Message-ID: <362A9FAC.9A45E353@idn.org> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 22:10:52 -0400 From: "Christopher L. Byrne" <mailto:info@IDN.ORG> Subject: This Week at the International Development Network (October 18, To: mailto:INTDEV-L@uriacc.uri.edu
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Here is what else is new this week at the International Development Network (http://www.idn.org/): _____________________________________________________________________
Quick Link of the Week
OECD DAC Development Co-operation Review of Germany
This week's Quick Link is a direct link to the OECD DAC Development Co-operation Review of Germany.
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Tools You Can Use
This week's tool is a link to the OECD Development Assistance Committee Untied Aid Projects Database of Business Opportunities.
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New Publications
Information is available on "DAC Creditor Review System Special Report: Aid Activities in Africa 1997-1998"
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Conference Information
1999 Microcredit Summit Meeting of Councils
Second Annual Conference on Vaccine Research: Basic Science-Product Development-Clinical & Field Studies
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Training Opportunities
Offerings of the Centre for Health Planning and Management, Keele University, UK have been added. _____________________________________________________________________
New Links (Now located on the right side of the IDN Home Page)
Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR) - assists and encourages Australia's agricultural scientists to use their skills for the benefit of developing countries, and at the same time work to resolve Australia's own agricultural problems.
ENDA Third World - environmental development action in the third world (based in Senegal)
HungerWeb - The aim of this site is to help prevent and eradicate hunger by facilitating the free exchange of ideas and information regarding the causes of, and solutions to, hunger.
The Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First) - is a member-supported, nonprofit 'peoples' think tank and education-for-action center. Our work highlights root causes and value-based solutions to hunger and poverty around the world, with a commitment to establishing food as a fundamental human right.
International Youth Foundation (IYF) - an independent, international, nongovernmental organization dedicated to the positive development of children and youth, ages 5 to 20, worldwide.
The Manoff Group - a consulting company that for over 25 years has specialized in behavior oriented planning and communications for health, nutrition, family planning and environmental programs.
Mercy International-USA - a non-profit relief and development organization dedicated to alleviating human suffering and building self-reliance by improving health and promoting economic and educational growth around the world.
Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries - (TCDC) is the execution and management of developmental activities and projects by institutions of developing countries in which they share one another's experience and technical capacities and utilize, whenever necessary, advice and financial support from external sources including organizations of the United Nations development system.
UK Foundation for the South Pacific - aims to promote self-reliance and sustainable development amongst poor and disadvantaged communities.
UNDP - Trinidad & Tobago - Resident UNDP Office for T&T. United States-Asia Environmental Partnership - established in 1992 to assist in addressing environmental degradation and sustainable development environmental experience, technology, and services.
Waste Policy Institute - promotes the development of socially and technically superior responses to environmental challenges.
WIDTECH - provides technical assistance and training services complementary to those being provided by USAID's Office of Women in Development (G/WID).
World Hunger Education Service - mission is to undertake programs which inform the community of people interested in issues of hunger and poverty, the public, and policymakers, about the causes, extent, and efforts to end hunger and poverty in the United States and the world.
Worldwatch Institute Online - a nonprofit public policy research organization dedicated to informing policymakers and the public about emerging global problems and trends and the complex links between the world economy and its environmental support systems.
Women, Law & Development International - promotes women's full and equal participation in nations around the world by advancing universal respect for human rights, expanding rights education and legal literacy among women, and challenging discriminatory socio-economic barriers. _____________________________________________________________________
The Development Front
The following stories were included in "The Development Front", a daily e-mail news letter sent to sponsoring members of the IDN. These stories include project links, contact information and more. Please note that these stories will no longer be made available on the IDN Web Site and will only be available in the newsletter. You can find out more on how ti become a member of the IDN and receive a subscription to this publication at http://www.idn.org/membership/index.html :
Employment/Consultancies U.S. Senate Approves $10,000,000 for FY 99 USAID Personal Services Contracts in the Areas of Child Survival, AIDS, and Other Activities
USAID Awards US$97 Million Cooperative Agreement to Strengthen Reproductive Health Training Systems
USAID Awards US$60 Million Cooperative Agreement to Increase Use of Appropriate Maternal and Neonatal Health and Nutrition Practices and Services
New USAID Environmental Advisor for Southern Africa
International Development Cooperation Between Major Players to be Promoted at Tokyo Conference
Trinidad & Tobago Information Technology Sector Is on the Runway
TIDCO Keeps up the Pace of Trade Preparation
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Selects Santiago A. Canton As Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression
Joint Press Statement of the Thirtieth ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting
Tenth Meeting of The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on The Harare Declaration (CMAG) Joint Statement on Nigeria
Tenth Meeting of The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on The Harare Declaration (CMAG) Concluding Statement
Investment Information Service Now Features Industry Sector-based News Service From NewsReal
Caribbean Ministers Propose New Projects to Promote Regional Development
Waste Management in Barbados Receives $13 Million Boost
Survey on Water Resources in Western Asia Shows Scarcity Throughout Region
Land Registration Project in Armenia Receives US$8 Million
Philippine Go-it Convention Tackles Y2K Problem
P45.6 Billion Worth of Projects Approved for Philippines
Ottawa Conference on Electronic Commerce Concludes
$997,000 Provided for Capital Markets Modernization in Nicaragua
St. Lucian Delegation Returns from World Bank Meeting
Programme for Training in International Civil Service
Children's Movement for Peace Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
"Energy: Driving Force for Economic Recovery and Development" - Third Meeting of APEC Energy Ministers
APEC Launches New Look Website Ahead of Leaders' Kuala Lumpur Meeting Burma: Towards Transition?
Special Education for Disabled Children in Viet Nam
Additional Australian Assistance for China Flood Victims
Petroleum Seminar Held in Fiji
Expansion of Argentine Natural Gas Pipeline Company Receives $375 Million in Support
Towards a New Paradigm For Development: Strategies, Policies and Processes
Bulgaria Accepts Article VIII Obligations Latvia to Become WTO Member
Kyrgyz Republic to Become WTO Member
Forestry Operation Is First in Pacific to Receive Environmental Accolade
Farmers' Co-ops Receive Funding to Revive Sugar Industry
Agriculture Sector in Uruguay to Receive $32.4 Million in Project Funding
Grant for Regional Road Study in People's Republic of China
Pope John Paul II Receives Medal for His Efforts to Fight Hunger and Malnutrition
Call Issued for Implementation of "Bill of Rights" for Women Working in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
$1 Million Approved For Project Preparation to Assist Low-income Communities in Eastern Guatemala
$4 Million to be Provided for South American Environmental Fund to Promote Biodiversity
Panama Tourism to Get $2.5 Million Boost
Call Issued for Urgent Action to Relieve the Impact of Asia's Financial Crisis on the Poorest
Rehabilitation Efforts Promise a Sustainable Increase in Food Security in North Korea
Vegetable Oil Development Project Launched In Uganda
Meeting to Be Held to Assess the Status of Multilateral Investment Negotiations
OPIC President George Muņoz to Visit Korea
Jose Antonio Abreu of Venezuela Named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
UNESCO Executive Board's 155th Session Opens Monday
Malawi Promotes Family Planning
Social Protection Project in Argentina Receives Funding
Social Action Fund for Malawi To Be Started
Eight Hundred Million Threatened by Food Insecurity
Loan Signed For Kiev District Heating Improvement Project
WFP Applauds Award of Nobel Economics Prize to Amartya Sen
Food Convoy to Malanje Moves Safely
Food Crises on The Rise Reported
Parkinson's Disease - a Unique Survey Launched
Regional Meeting in Harare For The Africa 2000 Initiative on Water Supply and Sanitation
Former Ambassador to Sri Lanka Named South Asia Program Director at American Think Tank
$1.8 Million in Humanitarian Aid to be Provided to Russia and Ukraine
Financing for Smaller Businesses in Central America Receives Assistance
Special Events to Mark the International Day for Eradication of Poverty
Rapid Population Growth Is Still a Problem; Population Decline Is a Potential Problem--Noted Demographer Tells Why We Should Care About Both
EIB Finances Small and Medium-scale Ventures in Hungary
A Worldwide Recession Is Not Inevitable Says UN Official
UNESCO Exhibition Celebrates the Legacy of Al Andalus
Human Rights Committee to Hold Sixty-fourth Session at Geneva from 19 October to 6 November
UNICEF Congratulates 1998 Nobel Peace Prize Winners
Environmental Work Program Totaling $445.3 Million Approved
Agreement Signed to Cooperate Worldwide on Tourism and the Environment
Travel & Tourism: A Key Industry for the Development of Africa
Deputy Chairman and CEO, Singapore Airlines, Calls on Governments and the Private Sector to Implement Travel & Tourism Strategic Action Agenda _____________________________________________________________________
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