to rural areas or
> isolated.
> DEADLINE: May 20, 1998
> CONTACT: mailto:International@ntca.org
>
> 3-6 December 1998 – Cape Town, South Africa
> ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
> CONFLICT, HEALTH AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION
> Organised by the International Society for Health and Human Rights
> DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 31 May 1998
> CONTACT: mailto:ubawa@chs.uwc.ac.za
>
> 13-16 December 1998
> ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
> 6th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND ADVISORY PANEL CONFERENCE
> ON FORCED MIGRATION
> Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, Gaza Strip
> CONTACT: mailto:K.Geuijen@fsw.ruu.nl
>
> 25-26 March 1999
> ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
> 'THE NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT - DEAD OR ALIVE?'
> proposals for papers for this symposium are invited from all
> researchers interested in public management and public services
> management. Papers which address the role/management of
> nonprofit organizations in the providing public services are
> especially welcome.
> CONTACT: mailto:p.a.clark1@aston.ac.uk
> WWW: http://psm.abs.aston.ac.uk
>
> INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
> Seeking contributions for a new "Developments" section in the
> Journal. This will include brief descriptions of new initiatives
> in Public Management around the world.
> CONTACT: Karen Bathgate (mailto:kabathga@glam.ac.uk)
>
> MACMILLAN SERIES IN GLOBAL ISSUES
> Outline ideas, full proposals, manuscripts and suitable PhD
> Theses are welcome. The series comprises three principal themes:
> the interaction of human and natural systems; cooperation and
> conflict; and the enactment of values.
> CONTACT: Jim Whitman (mailto:jrw1003@cus.cam.ac.uk)
>
> PLANNERS NETWORK
> The bimonthly magazine of community-based planning, is seeking
> submissions for upcoming issues.
> July 1998 - PLANNING AND GENDER
> CONTACT: Ann Forsyth <mailto:aforsyth@larp.umass.edu>
> Deadline: May 31st
> September 1998 - PLANNING AND RACE
> CONTACT: TBA <mailto:pn@pratt.edu>
> Deadline: July 27th
>
> PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
> A new international journal concerned with theory and research
> about public management. Especially concerned to feature work
> concerning: the role/management of voluntary/ nonprofit/
> nongovernmental orgs in providing public services; inter-
> sectoral relationships; public-private partnerships and their
> governance; facilitating and supporting civil society
> CONTACT: Stephen Osborne, editor (mailto:s.p.osborne@aston.ac.uk)
>
> URBAN AGE
> Published quarterly, it is the result of an international
> partnership that includes the World Bank, the Federation of
> Canadian Municipalities (Canadian International Development
> Agency), the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UNDP-
> UNCHS (Habitat) Urban Management Programme.
> They are seeking contributions for the “City Resource Guide”.
> These should be brief descriptions and contact information for
> new URBAN projects, publications, awards, competitions,
> organizations, on-line resources and web sites.
> CONTACTS: Annabel Biles (mailto:Abiles@worldbank.org)
>
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> SCHOOLS, COURSES, SCHOLARSHPS
> ==========================================================
>
> DIPLOMA IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
> One-year multidisciplinary post-graduate programme for workers
> in humanitarian aid. Taught at universities in: Belgium,
> France, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden
> WWW: http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/echo/net.html
>
> FREE "VIRTUAL" DISSERTATION WORKSHOP
> HEALTH AND POPULATION ISSUES IN AFRICA
> By: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
> Participants will gain skill in designing a doctoral
> dissertation research proposal while at the same time having the
> opportunity to interact with distinguished faculty and a variety
> of African doctoral students concerned with health and
> development topics in Africa.
> CONTACT: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/RADW/JHMay98.html
>
> M.SC IN COSMOPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
> It will commence in September 1998 at the Development Planning
> Unit, University College, London
> CONTACT: mailto:asher@small.u-net.com or c.small@gold.ac.uk
> WWW: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu/
>
> MASTER OF URBAN MANAGEMENT - CENTRE FOR DEVELOPING CITIES
> Centre for Developing Cities – University of Canberra.
> The course will begin on the 1st of June
> CONTACT: Lyndsay R Neilson <mailto:lrn@design.canberra.edu.au>
> WEB: http://cities.canberra.edu.au
>
> MASTERS DEGREE
> IDPM, University of Manchester
> PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
> To create 'hybrid' managers for the coming information age.
> DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
> For public and private sector personnel involved in finance and
> financial management
> CONTACT: mailto:idpm@man.ac.uk
> WEB: http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/
>
> MASTERS IN POST-WAR RECOVERY STUDIES AT UNIVERSITY OF YORK
> An opportunity for Development Practitioners, Humanitarian Aid
> Workers, and Peace-Keepers to develop the professional, multi-
> disciplinary knowledge and skills required to plan, manage
> and implement programmes that build towards the sustainable
> recovery of war-torn societies.
> CONTACT: iass1 mailto:@ york.ac.uk
> WWW: http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/gsp/postwar/intro.htm
>
> SEGUNDO CURSO PANAMERICANO SOBRE CONSERVACIÓN Y MANEJO
> DEL PATRIMONIO ARQUITECTÓNICO HISTÓRICO-ARQUEOLÓGICO DE
> TIERRA
> 31 October - 10 December 1999- Chan Chan, Trujillo, Peru
> CONTACT: mailto:training@iccrom.org
> WWW: http://www.iccrom.org/eng/iccrome.htm
>
> SHORT COURSE ON URBANISATION AND HEALTH FOR DEVELOPING
> COUNTRIES
> Medical Research Council (MRC), Cape Town, South Africa
> Module I : 29 June - 3 July 1998
> Module II: 6 - 10 July 1998
> CONTACT: Ms Pamela J Cerff (mailto:pcerff@eagle.mrc.ac.za)
> WWW: http://www.mrc.ac.za//urbanheal
>
> THREE FULLY FUNDED THREE YEAR RESEARCH STUDENTSHIPS
> Department of geography at Queen Mary
> On offer from september next for mphil and phd research in many
> areas of human and physical geography
> CONTACT: Roger Lee (mailto:r.lee@qmw.ac.uk)
>
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> BOOKS, NEWSLETTERS, REPORTS
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>
> Richard M. Auty and Katrina Brown
> APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
> This book examines the contested concept of sustainable
> development. It is organized into three sections: Approaches to
> Sustainable Development, Rural Applications of Sustainability
> and Coping with Industrialization and Pollution.
> AVAILABLE FROM: Pinter, A Cassell Imprint - Wellington House
> 125 Strand - London WC2R 0BB, England
>
> Adrian Coad
> LESSONS FROM INDIA IN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
> This publication, based on material collected and developed by
> study-fellows and tutors on courses conducted by WEDC in
> conjunction with the All India Institute of Local Self
> Government, is now available from WEDC.
> Contact: Karen Betts(mailto:K.J.Betts@lboro.ac.uk)
>
> Andrew Cotton and Darren Saywell
> ON-PLOT SANITATION IN LOW-INCOME URBAN COMMUNITIES:
> Guidelines for selection
> This book presents the findings concerning the performance of
> on-plot sanitation systems in urban India,Ghana and Mozambique.
> It investigates how satisfactory on-plot sanitation is in the
> urban context, and presents guidance on its use for policy-
> makers and professional staff of urban governments, development
> agencies and non-governmental organisations.
> CONTACT: Karen Betts(mailto:K.J.Betts@lboro.ac.uk)
> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/cv/wedc/onplot/onplot98.htm
>
> Bruce Campbell
> "HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN LOWER INCOME
> COUNTRIES: AN ANALYSIS OF SYSTEM DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND
> UTILISATION IN GHANA AND NEPAL"
> This thesis gives a comprehensive picture of HMIS reform in
> developing countries and provides an invaluable source for those
> interested or involved in health sector reform, management
> development or information systems.
> CONTACT: mailto:kitpress@kit.nl
> WWW: http://www.kit.nl
>
> GRANTS AND GRANT-PROPOSAL WRITING
> The 1998 revised edition is available for free download from the
> Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division main website:
> WEB: http://www.slu.edu/eweb/ediv.htm
>
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> MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
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>
> GLOBAL URBAN INDICATORS DATABASE
> UNCHS (Habitat) has decided to make the Global Urban Indicators
> Database available to all research institutions and qualified
> individuals around the world and to invite them, in exchange, to
> provide Habitat with their analytical results. A synthesis of
> all results will be included in The State of the World's Cities
> Report at the end of 1998.
> CONTACT: Jay Moor (mailto:jay.moor@unchs.org).
>
> URBAN DATA LINK
> The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) has
> received a grant from the World Bank to develop a data
> management and analysis tool called Urban Data Link.
> Urban Data Link will be an easy to use software package and meta
> data directory. The directory will serve as an electronic
> library card catalogue to allow users to search for information
> on cities.
> CONTACT: mailto:habitat.press@unchs.org
> WWW: http://habitat.unchs.org/home.htm
>
> BURSARIES AVAILABLE:
> INTERNATIONAL STUDY VISIT TO CURITIBA, BRAZIL
> The Building and Social Housing Foundation is organising a 5 day
> study visit (22 - 26 June 1998) to the World Habitat Award
> winning project of Urban Management in Curitiba, Brazil.
> No conference fee will be charged and bursaries to help meet
> travel and accommodation costs may be available for
> representatives of developing countries who wish to participate
> in the study visit.
> CONTACT: Diane Diacon (mailto:100567.3433@compuserve.com)
>
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> JOBS – COLLABORATIONS - VOLUNTEERING
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>
> REQUEST FOR CONSULTANTS
> WELL (Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough)
> is seeking to expand its base of consultants in all water and
> sanitation-related fields, and would be pleased to hear from
> people with international experience who are interested in
> working with them.
> CONTACT: mailto:WELL@lshtm.ac.uk or WEDC@lboro.ac.uk
> WWW: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/well/
>
> LOOKING FOR COLLABORATION
> Boza Khel Welfare Society and Southern NGO's Forum, a grass
> roots NGO's working in an extremely underdeveloped and
> impoverished third world territory are looking for collaboration
> or assistance from other NGO's.
> CONTACT: Mian Salim Ur Rehman (Tel. +92-928-630478)
>
> VOLUNTEERING
> By Oneworld the latest opportunities for volunteering
> WWW: http://www.oneworld.org/action/volunteers/index.html
>
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> HELP!
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>
> SANEX
> An expert system software, which aims to support decision-makers
> in developing countries in selecting the appropriate sanitation
> alternative for the circumstances in which project beneficiaries
> live. The author would like to gain your support for the
> validation of this software.
> CONTACT: Thomas Loetscher <mailto:thomasl@cheque.uq.oz.au>
> WWW: http://daisy.cheque.uq.edu.au/awm/manage/thomasl.htm
>
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> FOCUS - newsletter of the Forum: Habitat in Developing Countries
> Edited by Francesca De Filippi and Silva Ferretti
> N. 12 - May 1998
>
> url: http://obelix.polito.it/forum/focus/
> e-mail: mailto:forum@araxp.polito.it
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