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January, 2003

XV INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE
July 11 - 18, 2004
Bangkok, Thailand

The Conference
As the first conference of its kind to be held in Southeast Asia, the XV International AIDS Conference will have an International Chair, Joep Lange, IAS President. The International Chair will work closely together with the two Thai Co-chairs, Senator Mechai Viravaidya and Professor Prasert Thongcharoen.

Conference Program
The Conference scientific program will be composed of 5-6 tracks, covering basic science, clinical science, epidemiology, social sciences, human rights and politics. The Community component of the Conference will be a prominent and integral part of the program. In addition to plenaries and abstract-driven sessions, there will be symposia, debates, bridging sessions, satellite meeting, and skills-building workshops.

Venue and Dates
The XV International AIDS Conference will take place in Bangkok at the IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center July 11-16, 2004. Only 11 km from Bangkok International Airport. IMPACT is conveniently situated and has excellent communications to and from the airport and the city center.

Organizer
The organizer of the XV International AIDS Conference is the International AIDS Society in collaboration with the Thai Ministry of Public Health. UNAIDS, and local and international community organizations. We welcome the participation of government, international organisations, academic institutions, and non-governmental organisations.

Invitation Program
The Invitation Program and Call for Abstracts will be available in the third quarter of 2003. It will contain the preliminary conference, instructions for submitting abstracts and information about scholarships. Conference registration and accommodation forms, scholarship applications and abstract submission forms will also be included.

Contact: Conference Secretariat
IAS Headquarters
PO Box 4249, Folkungagatan 49
SE-102 65 Stockholm; Sweden
E-Mail: www.ias.se; http://www.ias.se/aids2004/


Aid Workers Network
links international relief and development field staff to share support, ideas and best practice.

The Aid Workers Network is an independent learning community of aid workers willing to provide mutual support and practical advice based on experience. It is managed by aid workers for aid workers. It is run by volunteers and membership is free. By subscribing you will receive Aid Workers Exchange, a weekly e-mail for knowledge sharing amongst field staff in humanitarian relief and international development.  The format of the e-mail alternates between questions/responses and short articles. You can also check the website www.aidworkers.net . This website aims at encouraging and facilitating the exchange of knowledge and experience amongst aid workers all around the world. It is an evolving site providing compact “how-to” guides, checklists, background briefings and links to other online resources which have been recommended by fellow field workers.
 HELP?
Further details are online at www.aidworkers.net
To subscribe write to exchange@aidworkers.net with the title "subscribe”
Send your comments / questions to feedback@aidworkers.net            

Your contribution and feedback are very important to all of us.  And there are many ways for you to be involved! Would you like to write something for "Aid Workers Exchange"?  Would you like to develop a topic on the pilot website? Could you help to answer some of the questions of other aid workers? "Aid Workers Exchange" is an experimental weekly e-mail for knowledge sharing amongst field staff in humanitarian relief and international development.  The format alternates between Q&A and short articles. Further details and an archive are at www.aidworkers.net/exchange. To subscribe write to exchange@aidworkers.net with the title "subscribe".


Center for International Health and Cooperation (CIHC)

Center for International Health and Cooperation proposes regular, one-month, intensive residential courses for workers in the humanitarian field, the International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance (IDHA). The next IDHA course for 2003 is scheduled to take place in New York from 1st to 28th June 2003.

The International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance (IDHA) was one of the primary projects of the Center for International Health and Cooperation, in partnership with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the University of Liverpool. The inaugural course was held in Dublin, Ireland in 1997. In July 1998 the largest public university in the United States of America, the City University of New York cooperated with the Center for International Health and Cooperation in further developing the project, and since June 2000, the Multifaculty Programme in Humanitarian Action (PPAH) of the University of Geneva is a partner. Fordham University in New York has become our new partner in January 2001.
The course provides an operational and academic intensive training for those who participate in humanitarian crises, particularly during armed conflicts and disasters.
The IDHA is a multidisciplinary program created to simulate a humanitarian crisis, with twelve hour days, six days per week for a full month.
IDHA costs USD 4000. It includes accommodation and week-days food (monday to friday), tuition exam and diploma fee
Diploma
Participants who have successfully completed the course will obtain the International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance (IDHA) from the CIHC, Fordham University, the University of Geneva and the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland.
Certificate of attendance
Participants who have not field all the requirements needed for the diploma will receive a certificate of attendance.
In order to enable humanitarian aid workers who are actively engaged in the field to attend the training program, and in an attempt to create a teaching program which reflects the complexity and intensity of conditions faced by humanitarian workers, the course has been designed as an intensive four-week training program including more than 200 hours of tuition. The intensity and duration of the course will enable aid workers who are active in the field to attend with minimal disruption to the operations in which they are engaged. Teaching methods include lectures, case studies, seminars, practical exercises and scenarios. A multidisciplinary approach has been taken, covering the full range of disciplines, which are involved in humanitarian programs. These include management, logistics, health, psychology, social sciences, anthropology, engineering, communication, agriculture, environment, education, conflict resolution, international law, civil/military relations, security, media, politics and economics.
Student Entry Qualification
This is a multidisciplinary training program for students from a variety of backgrounds and experience. The entry qualifications for the course are: University degree or equivalent professional qualification or experience. Preference will be given to students with humanitarian field experience (emergency or development).
Overall Course Objectives
To provide volunteers and professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds with a comprehensive insight into the needs with refugees and internally displaced people in acute and chronic settings and equip them with the awareness, understanding and skills that are essential for effective service in a humanitarian crisis.
To enable humanitarian workers to function effectively, both as individuals and members of a team, in acute and chronic situations of conflict and disaster.
To promote cooperation and dialogue between international, governmental or non-governmental agencies involved in humanitarian action (assistance and protection).
To evaluate interventions and identify examples of good practice.
To examine ways in which humanitarian crisis may be anticipated and prevented.
Syndicate Work
An important aspect of the IDHA program is to promote an approach of cooperation and teamwork rather than competition and individualism. This is encouraged at a personal level in the sharing of expertise as a member of a 'syndicate' composed of people from a wide variety of experiences and organizations who will work together as a team for the duration of the course. Each syndicate is assigned to one of the core tutors who will act as a mentor for the students in the syndicate. There will be six syndicates.
Weekly Case Studies
Analysis of important humanitarian crises, both complex emergencies and natural disasters. This feature of the course has been introduced in response to feedback from students on previous courses. Case studies will focus on examples of acute, escalating and chronic crises. Lessons will be drawn from their origin, evolution, and where appropriate, resolution. Particular attention will be given to the role of the international community in cooperation with local authorities and civil society in attempting to avert and/or respond to these crises.
Applications can be made online on the website: www.idha.ch  where further information can be found.


Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Canadian Institutes of Health Research is Canada's major federal funding agency for health research. The thirteen Institutes of CIHR encourage interdisciplinary, integrative health research. Each Institute includes fundamental bio-medical research, clinical research, and research respecting health systems, health services, the health of populations, societal and cultural dimensions of health and environmental influences on health.

Applicants for grants must be engaged in health research.

For more information visit: http://www.cihr.ca   

CIHR offers opportunities for international training and international collaborative research. Please visit the International Opportunities section of the CIHR's website for more information.

3rd Annual International Public Health Summer Institute

July 7 - August 8, 2003

The International Public Health Summer Institute at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) offers an intensive training opportunity to public health practitioners, academicians and students from around the world who are:

*     Seeking solutions to many challenges impeding public health today
*     Willing to apply new knowledge in training others overseas
*     Open to exploring future collaborations

The Summer Institute Program is designed to make an upgrade of skills possible for health professionals facing time and/or language constraints, with teaching modules on:

*     Principles of Modern Public Health Research
*     Principles of Public Health Leadership and Management
*     Principles and Practice of the Control of Tuberculosis
*     Management and Control of HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted
Infections

The Uniqueness:
*     All lectures simultaneously translated and course material available in Russian.  Ability to include other languages upon adequate demand.

*     Over 30 distinguished faculty from UAB and State Health Departments bring expertise and experience in leading public health research and practice.

*     Faculty support for development of research and training proposals as part of training curriculum.

*     Rich diversity of experience available through participants; on average 35 professionals per class from 10 or more countries around the globe.

*     Continuing Education Credits or UAB Academic Credits can be arranged.

Please contact the UAB John J. Sparkman Center for International Public Health Education for more information or application.

Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD, Director
RPHB 437, 1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, USA
Telephone: 1-205-975-7693
Fax: 1-205-975-7685
E-mail: sparkmancenter@uab.edu
Internet site: http://www.uab.edu/sparkmancenter

Application Deadline: April 15, 2003

UAB is one of America's premier medical research institutions comprised of 12 schools with an enrollment of nearly 16,000 students in 139 degree and certificate awarding programs. UAB has vibrant domestic and international collaborations. The Sparkman Center in the UAB School of Public Health is an endowed Center with a mission of fostering global public health education, research and service.

Madhav P. Bhatta, MPH
Program Manager
John J. Sparkman Center for
International Public Health Education
UAB School of Public Health
Ryals 437, 1665 University Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35235, USA
Tel: (205) 975-7626 * Fax: (205) 975-7685
Internet site: http://www.uab.edu/sparkmancenter


International Institute Of Humanitarian Law - San Remo, Italy
Summer Course On International Humanitarian Law

The Third Summer Course in International Humanitarian Law shall take place in San Remo (Italy) from 7 to 17 July and in Geneva (Switzerland) from 18 to 20 July 2003 with the main topics:

-Introduction to International Humanitarian Law
-Terrorism and International Humanitarian Law
-Protecting the Civilian Populations
-Internal Conflicts
-Implementing and Enforcing International Humanitarian Law
-The Role of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ad-Hoc Tribunals, and domestic courts in prosecuting violations of international humanitarian law.

The language of the Course will be English. The number of participants is limited to 40. The Course will include a study trip to Geneva, with organised visits to the United Nations Office in Geneva, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

At the end of the Course, all participants will be awarded a certificate of participation.

The Director of the Course is Dr. Michel Veuthey, Adjunct Professor, Fordham University School of Law, Academic Director, Center for International Health and Cooperation (CIHC), assisted by Patricia Panizzi, International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL).

The registration fee amounts to 1.400 US$. Please note that, for the time being, no scholarships are available.

The fee includes transportation from and to Nice Airport (a shuttle will be organised on Sunday 7 July), hospitality (hotel bed and breakfast accommodation with lunch provided on course days), documentation, the study trip to Geneva (including transportation by bus San Remo-Geneva-San Remo and accommodation in student facilities), and the possibility of using the library of the Institute, its technical
facilities and entire documentation during the Course.

The Course is organised in partnership with the CIHC and the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs, Fordham University, and is supported by the Swiss Foreign Ministry, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

For further information and application forms, please visit www.iihl.org
Application forms should be sent as soon as possible to: summer@iihl.org
or by fax to San Remo (Italy)  +39 0184 541600
or to Geneva (Switzerland) +41 22 9197933


PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSE:
The Social Dimensions of Public Policy Making (Jun 16 - Jul 4 2003)

Location: Swansea, UK

Event Details: This course will explore how development policy approaches to public policy making and implementation promote, participation, accountability and transparent governance. It will explore the implications for public policy making in light of rights-based approaches and PRSP concepts. Methods for costing, monitoring and measuring the effectiveness of public policy will be considered. The course will also explore tools for more effective public policy making and likely financial and capacity implications.

Registration Details:
Tuition Fee: Ј4,250. Fees include all tuition costs, (essential materials, study and field visits) bed and breakfast/self-catering accommodation. Fees exclude daily living costs, meals, flights etc. (10% discount if deposit received 2 months prior to the course)

Contact Information:
Professional Training Courses Co-ordinator
Centre for Development Studies
Singleton Park, Swansea, UK, SA2 8PP
Tel: 00 44 (0) 1792 295183 Fax: 00 44 (0) 1792 295682
development.short.courses@swansea.ac.uk
Centre for Development Studies website: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/cds/teaching/short/overview.htm

Project Development and Management in the NGO Sector (Mar 24 - Jun 15 2003)

Location: Distance Learning Course

Event Details: The course will introduce the basic elements of project development and management. Step-by-step processes and techniques will be introduced for the various phases of a project life cycle. The course is intended for staff of non-governmental organisations who have responsibility for designing and carrying out a project, but with relatively little experience. Participants will be assisted in the development of a project plan that could be submitted to senior management or a funding agency.

The course involves approximately 60 hours of reading, on-line working groups, interaction with students and instructor/facilitator and assignments, and is offered over a 12-week period.

Registration Details:
The course tuition fee is US$ 455 (tuition for auditors is $200), not including purchase of the main course textbooks, which should be arranged by individual participants. Scholarships are available for applicants from Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe/Newly Independent States, Latin America/Caribbean through the support of the Dutch Foreign Ministry. Deadline for applications is February 15 2003. The maximum number of course participants is 25.

Contact Information:
Human Rights Education Association (HREA) applications@hrea.org
HREA website: http://www.hrea.org/courses/6E.html


The Stockholm Water Prize

The Stockholm Water Prize is an international environmental award presented by the Stockholm Water Foundation annually in honor of outstanding achievements in science, engineering, technology, education or public policy related to protection of the world´s water resources.

The Prize is awarded to an institution, organization, individual or company that has contributed substantially to water preservation and enhancement through applied research or direct action. It recognizes efforts that increase knowledge of, and win respect for, the water environment. The Stockholm Water Prize, which was first awarded in 1991, is valued at USD 150,000.

Stockholm Water Prize Laureates have represented many water-related activities and scientific disciplines and have come from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, India, Israel, Japan, South Africa, Switzerland, United States and Venezuela. By stimulating discussion and honoring excellence, the Prize contributes to protection and enhancement of the world´s water environment.
Deadline: March 1, 2003
Contact: David Trouba
dave.trouba@siwi.org
For more information visit: http://www.siwi.org/swp/swp.html

13TH ICASA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIV.AIDS AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

September 21 - 26, 2003
Nairobi, Kenya
Contact: Conference Secretariat ICASA 2003
PO Box 61307,
Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone+254-02-715109/44/27
Facsimile:  +254-02-711072/231
E-Mail: icasa2003@todays.co.ke


SECURING TREATMENT AND CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV
 
October 07 - 11,  2003
Congress Palace,
Florence, Italy
Contact: Dr. Daniele Dionisio, Congress Chairman,
Director, Infectious Diseases Unit, Pistoia Hospital,
Pistoia, Italy,
Telephone:  +39 0573352324/352078
Facsimile: +39 0573 352076
E-Mail: mpdioni@tin.it


2ND INTERNATIONAL REFRESHER COURSE ON SEXUAL HEALTH
 
November 23 -  26, 2005
Hat Yai, Thailand
Contact: Dr. Verapol Chandeying
Telephone: 66-74-429-617
Facsimile: 66-74-446-361
E-Mail: cverapol@ratree.psu.ac.th

40TH WORLD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION  AGAINST SEXUALLY  TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
November 30 - December 05, 2003
Punta del Este, Uruguay
Contact: Dr Ross Phillpot
International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections
135 Hutt Street, Adelaide, SA , 5000, Australia
Telephone: 61 882 324 511
Facsimile: 61 883 796 145
Email: iusti@ozemail.com.au


USEFUL WEBSITE:
http://www.isar.org
ISAR: Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia
ISAR, the Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen the ability of citizens and social change organizations in Eurasia and their colleagues in the US to influence decision-making, advance social justice, and promote environmentally sound stewardship of the earth's resources.
The Winter 2003 Give & Take on civil society in Azerbaijan. Includes detailed discussion of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline and environmental NGO reactions to its newly begun construction.
ISAR in Focus highlights our most recent successful work with Eurasian NGOs.
Read a transcript of ISAR's NGO Forum series: Civil Society in Central Asia, discussed by panelists Kent Hill, USAID Assistant Administrator, Pat Scheid of the Aga Khan Foundation, and Robert Kaiser of the Washington Post.
Our most popular issue of Give & Take ever, the Summer/Fall 2002 issue looks at civil society building in Central Asia a year after US military intervention.
Download the PDF file from ISAR's Caspian Forum on NGO interaction with governments and transnational corporations. (Also available in Russian).
Explore the photo gallery of pictures from an April NGO conference of ISAR in Iran.
Slide show of the recent Women's Exchange of Russian and US nuclear safety activists.
The ISAR 2002 Annual Report highlights the summer Caspian Caravan -- a traveling education campaign with NGOs along the CPC pipeline -- and the year's environmental activist exchanges.
ISAR Central Asia has years of experience supporting small democratic initiatives in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Local ISAR staff in Atyrau, Kazakhstan and Minsk, Belarus are among the eight ISAR offices distributing very small grants and serving dozens of local NGOs and initiative groups.
Among its many other projects, the locally-generated environmental education projects of ISAR Siberia are known to teachers across Russia.
For databases and contacts in the NGO movement, visit ISAR Far East, ISAR-Azerbaijan, and Ednannia.
Read past issues Give & Take
See ISAR's Bulletin Board for more news and research on NGOs in the FSU.

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February, 2003

 

GLOBAL FUND OBSERVER: LAUNCH STATEMENT

 

Aidspan is pleased to announce the launch of "GLOBAL FUND OBSERVER" (GFO), a free email-based newsletter and related discussion forum. GFO provides an independent platform for news, analysis and commentary about the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

 

The Global Fund was first proposed in 2001 by Kofi Annan. Thus far it has raised a little over $2 billion, and it is likely to become the world's largest fundraising operation and the world's largest grant-making operation.

 

The GFO NEWSLETTER, written by Aidspan staff and external contributors, will be emailed to subscribers once or twice a month. See below for instructions on how to subscribe.

 

Among the topics to be covered in the first two issues are:

 

Separately, the GFO DISCUSSION FORUM offers subscribers an opportunity to share information, express opinions, seek advice, and respond to articles in the Newsletter.

 

Expected subscribers to GFO range from organizations and governments preparing grant proposals for the Fund, to advocates interested in Global Fund activities and funding. GFO has no formal connection with, and will accept no grants or fees from, the Global Fund. It strongly supports the principles that the Fund stands for, but is free to critique how the Fund implements these principles.

 

GFO has an Editorial Advisory Board initially comprising ICASO, GNP+ and REDLA+ (the three organizations designated as Communications Focal Points within the Global Fund's NGO board delegations); plus Health & Development Networks (founder of the Break-The-Silence listserv, which covered the Global Fund); and the International HIV/AIDS Alliance. GFO will initially be provided in English only. It is hoped later to provide it in additional languages.

 

Aidspan is a US-based nonprofit organization that promotes increased support for, and effectiveness of, the Global Fund. It also provides fee-based grant-writing assistance and strategic-planning advice to organizations that run AIDS-related projects in developing countries.

 

* To subscribe to the GFO NEWSLETTER, send an email to: receive-gfo-newsletter@aidspan.org. Subject line and text can be left blank. (You will receive one to two issues per month.)

* To subscribe to the GFO DISCUSSION FORUM, send an email to: join-gfo-forum@aidspan.org

Again, subject line and text can be left blank. (You will receive consolidated moderated postings up to once per day.)

 

*For further information, see www.aidspan.org , where a longer version of this launch statement is available.

 

Contact: Bernard Rivers
Executive Director, Aidspan
Rivers@aidspan.org
www.aidspan.org

 

 

Introduction to Advocacy Course (Aug 4-15 2003)

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Event Details: This two-week course provides hands-on experience in designing and evaluating an advocacy campaign based on individual programmatic objectives. The course focuses on advocacy for policy change.

Course focus:

Registration Details:

Fees: US$1,500

Contact Information:
The Director, CAFS
Pamstech House
Woodvale Grove
Westlands
P.O. Box 60054
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: (254-2) 4448618 Fax: (254-2) 4448621
courses@cafs.org

 

 

Health of Unstable Populations (Sep 29 – Oct 10 2003)
Location: Germany

Event Details: According to the organisers, the content of the course reflects current knowledge and experiences of the management of complex emergencies in the health sector. Disaster situations, disaster preparedness, development programmes, cross-cultural awareness, working relations in the field, donor coordination, from relief to development, applied epidemiology of unstable populations.

The goal of the course is to provide a better under-standing of the issues related to the health care of refugees, internally displaced persons and the affected host population in developing countries and to the health care of migrants.

Registration Details:
Fees: EUR 1 500
For application forms contact afw@uni-hd.de.

Contact Information:
For questions related to the scientific content of the course contact:
Health Systems and Evaluation Unit
Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health
E-mail: eva.plan@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Website: http://www.hyg.uni-heidelberg.de/ithoeg/teaching/Short/Refugee.HTM

 

 

3rd International Refresher Course on Sexual Health (Nov 22-25 2003)
Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Event Details: This international course has been organised by the Consortium of Thai Training Institutes for STDs and AIDS (COTTISA). It is meant for all professionals in the field of genitourinary medicine (GUM). These include general practitioners, nurses, primary health care workers, GUM, OB-GYN and adolescence physicians, and other workers in the field.

Sessions cover the following:

Registration Details:
Venue: Narai Hotel, Silom Road. Registration fee: Participants US$300. The full registration fee for delegates includes: opening ceremony, lunches, tea and coffee, all course documents.

Contact Information:
Assoc Prof. Dr. Verapol Chandeying
Secretariat
Faculty of Medicine
Prince of Songkla University
Hat Yai 90110
Thailand
Fax: (66-74) 446 361
cverapol@ratree.psu.ac.th



13th International STDs/AIDS Diploma Course (Nov 3-28 2003)

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Event Details: This international STDs/AIDS Diploma Course was established in 1991 through the collaboration of a variety of Thai training institutes in STDs/AIDS. The course aims to provide medical practitioners, paramedical personnel, and trainees in health sciences with information on STDs and AIDS through both theoretical and practical training, including STDs/AIDS programme officers. The course covers a syllabus to Diploma level, with emphasis on clinical experience and laboratory correlation.

Participants satisfying the following requirements will be awarded a Diploma:

Note: Malaysian candidates who graduate from the Certificate Course in Sexually Transmitted Diseases & HIV, organised by the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia, and accredited by COTTISA, are welcome to attend the last two weeks of training, and then apply for the examination on 27th – 28th November 2003.

Examination dates are November 27-28 2003
Awarding of Diploma is on November 28 2003 at 18h00

Training Hospitals: Bangrak VD Hospital, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Hospital, Chulalongkorn Hospital, Siriraj Hospital, King Phramongkut Hospital, Queen Sirikit Children Hospital, and Central Chest Hospital.

Registration Details:
Venue: Bangrak Hospital, 189 Sathorn Road, Bangkok AND Variuos Center Hospital in Bangkok.
Registration fee: US$2,000. Examination fee: US$ 250
Registration fee includes: transportation in Bangkok to visit each training center, lunch and coffee break during training, welcome reception, farewell dinner, handouts related to the course work.

Contact Information:
Assoc Prof. Dr. Verapol Chandeying
Secretariat
Faculty of Medicine
Prince of Songkla University
Hat Yai 90110
Thailand
Fax: (66-74) 446 361
cverapol@ratree.psu.ac.th

 

Managing Reproductive Health Programmes (Oct 20 - Nov 14 2003)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

 

Event Details: The Centre for African Family Studies is offering this course which provides state-of-the-art guidance to RH programme managers who are dedicated to achieving organisational success through modern management techniques.

Course focus:

Registration Details:
Fees: US$2,790

Contact Information:
The Director, CAFS
Pamstech House
Woodvale Grove
Westlands
P.O. Box 60054
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: (254-2) 4448618 Fax: (254-2) 4448621
courses@cafs.org

 

Management of Community-Based Services in Reproductive Health (Jul 7-25 2003)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

 

Event Details: This course addresses the specialised management and service delivery knowledge and skills needed to design, implement, supervise, monitor and evaluate community-based programmes. It also aims at enhancing community participation in reproductive health programmes.

Course focus:

Registration Details:
Fees: US$2,100

Contact Information:
The Director, CAFS
Pamstech House
Woodvale Grove
Westlands
P.O. Box 60054
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: (254-2) 4448618 Fax: (254-2) 4448621
courses@cafs.org

 

 

Call for Papers
Central Eurasian Studies Society
Fourth Annual Conference (2003)

The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites panel and paper proposals for the Fourth CESS Annual Conference, October 2-5, 2003, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The event will be held at Harvard University, hosted by the Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.

Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The geographic domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and Iranian Plateau to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus, Crimea, Middle Volga, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia.

Submissions of pre-organized panels are strongly encouraged and will be given some preference in the selection process. Individual papers are also welcome and will be assigned by the program committee to an appropriate panel with a chair and discussant. We also welcome attendees who do not wish to participate in a panel (see the Pre-registration Form for information).

Submission of Proposals

The Conference Committee accepts only electronic submissions -- either by webform (see forms for Pre-organized Panels and for Individual Papers) or by e-mail form in the case of those who don't have web access. This is because website submissions can more easily be processed than other methods, and we have limited resources to manage the hundreds of submissions that we anticipate receiving. Those who don't have access to the website may contact us and we will e-mail the submission forms in MS Word or PDF format (please specify the preference).

The following information is required for submissions; we suggest that you prepare the text before accessing the website so you can simply paste the information into the form:

For paper presenters: 1) Name, 2) Current institutional affiliation, 3) Title/position, 4) E-mail, 5) Postal address, 6) Telephone, 7) Fax, 8) Title of Paper, 9) Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper not exceeding 200 words), 10) Any audio-visual equipment requests (specify: overhead projector, slide project, video player), 11) A one-page CV which contains the information which the panel chair may require for introductions, and includes the presenter's educational background (highest degree, year awarded, awarding institution, and field of study). If you are accepted and participate in the conference, your abstract will be published, so please write it carefully to avoid errors and ensure that it conforms with the criteria for a good abstract (see Guidelines for Writing Abstracts).

For panels: Proposals may be submitted for regular panels (with presentation of scholarly papers) and roundtables (featuring discussion of a current topic in the field).

Regular panels: In addition to the information for paper presenters (as indicated above), the following are also required: a) a panel title, and b) name, affiliation, and contact information of the panel chair and discussant. Panels should have four or five paper presenters, a chair, and a discussant. The program committee can accept panel submissions which lack up to two of these; the other panel participants will be filled in as necessary. Pre-organized panels should be thematically coherent and may be organized by a scholarly organization (though this is not required).

Roundtable panels: A roundtable has four to six presenters and a chair/moderator. For roundtable proposals, the organizer must provide a paragraph describing the panel objectives and providing justification for use of the roundtable format. The same information is required of each participant as for regular panels with the exception that abstracts are not required.

Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: April 4, 2003.

Notification of acceptance: by June 2.

Pre-registration deadline: September 1.

Deadline for notification of audio-visual requirements: August 15.

Papers should be submitted to chairs/discussants: by September 15.

Conference-related correspondence should be addressed to:

CESS Annual Conference
c/o Dr. John Schoeberlein
Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center, Harvard University
625 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 262
Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A.
fax: +1/617-495-8319
tel.: +1/617-496-2643
e-mail: CESSconffas.harvard.edu
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html

 

World Congress on Family Violence
21-26 June 2003
Prague, Czech Republic

The Second World Congress on Family Violence (WCFV) provides an interdisciplinary, multicultural learning opportunity for professionals in health care, education, law, child and adult protection, social services, public policy, human rights advocacy, public health, governmental and intergovernmental agencies and nongovernmental organizations.

Family violence - intrafamilial child abuse, spouse/partner abuse, elder abuse - is a social, legal and health protection issue of epidemic proportions in many nations of the world, whether they be developed, developing or in transition.

The delegates to the World Congress on Family Violence will:

The International Network on Family Violence (INFV), organized at the First WCFV in Singapore in September 1998, is the catalyst for the now biennial WCFV to be held in every odd-numbered year. This Second WCFV was originally intended to occur in 2001 but at the request of the host organizers in Prague, it was first postponed to March 2002, then to 2003 after the terrorist attacks on September 11. WCFV in Prague will be the largest gathering ever convened on family violence and, as at the first WCFV, delegates from every continent will attend the Congress.

 

The WCFV program will be organized by the Scientific Program Committees on Child Abuse, on Spouse/Partner Abuse and on Elder Abuse in accordance with submitted abstract proposals that assure a comprehensive range of topics in plenary sessions, mini-plenary panels, round-tables, debates, and concurrent presentations and poster sessions.

Special emphasis will be given by the Committees to innovative solutions, best practices and research findings on cross-disciplinary themes, target groups, determinants, specific communities or geographical regions.

A number of concurrent pre-Congress conferences, seminars, and meetings are contemplated by WCFV Co-Sponsors -- international associations, agencies and organizations including INGO networks -- within such disciplines as law (protective services), medicine (health), social work (social protection), public policy (human rights and advocacy), and others. In some instances, concurrent sessions by Co-Sponsors may continue throughout the Congress as integral parts of the WCFV Scientific Programme.

The curriculum in the pre-Congress Learning Events and Master Classes and in the WCFV concurrent educational sessions will include the most basic introductory concepts as well as the latest innovative solutions in the prevention, intervention and treatment of family violence.

Throughout the six days of the World Congress, the themes and momentum from the pre-Congress sessions will be joined and carried forward in a high level, interdisciplinary, multinational and cross-cultural program integrating child abuse, spouse or partner abuse (domestic violence) and elder abuse.

 

Contact Information:
World Congress on Family Violence
1025 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 1012
Washington, DC 20036 USA
Phone: 202-429-6695
FAX: 831-655-3930
Email: WCFV@aol.com
Website: http://www.wcfv.org/

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March, 2003

INTERNATIONAL FUNDRASING WORKSHOP – III (Fundraising and Community Development)

Organizers: Center for Philanthropy, Kiev, Ukraine; International Fundraising Consultancy, London, UK

May 25-29, 2003

Ukraine, Kyiv

 

Goal of the Workshop Series:

The Workshop-III will pursue the philosophy by putting fundraising in the arena of community building, it will not only be a vital resource development instrument for NGOs. The motto of the Third International Fundraising Workshop: RAISING FUNDS – RAISING COMMUNITY

 

Taking fundraising as primitive money generating techniques in the post-authoritarian society with the tradition of State being responsible for satisfying citizens’ demands may be obsolete. Money is not necessarily the focus of the problem; what is in short supply is the organizational ability to build a community of committed volunteers and supporters. This strategic approach to fundraising has a lot in common with community development practice: to succeed an organization needs to build public support and conscience, which is a precious resource, difficult to raise and easy to lose. It involves the development of ethics of interaction, building long-term relationships with donors, step-by-step nurturing the commitment to your cause. Money for your organization can be seen as money for the community, which is to be invested via your organization for solving the most important issues.

 

Workshop program includes:

There will also be repeats of the popular sessions on International Fundraising and High Quality Applications to Large Scale Funding Agencies.

Each participant will receive the opportunity to present a successful fundraising case. A competition to present a Fundraising for Community Building Case will be conducted among potential participants. Following the wish of participants of the first two IFWs, the representatives of givers/donors will be invited to share their attitudes to fundraising and fundraisers and to learn more about NGOs values.

At the workshop representatives of local NGOs will receive first hand knowledge from world recognized experts for the lowest possible charge: they conduct trainings pro bono for the NGOs of developing countries, usually charging a lot in developed democracies. The Organizing Committee of the Workshop is composed of Fundraising Experts from the UK, USA, Ukraine and NIS.

At this workshop participants will be invited to become part of the recently established association of NIS fundraisers by joining the Institute of Fundraising, headed by John Baguley.

The workshop will run for four days and will be an excellent composition of lectures, round table discussions, case studies, and trainings. Participants arriving early in Kiev will have the opportunity to visit the famous NGO FAIR on Sunday 24th to learn about and make contacts with Ukrainian NGOs. As an additional pleasure the participants will visit the marvelous capital of Ukraine in chestnut blossom with its Day of Kyiv citizens, fairs, festive spirit, and music in the streets.

PARTICIPATION

Participants from NGOs, Social Projects, Local Government from NIS/CIS, Eastern and Southern Europe are invited to apply for participation.

Participants will be registered on the first come first served basis. Participation fee is USD 200, which includes 4-day lunches, 3 dinners, inner-town transport, conference rooms rent, hand-outs, and tuition payment.

Early bird registration 10% discount till March 20, 2003.

Participants will be offered the selection of nice and comfortable hotels for 5 day accommodation at a discount to regular price costs.

LANGUAGES

English, Russian (translation is provided).

Registration form and details can be obtained from the Center for Philanthropy office:

E-mail: office@philanthropy.org.ua

Internet address: http://www.philanthropy.org.ua

 

Tobacco Control Policy Grant Competition
Open Society Institute
Network Public Health Program

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS—due on Friday, April 18, 2003
Project Summary
Funding for NGOs will be available to support projects which lead to local, regional, or national level policy change in tobacco control. Funding will be for up to a one year period with a start date of fall 2003. After an initial section process, global and regional tobacco control experts will conduct site visits to assess and refine applications. These applications will then be considered for funding. Grantees will continue to receive technical assistance throughout the length of the grant period. They will also be required to participate in OSI sponsored seminars and meetings to ensure sharing of best practice and lessons learned throughout the region.

Who Should Apply

 How to Apply

Interested organizations should submit a preliminary application no later than Friday, April 18, 2003. All applications must be completed in English. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Applicants from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and Macedonia should submit the grant application directly to the local national Soros Foundation’s Public Health Program.

Selection process

Procedure: A grant selection committee consisting of global and regional experts and advocates will review preliminary applications and recommend a list of semi-finalists.

All applicants selected as semi-finalists will receive a site visits by tobacco control experts. The experts will work directly with the applicants in developing a final grant application. Grant finalists will be selected after completion of the site visits and review of revised applications. Applicants will be notified of final selection results no later than August, 2003.

Please direct questions to Kate Flatley at kflatley@sorosny.org .Background information on the Open Society Institute (OSI) and its public health programs can be found on the Internet at www.soros.org/health.

Public Welfare Foundation
E-mail: reviewcommittee@publicwelfare.org
Web page: http://www.publicwelfare.org/
The Public Welfare Foundation is a Washington based non-governmental grant-making organization dedicated to supporting organizations that provide services to disadvantaged populations and work for lasting improvements in the delivery of services that meet basic human needs. Grants have been awarded in the areas of criminal justice, disadvantaged elderly and youth, environment, population, health, community and economic development, human rights and technology assistance.

Local CBO/NGO Organisational Development & Capacity Building Course (Sep 29 – Oct 10 2003)Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Event Details: According to IIRR "a growing number of development organisations have engaged in processes aimed at developing the capacity of local NGO/CBO partners. At the same time, these support agencies themselves are institutionalising processes to become more effective and learning oriented." This capacity building course is designed for:

The overall aim of the course is to enhance the capacity of organisations (or programmes) to deliver quality support programmes or services to other development actors as a particular approach to long term capacity building.

By the end of the training, participants should be able to:

The course consists of 2 modules:

Registration Details:
The courses cost US$1,100 for residents of the host country and US$1,300 for other nationalities. It covers tuition, full-board accommodation and course materials. Participants are expected to pay for their own travel to the training venue, medical and insurance coverage. Participants are also expected to cover out of pocket expenses. A 10% fellowship will be given to female candidates.

Contact Information:
The Training Officer
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) - Africa Regional Office
P.O. Box 66873
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254-2-442610/440991 Fax: 254-2448148

E-mail: training@iirr-africa.org or admin@iirr-africa.org
Website: http://www.iirr.org/html/course

Advocacy and Networking (Nov 10–28 2003)
Location: Antigonish, N.S., Canada

Event Details: The Certificate in Advocacy and Networking will focus on advocacy directed at changing the policies, positions or programs of any type of institution. This includes a small NGO, a council of elders, a multinational corporation, a government ministry, a nation state, an international agency or other institutions.

This 3-week programme is intended for those having some direct experience in advocacy work and wanting to enhance their understanding and skills in this area. Bursary support may be available to organisations in the global South.

As a result of this programme, participants will be able to:

Registration Details:
The cost of the three-week certificate program is $3,000. This includes $2,000 for tuition and $1,000 for room and board. Program costs are subject to revision. Bursary support may be available to organizations with limited resources.

Contact Information:
M. Toogood
Registrar
Coady International Institute
St. Francis Xavier University
PO Box 5000
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Canada B2G 2W5
Phone: (902)867-3953 Fax: (902)867-3907
Mtoogood@stfx.ca

Website: http://www.stfx.ca/institutes/coady/ie_index.html - then click on Our Programs, Educational, Certificate Programs, Certificate in Advocacy and Networking.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
Deadline: May 31 2003

From the third call for proposals... "The Global Fund was set up in January 2002 as a financial instrument, complementary to existing programmes addressing HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The purpose of the Global Fund is to attract, manage and disburse additional resources through a new public-private partnership that will make a sustainable and significant contribution to the reduction of infections, illness and death, thereby mitigating the impact caused by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in countries in need, and contributing to poverty reduction as part of the Millennium Goals. To date the Global Fund has approved two rounds of proposals with a total commitment of $ 1.5 billion over two years to 85 countries. The Global Fund will continue to approve quality proposals based on the availability of funds."

Priority will be given to proposals from countries and regions with the greatest need, based on highest burden of disease and the least ability to bring financial resources to address the problems of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

The Global Fund recommends that applications are submitted through a Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM). Click here for a list of CCM's.

Contact:
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Avenue Louis Casai 53
1216 Cointrin
Geneva, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 791 1700 Fax: +41 22 791 1701
E-mail: proposals@theglobalfund.org

Website: http://www.globalfundatm.org/proposals.html

Development Marketplace (DM2003) Global Competition
Deadline: May 2, 2003

The objective of Development Marketplace 2003 (DM2003) is to identify and fund innovative ideas in development from around the world. The Marketplace also brings together a variety of actors in development, staff from the World Bank and other donor organizations, civil society groups, social entrepreneurs, private foundations, academia, and private sector corporations, to promote knowledge sharing and help form networks. The goal of the Marketplace is to expose and engage the development community in productive and inventive partnerships that will have a potentially powerful impact in poverty reduction and economic development. The World Bank Group expects to award a minumum of US$4 million in Development Marketplace Awards with maximum award size of US $250,000.

The competition is open to Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), multilateral and bilateral development agencies (including the World Bank), private foundations, universities and schools, private sector groups, individuals, and local and municipal governments.

The theme for DM2003 is Making Services Work for Poor People. This theme underpins a key World Bank Group priority in the fight against poverty. Basic services in health, education, water and sanitation, roads and other infrastructure, transportation, and other services have often failed to reach the world’s poor. Limited access to financial services, information and communication technology, and knowledge further marginalize poor people and keep them from participating in and benefiting from mainstream economic life. Improving both the quality and reach of services to the poor is essential to any effort to alleviate poverty and encourage growth in the developing world. This topic reflects the World Bank’s upcoming World Development Report 2004 theme of the same name, and is an effort to expand on the analysis by funding innovative ideas that test and advance the practice of providing effective services in developing countries. Proposals must reflect the theme of "Making Services Work for Poor People" in any of the following areas:

To apply: all proposals must be submitted through the Development Marketplace website. Click here for instructions and detailed information on how to apply.

Contact: The Development Marketplace Team
E-mail: dminfo@worldbank.org

Website: Development Marketplace

Community-managed Health Systems (Oct 6-24 2003)
Location: Cavite, Philippines

Event Details: This is a three-week course designed for development workers who plan, implement and manage health-related programs and/or projects. Through community interaction, peer discussions, case studies, reflections and analyses, participants examine community-managed health systems strategies and participatory approaches that are applicable and appropriate in different community context.

The course content includes situations on health-related global initiatives, regional trends and country-specific programmes, concepts and dimensions of community-managed health, mobilising people, and sustaining community systems for better health. During the course, the participants will analyse the critical voices and perspectives of development agencies and people's organisations to better understand the elements and dynamics of sustainable, community-managed health systems. Throughout the course, participants would develop an action plan based on the theoretical and practical experiences gained, which their respective organisations may put into effect in the promotion of people-centered and community-managed health programmes.

Registration Details:
Course fee: US$2,500

Contact Information:
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Y.C. James Yen Center
Silang 4118, Cavite, Philippines
Phone: (63-46) 414 - 2417 Fax: (63-46) 414 - 2420
Education&Training@iirr.org

Finding Funding Prospects with The Foundation Directory Online

New York, NY
July 16, 2003

Program Information:

Program Outline:

Attendees will receive:

Price: $195.00
Website: http://fdncenter.org/marketplace/catalog/subcategory_training.jhtml?id=cat50003&navCount=0&navAction=push

Grantseeking on the Web
Hands-on Introductory Training Courses

New York, NY
June 13, 2003

At our Grantseeking on the Web Training Course you will learn to develop an organized, focused approach to conducting funding research on the Web. Pick up valuable insider tips and strategies through a combination of PowerPoint presentations and interactive learning exercises on the Web.

Program Outline:

Seminars are $195 per attendee and includes continental breakfast, a complimentary one-month subscription to The Foundation Directory Online Premium and a copy of T he Foundation Center's Guide to Grantseeking on the Web and companion CD-ROM. These seminars fill quickly, so register now!

 

Website: http://fdncenter.org/marketplace/catalog/product_training.jhtml?id=prod270046&navCount=1&navAction=push

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April, 2003

GRANTS PROGRAM: The Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media

Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media supports media activism and grassroots organizing by funding the pre-production and distribution of social issue film and video projects, and the production and distribution of radio projects.

Deadline: May 15, 2003

Maximum grant amount: 20.000 USD

More information is available at: http://www.fex.org/2.3_grantmakingindex.html

 

 

Mental Disability Advocacy Program (MDAP), Open Society Institute: Public Awareness Grant Competition in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

The goal of this program is to raise awareness about the issues and problems faced by people with mental health problems. The purpose of the Public Awareness Grant Competition is to:

 

  1. 1. Promote the Human Rights of People with mental health problems in all areas of life (e.g. the right to work; the right to own property, etc.)
  2. 2. Raise awareness of segregation and stigmatization of people with mental health problems and promote their integration into society;
  3. 3. Strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations to effectively advocate and combat segregation of and stigma against people with mental health problems.

 

The message of the campaign is that rights of people with mental health problems are human rights, and that people with mental health problems are not objects of charity and/or passive patients, but independent citizens with the right to be fully integrated into society.  The focus of campaigns should be on everyday problems that people with mental health problems encounter in finding jobs, housing and getting access to high-quality daily care, health care and other community based support services.  Campaigns should challenge myths and stereotypes, explain the causes and consequences of segregation and stigmatization, and address strategies that could prevent institutionalization of people with mental health problems.

 

Successful Campaigns can include the following forms of reporting:

- Multimedia (multiple media) saturation campaign (high media coverage); for example, interviews, reports, radio and TV clips, TV programs, media visits to community based service providers;

- Involve a wide cross-section of society (different sectors, different interests), for example by organizing public events in the street, schools, universities, cultural events, public discussions, roundtable meetings, exhibitions, sporting events, billboards, posters and leaflets.

- Building public support for necessary changes and/or improved legislation regarding the rights of people with mental health problems

- Persuading national and local governments to provide adequate financial resources for implementing new community based programs and services to prevent and combat segregation of people with mental health problems

- Including government representatives and officials in campaign activities, such as public discussions, roundtables, forums, art or sporting events.

- Coordination and cooperation among several non-governmental organizations active in working with people who have mental health problems

- Building/strengthening coalitions among governmental institutions, non-governmental organizations, media, and all stakeholders connected to the issue

- Development of systematic and realistic models for action that correspond to stated objectives of the campaign

 

Successful candidates are expected to organize public campaigns between October 6 and 12, 2003 with the focus on the October 10, World Mental Health Day.

 

Priority will be given to projects submitted jointly by two or more NGOs, which include clear involvement of people with mental health problems in all phases of the campaign.

Special consideration will be given to nation-wide campaigns.

 

Budgets must be written in USD. 

The maximum amount of the requested funding is  $4000. Cross-border projects or nation-wide campaigns may be eligible to receive an increased amount. A letter of commitment from cooperating partners must be submitted. Precise indication of contributions to the budget from other sources is required.

 

Up to 10 percent of the total grant may be spent on administrative costs; at least 90 percent of the total grant must be spent on program costs.

 

The deadline for applications is May 26, 2003. Applications received after the application deadline will NOT be considered. Successful applicants must participate at a training on effective campaigning in Tbilisi, Georgia, in early July 2003.

 

For more information contact: Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation (OSI AF) – Armenia

 

 

Health Promotion in Developing Countries

Start Date: November 01, 2003
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Event Details: This 3-day course has been organised by the Australian International Health Institute (AIHI) in collaboration with the Australian Centre for Health Promotion and is suitable for programme planners, policy-makers, and members of NGOs.

Course Objectives:

Course Content:

Registration Details:
The course will take place at the Parkville Campus, University of Melbourne.

Contact Information:
Ms Anne Bunde-Birouste
Australian International Health Institute (AIHI)
Coordinator - Health Promotion Program
anneb@health.usyd.edu.au
Website: http://www.aihi.unimelb.edu.au/educationTraining/index.html

 

Globalisation, Development and Health Promotion: Putting Evidence into Practice

Start Date: November 01, 2003

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Event Details: This 3-day course has been organised by the Australian International Health Institute (AIHI) in collaboration with the Australian Centre for Health Promotion and the University of New South Wales. It is suitable for health promotion, public health, environmental health managers, practitioners and researchers, project managers/project officers designing and/or delivering programmes in international settings, health and social policy analysts and advisors and community/social activists.

Course Objectives:

Course Content:

Registration Details:
The course will take place at the Parksville Campus at the University of Melbourne.

Contact Information:
Ms Anne Bunde-Birouste
Australian International Health Institute (AIHI)
Coordinator - Health Promotion Program
anneb@health.usyd.edu.au
Website: http://www.aihi.unimelb.edu.au/educationTraining/index.html 

 

Community Interventions for Tobacco Control

Start Date: November 01, 2003

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Event Details: This 5-day course organised by the Australian International Health Institute (AIHI) is suitable for health planners, researchers and policy-makers.

Course Objectives:

Course Content:

Registration Details:
The course will take place at the Parkville campus, University of Melbourne.
Fees: AUD1200 (includes tuition, readings, field visits where applicable, internet & email access, morning and afternoon tea, welcome and farewell lunches).

Contact Information:
Dr Martha Morrow
Coordinator - Research Program
martham@unimelb.edu.au

Website: http://www.aihi.unimelb.edu.au/educationTraining/index.html

 

Building Relationships for Change (Nov 5-7 2003)

Location: Oxford, UK

Event Details: From the INTRAC website... "Relationships between NGOs based in different parts of the world have become a key part of international development processes. The aim of this course is to examine the nature and quality of relationships and how they impact on development. Issues emerging from these relationships will be explored. The context within which partnerships occur is a dynamic and fluid one, and power balances and expectations are constantly changing."

Participants will:

Registration Details:
Fees: Ј380 - includes course fees and materials, meals and refreshments.

Contact Information:
Rebecca Blackshaw
INTRAC - The International NGO Training and Research Centre
Training and Logistics Co-ordinator
Postal address: PO Box 563
Oxford, OX2 6RZ, UK
Visitors address: 65 George Street
Oxford, OX1 2BE, UK
Tel: + 44 (0) 1865 201 851 Fax: + 44 (0) 1865 201 852
r.blackshaw@intrac.org
Website: http://www.intrac.org/Intrac/BuildingRelationshipsforChange_en.html

 

Culture, Communication and Health: An Introductory Course (Dec 5-7 2003)

Location: London, UK

Event Details: This 3-day course is aimed at both aid workers who have worked overseas and those who are interested in working overseas. The course combines individual presentations from experienced aid workers from Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

The methodology uses a variety of participatory training methods such as case studies, simulation exercises, problem solving activities and group discussions along with some formal presentations. Throughout the course participants are encouraged to share ideas and discuss issues arising from their own experiences of health care through group discussion and presentations.

The course aims to address the issue of communication and local participation in a cross-cultural setting and to see the relevance of this in improving individual practice.

Course Content

Registration Details:
Ј225 Individuals Ј350 Organisations (with accommodation). Ј175 Individuals Ј300 Organisations (without accommodation). The fees include meals, course materials and tuition fees.

Contact Information:
International Health Exchange
134 Lower Marsh
London SE1 7AE
Tel: 0207 620 3333 Fax: 0207 620 2277
info@ihe.org.uk

Website: http://www.ihe.org.uk/cchleaf.htm

 

6th International Conference on Home and Community Based Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS (Dec 8-11 2003)

Location: Dakar, Senegal

Event Details: The theme of the Dakar 2003 Conference "More Care for Better Living" aims to highlight the priority needs of people living with AIDS (PLWAs). Living in a highly poor social and cultural environment, with social inequalities and injustice, as a result of HIV status, PLWAs, have the right to quality care in formal health structures as well as at home and community level.

The objectives of the conference include:

Registration Details:
Click here for registration information.

Contact Information:
Coordinator: Mme. Magatte Mbodj
BP 28461
Dakar-Mйdina, Senegal
Tel: +221-842-4755 Fax: +221-842-2951
cipeccvihdak@sentoo.sn

http://www.dakarvih2003.sn/

Improving Quality of Care: Interpersonal Communication and Counselling Skills (Aug 18-29 2003)

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Event Details: This two-week course provides a learning opportunity for decision-makers, administrators, programme officers, health educators and counsellors to increase their effectiveness through interpersonal communication and counselling skills. Through experiential learning, participants explore the elements of effective interpersonal communication and counselling and learn how to create a collaborative environment in the workplace or service delivery area through teamwork and supportive behaviour.

Course focus:

Registration Details:
Fees: US$1,500

Contact Information:
The Director, CAFS
Pamstech House
Woodvale Grove
Westlands
P.O. Box 60054
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: (254-2) 4448618 Fax: (254-2) 4448621
courses@cafs.org

 

 

The Power of Dialogue: Constructive Conversations on Divisive Public Issues (Nov 20-22 2003)

Location: Watertown, MA, USA

Event Details: Participants in this 3-day training will gain an understanding of the principles and practices underlying the project's approach to dialogue facilitation through experiential exercises and faculty presentations and by design and facilitation of a complete PCP-type dialogue in an extended simulation. In this hands-on process, participants will learn how to apply the key elements of PCP dialogues:

Registration Details:
Fee: US$440 (includes catered breakfast, lunch, and snacks for 3 days).

Contact Information:
Kim Verner
Public Conversations Project
46 Kondazian Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: 888-727-8326
kverner@publicconversations.org

Website: http://www.publicconversations.org/pcp/index.asp?page_id=123&catid=51

 

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Poverty Reduction, Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform (Aug 18-29 2003)

Location: Turin, Italy

Event Details: This 2-week course is designed for staff from governments, donor agencies, international organisations, the World Bank, and NGOs involved in the financing, planning, implementation and evaluation of health services and/or in planning or directing government-initiated health sector reforms. In addition, it targets trainers from regionally-based training and research institutions conducting training in health as well as academics and researchers working in the areas of health, public administration or social sector reform.

The course will be conducted for 8 hours per day and consists of presentations, readings, case examples and group work. The working language of the course will be English.

Registration Details:
Course fees: US$1,500. There will be additional expenses of US$1,400-$1,450 for accommodation and meals. Participants are responsible for purchasing their own airline tickets.
To apply complete the application form and fax or mail to:
Ms. Lan Joo
World Bank Institute
1818 H Street, N.W. MS J3-302
Washington, DC 20433
Fax: +1-202-676-0961
Application deadline: May 15, 2003

Contact Information:
Copies of the course brochure are available upon request from Ms. Lan Joo ljoo@worldbank.org Website: http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/reprohealth

 

10TH Canadian Conference on International Health

Canadian Society for International Health

October 26-29, 2003, Ottawa, Canada

 

The Right to Health: Influencing the Global Agenda

How Research, Advocacy and Action can shape our future

 

Goal: To provide a forum for practitioners, researchers, educators, policy makers and community mobilizers, interested in health and development issues, to share knowledge, experience and promote innovation and collaborative action.

 

Objectives:

 

1.         To discuss the “right to health,” what it means and how it can be integrated into health and development programs, policies and research.

2.         To identify the main actors, principles, priorities and explicit/implicit goals involved in setting the global health agenda.

3.         To profile strategies, approaches and methodologies that are contributing/could contribute to influencing a global agenda focusing on the “right to health.”

4.         To identify and share lessons learned from research, practice and policy/advocacy-related activities.

 

Deadline for Submission: May 30, 2003

Email: conference@csih.org

Website: www.csih.org  

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May, 2003

 

SHORT COURSE IN CLINICAL HIV MANAGEMENT

 

November 10 -21, 2003
Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
Rondebosch, South Africa
Contact: Mrs AL Vorster, Academic Registrar
Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
27 Rhodes Ave, PARKTOWN WEST 2193
Private Bag X23, BRAAMFONTEIN 2017
Telephone:  +27 11 726 7037/8/9
Facsimile:  +27 11 726 4036
E-Mail: alv@jhb.stormnet.co.za
Web Site: http://www.rhru.co.za/default_static.asp

 

 

40TH WORLD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

November 30 - December 05, 2003
Punta del Este, Uruguay
Contact: Dr Ross Phillpot
International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections
135 Hutt Street, Adelaide, SA , 5000, Australia
Telephone: 61 882 324 511
Facsimile: 61 883 796 145
Email: iusti@ozemail.com.au

 

 

E-learning course Health Outcomes and the Poor (Jul 7 - Aug 20 2003)

Location: Distance Learning Course - Virtual

Event Details: This course intends to provide the tools for Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) authors and reviewers focusing on Health, Nutrition, and Population. It will cover:

  • typical problems faced by the poor and the diagnostic tools that can be used to identify and analyze them;
  • pro-poor health sector policies with examples from existing PRSPs; and
  • pro-poor actions and policies outside the health sector.

The overall course objective is to improve the health of the poor and vulnerable through analytical work that leads to pro-poor policies, actions and expenditures.

The operational objectives are to assist PRSP authors to improve the analysis and the policies in the health sector; and reviewers to advise authors on how to improve the quality of health inputs into PRSPs.

The course is structured along the logical framework underlying the PRSP sourcebook chapter on health. The course will be organised in an Introduction and 5 interlinked modules:

  • Introduction to the 'Pathways to Improved Health Outcomes' diagram
  • Module 1: The health system (delivery and financing)
  • Module 2: The roles and constraints of households and communities
  • Module 3: Factors beyond the health sector
  • Module 4: Outcomes
  • Module 5: An Integrated Policy Framework

The course is taken entirely through the internet. Upon acceptance participant will be given a course ID and password, with which you will be able to access the course site. The format of the course relies heavily on 'action learning' which means that you will be required to actively participate in all online activities, which will mainly consist of reading the course content and posting assignments and reacting to other participant's postings. There will be minimum participation requirements to qualify for receiving a completion certificate. The working language of the course will be English.

The course targets (health) professionals involved in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers process either as PRSP authors or as advisors to the governments. It focuses on people working on PRSPs, either in the countries writing them or in agencies that are assisting in the writing or who are reviewing/assessing the documents.

The course is open to Bank Staff in addition to donor agencies' staff and participants from client countries.

Registration Details:
Course Fee: US$500
Duration and course load: 6 Weeks - 8 hours per week
Upon acceptance you will receive information how to log on to the course.
Click here to apply online.

Contact Information:
Jo Hindriks
Population Program, Health & Population Team
Human Development Group, World Bank Institute, The World Bank
1818 H. St., N. W., Washington DC, 20433
Room J3-111; Mail Stop J3-302
Tel: (202) 473 6425 (x 36425) Fax: (202) 676 0961
E-mail: jhindriks@worldbank.org
Website: http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/healthandpopulation/brochure/index.htm

 

 

HIV/AIDS: WHAT ARE CHRISTIANS DOING ABOUT IT? 

 

August 01 -07, 2004
Buyantanshi
Kitwe, Zambia
Contact: Mrs. Faith Liyena,  Organisation Director
Faith Organization Foundation
P.O. Box 23168,
Kitwe, Zambia
Telephone:  260-02-220859
Facsimile: 260-02-230902
E-Mail: fofsao@zamnet.zm
Web Site: www.geocities.com/fofsao

 

 

Essential Consulting Skills (Oct 27 - Nov 1 2003)

Location: Potsdam, Germany

Event Details: During this international change management training event basic consultancy skills will be explored and views will be exchanged with colleagues world wide. The training intended for management consultants as well as engineers, health personnel, teachers, etc, will be interactive and oriented towards skill development.

The course aims to:

  • enhance the outcome of your work
  • enable you to become part of a growing community of change practitioners
  • introduce you to people from international organisations
  • aid you in gaining new tools for consulting, coaching and training
  • help you gain a better feeling for your clients' needs

Recently, a new understanding of consultancy has emerged. The consultant is to a growing extent involved in process management rather than in pure technology transfer. This is valid for management consultants as well as for engineers, health personnel, teachers, etc. There are plenty of examples where projects or project components fail because consultants have not systematically considered the system, i.e. the perception of the various stakeholders and the hidden agendas of the involved organizations.

The competent consultant knows exactly the demand of the client. For that, he is able to apply certain interview techniques that reveal the agenda behind the agenda. He can distinguish between the contracting agency and the real client who receives the service and understands the systemic variables of his assignment. To get to that point, the consultant first needs to build a relationship based on trust, on the specified roles of the various partners. He then can specify his assignment, taking into account different mental models.

 

Your clients have understood that technical expertise is not enough. They want you to initiate a change process. For that you have to apply all your creativity . In our International Training Camp you will explore basic consultancy skills and exchange views with colleagues from all over the world. The training will be highly interactive and oriented towards skill development. We will have an advanced training course in the year 2004.

Contact Information:
Dr. Holger Nauheimer
BeraterKompetenz
Rosenheimer Street 5
10781 Berlin
Phone: +49-30- 219 684 51
E-mail: info@change-management-toolbook.com
Website: http://www.change-management-toolbook.com/training_2003.html

 

Strategic Communication in the Fight Against HIV and AIDS (OCT 13-31 2003)

Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Event Details: The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication is holding a training workshop on strategic communication in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

At the end of this workshop it is expected that participants will be able to develop and implement in their respective countries innovative and efficient communication strategies and interventions in the fight against HIV and AIDS. This will be achieved through the use of available research data and exploring the specifics of each situation with the strategic planning in communication software programme, "S.C.O.P.E."*

S.C.O.P.E.: Strategic Communication Planning and Evaluation, created by CCP.

Click here for further information on SCOPE.

Registration Details:
This workshop will be conducted in French.

Contact Information:
Mrs. Nicole Bouver
Workshop coordinator
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Center for Communication Programs
111 Market Place, Suite 310
Baltimore, Maryland 21202 USA
Telephone : (410) 659-6300 Fax : (410) 659-6266
E-mail: nbouver@jhuccp.org
Website: http://www.jhuccp.org/training/Workshop/Relevons.htm

 

 

Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research - Research to Policy Grants
Health System Development and Scaling-Up Priority Services
Deadline: June 30 2003

The 3rd call for Research for Policy Grants from the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research topic is Health System Development and Scaling-Up Priority Services.

1. Objective of the third round for proposals:

Research proposals should aim to improve health in low and middle income countries through applying quantitative and/or qualitative methods to the understanding and explanation of critical issues in the scaling-up and integration within national health systems of priority health services and disease control programmes.

 

The following are offered as examples of possible topics and approaches:

  • Analysis of options for and impact of integrating scaled up priority health services and disease control efforts within existing health systems and health reforms, including sector wide approaches, decentralisation and social mobilization.
  • Analysis of constraints to scaling up priority health services and disease control programmes, on both demand and supply sides, and how to overcome constraints including those related to human resources
  • Analysis of how approaches to the health system functions of regulation, organisation, financing and delivery of services can be adjusted to give greater focus on priority health services and disease control
  • Analysis of the policy process at national and/or local levels with respect to scaling up priority health services and disease control, including the interests of those involved, their relative power, and the extent to which this supports or hampers scaling up
  • Analysis of the options and consequences of the participation of private providers in priority health services and disease control strategies
  • Evaluation of options for the allocation and management of substantial additional resources for priority health services and disease control to non-traditional health sector actors e.g. NGOs, the for profit private sector, community groups etc.

2. Grants

Financial support will be provided to teams of experienced researchers and policy/decision-makers from low and middle income countries to undertake research projects with a duration of one year or less and involving collection of new data or analysis of existing databases. Proposals should be based on a sound analysis of existing knowledge and should justify relevance for policy making. Researchers should identify how policy makers or stakeholders will be involved through strategies to ensure relevance and take-up of results.

Budgets should not exceed USD 25,000 and should be fully justified.

 

3. Selection process

The Alliance Board will select applicants on the basis of peer review of proposals. The criteria to be applied are scientific merit, relevance to country priorities and proposed strategies to ensure take-up of results in the policy process.

Applications are particularly encouraged from low income countries having limited research capacity but demonstrating researcher and policy maker commitment to building up capacity in HPSR. Technical support will be available throughout the project to ensure high quality results.

 

4. Who can apply

Research institutions, government agencies involved in policy making, health service providers and civil society organizations are eligible for funding. Applicants should have a well established collaboration with another institution or internal unit leading to the formation of a team with at least one principal researcher and one policy/decision-maker, stakeholder or health service advocate. The supporting member(s) of the team should endorse the proposal through signed letters.

Proposals will be accepted only from institutions in low and middle income countries, but teams including high income country institutions are eligible. Only low and middle income country nationals and institutions will be funded, although travel support can be included for collaborators from high income countries.

Principal investigators currently funded by the Alliance as part of previous rounds are not eligible to apply, although they can participate as co-investigators.

 

5. How to apply

  • Proposals should be submitted in the format to be found in the Web site (see link on the right).
  • Proposals must be written in English.
  • The curriculum vitae of the principal investigator should be annexed to the proposal.
  • Proposals should be sent to the Alliance preferably by email as attachments to a cover letter. Letters of support can be sent scanned or by post, clearly indicating the name of the principal investigator and the title of the project. Proposals may also be posted if email is difficult. Faxes will not be accepted.
  • Emailed or posted proposal should reach the Alliance not later than close of business on 30th June 2003.

 

Send proposals by email to: alliancehpsr@who.int

Please state in the subject heading "Round 3 grants".

If mailed by post, send proposals to:

Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research

Office No. 4123

World Health Organization

CH 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland

Website:http://www2.alliance-hpsr.org/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/646;jsessionid=E83363E2288980C823E5A92311F2E116?language=en

 

THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUBSTITUTIVE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSE

Katowice, Poland, September 18-20, 2003

 

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

 

Dear Colleagues,
The International Harm Reduction Development Program is pleased to announce the availability of full and partial scholarships for associates with a strong interest and background in harm reduction, drug treatment and HIV/AIDS advocacy and care from Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to attend the 3rd International Conference on Substitutive Treatment and Rehabilitation of Drug Abuse.

 

The conference is sponsored by the Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice; Center for AIDS Diagnostics and Therapy, Szpital Specjalistyczny, Chorzow; IHRD, New York; National Bureau for Drug Prevention, Warszawa; and National AIDS Center, Warszawa. The conference serves as a forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and strategies for enhancing the policies regarding, and the quality of care, for people living with HIV/AIDS and those experiencing problems with drug dependency and addiction. This year's conference in Katowice will focus on the theme of improving the linkage of HIV/AIDS and drug abuse treatments.

 

Full and partial scholarships will be available for a limited number of people to cover the cost of travel, accommodation and registration for the conference. If you are interested in attending the conference and wish to apply for a full or partial scholarship, please prepare the following:

 

1. A short description (no more than one page in 12 pt. Type) of how your participation in the conference will benefit your work in CEE/FSU

2. Please include your name, address, business/program affiliation, e-mail and home address and telephone number at the top of the application. All applications must be submitted in English by June 15, 2003.

 

Those applicants who submit an abstract, compatible with the rules provided in the conference invitation or available at the Polish National AIDS Center web site at www.aids.gov.pl, that are accepted for presentation at the conference will be given preference for scholarships. When submitting an abstract, write "IHRD Scholarship" after the title. Please attach a copy of the abstract along with your scholarship application.

Scholarship recipients from countries outside of Poland will be responsible for obtaining any necessary visas to visit Poland. The conference organizers will provide an official letter of invitation to the conference to include with your visa application.

 

Please submit scholarship applications and abstracts no later than June 15, 2003 to Marek Beniowski at odtawkmb@pik-net.pl

 

 

Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide

http://docs.lib.duke.edu/igo/guides/ngo/index.htm

 

Librarians in the Public Documents and Maps Department of Duke University's library have "compiled an extensive but by no means exhaustive database of some of the larger and more influential NGOs operating internationally."

 

Monitoring & Evaluating Social Change

8th to 10th March, 2004

 

Course Organizer: International NGO Training and Research Center

 

Course details: Planning for social change recognizes that this process cannot be predetermined but is rather a facilitated negotiation between the various stakeholders. We need to consider the implications for monitoring and evaluation of working with more flexible programmes, which focus on changing relationships and contexts.

This course enables participants to:

  • Think beyond the individual project
  • Develop strategies for rapid feedback for on-going monitoring
  • Explore practical methods for facilitating dialogue around changing programme objectives
  • Identify useful and credible methods for documenting the process

Click below to find out about:

  1. How to Apply
  2. Training FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

For more information, please contact the Training and Logistics Co-ordinator Rebecca Blackshaw at r.blackshaw@intrac.org  

Website: http://www.intrac.org/Intrac/MonitoringampEvaluatingSocialChange_en.html

 

 

Strategic Thinking

6th to 8th October 2003
Course Organizer: International NGO Training and Research Center

 

Course details: NGOs are constantly having to make difficult choices when faced with the massive scale of poverty and distress, compounded by the limited resources in the non-profit sector. This and the nature of NGO work requires strategic thinking and action. Strategic thinking is a dynamic process, which should be responsive to changing circumstances.

 

At the end of this three day course, participants will have:

  • Discussed the importance of looking to the future and thinking with a long-term view
  • Looked at the process of strategy formation
  • Explored the issues surrounding strategic planning
  • Been exposed to a range of planning tools
  • Practised establishing strategic aims for programmes


Click below to find out about:

  1. How to Apply
  2. Training FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

For more information, please contact the Training and Logistics Co-ordinator Rebecca Blackshaw at r.blackshaw@intrac.org

Website: http://www.intrac.org/Intrac/StrategicThinking_en.html

 

 

 

The 7th International Federation on Ageing (IFA)

Global Conference
5-8 September 2004, Singapore
Hosted by Singapore Action Group of Elders (SAGE)

In April 2002, there was an unprecedented collective effort by UN member countries and NGOs to address ageing issues. The United Nations 2nd World Assembly on Ageing, First World NGO Forum and the Valencia Forum were held in Madrid and Valencia, Spain. Action plans were drawn up for countries to implement.
2½ years later, in 2004, the 7th IFA Global Conference in Singapore will be an ideal platform to share your research findings, programmes and services to advance the cause of seniors with an international audience.

Conference Theme
"Global Ageing: Sustaining Development"

Conference Programme
The 4-day conference will include Keynote Address, Plenary Sessions, Workshops and Paper Presentation.

The expected topics will include:

  • Active and Independent Ageing
  • Care and Support
  • Epidemics and Medical Issues
  • Elder Abuse and Suicide
  • Employment, Education and Training
  • Research Findings
  • UN International Plan of Action

Professional Visits
The conference programme will include tours for professionals to eldercare facilities in Singapore.

Registration
Please register with the Conference Secretariat at ifa04@ctmapl.com.sg

Abstracts Submission
Delegates are invited to submit abstracts for presentation. Kindly contact the Conference Secretariat at ifa04@ctmapl.com.sg for more information.

Trade Exhibition and Sponsorship Opportunities
There will be a major Trade Exhibition in conjunction with the Conference. It is a fantastic opportunity for promoting the services, technologies and products that will enhance our seniors' quality of life. Kindly contact the Conference Secretariat at ifa04@ctmapl.com.sg for more information.

Venue
Singapore
Strategically located at the crossroads of international trade routes, Singapore has developed into one of the commercial powerhouses of Asia and is the gateway to a regional population of over three billion people.
The ability to conduct business efficiently in Singapore is enhanced by its excellent business infrastructure, a world-class airport and seaport and efficient telecommunication links. The use of English as the primary language and the rule and respect of law further enforces its position as Asia's commercial hub.
A "can-do" attitude, minimal red tape and the successful and harmonious fusion of east and west provide the environment and stimulation for businesses to succeed.

Suntec
The Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre (SICEC) at Suntec City is one of the largest convention and exhibition venues in the Asia-Pacific region. Spanning across 100,000 sqm of total floor area, the Centre has been designed to provide an ideal setting for conventions, meetings, incentives, exhibitions and special events.

The Centre is part of the Suntec City complex which also comprises 5 office towers, a retail mall, an entertainment centre and a food court. The Centre is conveniently located within 10 minutes of the business district, 20 minutes from the internationally reputed Changi Airport and just a 5 minute walk from the Mass Rapid Transit System. An overhead bridge links the Centre to over 5,000 hotel rooms.

Website: http://www.ifa-fiv.org/En/pastConf/sevenconf/7thIFAGC.htm

 

INDEPENDENT SECTOR Announces Call for Nominations for 2003 Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize

Nomination Deadline: June 20

INDEPENDENT SECTOR is now accepting nominations for the eighth annual Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize.

Established in 1995, the Hodgkinson Prize recognizes outstanding published research that contributes to the understanding of philanthropy, voluntary action, nonprofit organizations and civil society, either in the United States or abroad.

The award is named in honor of Virginia Hodgkinson, who is renowned worldwide as a driving force in the field of research on the nonprofit sector. Dr. Hodgkinson served as vice president for research at INDEPENDENT SECTOR from 1983 to 1996, and during this time inaugurated two groundbreaking studies, Giving and Volunteering in the United States and The Nonprofit Almanac: Dimensions of the Independent Sector.

The Hodgkinson Prize is awarded to the author of a research report, book or article published in the last three years by researchers or practitioners from any discipline, nonprofit field or organization.

All interested applicants should submit the official nomination form, which is available online at www.IndependentSector.org; five copies of the research article, book or report; a brief biography of the author; and two letters of recommendation to INDEPENDENT SECTOR by June 20.

The first-place honoree will receive $2,000, and the second-place winner will be presented with $1,000 during an awards ceremony at the INDEPENDENT SECTOR Annual Conference in San Francisco, to be held November 2-4, 2003.

The 2002 Hodgkinson Prize was awarded to Jennifer Brinkerhoff of George Washington University and Derick Brinkerhoff of Abt Associates and their co-authors for the research journal entitled, Government-Nonprofit Relations in Comparative Perspective.

Professors Coralie Bryant of Columbia University and the late Marc Lindenberg of the University of Washington were awarded second place for their book, Going Global: Transforming Relief and Development NGOs.

The Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize is funded through contributions from The NonProfit Times and an anonymous donor.

Website: http://www.independentsector.org/media/VAHnom03PR.html

The "NGOC Gazette" is produced by the AAA NGO Training and Resource Center. It provides information on conferences, seminars, training and grants opportunities worldwide.

Your feedback about this publication is appreciated. We would greatly appreciate if you informed us about your making use of the opportunities provided in the "NGOC Gazette". Thank you.


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June, 2003

Bill Gates Foundation Global Health Program

The Global Health program works to close the health gap between people in developing and industrialized countries by providing resources to accelerate advances in science, medicine and public health. 
Scope
We focus on diseases and health conditions that have the greatest burden in the developing world, that underlie the great health disparities between the developing and the developed world, and that receive disproportionately less attention than their burden demands.  Funding is concentrated on HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and other infectious diseases, in addition to projects that aim to improve reproductive health, maternal health, child health, and nutrition.
Strategic Approach
We support innovative solutions that accelerate the development, application, and sustainability of health interventions that address the diseases and health conditions within our scope.  Our funding is focused on projects that will have a potential long-term impact on public health in developing countries and that align with our strategic approaches: Build, Prove, and Sustain.

Build: Discovery, product development, and research trials of new and improved health technologies

Prove: Operational research and demonstration projects to assess effectiveness of new and improved health interventions in developing countries

Sustain: Human capacity mechanisms, implementation mechanisms, policy and analysis to sustain proven health interventions in developing countries and support global health issues

Mechanisms to mobilize human, organizational, and financial resources for implementation of health interventions in developing countries

Organizations from all over the world are eligible to apply. Deadlines vary. More information is available from:
info@gatesfoundation.org
GHP-LOI
Grants Inquiry Coordinator
P.O. Box 23350
Seattle, Washington 98102
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/Grantseekers/

 

ALLIANCE FOR CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

The Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention's Small Grants Program provides grants to nongovernmental organizations that are working to prevent cervical cancer in developing or transitional countries. PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) administers this program as a member of the Alliance. We welcome proposals and inquiries.

The Alliance Small Grants Program awards grants

Funding for the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention is provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

In partnership with the Open Society Institute (http://www.soros.org), the Alliance Small Grants Program has additional funding available for cervical cancer prevention projects in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States. This program has the same general guidelines and restrictions as the Alliance Small Grants Program, but with a geographic focus on the CEE/NIS countries. Applicants should use the same form and send proposals to the same address noted in the application form.
Areas of particular interest to the Alliance Small Grants Program are projects that

Alliance small grant projects must have the goal of improving cervical cancer prevention efforts. We especially favor projects that show promise of a broad impact or of findings useful to other programs.

To apply, or for more information, download the Alliance Small Grants Application Form.
Alliance Small Grants Program
Ms. Joyce Erickson, Administrator PATH
1455 NW Leary Way, Seattle, Washington 98107 USA
Phone number: 206-285-3500. Fax number: 206-285-6619.
E-mail: accp@path.org
http://www.alliance-cxca.org/english/small_grants_program.html

 

 

 

ADVANCES IN FAMILY HEALTH AND SOCIAL COMMUNICATION

Sep 7-16, 2003
Location: Bangladesh, Comilla

Event Details: The workshop is designed for selected group of programme managers and other concerned, this 10-day workshop provides, through an understanding of the latest findings in health and social communication, an opportunity to enhance Behavior Change Communication (BCC) understanding, knowledge and skills. The highly participatory approach of the workshop is designed and aimed at helping participants develop effective advocacy, social mobilisation and programme communication strategies while strengthening their ability to implement dynamic communication programmes.

The workshop is modeled after the Advances in Family Health and Communication Workshop, which is held regularly at JHU/CCP Baltimore, USA. The workshop explores the essential elements of successful communication in the context of reproductive health and other development programmes.

Topics to be covered:

Participants - Senior to mid-level decision-makers and programme managers whose programs include information, education and communication components with fluency in English.

While special expertise in communication is not required for participants, a strong commitment to effective communication programme is expected. Admission to the workshop will be highly selective. Because space is limited, applicants are advised to apply within the stipulated time.

Registration Details:
Deadline to Apply July 17, 2003.
Food and Accommodation - Each participant from Bangladesh, upon acceptance, will be required to pay a course fee of Tk. 17,500.00 for meals, accommodation and to cover costs of some course materials. The fee for participants from countries outside of Bangladesh is US$1,950.00. BCCP will arrange reservations for accommodation and meals during the workshop.

Contact Information:
A. K. Shafiqur Rahman
Assistant Director (HRD & Trg.)
BCCP House # 3A, Road # 74, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212
Tel.: 9893362, 9891354 Fax: (880-2) 8854512
srahman@bangladesh-ccp.org

 

 

 

IMPACT ASSESMENT: How do we know we are making a difference?

Jan 26-28, 2004
Location: Oxford, UK
Course Organizer: International NGO Training and Research Center

Event Details: NGOs and other civil society groups are now accepted by governments and official agencies as significant contributors to the development process. But, as the profile of NGOs has increased, so too has the need for them to assess the long-term impact of their work. This course will explore the current state of the debate about impact assessment and review current practice and methodologies.
Participants will examine:

  1. What is meant by impact?


Registration Details:
Fees: Ј380 - includes course fees and materials, plus meals and refreshments.
Contact Information:
Rebecca Blackshaw
INTRAC - The International NGO Training and Research Centre
Training and Logistics Co-ordinator
Postal address: PO Box 563
Oxford, OX2 6RZ, UK
Visitors address: 65 George Street
Oxford, OX1 2BE, UK
Tel: + 44 (0) 1865 201 851 Fax: + 44 (0) 1865 201 852
E-mail: r.blackshaw@intrac.org
Web site: http://www.intrac.org/Intrac/ImpactAssessment_en.html

 

 

ITiRA 2003 Conference
Dec 15-17, 2003
Location: Queensland, Australia

Event Details: The Organising Committee of the Information Technology in Regional Areas Conference (ITiRA) invites submission of abstracts for its 2003 Conference.

The ITiRA 2003 Conference explores strategies that link ICT enhanced economic, social and cultural development efforts with emerging opportunities in such areas as electronic commerce, community and civic networks, telecentres, electronic democracy, on-line participation, self-help and virtual health communities, advocacy, cultural enhancement and others. ITiRA 2003 will be of interest to practitioners, and policy makers in both developed and developing countries, and are particularly interested to share ideas across practice, research and policy and the conference organisers encourages submissions for double blind refereed papers as well as practitioner case studies and policy development.

Tracks

Further details available at: Click here for further details or contact enquiries-itira2003@cqu.edu.au

Contact Information:
Professor Stewart Marshall
ITiRA Conference Chair
Dean, Faculty of Informatics and Communication
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton, Queensland 4702, Australia
Phone: +61 7 4930 6542 Fax: +61 7 4930 9729
E-mail: s.marshall@cqu.edu.au
Website: http://itira.cqu.edu.au

 

 

INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE ON CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
Date: 11-18 December 2003
Level: Professionals working in the area of child welfare in a context of children's rights on a national or international level.
Focus: The course deals with the concept of children's rights and provides extensive basic information and in-depth knowledge on the origins, motivation, strategies and main trends in the field of children's rights. The course consists of a mixture of lectures, workshops and informal sessions with plenty of time for questions and discussion.
Language: English
For further information, please contact:
Kathy Vlieghe
Children's Rights Centre University of Ghent
Henri Dunantlaan 2
B-9000 Ghent
Telephone: ++ 32 9 264 62 85
Fax: ++ 32 264 64 93
E-mail: Kathleen.Vlieghe@UGent.be  

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL POLICY FELLOWSHIP WITH THE MENTAL DISABILITY ADVOCACY PROGRAM (MDAP) of OSI

MDAP is recruiting three policy fellows for 2004.  The application deadline is August 1, 2003 and the call for proposals for policy fellows and the application can be found on line:http://www.osi.hu/ipf/apply.html .  Information about MDAP's fellowship opportunities is listed below, in addition point 13 of the call for proposals. All applications must be submitted on line.

MDAP  Fellowships:
To assist and promote the work of MDAP in the areas of policy development and public awareness, MDAP would like to engage fellows to research and develop strategies which describe realistic and achievable steps for ensuring positive change in the following areas (1) Mental Disability and the Media - This should include a) Changes in mass media and information technology and their impact on people with mental disabilities and society; b) How media communications shape attitudes and behaviors toward people with mental disabilities; c) How the media can contribute to increased awareness of the rights of people with mental disabilities and the need to promote policies that ensure that people with mental disabilities can be fully integrated into society. (2) Policy analysis and strategy for positive change - This work will address the opportunities and obstacles for people with mental disabilities and mental disability NGOs in becoming involved in the policymaking process and must include a) An overview of the relevant law and policy in areas which are key to people with mental disabilities such as employment, housing, education and community based services, and b) Make recommendations based on the research as to how to develop an effective advocacy strategy to result in positive change in the substantive areas researched. Successful applicants will be required to choose whether to work on issues affecting people with intellectual disabilities OR people with mental health problems.

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGIGN, DISABILITY AND INDEPENDENCE

The International Conference on Aging, Disability, and Independence will bring together researchers, practitioners, business leaders and people involved in aging policy to focus on these issues. The conference will include sessions related to research and development, practice, products and services and policies. Commissioned papers will be published following the conference. Conference proceedings (abstracts of submitted papers) will be posted on the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology for Successful Aging website.

The conference will take place December 4 - 6, 2003, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, USA, just outside the nation's capital.

Maintaining independence and active participation in society in later life is something we all hope to be able to attain. Yet, faced with chronic health conditions or, for some, life-long or late-onset disabilities, independence can be compromised. The ability to socialize, to continue working, to enjoy recreation and leisure activities, and to carry out the activities of daily life can be jeopardized by disability in later life.

Assistive technology, home and workplace modifications, injury prevention techniques, new high technology products and applications, universal design in mainstream products, and new mobility and transportation options offer the potential for older adults to increase independence, maintain or regain employment, avoid or delay institutional care and reduce the cost of healthcare while improving quality of life.

Deadline for Full Papers: July 15, 2003

Presentations may report on:

We encourage submissions that address the following crosscutting themes:

Conference Website: http://www.asaging.org/icadi/03/info.cfm

 

 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

CENTER FOR POLICY STUDIES: INTERNATIONAL POLICY FELLOWSHIPS, 2004

All applications must be submitted online at http://www.osi.hu/ipf by August 1, 2003

The Central European University Center for Policy Studies (CPS) is calling for proposals for its year 2003 International Policy Fellowships (IPF) program, which is affiliated with the CPS and the Open Society Institute-Budapest. The CPS International Policy Fellowships are intended to support the analytical policy research of open society leaders and to provide these Fellows with professional policy training. The program aims to improve the quality of analysis in countries where the Soros foundations work by ensuring that these leaders are able to conduct research in their home region while maintaining local affiliations and a high degree of mobility and intellectual freedom. Fellows participate in four training seminars in Budapest over the course of the fellowship year conducted by professors of public policy from around the world and gain vital skills including how to write professional policy documents, identify appropriate policy instruments, and effectively advocate policies—skills that are underdeveloped in countries where the Soros foundations work.

Applicants are encouraged to submit individual, practical and policy-oriented research proposals.

 

There are various research topics for policy fellows with public health among them. Our special health issue in the 2003 fellowship year is Tobacco Control. In our next year's proposal there are three public health areas suggested by the Network Public Health Program of our NY office Please find below the web address of the announcement for the 2004 fellowship year: http://www.osi.hu/ipf/apply.html

 

For further questions contact:
Kriszta Bakos
Public Health Coordinator

Fellows will be provided with a one-year stipend, expenses including travel, and needed communications equipment to work full-time on research of their design in one of the above areas. The amount of the award will vary depending on standards in the Fellow’s country of residence and the budgetary needs of the proposal. All initial queries must be entered online via the internet directly into the IPF application database found at http://www.osi.hu/ipf. Those who have no possibility to access the internet (including from public libraries, internet centers, or national Soros foundations) should send an e-mail to fellows@osi.hu or call the IPF offices at (36 1) 327-3863 to discuss the best alternate application solution. Finalists will be interviewed by telephone at the expense of IPF. Successful applicants will be notified in November or December 2003 and no later than January 15, 2004. The fellowship research cycle will approximate the period from January 2004 to March 2005. Applications sent by mail, fax or e-mail will not be considered unless you received prior approval from IPF staff to use an alternative method of application.

 

 

INAUGURAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LONGEVITY

Date 5 - 7 March 2004
Venue Darling Harbour, Sydney

The 1st International Conference on Longevity will bring together health professionals, clinicians, scientists, policy makers, and the public for a global perspective on the issues confronting them in the areas of quality and length of life, and new research applicable to our ageing population.

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
As we stand in the early years of a new millennium, enormous changes in the practice of medicine and health care are occurring, particularly in the global direction in health management. Therefore, international conferences such as the International Conference on Longevity, Sydney Australia 2004 assume great importance in their ability to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange of knowledge between clinicians and scientists from all parts of the world. This Conference will present comprehensive and current information on a wide range of topics, which will update the knowledge base and expertise of researchers and clinicians regarding current approaches to promoting longevity and healthy ageing for the human race.

The International Conference on Longevity will be the first conference of its kind anywhere in the world. The Conference will invite respected speakers from Australia and overseas from significantly different areas of health research and knowledge.

Conference content will be holistic in nature, including input from the following areas/modalities:

- Western / Modern / Orthodox Medicine
- Biomedical Technologies
- Natural / Complementary / Traditional Medicine
- Life Extension / Anti-Ageing Medicine
- Orthomolecular Medicine
- Diet Therapy / Nutritional Medicine
- Exercise / Physical Therapies
- Environmental Health
- Mental Health / Stress Management / Spiritual Wellbeing

The speakers will be among the world's leading scholars and researchers on longevity from the leading organisations, universities, research institutes, and associations in Australia and worldwide, in addition to best-selling authors and other experts on the topic. We believe that this conference will be extremely popular, as everybody desires good health.

It is hoped that the coming together of representatives and speakers from the different areas of knowledge on healthy ageing and longevity will result in a spirit of co-operation and will provide the platform for regular annual conferences.

In the interests of humankind we see it as important to encompass both old and new knowledge, in an attempt for it to be pooled into a communal resource bank for the benefit of all. Our aim is to achieve harmony and ongoing communication between the world's leading scholars and researchers in this important field. Our wish is to have a warm-hearted environment at this inaugural conference, with follow-up conferences planned every year.

We propose that a substantial proportion of the delegates' registration fee (10%) will be donated directly to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which hopefully will achieve significant funds to promote 'immediate longevity' for children most in need living in poverty and life-threatening situations.

UNICEF's governing body of 36 nations, representing all regions of the world, establishes policies, reviews programs and approves budgets for the organisation. UNICEF is commited to ensuring the special protection for the most disadvantaged children - victims of war, disasters, extreme poverty, all forms of violence and exploitation and those with disabilities. It is for these reasons that we see UNICEF as being the ideal recipient of the donation. Visit www.unicef.org for more information.

Because everybody wants good health, and we will present the highest quality speakers (see speaker list), there will be substantial international media. This will be an opportunity for more positive media throughout the world, highlighting how many sick people receive benefits from human kindness.

At this international forum it is important that mental and spiritual health are highlighted as being crucial to true health. We have formally invited His Holiness the Dalai Lama to open the conference. We believe His Holiness' presence would enthuse the spiritual approach to the conference, and the role of spirituality in both health and healing. We also believe that His thoughts and guidance in these areas would strengthen the bond between both the speakers and attendees, and strengthen the success of the conference being conducted every year in the right spirit.

The session themes will include the following topics:

Email: info@longevity-international.com Website: http://www.longevity-international.com/conference.htm

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July, 2003

Global Development Awards

Deadline: August 25 2003

The Global Development Network (GDN) is accepting submissions for ongoing development projects, completed research, or a new research proposal for the 4th annual awards competition.

Understanding Reform is the theme for the 5th Annual Global Development Conference to be held in New Delhi in January 2004. The 5 topics proposed for the research awards are consistent with this theme. Submissions are welcomed from all branches of the social sciences. Funding has been provided by the Government of Japan, Merck Corporation, Government of Italy, World Bank, and the Government of India.

The 5 topics are:

Contact:
Global Development Network (GDN)
E-mail: gdni@gdnet.org
Website: http://www.gdnet.org/index.html


Information and Knowledge for Optimal Health project (INFO) - Global

Summary
In 2002, a team consisting of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Communication Programs (CCP), The Alan Guttmacher Institute, and Analytical Sciences Inc. (ASI) announced its plans to embark on a five-year global reproductive health information programme. The Information and Knowledge for Optimal Health project, or INFO, will work to create a network for knowledge-sharing by collecting, synthesising, and disseminating information on family planning and reproductive health. Capacity-building is also a component of the programme. INFO will use a variety of technologies to support its goal of enabling health professionals and policymakers around the world to communicate with each other and to contribute to the development of a comprehensive base of knowledge. Funding is provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Main Communication Strategies
Key tools associated with this project include the quarterly review journal Population Reports, The Essentials of Contraceptive Technology handbook, the POPLINE bibliographic database, the collaborative website Reproductive Health Gateway, and the Photoshare collection of photographs on international health topics. The INFO website is designed to enhance this effort to provide and exchange information on reproductive health. One page on the site provides links to various databases and list servers; a list of topics offers individual links to various sources of information on specific dimensions of reproductive health.

In addition, The Alan Guttmacher Institute will continue to publish its peer-reviewed journal International Family Planning Perspectives and will work with CCP to enhance the ability of researchers to communicate their findings more effectively to policymakers and others. ASI will use new technologies to help build platforms for communicating health information.

These tools will be used to support INFO's efforts to collect and disseminate best practices related to reproductive health. That is, INFO will work with worldwide health professionals' organisations, health information organisations in developing countries, other USAID-support organisations, and USAID country missions to help build capabilities to generate and share information. INFO will also strengthen networks within and among local organisations and in communities of practice.

Development Issues
Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Information and Knowledge Development, Technology.

Key Points
INFO will piggyback on the CCP-managed, USAID-funded Population Information Project (PIP), which was initiated in 1978. INFO's strategies, as delineated above, rely heavily on tools created by PIP.

Partners
CCP, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, and ASI. Funder: USAID.

For more information, contact:
Vanessa Carroll
vcarroll@jhuccp.org
INFO site: http://www.infoforhealth.org/about.shtml


18th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF The European Health Psychology Society (EHPS)

Good Health – Person and Context
June 21-24, 2004
Helsinki, Finland

EHPS is a professional organization promoting empirical and theoretical research and applications of health psychology. It is engaged in the active interchange of information with other scientific associations throughout the world, and in advancing the international achievement of its goals. Established in 1986, the Society has had annual conferences since 1988 all over Europe, providing a forum for health psychologists to meet, exchange ideas and develop collaboration.
For more information visit: http://www.congcreator.com/ehps2004/


2004 Alliance Executive Leadership Conference
June 23 through June 25, 2004
Park City, Utah

Plans are underway to plan our 2004 conference in beautiful Park City, Utah, located 36 miles from Salt Lake City. The theme of this conference is "Transitions," with sessions on topics such as transition planning, retirement planning, and managing change/mergers/collaborations. Your input about these or other topics is welcomed
Please e-mail conference co-chair Greg Langen at glangen@fsr.org  with your input. (You may also call him at 585.232.1840, ext. 325.)
For more information visit: http://www.fsr.org/parkcity.html


International Society on Infant Studies
Call for Submissions
XIVth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies
Chicago, Illinois, May 5-8, 2004

We cordially invite you to attend the International Conference on Infant Studies to be held at the Hilton Palmer House in Chicago, Illinois, May 5-8, 2004. The conference will be an exciting mix of submitted symposia and posters spiced with invited addresses, dialogues, and breakfast roundtable discussions.  Also included will be “welcome” and “presidential” receptions, a banquet, and informal social events.  Details will appear on the conference website.

Submission Instructions
We invite submissions for the 14th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies.  Members and student members of ISIS are urged to submit proposals for posters, symposia, and discussion sessions.  Non-members are also welcome to submit proposals and to join the Society.  Submissions from any discipline related to infant development will be considered.

Presentation Formats

  1.  

Hard copy submissions – Only if electronic submission is not possible, submission forms may be mailed to: 

George F. Michel – ICIS Chicago DePaul University
Department of Psychology, Rm. 422
2219 N. Kenmore Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614-3504
Mailed submissions (accompanied by a disk with the submission in Word compatible format) must be received by 1 October 2003.

  1. Questions on program submissions may be directed to George F. Michel at gmichel@depaul.edu

 

2004 ICIS Review Panels

  1. Motor and Sensorimotor Behavior
  2. Biological Processes
  3. Perception and Attention
  4. Communication and Language
  5. Cognition, Memory, and Learning
  6. Social Development
  7. Emotional Development
  8. High Risk and Pediatric Issues
  9. Psychopathology & Developmental Delay
  10. Early Environments and Social Policy
  11. Undergraduate Research
  12. Other

For more information visit: http://www.isisweb.org/ICIS%202004%20Call.htm


The 3rd World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders:
From Research to Effective Practice

Preliminary Announcement
"Kii mai koe ahau he aha te mea nui o te ao, maaku e kii atu ki a koe - he tangata, he tangata, he tangata"
If you asked me what is the greatest thing, I would tell you - it is people, it is people, it is people
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NAU MAI HAERE MAI
AUCKLAND, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
15th - 17th September 2004
Welcome...
We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to join us in Auckland, New Zealand in September 2004 for a stimulating, challenging and enjoyable conference which will celebrate mental health promotion activity from across the world.
Dr Alison Taylor
Chief Executive, The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand

Key areas to be covered include:

• worldwide research

• evidence-based programmes

• implementation of programmes

• indigenous health

• tackling discrimination

• advocacy

• policy-making

• workplace programmes

• training and workforce

Participants are invited from:

• NGOs

• indigenous communities

• researchers and scientists

• representatives of statutory settings e.g. education, legal, labour organisations.

• policy makers/policy administrators in local/national government

• professionals and clinicians in health and social care

• service users

For further details please contact:
Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand
P O Box 10051
Dominion Road
AUCKLAND
Ph: 0064 (0)9 300 7010
Fax: 0064 (0)9 300 7020
Email enquiries: conference@mentalhealth.org.nz 
Website: www.mentalhealth.org.nz  

The CALL FOR PAPERS will be issued in September


Social Development, Social Inequalities, and Social Justice
34th Annual Meeting of The Jean Piaget Society,
June 3-5, 2004
Toronto, Canada

The 2004 Annual Meetings of the Jean Piaget Society will focus on Social Development, Social Inequalities, and Social Justice. The meeting is organized by Cecilia Wainryb, Elliot Turiel, and Judith Smetana and will take place in Toronto from June 3-5, 2004.

This meeting brings together scholars from different disciplines to discuss their ideas and research on social hierarchies and social justice and to connect those ideas to theory and research on social development.

In recent years, there has been resurgence of concern among philosophers and social scientists with issues of social justice as they pertain to social hierarchies embedded in societal arrangements and cultural practices. Philosophers and anthropologists have approached the study of social hierarchy and social justice on the assumptions that human reasoning is central to morality, that people make judgments about cultural practices, and that conflicts and discontents exist in the context of inequalities and injustices. These are issues with substantive psychological components that have been addressed in recent research by developmental and social psychologists, who have documented the distinct orientations of people who are situated in different positions in society, such as women, people of lower socio-economic classes, and minorities.
In turn, theory and research from social and developmental psychology inform philosophical analyses of social justice and anthropological analyses of social hierarchies within cultures. Social psychological research has examined the effects of inequalities, such as minority status and stigma, on social behavior and competence. There have also been large-scale attempts, through intervention studies and social policies, to address societal inequalities and social injustices, and the effects of these interventions have been brought to bear on our understanding of children’s social development. Developmental studies have examined the origins of social opposition in childhood and social judgments leading to scrutiny of social practices. They also have examined conflicts around practices judged unfair, discontents on the part of those in lower or subordinate positions in the social hierarchy, and a multiplicity of orientations to social interactions and societal arrangements that defy generalizations regarding cultural orientations. This meeting will bring together these different philosophical, anthropological, and psychological perspectives for discussions on interrelated topics that have been addressed within each discipline.
Information about the 2004 meeting will be published on the JPS web site http://www.piaget.org/conference.html  as it becomes available. The official Call for Program Proposals will be issued in September 2003.


COMBINED HEALTH INFORMATION DATABASE

http://chid.nih.gov/welcome/welcome.html
CHID is a bibliographic database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources. CHID lists a wealth of health promotion and education materials and program descriptions that are not indexed elsewhere. New records are added quarterly and current listings are checked regularly to help ensure that entries are up to date and still available from their original sources. Some older records are retained for archival purposes. CHID is updated four times a year. The updated database is available at the end of these months: January, April, July, and October.


Adolescent Health Program Planning Workshop
February 9  - 20, 2004
Melbourne, Australia 

Topic Area(s): Organizational Planning
This course has been organised by the Australian International Health Institute (AIHI) and is suitable for program planners, researchers, policy-makers, and members of NGOs.

Course Objectives


Course Content

Registration Details:
The course will take place at the Parkville campus, University of Melbourne. Fees: AUD2,200 (includes tuition, readings, field visits, internet & email access, morning & afternoon tea, welcome & farewell lunches).

 

Sponsoring Organization: Australian International Health Institute (AIHI) 

 

Contact: Dr. Martha Morrow, Coordinator- Research Program
Address: Australian International Health Institute, Ground Level, Charles Connibere Building, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria 3050, Australia
Telephone:+61 3 9341 5000
Fax: +61 3 9341 5055
E-mail: martham@unimelb.edu.au
URL:http://www.aihi.unimelb.edu.au/educationTraining/index.html


CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Youth and Health: Generation on the Edge
Global Health Council’s 31st Annual Conference

1-4 June, 2004
Washington, DC, USA

A Call to Adults Everywhere
They stand on the threshold, nearly two billion strong; a generation of youth stepping hopefully across the edge of childhood, balancing perilously on the edge of new dangers. They have survived birth and infancy, and all the diseases and hazards of the very young that threatened to end what had barely begun. Now, in their second decade of life, the risks and challenges they face easily match those of their earliest years. Your work is not done. As they have in every era, the youth of this generation need your experience, your ideas, your compassion and commitment, to mitigate risks and maximize opportunities. They need respect and inclusion from adults who hold their health – and future – in their hands. Finally, they need the tools and capacities that will set them on their way, and your support for a journey they must ultimately travel on their own. You cannot pull them back from the edge. Your job is to help them cross it safely.

A Call to Youth Everywhere
A collection of the most dedicated adults in the world cannot adequately capture your unique knowledge of the exhilaration and challenges of your generation. The issues associated with youth health and development are topics of study representing years of effort among experts in the field, but it is your lives and futures that are at stake, and the decisions and approaches to address those issues will color your future. You know the opportunities and obstacles that stand in your path. The spirit of experimentation that fills your journey with risk is also a spirit of energy and innovation that can bring new solutions to intractable problems – if you choose to share them. As the needs of your generation grow more urgent, you stand, full of ideas, at the edge of your elders' vision. Your job is to make them look and listen.

A Call to Everyone Committed to Youth Health and Development...Everywhere
The world's population today holds the largest number of young people between the ages of 10 and 24 that has ever existed: 1.7 billion. Every day, over 6,000 of them become infected with HIV. This year, 25 million will become pregnant for the first time. Tens of millions will smoke their first cigarette, and in coming years one of every three will die as a consequence. By the end of the year, 4 million will have attempted suicide, and 100,000 will have "succeeded." Millions more will be victims of physical and sexual violence, of drugs and of alcohol. And each day adds to the numbers who will become the heads of their family of siblings as a consequence of their parents' death from AIDS and other diseases.

Along with the physical threats to their health and lives, youth also face challenges from inadequate access to education, to health-care information and services, and to employment opportunities. They struggle against numbing poverty, and increasingly they struggle to provide for their families.

The coordinated promotion and improvement of youth health and development is one of the most vital enterprises a global society can undertake to secure its future. Together, we have the means and expertise to do so. The Global Health Council's Annual International Conference for 2004 will serve as a vibrant forum for the exchange of ideas and lessons learned regarding health-related interventions initiated for youth, and increasingly by youth. We therefore invite health and development professionals, including providers, community organizers, program managers, policy-makers, researchers, advocates, as well as youth from around the world to submit abstracts in the following main theme/issue areas for presentation at our 31st Annual Conference, June 1-4, 2004:

Health Risks for Youth

Health-related Developmental Issues for Youth

The Council also invites general submissions in its key health issue areas


Theme and Topic Areas
Please indicate in your submission the topic within the theme areas (Health Risks for Youth, Health-Related Developmental Issues for Youth; maximum of one topic per theme area) that is most appropriately associated with your abstract. The topics are listed on page 1 of the Call for Abstracts.

 

Key Health Issue Areas
Please indicate in your submission the key health issue areas (all that apply) that are most appropriately associated with your abstract:

Guidelines for preformed panel submissions are available on http://www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=223  at Alternatively, send an e-mail request to conference@globalhealth.org

The deadline for receiving preformed panel submissions is September 15, 2003, or September 22 if accompanied by a $250 late fee. Preformed panel submissions received after September 22 cannot be accepted. Individual abstract submissions must be received by October 14, 2003, or October 21 if accompanied by a $100 late fee. Submissions received after October 21 cannot be accepted.

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August, 2003

Social Work 2005: Social Work Challenges for Social Cohesion

 

May 23-25, 2005

Lefkosia, Cyprus

 

The Social Work Seminar 2005 aims to assemble European Social Workers and give them opportunities to meet one another and exchange information about recent scientific developments in their fields. The development of networks and collaboration between social workers in all parts of Europe and between social workers of different levels of seniority will be given special attention.

 

The Seminar also aims to serve the educational mission of The International Federation of Social Workers. This aim will be pursued in a variety of courses, educational workshops, lectures, study visits and symposia.

 

Abstracts for Posters and Oral Communications
Abstracts will be reviewed and assigned to appropriate sessions.
The Second Announcement will include a guideline for abstracts.

 

Programme, Registration, Accommodation
The Second Announcement will include a preliminary programme, registration and accommodation form. Should you be interested in further information about the Seminar, please fill out our interest form and return it to the Seminar secretariat.

 

Exhibition
In conjunction with the seminar an exhibition will be arranged. Organisations working in social work and related fields are invited to present their projects, services and literature. Organisations interested in participating in the exhibition may request further information at the Seminar Secretariat.

 

For more information visit the seminar website at: http://www.socialwork2005.org/index.htm


Annual Prism Awards

Deadline: Annual Event - November 16


The Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) annually presents the syndicated television show, PRISM Awards, for outstanding efforts in the accurate depiction of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction in film, television, interactive media, and comic book entertainment. The awards honor creative contributions that are entertaining, and proactively address substance abuse and addiction. The production in each category that best satisfies these two objectives is presented with an award.

 

Visit the http://prismawards.com/index1.html for further information and show listings in your area.

Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PPM&E)

 

Feb 9-27, 2004

 

Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands

 

Event Details: The participatory approaches are critical for: focusing a project or programme towards client needs; developing ownership and facilitating learning amongst stakeholder groups; and adapting the direction of a programme or project in response to lessons learnt. The course focuses on how to design and institutionalise participatory planning and M&E systems in projects and programmes for continuous learning and enhanced performance. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between management information needs and responsibilities and the planning and M&E functions.
Course focus: Would you like to improve the performance of your project or programme through more effective stakeholder participation, better planning or more reflective monitoring and evaluation (M&E)? Are you trying to design a flexible programme or project better suited to complexity and uncertainty in rural development contexts or natural resources management? Such challenges are the focus of this course.
The course recognises that "blue print planning" has become unworkable. Instead more flexible, adaptive and process orientated approaches are required. M&E needs to be learning focused, and directed towards supporting managers to cope in a complex and rapidly changing world. At the same time high demands on accountability and transparency necessitate effective planning and M&E systems that also inform funding agencies, governing agencies and other stakeholders to be informed on the impact and progress of development projects and programmes.

Fellowships
Fellowships are available from the Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) for nationals of a limited number of countries. Applications for NFP fellowships should be submitted to the Netherlands Embassy before OCTOBER 1 2003.
Further information: www.iac.wageningen-ur.nl or www.nuffic.nl


Programme:

Part I: Introducing the Basics of Participatory Planning and M&E
- Conceptual building blocks and core principles of PPM&E,
The fundamentals of facilitating learning & participatory processes.

Part II: Identifying what should happen
- How to identify needs and opportunities with the stakeholders,
- Making effective use of the logical framework approach and results based management,
- Developing your facilitation skills,
- Designing comprehensive and feasible project strategies.

Part III: Participatory M&E Processes
- Choosing appropriate indicators and performance questions,
- Designing comprehensive and feasible M&E systems,
- Assessing the necessary conditions and capacities for participatory M&E processes,
- How to manage the impact of participatory M&E processes.

Part IV: Institutionalising Participatory Processes and Learning
- Building organisational support for participatory planning and M&E,
- Creating a learning environment,
- Planning to make a difference - developing your own action plan.

 

Registration Details:
Fees: Ђ 2900.
Application deadline: December 1 2003.
Click here to access an application form.

Contact Information:
International Agricultural Centre (IAC)
P.O. Box 88
6700 AB Wageningen The Netherlands
Phone: + 31 317 495 495 Fax: + 31 317 495 395
E-mail: Training@IAC.AGRO.NL
Website: http://www.iac.wageningen-ur.nl/services/training/index.htm?regular/module.cfm?code=61/20

 

 

Foundations in Development Practice - Module 1

Mar 1-12, 2004

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Event Details: This course aims to provide an opportunity for new or less experienced practitioners and fieldworkers to acquire the understanding, skills and approaches that will enable them to build a coherent, effective and developmental practice.

The course will start in 2004 comprising of a foundation 2 week module and a 1-week follow-up consolidation module.

Dates:
Module 1: March 1-12 2004
Module 2: June 7-11 2004

 

Registration Details:
Fees: R6 000 which includes all food and accommodation expenses for the 3 weeks, but not travel to Cape Town.

CLOSING DATE for applications is TWO MONTHS before the start of each course.

 

Contact Information:
Community Development Resource Association (CDRA)
P.O. Box 221, Woodstock
South Africa, 7915
Phone: 27 -21 462 3902 Fax: 27 -21 462 3918
E-mail: info@cdra.org.za

Website: http://www.cdra.org.za/ - click on our work then courses then Foundations in Development Practice

 

 

Leading Development Practice - Module 1

Mar 8-19, 2004

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Course Objective: This course is aimed at directors, programme managers or field-team leaders whose function it is to provide leadership support to the developmental practices of others. The focus is on development practice and the forms of organisation and leadership that best support such a practice. The course runs over 3 modules.

 
Dates: 2004 course
Module 1: March 8-19 2004
Module 2: May 10-14 2004
Module 3: July 19-23 2004

 

The course aims to facilitate the development of both individuals and the organisations that they work for, helping both to become more reflective and conscious.

 

Methodology: The programme comprises three modules spread over four months. The first module is two-weeks intensive, split between a retreat in Kleinmond and a wilderness experience in the Groot Winterhoek mountains. The second and last module are five days long each, held in a simple seaside holiday venue in Simons Town near Cape Town.

 

Modules are interspersed with a month or two for ‘back home’ practice in which participants are challenged to implement an aspect of their learning from the programme. They have to document their reflections out of such a process.

 

The programme emphasises a participative, shared learning and problem-solving design. The process is informed by, and works actively with, the actual practices brought by participants. Learning and development happens through reflection on own practice and, importantly through reflection on work done through back home projects. A facilitated action learning approach is used to ground course material in practice, and to form the basis for further learning and improved practice.

 

Each module contained creative sessions facilitated by an art teacher to help participants to develop an artistic sensibility to the development questions and issues being explored.

 

Participants MUST:

  • ·         attend and complete all three modules
  • ·         undertake back home projects in between the modules
  • ·         document their reflection on work done through the back home projects

 

Curriculum Content

 

MODULE ONE - UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE

  • ·         Development in nature, individuals, organisations, communities and societies
  • ·         Paradigms of development
  • ·         The context of development (social, political and economic)
  • ·         Measuring development
  • ·         Development practice (process of intervention)
  • ·         Personal exploration: self knowledge and understanding

 

MODULE TWO - ORGANISATION AND INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE

  • ·         Organisation in support of development practice (whole systems model)
  • ·         Phases of organisation development
  • ·         Organisation culture in support of learning and practice

 

MODULE THREE - FACILITATING LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN ORGANISATIONS

  • ·         Designing processes of learning and change
  • ·         Facilitating learning in organisations
  • ·         Creating and nurturing a culture of learning

 

Fees: The course fee is R8 000, which includes all accommodation expenses. Travel fees to Cape Town are the responsibility of the participant.

 

Queries about the Course itself can be directed at Doug Reeler (doug@cdra.org.za).

 

Closing date for applications is two months before the start of each course.

 

Registration Details:
The course fee is R8 000, which includes all accommodation expenses. Travel costs to Cape Town are the responsibility of the participant.

 

Contact Information:
Doug Reeler
Community Development Resource Association (CDRA)
P.O. Box 221
Woodstock
South Africa, 7915
Phone: 027 (21) 462 3902 Fax: 027 (21) 462 3918
E-mail: doug@cdra.org.za

Website: http://www.cdra.org.za/

 

Management of Rural Development Organizations

 

1 - 19 March, 2004

Location: Wageningen, Netherlands

Event Details: This course aims to improve the performance of rural development organisations. It aims to help participants expand their knowledge in the field of organisational performance analysis and organisational change, with a special focus on the organisation and its institutional environment.

Participants will identify strategies to improve the performance of their own organisation, and improve management and leadership skills.

The course is designed for managers of rural development organisations and consultants who are working in this field.

The course will be conducted in French.

Course focus: Managers of rural development organisations in both the public and private sector need to possess many different competencies to meet the demands and fulfil the expectations of their clients, supervisors , financing organisations, staff, etc. They need to

have the ability to respond effectively to changes in the policy environment such as privatisation, decentralisation, accountability, public-private partnerships, etc. Organisational learning has become a critical success factor of the rural development organisations. Practical skills and thorough knowledge related to organisational assessment and change management have become essential assets of the rural development manager of today In turbulent times, keeping your organisation, project or programme on track and relevant to your client base, is a significant management challenge. Because of changing approaches to development and resources constraints, this is especially so for o rganisations which aim at empowerment of local people, the provision of rural advisory services, or facilitating knowledge generation through joint learning with rural clients.

 

This course focuses on helping managers in rural development to guide organisational transformation and to enhance the impact of their projects and programmes

in line with the external and internal needs and opportunities. Current rural development trends and practices are linked to theories of organisational change and learning. Participants’ organisations and operating environments will be analysed. Management roles, practices and styles will be introduced, discussed and consolidated through practical exercises and group work. Specific attention is given to enhancing staff performance, motivation and gender issues.

 

As participants are considered to operate as change agents within their organisations, they will pre p a re an organisational change plan at the end of the course, to be implemented in their own organisation.

 

Training methods: The course will use interactive training methods that take participants’ knowledge and experience as the point of depart u re. Theoretical inputs are integrated with practical sessions. The course has the character of a workshop in which participants and course staff discuss the situation of participants’ own organisations and the ways to strengthen organisational assessment and development activities. Group assignments, learning by doing and field trips are essential elements of the course. To ensure a high

level of interaction the course is limited to 24 participants.

 

The course is of three weeks' duration, and focuses on the following issues:

 

Part I: Key concepts & principles

• The organisation as an open system,

• The practical characteristics of a learning organisation,

• Assessing the internal and external influence on your organisation ,

• Change management – what is it all about?

 

P a rt II: Strategic planning and performance monitoring in practice

• Assessing the external influences on your organisation,

• Keeping in touch - the situation analysis,

• Involving clients, partners, and competitors – stakeholder analysis ,

• Knowing your business - Creating a shared vision and focussed strategy,

• Linking strategic and operational planning,

• How to track progress and assess performance.

 

P a rt III: Pursuing management improvements:

 

• Leadership styles and skills,

• Communication skills, coaching, presentation skills, meeting, management, team work, conflict management,

• Motivating and supporting staff,

• Networking skills.

 

Registration Details:
Possibilities for fellowships available.

Contact Information:

Further information and application forms can be obtained from:

IAC - International Agricultural Centre
Lawickse Allee 11, 6701 AN Wageningen
P.O. Box 88, NL 6700 AB Wageningen
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)317 495495 Fax: +31 (0)317 495395

E-mail: training.iac@wur.nl

Website: www.iac.wageningen-ur.nl



 

18th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education

 

Apr 26-30 2004

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Event Details: The Conference will assess the current status of health promotion across the world and identify practical solutions to move forward. The voices of Indigenous and marginalised peoples whose health is seriously compromised by their living conditions will be given particular attention.

To these ends, the main themes of the Conference will be:

  • Maintaining diversity in a global culture for health and wellbeing;
  • Shifting the balance of power - new forms of governance and participation for better health;
  • Vision, purpose and leadership - exploring different pathways to health; - Setting an agenda for promoting Indigenous health
    - Addressing stress from civil dislocation,unemployment, cultural change
    - Restoring the balance between environment,health and spirituality

Participants in the Conference will have the chance to engage with presenters, build knowledge and skills and to network and socialise with international and local practitioners, researchers, educators, government representatives and ministers from a variety of portfolios and countries.

The programme will encourage active engagement in a combination of plenaries, interactive forums, workshops, skill development and discussion sessions, and multiple opportunities for formal and informal networking. It will also include accredited Continuing Education programmes for health educators, nurses, and physicians.

Abstracts can be submitted from May 1, 2003 - October 31, 2003.

Registration Details:
Registration begins May 1 2003. Click here for registration information.

Contact Information:
Conference Manager
Phone: 61-3-9667-1313 Fax: 61-3-9667-1375
E-mail: info@health2004.com.au

Website: http://www.health2004.com.au/program/

 

 

Course in Development Policy, Planning and Management

 

Apr 26 - Jul 9, 2004

 

Location: Birmingham, UK

Event Details: The Development Studies Course in Selly Oak was established in 1974. The course is designed to meet the needs of people working in many kinds of non-government and international aid organisations as well as government departments. A Postgraduate Certificate in Development Policy, Planning and Management is under development.

The programme encourages applications from women, minorities and people with disabilities.

Main themes include the following and are linked to Course Modules:

  • Understanding poverty, and the processes of underdevelopment and development;
  • Reviewing social and human development and social policy issues in developing countries;
  • Examining possibilities for social, political and economic changes at all levels;
  • Incorporating gender; and environmental issues in development programmes and policies;
  • Considering relationships among globalisation, the state and civil society;
  • Improving practical management skills in planning, budgeting, implementation, and evaluation;
  • Developing institutions and building capacity of organisations including advocacy skills;
  • Analysing the nature, sources, motives and effects of aid, and the role of voluntary agencies;
  • Exploring motivation and communication, and becoming more effective in working with others, handling conflict, problem-solving and leadership.

Course methods include discussion in large and small groups, concept presentations and formal lectures, recommended reading, case studies, programmed and structured exercises, role play, simulations, group-work, video films, external visits, and individual and group assignments.

Course Modules

Module 1:
Development Theory, Policy and Practice
International Relations and Trade; Civil Society and NGOs

Module 2:
Planning and Management of Organisations
Development Co-operation, Capacity-Building and Partnership

Module 3:
Participatory Project Planning and Management
Working in the Community; Gender and Development

Module 4:
Specialist Options for Research Projects:
Social Development & Policy; Poverty & Participation; Health & Population

Registration Details:
Total cost Ј4400 (tuition fees, use of facilities of both the main and Selly Oak campus of the University of Birmingham, all field visits and training materials). Accommodation costs on campus will differ but range from approximately Ј1600 to Ј1900 for accommodation and all meals. There is a very limited amount of self-catering accommodation available on campus at a cost of approximately Ј700. In addition, it is recommended that participants should be provided with a personal allowance of at least Ј65 per week to cover the purchase of warm clothing, books and items of personal expenditure.

 

Contact Information:
Wendy Banner
Course Administrator, Development Studies
The University of Birmingham
Selly Oak Campus
Elmfield House, Bristol Road
Birmingham B29 6LQ, UK
Phone: +44 (0)121 415 2295 Fax: +44 (0)121 415 2296
E-mail: w.banner@bham.ac.uk

Website: http://www.bham.ac.uk/CDS/courses.htm

 

Adolescent Health Program Planning

 

Feb 9-20, 2004

 

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Event Details: This course has been organised by the Australian International Health Institute (AIHI) and is suitable for program planners, researchers, policy-makers, and members of NGOs.

Course Objectives:

  • Raise awareness of the need for specialised responses to adolescent health and development (ADH) needs
  • Discuss and critique a range of responses to specific health issues in different settings (participants should bring examples, where possible)
  • Become familiar with basic concepts of health promotion and prevention
  • Understand how to use (and plan for) process, impact and outcome evaluation
  • Develop draft outline of adolescent health program for use after the Course
  • Strengthen linkages for advocacy and policy change

Course Content:

  • Epidemiology of current physiological and psychosocial ADH issues in developed and developing countries
  • WHO concepts of healthy adolescent development
  • Strategies to enhance cross-generational communication
  • Presentations of adolescent health programs by facilitators and participants for small group discussion
  • Principles of effective health program planning
  • Health evaluation: types, timing
  • Small group work to plan an adolescent health intervention for post-Course action.

Registration Details:
The course will take place at the Parkville campus, University of Melbourne.
Fees: AUD2200 (includes tuition, readings, field visits, internet & email access, morning & afternoon tea, welcome & farewell lunches).

Contact Information:
Dr Martha Morrow
Coordinator - Research Program
E-mail: martham@unimelb.edu.au

Web site: http://www.unimelb.edu.au/educationTraining/index.html

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September, 2003

Facilitating Development Course

Sep 6 - Oct 8, 2004
Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Event Details: this 5-week course is a comprehensive programme for experienced development practitioners seeks to explore challenging new ways of understanding development and improving its practice and impact.

Experienced participants are drawn from diverse sectors and countries around the world which affords rich opportunities for sharing and learning.

Registration Details:
the course fee is r10 000. During the 5 weeks there will be a 2-week retreat, all costs of which are included in the course fee. Travel to cape town, and accommodation in cape town for the remaining three weeks is the responsibility of the participant. For an application form contact: pauline solomons pauline@cdra.org.za

Contact Information:
James Taylor
community development resource association (cdra)
p.o. box 221
Woodstock
South Africa, 7915
phone: 027 (21) 462 3902 fax: 027 (21) 462 3918
e-mail: james@cdra.org.za
website: http://www.cdra.org.za - click on our work then click on courses then on facilitating development


Conference: Reaching the Poor with Effective Health, Nutrition, and Population Services: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why?

Feb 18-20, 2004
Location: Washington, DC, USA

Event Details: the conference is hosted by the World Bank, in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and the governments of the Netherlands and Sweden.

The conference programme objectives as outlined in the brochure are to "identify promising program and policy approaches for reaching disadvantaged groups with effective health, nutrition, and population services, by assessing the record of recent experience; and to increase awareness and encourage wider use of analytical techniques available to monitor and evaluate how well health, nutrition, and population programs serve the poor."

The conference will cover five health, nutrition, and population topics of particular importance for achieving the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs):

  • Infant and Child Health
  • Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis
  • Nutrition
  • Health Services Delivery and Financing

The conference will aim to provide an opportunity for participants in the Reaching the Poor Program and for other researchers to present their findings to an audience of policy makers and analysts, and for the audience to assess the findings' implications for programme and policy design.

Registration Details:
Prospective participants are invited to apply by filling out the application form and submitting before November 30, 2003.

Contact Information:
S. Tatyana Ringland
The World Bank, 1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20433, USA
E-mail: Sringland@worldbank.org

Website: http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/healthandpopulation/Brochure/main.html


INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON PARTICIPATORY MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Mar 8-26, 2004
Location: Silang, Cavite, Philippines

Event Details: As a form of capacity building, this participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) course is designed for development programme/project executives, extension officers, field personnel and development research leaders who design, manage and/or execute community-based development.

It intends to broaden participants' understanding of PM&E as a support to programme/project management at different levels and as a tool for strengthening participation, enhancing local capacity, and increasing local people's confidence and control over development decisions and processes. The course aims to examine PM&E concepts and principles, as well as methods, tools and techniques, which have been tested and used in the field. It will also highlight key elements that IIRR feels enrich the application and maintenance of PM&E system.

This course is an off-shoot of an International Workshop on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation: Experiences and Lessons organised by the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), along with the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex (IDS-Sussex), International Institute for Education Development (IIED), International Development Research Center (IDRC) and several other organisations.

Learning objectives: Given their interest, background, knowledge, and direct experience in monitoring and evaluation, the participants at the end of the course should be able to:

  • articulate the rationale for the applications of PM&E within the context of the paradigm shifts in development work;
  • identify various elements that constitute the application of PM&E;
  • reflect on the practical application of PM&E within the context of their own organisation, programme or projects; and
  • identify ways to improve on their current practices in monitoring and evaluation.

Course fees: US$2,500. This amount cover training costs, course-related local travel, materials, meals, lodging and an accident insurance. It does not include international airfare or out-of-pocket allowance, and/or incidental expenses (a minimum pocket allowance of US$100 per week is suggested for incidental and personal expenses).

Contact Information:
PME Course Coordinator
Education and Training Program
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR)
Y.C. James Yen Center
Silang 4118, Cavite, Philippines
Tel: (63-46) 414 - 2417 Fax: (63-46) 414-2420
E-mail: Education&Training@iirr.org
Website: http://www.iirr.org


2004 Knowledge Fair (part of the Global Development Network (GDN) 5th annual Global Development Conference)

January 28-30, 2004
Location: New Delhi, India

Event Details: The Knowledge Fair is a major feature of GDN's Annual Conference designed to be a forum to provide research, policy, and development institutes (non-profit organisations only) with a place to show their products to their colleagues, potential partners and sponsors.

As outlined on the GDN website The Knowledge Fair aims to:

  • Provide opportunities for research, policy and development institutes to broadcast their achievements, exhibit their research products, and market new research programs to donors, policymakers, other institutes and potential partners
  • Facilitate face-to-face networking and promote South-North exchange on common research agendas
  • Help think tanks benefit from each other's experiences
  • timulate interest in future research collaboration and the development of new programmes.

Contact Information:
Global Development Network (GDN) Secretariat
2600 Virginia Avenue, NW
Suite 1112
Washington, DC 20037, USA
Phone: (202) 338-6350
Fax: (202) 338-6826
E-mail: gdni@gdnet.org
Website: http://www.gdnet.org/activities/annual_conferences/knowledge_fair


WORLD HEALTH DAY 2004

April 07, 2004
Location: Global
Event Details: The theme for World Health Day 2004 is Road Safety.

On this day around the globe, organisations will host events to help raise awareness about road traffic injuries, their grave consequences and enormous costs to society.

From the WHO website... "Road traffic injuries are a deadly scourge, taking the lives of 1.2 million men, women and children around the world each year. Hundreds of thousands more are injured on our roads, some of whom become permanently disabled. The vast majority of these occur in developing countries, among pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and users of public transport, many of whom would never be able to afford a private motor vehicle."

Contact Information:
World Health Organization
Click here to find out how to participate.


CONRAD N. HILTON HUMANITARIAN PRIZE

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation invites nominations for the 2004 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize.  It is seeking an organization that has made extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering anywhere in the world.

The $1 million (U.S.) prize, the world’s largest humanitarian award, is presented annually to an established nonprofit, charitable or non-governmental organization.  The prize is not a grant, based on future goals, but an award for recent and historic accomplishments.  An independent international panel of jurors makes the final selection.  The 2003 award will be presented this September.  The 2004 prize will be announced in the fall of 2004.

Nomination packets are available now on the Hilton Foundation website, www.hiltonfoundation.org. The 2004 prize nomination period starts on August 1, 2003 and nominations must be received or postmarked by November 1, 2003.

Contact:
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Hilton Humanitarian Prize,
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 1000
Los Angeles, California 90067-4011, USA
Telephone:  (310) 556-4694
Fax:  (310) 556-8130 
E-mail:  prize@hiltonfoundation.org
Website: www.hiltonfoundation.org


Gamos and Big World: Video for Development Competition

DESCRIPTION:   Gamos and Big World are inviting everyone to produce developmental videos to win a digital video (DV) camera and enhance Information and Communication for Development (ICD) programmes.

Gamos is a small but influential company working with the social factors surrounding development interventions, organisational development, technology use and transfer. Big World is a new specialist UK charity using information and communications technologies (ICTs) to meet the information needs of the poor in the so-called Third World. Both are sponsoring a video competition aimed at those doing fieldwork in non-government and government "district" departments in developing countries.

As technology changes, new opportunities arise. Gamos and Big World believe DV has made a significant step forward in the last 18 months, and will become standard equipment for information storage and retrieval, and in the slightly longer term, even for communicating. They believe this is very important for development activities, particularly where communities are struggling to capture and express their ideas and to share ideas that can reduce poverty. The new opportunities DV presents will add a vital tool or method to adult and child education, both formal and informal within communities.

Over the last three years Gamos and Big World have been anticipating the technological changes, and have developed research, pilots and training that will now support these new opportunities. They have been developing a network of partners in the South who have piloted using DV for information and communication for development. They note that others have also seen the opportunities and have been actively seeking partnerships with them, both South-based organisations and international agencies working in development.

The aim of this competition is to identify new partners to expand a growing network of South-based partners and to generally provide an opportunity to enhance and strengthen development work.

People who would like to compete should be from:

- a local government department;

- local or national non-government organisations (NGO);

- community-based organisations (CBO).

Individual/s working in development are also invited to compete. There are three DV cameras to be won, each worth approximately US $600.

Depending on the country of origin of the winner, the prize may also include the opportunity to attend a training session in DV and its use. The winner is also likely to be invited to form a partnership with Gamos and Big World to develop proposals to strengthen their work.

To enter, one should develop a script for a short video that will use the DV camera technology. The application for the competition consists of sending your script and the project planning form by e-mail or post. You do not have to make the video - just send them the plan for your project.

Contact Info: 12 Spurfield
Hurst Park
West Molesey, Surrey
KT8 1RS UK
Tel: (44-20) 8941 0114
E-mail:  info@big-world.org
Website:  www.sustainableicts.org/

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30 October 2003


ANNUAL AWARDS PRESENTED BY THE GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL

http://www.globalhealth.org/news/search.php3?category=award&offset=0

These annual awards serve to honor those who have made a major contribution to the field of global health.

Award presentations are made during the Global Health Council's annual conference at the Awards Ceremony.


THE GATES AWARD FOR GLOBAL HEALTH

In December, 2000, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced the establishment of the Gates Award for Global Health in the amount of $1 million. This annual award has been established to recognize an organization that has made a major and lasting contribution to the field of global health.

Any organization from any country in the world that has substantively improved the health and the lives of people in need may be nominated for the Gates Award; the organization may be a charitable institution, a private company, or a public entity.

Nominations will be considered by a jury consisting of health professionals from developing countries as well as the Global Health Council's Board of Directors. A winner will be selected by the jury from the nominations submitted. The list of jury members will be publicized once it is in place.

The award will be presented on June 3, 2004 in Washington, D.C., at a special Awards Ceremony during the Global Health Council's Annual International Conference - Youth and Health: Generation on the Edge.

The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2004 Award will be December 5, 2003.


The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood invites you to participate in a contest designed to encourage colleagues and organizations to raise awareness about maternal mortality and to promote safe motherhood.

The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood is an international alliance of organizations that works to increase public awareness of the need to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for all women - in developing as well as developed countries. The Alliance strives to make this issue a priority of international organizations and governments.

Worldwide, every minute of every day, a woman dies of pregnancy-related complications. More than 500,000 women die each year. Ninety-nine percent of these women die in developing countries. In addition, for every woman who dies, 30 to 50 suffer from injury, infection or disease. Most of these deaths and injuries can be prevented. While health programs have contributed to dramatic declines in infant mortality in the past 30 years, maternal deaths have not declined significantly. The death of a mother is devastating for her family, her community and her society due to the contributions and assistance each mother provides for these members. It can increase the risk of death for her children by up to 50 percent, weaken her community and impact the economy.

The white ribbon is a symbol for those who wish to promote safe motherhood. The ribbon is dedicated to the memory of all women who have died during pregnancy or childbirth.

The purpose of this contest is to recognize innovative projects that have raised awareness about maternal mortality and inspired action to reduce these preventable deaths.

Each applicant will design an awareness-raising activity at the policy, health service delivery or community level to promote the use of the white ribbon as a symbol.

Winning activities will be used as models to promote safe motherhood and may be replicated in other regions of the world. Three total winners will be selected, two from participants who have not previously won this contest and one from previous contest winners.


THE BEST PRACTICES IN GLOBAL HEALTH

The Global Health Council offers an award for Best Practices in Global Health, given to celebrate and highlight the efforts of people dedicated to improving the health of disadvantaged and disenfranchised populations -particularly children - and to recognize programs that effectively demonstrate the link between health, poverty and development; and that have made a difference.

A person, program or initiative selected for this award must be able to demonstrate measurable results in the field, as well as the ability and expertise to share, inspire and extend best practices for improving health.

The award will be presented on June 3, 2004 in Washington, D.C., at a special Awards Ceremony during the Global Health Council's Annual International Conference - Youth and Health: Generation on the Edge.

The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2004 Award will be March 1, 2004.


THE JONATHAN MANN AWARD FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS

The Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights has been established to honor this remarkable individual and help to call continued attention to the vital links between health and human rights.

Three leading international health and human rights organizations - Association François-Xavier Bagnoud, Doctors of the World, and the Global Health Council - have come together as partners to support the Jonathan Mann Award.

The Award is presented annually to a leading practitioner in health and human rights, be it an individual or organization.

The Award is a substantial financial award to allow its recipients a measure of freedom to pursue their work in the important area of global health and human rights.

A blue ribbon committee of individuals who have championed international health and human rights will select the Award recipient. The 2000 and 2001 committees included Dr. Peter Piot, of UNAIDS, Dr. Helene Gayle of CDC, Dr. Barry Bloom of Harvard University, Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Health, Senator Patrick Leahy, Naomi Mann, and representatives from the three partnering organizations supporting the Award.

The award will be presented on June 3, 2004 in Washington, D.C., at a special Awards Ceremony during the Global Health Council's Annual International Conference - Youth and Health: Generation on the Edge.

The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2004 Award will be February 3, 2004.


Global AIDS Program

The mission of the Global Health Council's Global AIDS Program is to share information and influence policy on global AIDS activities and issues. The program supports the critical role of non-governmental organizations in responding to the AIDS epidemic.
In collaboration with domestic AIDS organizations and other non-traditional participants in international efforts, the program focuses on regional and international AIDS networks based outside the U.S.A., while emphasizing the important leadership role of the U.S.A. in global AIDS efforts.
Program activities include:

the publication of AIDSLink®, a bimonthly newsletter reporting on global AIDS activities and issues related to the work of NGOs

information collection and exchange

educational advocacy and networking mechanisms

In addition, the program co-sponsors World AIDS Day activities in Washington, D.C., is a key participant in the International Conference on HIV/AIDS, holds Congressional briefings, carries out an AIDS advocacy program and publishes the Global AIDS Directory 2000-2003 and the Guide to Funders of International HIV/AIDS Programs and Activities.
For more information, please contact:
Global Health Council HIV/AIDS Program
1701 K Street, NW - Suite 600
Washington DC 20006-1503
Tel: (202) 833-5900
Website: http://www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=53


Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm

Much of the time, we know what to do, we just cannot do enough of it. The overarching theme for the 2004 Conference will be Minimizing the harm: maximizing the impact. This theme will run through every Conference activity - how can we use our evidence base and our alliances to change the world?

As well as the normal wide range of topics, speakers and styles of presentation or discussion, the 2004 Conference will also concentrate on a number of major themes which include:

  • Policing and harm minimisation
  • The economics of drugs
  • Local government, drug policy and harm reduction
  • International treaties
  • Indigenous populations, drugs and harm reduction
  • Pharmacotherapies
  • Needle and syringe exchange and harm reduction
  • Public law and harm reduction
  • Alcohol and harm reduction
  • The media and harm reduction

For More Information visit: http://www.ihra.net

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October, 2003

INTERNATIONAL HARM REDUCTION DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

In partnership with Open Society/Soros Foundations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, IHRD administers a grant program to support the efforts of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governmental agencies that provide harm reduction services to drug users and work to oppose policies that rely too heavily on police and prisons to the detriment of health and human rights concerns. Currently, there are over 180 projects that are being jointly funded by the national foundations and IHRD.
IHRD supports harm reduction efforts in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in several ways, including direct grants and in-kind support. Among the types of financial assistance extended in the past are the following:

Grant Process

Please note that IHRD may only grant to organizations (either governmental or non-governmental), and therefore proposals from individual persons cannot be accepted.
Organizations interested in applying for funds to conduct harm reduction or drug policy-related advocacy programs in Eastern Europe or Central Asia should first send a brief concept paper outlining the proposed activity to IHRD to any of the contacts listed below. If the project concept meets IHRD priorities and funding is available, the applicant may be invited to write a full proposal. Some examples of activities supported by past IHRD public policy and advocacy grants include (but are not limited to):
Advocacy training and skills building; organizations of drug users or people living with HIV; harm reduction conference participation; public outreach and media work on harm reduction issues; harm reduction networks; projects designed to reduce stigma against drug users and/or people living with HIV; legal advocacy and assistance.
Currently IHRD is not accepting unsolicited proposals for service delivery projects (such as needle exchange or methadone). If additional funds allowing for the expansion of service delivery programs become available in future, a grant competition will be announced through the relevant Soros national foundation(s), which will include detailed instructions on the application process.
There is no guarantee or expectation for multi-year project funding. All applicants will be notified of their grant award status within no more than three months of submitting their proposal.

For more information, please contact:
International Harm Reduction Development
Open Society Institute
400 W. 59th Street,
New York, NY 10019,
tel: 212-548-0677
fax: 212-548-4617
e-mail: ihrd@sorosny.org


COMPENDIUM OF POTENTIAL DONORS FOR HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS/PUBLIC HEALTH CARE POLICY PROGRAMS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

This document provides basic contact and background information for organizations that have a history of funding health-related programs and projects in this region—or are considering expanding their focus or geographic reach. Organizations on the list include private and corporate foundations, country government institutions, and the European Union and World Health Organization. For those seeking funding, the compendium allows you to find potential donor websites, contact persons, and telephone/fax numbers to allow you to obtain current funding statistics and ask questions regarding your particular country/region/program.
Find out more: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/ihrd  
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/articles_publications/publications/compendium/donor_compendium.pdf   


SMALL RESEARCH GRANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT NIAID INTERNATIONAL SITES (IRID-NIAID)

EXPIRATION DATE: December 2005, unless reissued.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
(http://www.niaid.nih.gov)

PURPOSE OF THIS PA

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) encourages the submission of R03 applications from institutions in eligible foreign countries to conduct preliminary or pilot studies or to explore the feasibility of, and initiate the planning of, collaborative infectious diseases research among investigators and institutions at international sites where NIAID has significant investment in research and/or infrastructure (see below for list of NIAID programs).  These grants will serve to build independent research capacity by providing direct funding to investigators who do not currently have NIAID funded grant awards for research projects. The intent of these activities is to advance the development of local scientific expertise and to increase collaborative research partnerships at NIAID international sites.  Data and collaborations supported by this R03 program should lead to submission of applications for independent research
funding (R01s/U01s).  Collaborative projects involving investigators and institutions from international sites and the U.S. are particularly encouraged.  

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

NIAID has a long-standing interest in and commitment to global health and international research.  Topics of interest for this program are limited to research on infectious diseases, including emerging infections that are of the greatest public health significance within the overseas country (e.g. tuberculosis; malaria; HIV/AIDS; sexually transmitted diseases; diarrheal, respiratory, and enteric diseases; viral hemorrhagic fevers; viral
encephalitides; parasitic diseases; and vector-borne diseases).  Development of immunological, microbiological, biostatistical, epidemiological, and clinical research capacity is encouraged.  Funds may be used to support pilot or feasibility studies, development of preliminary data, travel and meetings to establish collaborations, and activities associated with writing a research grant proposal.  Clinical trials will not be supported under this program.

NIAID's supports a number of international research programs on infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS [click on any title to link to more information]: International Centers of Excellence in Research (ICERs), International Centers for Tropical Disease Research (ICTDRs),  Tuberculosis Research Program, Comprehensive International Program of Research on AIDS (CIPRA), HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), HIV Prevention Trials Network,  The Gambia Pneumococcal Vaccine Trial, and The NIAID Global Health Research Plan for HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis. The IRID-NIAID program is
intended to extend these programs by expanding the breadth of research supported at international sites and by providing support for young or new researchers.  Unlike the current programs, the IRID-NIAID program supports R03 grants for research, including pilot/exploratory/feasibility research. CIPRA R03 grants support the planning stages of large integrated research projects on AIDS, but do not support pilot or exploratory research projects. Applications that extend research programs at overseas institutions funded by NIAID has significant investments either through extramural research grants,
cooperative agreements or contracts or through the Division of Intramural Research are particularly encouraged.

MECHANISM(S) OF SUPPORT

This PA will use NIH Small (Pilot) Research Project Grant, (R03) award. The total requested project period for an application submitted in response to this PA may not exceed three years. As an applicant you will be solely responsible for planning, directing, and executing the proposed project. NIAID uses R03 grants to support small, highly innovative or pilot projects. Applicants for R03 grants may request up to $50,000 annual direct costs for a period not to exceed three (3) years. Foreign Institutions may request up to 8% indirect costs.  Funds and time requested should be appropriate for the research proposed. Applicants may request travel funds, but may not request large equipment. R03 awards are not renewable.

ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS

Applications may be submitted by public or private research or clinical care institutions or organizations located in resource-constrained countries (i.e. countries with per capita gross national product less than US $5,000). Potential applicants can determine eligibility by country using the following table that summarizes economic information and HIV data by country: http://www.worldbank.org/aids-econ/confront/appendix/apdxtbl2a.htm
(The HIV epidemic data is not relevant to this program.) Multiple applications are anticipated addressing potential collaborative research activities at a single international site or region. 

SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION

Applications must be prepared using the PHS 398 research grant application
instructions and forms (rev. 5/2001). The PHS 398 is available at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html in an interactive
format. For further assistance contact GrantsInfo, Telephone (301) 435-0714,
Email: GrantsInfo@nih.gov.  Additional instructions for submitting an R03
application, including page limitations, can be found at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02-038.html

For the NIH Small Grant (R03):

Research Plan
Items a - d of the Research Plan (Specific Aims, Background and
Significance, Preliminary Studies, and Research Design and Methods) may
not exceed a total of 10 pages.  Please note that a Progress Report is
not needed; competing continuation applications will be not accepted
for an R03.

Appendix
Appendix material may only include color and/or glossy pictures with
Descriptions.  NO PUBLICATIONS.

APPLICATION RECEIPT DATES: Applications submitted in response to this program
announcement will be accepted at the standard application deadlines, which
are available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/dates.htm. Application
deadlines are also indicated in the PHS 398 application kit.

SENDING AN APPLICATION TO THE NIH: Submit a signed, typewritten original of
the application, including the checklist, and five signed photocopies in one
package to:

Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 1040, MSC 7710
Bethesda, MD  20892-7710
Bethesda, MD  20817 (for express/courier service)

APPLICATION PROCESSING: Applications must be received by or mailed before the
receipt dates described at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm. The CSR will not
accept any application in response to this PA that is essentially the same as one currently pending initial review unless the applicant withdraws the pending application. The CSR will not accept any application that is essentially the same as one already reviewed. This does not preclude the submission of a substantial revision of an application already reviewed, but such application must include an Introduction addressing the previous critique.


INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (ICEID) 2004

Feb 29 - Mar 3, 2004

Location: Atlanta, GA, USA

Event Details: The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases was first convened in 1998; ICEID 2004 marks its fourth occurrence. The conference brings together public health professionals to encourage the exchange of scientific and public health information on global emerging infectious disease issues. The program will include plenary and panel sessions with invited speakers as well as oral and poster presentations on emerging infections. Major topics include current work on surveillance, epidemiology, research, communication and training, bioterrorism, and preventions and control of emerging infectious diseases, both in the United States and abroad.

The programme will include plenary and panel sessions with invited speakers as well as oral and poster presentations on emerging infections.

Major subjects covered will include: Antimicrobial Resistance, Bioterrorism and Preparedness, Foodborne and Waterborne Illnesses, Global Health, Molecular Diagnostics and Epidemiology, Nosocomial Infections, Socio-economic and Political Factors, Vectorborne Diseases, Zoonotic Diseases.

The conference is sponsored by the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Abstract submission deadline: November 14, 2003.

Registration Details:
Fees:
Pre-registration: US$350
On-site registration: US$400
Click here for registration information: http://www.iceid.org/regist.asp

Contact Information:
American Society for Microbiology
E-mail: iceid@asmusa.org
Website: http://www.iceid.org


INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES 2005

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

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Helsinki, Finland
25–27 January 2005

The Conference aims at bringing together evidence-based scientific information, as well as evaluated and validated good practices from different sectors and, disciplines of occupational health services.  
Topics of discussion 

Themes of the Conference 

Further information: 
OHS2005 Secretariat 
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health 
Ms. Taina Pääkkönen 
Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A 
FIN-00250 Helsinki, Finland 
Tel: +358 9 4747 2910 
Fax: +358 9 2413 804 
E-mail: taina.paakkonen@ttl.fi 
Website: http://www.ttl.fi/internet/english


SOROS ADVOCACY FELLOWSHIP FOR PHYSICIANS

To inspire the profession to greater participation in civil society, service to the community, and active engagement on behalf of the public interest, the program on Medicine as a Profession (MAP) of the Open Society Institute (OSI) has established the Soros Advocacy Fellowship for Physicians.
Given the limited record of civic engagement on the part of the profession, MAP seeks to promote physician advocacy driven by a broader vision of societal welfare as a core professional activity in the twenty-first century.
Funding Criteria
The Soros Advocacy Fellowship for Physicians is designed to enable physicians to develop or strengthen advocacy skills through collaboration with U.S.-based advocacy organizations during a 12-24 month fellowship period. The Fellowship will also enable medical professionals to develop and implement new approaches that further the missions of the advocacy organizations.
Through this fellowship, participating physicians will design and implement projects that address health and service delivery, or other social issues such as racism, violence, environmental hazards, and education. Although many physicians have meaningful contributions to make in all these areas, they have not been fully alert to the opportunities. Projects must be focused within the United States and should identify system or policy level changes as the outcomes of the fellowship work. Project design should not be limited to the collection or analysis of data or delivery of direct services, but should promote solutions to specific problems. Although the program welcomes projects that provide opportunities for role modeling, it does not encourage proposals that are solely devoted to training or curriculum development.
For the purposes of the fellowship, advocacy may be defined in a variety of ways. Advocacy work can be done through communication with policy makers to represent the needs of a constituency that is underserved. Fellows might work to ensure maximum benefits for health care consumers. Fellows might organize a community to foster sustainable leadership around a set of social issues.
To ensure that the program develops a conceptually vibrant and mutually supportive cohort of colleagues, MAP hosts two conferences per year for fellows. Conferences will provide fellows with the opportunity to network with other fellows, outside experts, MAP staff, and advisory board members. The fellowship award is contingent on the applicant’s commitment to participation in the conferences. Alumni are also invited to participate. For a complete list of advocacy fellows and their projects, please click here.

Fellowship Awards
The program selects up to 10 fellows a year for fellowship periods of 12-24 months, with a minimum 50% time commitment. Awards range from $40,000 to $80,000 in salary support, plus fringe, depending on the fellows' time commitment, prior experience and base salary. The program will also provide up to $2,000 in funds for the fellow’s travel to MAP sponsored meetings.
Sponsoring advocacy organizations will be requested to cover overhead costs necessary to house the Fellow. They may request up to $5000 from MAP to cover the organization's added costs associated with implementing the Fellow's project.

Application Procedure
Applicants must apply for the fellowship with the commitment of an advocacy organization that is prepared to house, mentor, and support them throughout the fellowship period. A list of advocacy organizations that have expressed interest participating in the fellowship is available at our website www.soros.org/medicine/advocacy_orgs.htm. The program strongly encourages applicants to partner with an organization either within their immediate vicinity or in a location to which they could relocate (at their own expense) for a significant portion of the fellowship period. Applicants, with guidance of the sponsoring organization, should design and propose a project to further the applicant's and the organization's goals. Projects need not be explicitly health related, but should capitalize on the physician's specialized knowledge and confront social issues of major import.
Advocacy organizations that wish to host a fellow are encouraged to work with applicants in developing proposals for projects that advance the goals of the organization through system or policy level change. Fellows are also encouraged to select an advisory committee from the community and their advocacy organization to promote the success of their project and their development as an advocate.

Cycle VIII
Proposals Due:           January 21, 2004
Finalists Interviewed:  March OR April 2004
Fellowships Announced:         May 2004
Funding to Begin:        July 2004
OSI is planning a Cycle IX in 2005. Please continue to visit this site for information on Cycle IX and future opportunities to apply for the Soros Advocacy Fellowship.
MAP will only accept complete applications postmarked by the due date. During the application process, questions may be sent to Claudia Calhoon, MPH at: ccalhoon@sorosny.org

Proposals should be sent to:
Claudia Calhoon, MPH
Program Manager
Medicine as a Profession
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Applications will be screened and reviewed by the MAP Advisory Board. Site visits will be conducted as needed. Finalists will be interviewed.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria
MAP encourages applications from physicians at all stages of their careers. Fellows will be chosen based on their achievements, a demonstrated commitment to public interest work, the strength of their proposed project, and the commitment of the participating organization. Projects will be judged on the capacity both of the individual and the organization to successfully implement the project and how well the project uses advocacy strategies to address the needs of the target population.
http://www.soros.org/medicine/advocacy_guidlines.htm


World Vision Armenia CALL FOR PROPOSALS

World Vision Armenia (Principal Recipient) announces Grants Project Competition aiming to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS among different groups as Injecting Drug Users, FSWs, MSM, prisoners, migrants, refugees, etc and to provide better care for people living with HIV/AIDS in Armenia. It is implemented in the scope of Support to the National Programme on HIV/AIDS Prevention programme funded by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) in Armenia.

Governmental institutions, local and international NGOs, international agencies and other organizations officially registered in the RoA are eligible to apply. Applicants may apply independently or as part of a consortium.

The Project Proposals to be submitted in the scope of the mentioned grant should cover the following strategy areas:

Strategy A. Prevention

Peer education among youth
Harm Reduction projects among prisoners
Peer education program in military
Peer education among migrants and refugees
Introduction and realization of HIV/AIDS Educational Program in secondary schools
Information and Communication program for general population, including youth through mass media, Faith Base Organizations (FBO), social events, etc
Harm Reduction Programs among Injecting Drug Users
HIV/AIDS Preventive Programs among Men having Sex with Men
HIV/AIDS Preventive Programs among Female Sex Workers

Strategy B.

Care and Support Program for People Living With HIV/AIDS.

The projects must be implemented in Yerevan and/or in the Marzes of the Republic of Armenia over two year period.

The Application Form and the Guidelines for Applicants are available at the World Vision Armenia Office at 1Romanos Melikyan, 375065 Yerevan; Phone: (+3741) 54 43 46; 54 43 47 or on:  www.wvarmenia.am

The proposals should be submitted to the World Vision PR IU between 10:00 -
17:00, November 24, 2003. No proposals will be accepted earlier or later
than the mentioned deadline.

Any questions on the Application Form may be sent by e-mail to:
sona_tumanyan@wvi.org. Questions will be responded during the Workshop for Applicants to be hold between 11:00- 15:00, October 31 at 21 Israelyan, Araratyan Patriarchal Diocese, Yerevan (next to Saint Sargis church). The applicants, who will not manage to attend the seminar, may find the most frequently asked questions with their answers on the aforementioned Internet site.


10th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF TOXICOLOGY

11-15 July, 2004
Tampere, Finland

Organizers: The Finnish Society of Toxicology, in collaboration with the International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX.)
The Organising Committee and its International Scientific Programme Committee have prepared the programme of the Congress jointly with the global scientific toxicology community. Every effort has been made to make sure that the programme covers important and timely topics in toxicology. The plenary lectures and scientific symposia will deal with many crucial issues, such as mechanisms of pesticide toxicity, food safety, carcinogenicity and dioxins, neuro- and immunotoxicology, regulation of gene expression, occupational toxicology, reproduction, low dose risk assessment, apoptosis, bioterrorism, clinical toxicology, precautionary principles, and ethics in toxicology. The wide scope of the congress provides the participants with possibilities to meet and exchange views with colleagues from all over the world. This is an event where the global toxicology community meets, and names only familiar from reference lists become those of friends and colleagues.
Abstract submission by February 15, 2004 (must be accompanied by registration payment)
Early registration with payment by February 15, 2004
Registration with payment by May 31, 2004

Fore more information contact: ICT X Congress Secretariat
Congreszon
Itдlahdenkatu 22 A
FIN-00210 Helsinki, Finland
Tel. +358 (0)9 58409 350
Fax. +358 (0)9 58409 555
E-mail ictx2004@congreszon.fi
Website: http://www.ictx.org/#www.ictx.org


The 20th World Rehabilitation Congress: Rethinking Rehabilitation
21 - 24 June, 2004
Oslo, Norway

Congress theme: The theme of the Congress is Rethinking Rehabilitation
No matter where we live, whether it is in an industrial or developing country, we have one thing in common: the need to continually rethink our theories and methods within rehabilitation.
Objectives for the World Congress:
- Planning and implementing high professional, administrative and technical standards
- Full accessibility to all facilities and activities at the Congress for all participants.
- Increasing public awareness on rehabilitation and of Rehabilitation International
- Large number of participants (minimum 2000)
Rethinking rehabilitation will be discussed along three perspectives:

These themes will be integrated into the variety of topics addressed in the plenary and parallel sessions.

The first day of the conference is dedicated to plenary sessions. We want to give the participants a common, and hopefully a somewhat original, frame of reference, meant to inspire the discussions at the rest of the conference. The second and third day will consist of plenary sessions (before lunch) and parallel sessions after lunch. On the third day visits to different institutions will be included in the parallel sessions. The Congress will close the fourth day with a plenary session focusing on conclusions of the conference and a programme for action.

The deadline for submitting abstracts for papers and posters is November 10th 2003.

For more information, please contact: Project Manager Ms. Grete Hjermstad, Rehabilitation International Norway, P. O Box 9222 Groenland, N-0134 Oslo, Norway
Tel: (47) 24 10 24 10 or (47) 90 91 25 96
E-mail: grete.hjermstad@ri-norway.no
Web: www.ri-norway.no

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November-December, 2003

Public Awareness Grant Competition 2004

Mental Disability Advocacy Program (MDAP) & Network Media Program (NMP) of the Open Society Institute
With the Participating National Soros Foundations

Call for Proposals:

The Rights of People with Mental Health Problems ARE Human Rights!
in the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Kosova, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Ukraine.

The goal of this grant competition is to promote the human rights and social inclusion of
people with mental health problems1. This Call for Proposals is intentionally broad in
order to enable NGOs to focus on the issues that are most relevant to their countries.
However, applicants are expected to focus on a specific issue such as access to
employment, changing discriminatory legislation and the promotion of policies for the
introduction of community based alternatives.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED IF:

The term “mental health problems” describes a broad range of mental and emotional conditions. Mental health problems are different from other mental impairments such as intellectual disability, developmental disability, organic brain damage, and learning disability. The term ‘mental health problems’ is used when an individual’s mental condition significantly interferes with the performance of major life activities, such as thinking, communicating, learning and sleeping, among others. Someone can experience mental health problems over many years. Preference will be given to campaigns that clearly indicate the participation of people with mental health problems in the campaign activities.

APPLICATION GUIDELINES:
All applications must be written in English or in Russian. Each coalition MUST submit
one complete set of the following documentation.

Please note that if any of the following are missing, the application will not be considered:

BUDGET GUIDELINES:

 B. Other Budgetary Information:

C. Grant Reports:
Each coalition receiving a grant will be required to submit a final narrative and financial report by January 1, 2005. Reports must include a description of the results achieved. An impact assessment (maximum one page) describing how the campaign has affected public opinion must also be included. Post campaign impact
assessments can be done using questionnaires, surveys, or taped in-person interviews in which people discuss their reactions to the campaign.
Failure to submit reports will make all coalition members ineligible to receive MDAP/NMP grants in the future.

NOTE ON COPYRIGHTS:
Each coalition is expected to comply with international laws governing copyright protection. OSI reserves the right to display materials produced in the campaign on its web-site and in educational forums.

For further information please contact
Mental Disability Advocacy Program
Open Society Institute
1051 Budapest, Oktober 6. u. 12., Hungary
Tel.: +36 1 327 3100, Fax: +36 1 327 3101
E-mail: mdap@osi.hu

The deadline for applications is February 20, 2004. Applications received after the application deadline will NOT be considered.

WHERE TO SEND APPLICATIONS:
Proposals from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kosova,
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro, and Ukraine should
be submitted in English or Russian to the relevant National Soros Foundation listed below.

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Armenia
1 Pushkin st. apt. 2, Yerevan 375010, Armenia
Tel: (374 1) 541 719, 542 119, 543 901
Fax: (374 1) 542 119, 543 901, 541 719
Coordinator: Anaida Papikyan, panaida@osi.am
Website: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus_areas/mdap


Petersberg Prize

Deadline: February 1 2004
The prize aims to recognise exemplary contributions in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) for development. It will be awarded during the Development Gateway Forum, which will take place in 2004.

The winner will receive an award of Ђ100,000 and will be encouraged to use at least Ђ50,000 in further promoting the activity identified in the nomination, or in mentoring prospective leaders in the ICT for development field, or in helping to disseminate the lessons learned in implementing the activity in question. The winner is also expected to participate in the 2005 Development Gateway Forum to report on how the resources were used.

The Prize is focused on impact on social and economic development. It will be awarded for a significant and successful contribution in the use of ICT for development – one that will have benefited a large number of people. The degree of the success, the magnitude of the benefits, and the importance of the contribution to a development priority, such as poverty reduction, will all be taken into account when reviewing the nominations.

Please nominate the individual or organization that you believe has had a major impact using ICT for development. In addition to awarding the Ђ100,000 Prize, the Development Gateway will share nominees' stories on its global portal of development information and resources, in order to advance the understanding of their contribution and of ICT's potential impact.

Contact:
The Development Gateway Foundation
815 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Suite 620
Washington, DC 20006, USA
Fax: 1.202.522.7479
prize@dgfoundation.org
http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/790768/?


Nansen Refugee Award
Deadline: January 31 - annually
This award is named for Fridtjof Nansen who is remembered for his pioneering work on behalf of refugees. The annual award is presented for outstanding service to the cause of refugees.

Candidates should be an individual or group whose dedication to, support for and personal interest in refugees has been demonstrated by an innovative approach to refugee protection or assistance. Of equal merit would be a courageous deed involving personal self-sacrifice that made an exceptional contribution to advancing interest in, or support for the cause of refugees, or improving the situation of refugees.

Nominations should include a brief description of the nominee's achievements and professional background, three references who are familiar with the nominee's work that are not related to the nominee.

Click here for the nomination form [PDF]

Nominations should be sent to:
Secretary to the Nansen Refugee Award Committee
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
P.O. Box 2500
1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
Fax: (41 22) 739 73 95
nansen@unhcr.ch
http://www.unhcr.ch/nansen/Nansen_Award.html


International Philanthropy Fellows Program

Deadline: February 25 2004

This programme based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, affords an opportunity for advanced study, research, and training for up to 8 participants each year who are involved in studying or managing private nonprofit, or philanthropic organisations outside of the United States, or working as NGO liaisons in the public or commercial sectors.

Fellowships, which can be an academic year or semester, are available at both the Junior and Senior level. Special funding is available for Fellows from East Africa and for Fellows conducting research on Community Foundations.

Eligibility:
The programme is soliciting candidates who:

Candidates are expected to have attained a university diploma equivalent to the American Bachelors of Arts or Science degree and be capable of carrying out independent research and inquiry. A high degree of English fluency is required as demonstrated by a score of 600 or higher on the TOEFL exam.

There are no restrictions as to nationality (except that US citizens are excluded from eligibility). Fellows are required to attend the annual International Fellows in Philanthropy Conference prior to their fellowship year and are strongly encouraged to participate in subsequent annual conferences.

Contact:
Carol Wessner
Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies
Center for Civil Society Studies
Wyman Building, Fifth Floor
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
cwessner@jhu.edu

http://www.jhu.edu/~philfellow/



8TH CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL EDUCATOR TRAINING INSTITUTE
PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AND SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL CARE WORK

Alicante, March 5-7, 2004 
The question of violence portrayed by the media, the newspapers, has gradually intruded on our daily life. Violence is often presented as stemming from the nature of the individuals who engage in it, sometimes, though much less frequently, as a reaction to violence endured because of the way our society functions. Very often violence is reduced to its most spectacular aspects and a mere description of violent actions to the detriment of any genuine attempt to analyse its causes. The discourse on violence is also a social construction in which we all share.
Our intention during this congress is to reflect on the view taken of violence, to exchange ideas on hypotheses posed to understand this violence, the way it appears as well as the way it is referred to, in order to think of alternative methods of countering this violence, which are fundamentally different from perspectives, which are solely repressive.
Three aspects will be explored in depth through plenary sessions aimed at theoretical exchanges and workshops which will take account of actual experiences.

The prevention of violence through critical analysis and training seems to us a major stake for socio-educational work at the dawning of the 21st century.
For more information visit the congress website at: http://www.petersabroe.dk/feset/uk/congress/index.htm

UN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
DIVISION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
12TH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
New York, April 14-30, 2004
Preparations for the 12th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-12)
JoAnne DiSano, Director of the CSD Secretariat and the UN Division for Sustainable Development, has prepared a message to clarify preparations being undertaken by the Secretariat for CSD-12. Click here for the full text.

The twelfth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-12) will be in held in New York from 14-30 April 2004.  The first three days (14-16 April) will serve as a preparatory meeting for the ten-year review of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS).  The following two weeks (19-30 April) will serve as the CSD-12 Review Session. 

The third meeting of the CSD-12 Bureau was held in New York on 18 November 2003. The Bureau discussed activities since its last meeting, updates on Regional Meetings, preparations for the SIDS 10-year review of the BPoA, preparations for parallel activities at CSD-12, the current status of documentation and Major Groups involvement in the CSD process. The Bureau meeting  was followed by a briefing with representatives of the Major Groups. 
For the note of the Bureau meeting, click here.
For details of previous CSD-12 Bureau meetings, click here.
   Documentation from the Secretariat
In preparation for the CSD-12 Review Session, a number of Secretary-General reports on implementation are being produced.  Advance, unedited versions of these in English only will be made accessible on this website sometime in February 2004.  The official reports will be made available in all six UN languages at least six weeks before the CSD-12 Review Session.   
CSD-12 Review Session
As agreed at CSD-11, the Commission now functions on the basis of two-year "Implementation Cycles", including Review and Policy Years. The Review Year will evaluate progress made in implementing sustainable  development goals and identifying obstacles and constraints, while the Policy Year will decide on measures to speed up implementation and mobilize action to overcome these obstacles and constraints.

For the CSD-12 Review Session (19-30 April 2004), the beginning of the first two-year cycle, the Commission will focus on the thematic clusters of water, sanitation and human settlements.  As with every cycle in the new programme of work, CSD-12 will tackle this agenda using a number of cross-cutting issues, namely:

For the full programme of work for the CSD until 2017, click here.  

Small Island Developing States
In addition to the CSD-12 Review  Session described above, a three-day preparatory meeting will be convened in New York from 14-16 April 2004 as part of CSD-12 for the upcoming international meeting that will review the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Development States.  For more information, visit the SIDSnet website.

Regional Implementation Meetings
A series of regional implementation meetings organized by the respective UN Regional Commissions will be held between October 2003 and January 2004, which will contribute to providing regional inputs and perspectives to CSD-12 addressing one or all of its thematic areas. Click here for details.

CSD-12 activities
In addition to the formal sessions, a number of parallel events  will be organized for the CSD-12 Review Session, building on experience from the experimental Partnerships Fair and Learning Centre at CSD-11.

For more information visit: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd12/csd12.htm  


Sustainable Resources 2004
An International Forum Connecting People with Hands-on Solutions to World Poverty
September 27 - October 5
Boulder, Colorado
Why Sustainable Resources 2004?
With a current population of 6 billion, the world is becoming a place in which human populations are more crowded, more consuming, more polluting, more connected, and in many ways less diverse than at any time in history. In the next two decades, almost 2 billion additional people are expected to populate the Earth, a number roughly equivalent to the world’s total population in 1940. It is estimated that 95% of that growth will take place in developing or under-developed countries. Such growth will create demands on an unprecedented scale for energy, food, land, water, transportation, materials, waste disposal, earth moving, health care, environmental cleanup, infrastructure, jobs, new skills, new opportunities, and security. Today, 20% of the world’s population lack clean water, 40% lack adequate sanitation, 20% lack adequate housing, 50% lack adequate energy resources, and 30% live in conflict zones, in transition, or in situations of permanent instability.
The scale of the global problems that planet Earth is facing today and is likely to face in the future requires a more global way of thinking and a long-term approach. Quoting Albert Einstein, "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when they were created". As important as international aid programs are, many community problems in the developing world cannot be solved by short-term international aid programs. Decisions need to be made at various levels (global, regional, local, and individual) and over different time scales. They also need to be made in a non-competing environment that is more multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary than ever before and with a mindset that embraces the principles of sustainability, renewable resources, appropriate technology, and system thinking. Finally, the decisions need to be made by a wide range of partnering organizations, all sharing the common goal of improving the quality of life and ensuring productive work for ALL people on Earth through implementation of environmentally and economically sustainable projects that preserve and protect natural and cultural diversity.
What to Expect?
Sustainable Resources 2004 will provide a new platform of exchange where poverty issues faced by the developing world can be addressed globally and solved locally. The overall technical program of the conference is designed around the Millennium Development Goals selected by the United Nations on September 18, 2000.
Sustainable Resources 2004 will provide unique opportunities for non-profits, NGOs, donors, funding agencies, humanitarian organizations, educators, engineers, business people, volunteers, students, and representatives of developing communities to meet, learn from each other, network, discuss new approaches for outreach, and create new partnerships. Such organizations have not traditionally interacted in the past.
Sustainable Resources 2004 will provide a “meeting of the mind” and a platform for multidisciplinary exchange. It will also help develop recommendations toward a cooperative action plan in the areas of concern to the developing world.
Sustainable Resources 2004 will consist of a combination of keynote lectures, technical and non-technical presentations, case studies, cooperative problem solving, workshops on the major issues facing developing communities: water, sanitation, infrastructure, energy, shelter, health and hygiene, economic development, security, strategy, whole systems design, food and nutrition, social and cultural concerns, communications, and environment.
Workshops will focus on generating cooperative partnerships that can more effectively accomplish each organization's goals. Exhibition space will be available for participants to showcase their projects, services, or products. One of the goals of the forum is to establish a collaborative marketplace where participants can match their skills and needs to work more effectively for sustainable development. A summary report will be prepared.
Co-organized by
The University of Colorado at Boulder; The Sustainable Village; The Marpa Center for Business and Economics at Naropa University; Engineers Without Borders - USA & Engineers Without Borders - International
For more information visit: http://www.sustainableresources.org/sr2003/index.html

CIVICUS World Assembly
Acting together for a just world
21-25 March, 2004    
Gaborone, Botswana
The World Assembly is a forum for civil society to exchange information about their achievements and challenges. Hundreds of diverse participants, including non-governmental organisations, community-based groups, research think-tanks and academia will meet to focus on building civil society's commitment to addressing the many political, socio-economic and cultural injustices affecting the world in which we live.
The world has changed drastically since the 2001 World Assembly in Vancouver, Canada.

In Africa, civil society organisations remain vigorously occupied in a range of governance and development issues. The formation of the restructured African Union, the launch of the New Partnership for Africa's Growth and Development NEPAD), ongoing conflicts in some countries, and the rampant spread of HIV/AIDS are just some of the areas which require an analytical and active involvement on the part of civil society groups.
Through workshops, plenary sessions and learning exchanges, participants will look at ways to strengthen the governance and legitimacy of civil society organisations, and defend the rights of civic association. Click here to see the PROGRAMME.
Through four main themes and five cross-cutting themes, the 2004 World Assembly will address and debate civil society's roles in shaping more effective governance, development and economic initiatives.
Four Main Themes:
Civic Justice:
fuelling civic energy
Economic Justice:
livelihood insecurity: innovative solutions seeking to open doors
Political Justice:
democratising power: civic engagement in decision-making
Social Justice:
keeping the peace or fanning the flames
Cross-cutting themes:
HIV/AIDS
Gender Equity and Equality
Youth Empowerment
Capacity-Building
Socially Marginalised groups
The World Assembly is part of the CIVICUS mission to enhance citizen participation through civic existence, civic expression and civic engagement.

For more information about the World Assembly, go to www.civicus.org or email David Kalete, Programmes Director at worldassembly@civicus.org.
Civic Justice?
Civic energy is a vital force for change towards a just world. At its most basic level it has to do with people exercising and defending their rights to associate and organise. Many factors influence the growth and impact of civic energy on movement towards a just society.
At this historic moment, civic energy is both under threat as a result of the erosion in civil liberties, and vitally needed to ensure the common good in the face of new space created by political and economic reforms.
The key questions this sub-theme seeks to address are:


Economic Justice?
Globalisation is changing the world of work. More and more, permanent employees (especially women) are losing their employment and becoming informal, casual, temporary, seasonal, or home-based workers with no work or social security.
This is exacerbating their inability to secure and sustain an acceptable standard of living.

New forms of organising and solutions are emerging - many from the grassroots -- to address these insecurities. For the most part however, these solutions, their advocates and organisations, some of which are trans-national networks, are facing closed doors in institutionalised decision making processes.

This sub-theme is concerned with highlighting innovative livelihood security solutions that take into account the circumstances of the least privileged in our societies, especially poor women and their children.

The key questions this sub-theme seeks to address are:

 

Political Justice?

Our understanding of power has become more complex and controversial. However, there are some common points, one of which is the realisation that power exists inside and outside the formal authority and institutions of government at all levels -international, regional, national and local.

CSOs have developed an array of complex strategies for engaging powerful organisations, including negotiation, consultation and protest. Yet, critical questions and challenges remain, particularly the disconnect between action at different levels, and the insufficient recognition and support for voices of poor women, youth and other marginalised groups in decision making processes.

This sub-theme aims to promote an international debate on the norms or 'desired standards of practice` of civic engagement with power holders and to synthesise
the lessons learned from promoting inclusive decision-making processes.

The key questions this sub-theme seeks to address are:

 Social Justice?

Every individual has the inalienable right to life, liberty and the security of person. But yet there is so much insecurity -- within families and communities, between powerful interests both state, corporate, military and civil society itself, between nation states and global super powers. All forms of conflict and insecurity have a disproportionate impact in further disadvantaging poor, vulnerable and marginalized communities. The victims are often innocent civilians; women and children often bear the brunt of the damage constituting the majority of refugees across the globe.

During these times of heightened conflict and tension, civil society can play a key role in developing new and innovative approaches to conflict resolution, peace-making and post-conflict reconstruction. Elements of civil society can also fan the flames of conflict and violence. This sub-theme seeks to highlight the positive actions of civil society in conflict prevention, resolution and reconciliation. It will provide a platform for sharing key local, national and international experiences in a critical and comparative vein.

The key questions that this sub-theme seeks to address are:

 

Cross-cutting Themes:

The 2004 World Assembly is the first to take place in Africa. Although this is a global convening event, the regional and local context will play an important role in shaping the debates and adding exciting new comparative experiences of this World Assembly. The crosscutting themes identified below reflect particularly the context of civil society in Africa, but also resonate with the concerns of civil society around the world.

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS is the most serious threat to human development in a growing number of African countries and the leading cause of death in Sub-Saharan Africa. It cuts across all sectors of public and private life, impacts on the economy, social fabric, civic and political capacity. In many countries around the world there is a wall of silence, not only on transmission of the disease itself but in addressing the almost unbearable and unthinkable consequences of the epidemic as it decimates human capacity.

The WA will seek to share experiences, and highlight courageous and innovative strategies to break this silence and search for practical solutions.

Gender equity and equality

Working to achieve concrete gender equitable outcomes and promote and strengthen gender equality continues to challenge civil society across the globe. The challenge is complicated by the range of diverse issues from girl children's access to basic education, communities tackling gender-based violence to economic disparity, corporate glass ceilings, and the absence of women in political and civic leadership.

The World Assembly seeks innovative thinking, strategies, actions and results pursued by civil society in its work towards gender equality in all areas of work.

Young People

Young people must engage in the mainstream of citizen action. At previous World Assemblies, young people and youth development and advocacy organisations played an active role in shaping issues from their perspectives and raised the profile of young people as civil society actors.

At the 2004 World Assembly, Civicus wants to encourage extensive youth participation and leadership in civil society strategy and alliance building for the future.

Capacity building

The WA seeks to strengthen Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and thus is placing emphasis on the consolidation of lessons learned from experiences and on the building of a strong knowledge base. Civil society practitioners must ensure that the right type of capacity building reaches those who most need it, address issues of access for women, young people, indigenous people and those in rural or remote locations; and utilise appropriate levels of technology and language.

Socially Marginalised groups

CIVICUS wants to specifically examine the challenges facing socially marginalized groups in different societies around the world in claiming full citizenship.
We encourage the participation of civil society groups working with older persons, people living with disabilities; those discriminated against because of sexual orientation, racial, ethnic, religious and cultural minorities.

For more information
E-mail: worldassembly@civicus.org
Web: www.civicusassembly.org

11th (ISPO) International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics World Congress, 2004
1-6 August, 2004, Hong Kong
Invitation from the President of ISPO
With very great pleasure I would like to invite you to attend and actively participate in the 11th World Congress of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) to be held in Hong Kong, from the 1st to the 6th of August 2004.
The triennial Congress of the Society is the largest and most important event in its activities and is the only international scientific meeting that covers all aspects of prosthetics, orthotics and rehabilitation engineering. It will bring together all members of the clinic team that are involved in the rehabilitation of persons with physical disabilities including prosthetists, orthotists, physicians, surgeons, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, engineers, social workers and educators, all the professionals involved and of course the interested group, the persons with physical disabilities. The Congress provides a truly multidisciplinary forum where information about current research and clinical practice from all regions of the world will be presented and discussed.
The 11th World Congress has been organized by the Hong Kong National Society on behalf of ISPO. The theme of this congress is ¡§Innovations for Quality Living¡¨ and will show all the aspects of technology helping people with physical disabilities to be better integrated into the society. The world society covers the needs and efforts made in the industrial world as well as those made in low income countries. The different social contexts make use of various approaches and technologies. They all will be discussed and examined. The wide ranging and stimulating scientific programme, will stimulate interest for everybody to look, learn and participate actively.
Each day begins with a number of Instructional Courses, followed by a Plenary Session with a Keynote Speaker giving his views on a topic which gives a background to the day¡¦s subjects.
The planned Symposia with a very wide range of interesting topics will provide something of interest for everybody and allow time and opportunity for professional discussions. Posters and Free Papers Sessions invite you to present not only your work, your results and achievements, but also challenging problem cases and situations to be tabled, discussed and perhaps be solved. The Community Day on Wednesday with a normal morning session schedule and special for a in the afternoon gives a full day¡¦s participation to interested consumers and interested parties. Local visits in the same afternoon will open the doors to some local institutions and give a look into the local situation.
Again, the Commercial Exhibition will be large and comprehensive in Hong Kong as usual in ISPO World Congresses. The participants will have the opportunity to contact directly the different companies, to see and understand new developments in components, manufacturing materials, equipment and treatment systems. Series of Technical Workshops with product oriented information will round up this offer of the programme.
Another part of the Exhibition is the International Area in the Exhibition Hall that will be again a meeting focus for all interested participants in international work, educational situations and development project results. Schools and non-profit organizations will be present hoping to establish worldwide contacts and professional exchanges.
The Social Programme gives a large opportunity to step into the customs of a different world. Post Congress events are planned with organized trips into Mainland China, visiting Beijing and Shanghai, visiting important places providing information about professional development and performances.
Hong Kong itself, with its round the clock shopping, relaxing activities and cultural visits is probably one of the most interesting places in the world to see and admire.
The 11th ISPO World Congress is waiting for you, ISPO members, colleagues in related professions and interested individuals. We hope that you take this unique opportunity to participate.
We look forward to seeing you in Hong Kong, meeting old and new friends.
Invitation from the Honorary Chairman
I would like to invite you to Hong Kong for the 11th ISPO World Congress in August 2004.
Rehabilitation aims at maximizing life - even life with a disability. Prosthetics, orthotics, and all kinds of rehabilitation engineering seek to achieve this noble aim with the use of technology. This is a challenging goal. I salute you all who have been laboring to make advances in this area and contributing in so many tangible ways to the quality of life for people with a disability.
The theme for ISPO 2004 is ¡§Innovations for Quality Living¡¨. This will be a great opportunity for colleagues around the world to share your challenges, to learn from your experiences, and to recognize your achievements. I am sure you would also cherish this opportunity to keep abreast with the latest developments in your field. My colleagues and I in Hong Kong are offering our best to facilitate your purposes at ISPO 2004.
Hong Kong is Asia¡¦s World City. It is where East meets West and the trendy meets the traditional ¡V a place full of contrasts in interesting harmony. Many of my friends refer to Hong Kong as the City of Life. The summer in Hong Kong is definitely full of life. I look forward to seeing you and maybe even your family in this lively World City of Asia.
Message from Chairman
The triennial ISPO World Congress is the most international forum for the advancement of prosthetics, orthotics, and rehabilitation engineering. The goal is to enable people with disabilities to be more independent and better-integrated into society. With the rapid advancement of technology, new opportunities are emerging in an impressive speed. New solutions that were neither obvious nor possible before are now becoming available and affordable. All of us need to take advantage of these advancing technologies that are appropriate clinically, to meet individual needs in various social contexts. The theme for ISPO 2004 is ¡§Innovations for Quality Living¡¨. We invite you to join the ISPO 2004 in Hong Kong.
We are confident that you will find Hong Kong to be one of the best venues for world-class events such as ISPO 2004. Our event will be held in The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (HKCEC). The venue is conveniently located at the heart of Hong Kong Island. HKCEC facilitates many international conferences and trade exhibitions every year. Its capacity, flexibility, quality and efficiency continue to impress participants from around the world. There is a large selection of various types of hotel accommodations within minutes of walking from the HKCEC. Coming and going in Hong Kong is simple and easy.
The Organizing Committee is in full speed planning the ISPO 2004 World Congress. Members of the Organizing Committee are meeting regularly to discuss issues related to the scientific program, instructional courses, technical workshops, exhibition and sponsorship, social program, and the post-congress events. We want to make sure that you would enjoy ISPO 2004 as one of the best conferences ever.
If life for you these days has room for shopping delight and gourmet cuisine, Hong Kong can surely offer you marvelous choices. While most people know Hong Kong¡¦s around-the-clock dynamism, there are also hide-away havens here, believe it or not, if one prefers a more tranquil form of life. Within an hour, you can be hiking in our New Territories, appreciating local community life in an outlying island, or simply resting at the edge of the Pacific.
Hopping in and out of Hong Kong is very convenient. Hong Kong is connected to numerous destinations around the globe via about 3000 flights offered weekly by more than 60 international airlines. Our Hong Kong International Airport has been repeatedly rated as the best airport in the world since 2001. It is good that many achievements of Hong Kong have been recognized to be among the best.
We seek to serve you with our best at ISPO 2004.

Scientific Programme
Following the 2004 World Congress theme of Innovations for Quality Living, the programme illuminates innovation in five different domains: Clinical, Technological, Personal, Professional and Societal. These themes are echoed throughout the meeting through stimulating symposia, free papers, posters, technical workshops, video and software demonstrations. The schedule of the scientific programme is being carefully crafted to maximize what each congress delegate can learn and share. There should be a topic to interest at anytime and special care is being taken to avoid clashes in scheduling. All the venues are close together and are consistent for specific areas of interest.
The scientific programme is a product of the entire multi-disciplinary ISPO community. Exciting innovations of thought and technology will debut at ISPO 2004. In turn they will inspire the future work that continues the process of remaking prosthetics and orthotics.
For more information visit: http://www.polyu.edu.hk/ispo2004/ispo2004txt/index.htm

 

CSUN's 19th Annual International Conference
"Technology and Persons with Disabilities"
March 15-20, 2004 ~ Los Angeles, CA
This event will be held at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport and Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotels, March 15-20, 2004. A Preregistration brochure with complete information about the conference will be available in early January 2004. Check our website regularly for conference information updates at: http://www.csun.edu/cod
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Persons with disabilities and family members; Special education teachers; University professors and researchers; Occupational and physical therapists; Alternative & Augmentative Communication clinicians; Manufacturers, distributors, and developers; Community agency personnel; Government policy makers; Private and public rehabilitation service providers; Rehabilitation engineers; Assistive Technology practitioners and suppliers; Speech and Language clinicians; Human Resource specialists; The general public.
If you have any questions please contact us at:
Center on Disabilities
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street, Building 11, Suite 103
Northridge, CA 91330-8340
Phone: 818/677-2578
Fax: 818/677-4929

International Conference
Community Care and Support for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS:
Challenges for the New Millennium
4-6 December, 2004                                                                   
Mumbai, India
Contact:
Dr. Mary Alphonse, Principal, College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, 38, New Marine Lines, Mumbai – 400 020, India
Tel: 91 -22- 22002615/22007345
Fax: 91-22-22014880
Email: colsocwk@bom5.vsnl.net.in

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