Full Coverage: Capacity building

30.07.2004 By launching their own newspaper, children from Delhi's slums have created a platform for presenting their views on issues of concern to their community.

29.07.2004 Nigerian education minister Hajia Binta Ibrahim Musa has said the countryÂ’s future educators must be computer literate by 2005 to be eligible for teacher training certification. At a meeting in Abuja, she said ICTs and distance education could be an affordable way of expanding and improving the quality of education in Africa.

26.07.2004 As part of a major Information Technology (IT) exercise, the Sri Lankan government has launched a pioneering island wide program to train school principals and teachers in the troubled island nation, and introduce IT in the school curriculum.

22.07.2004 The Centre for Civic Initiatives (CCI) held a round-table discussion “Improvements in the Process and Criteria for Distribution of Cantonal Budget Funds for Civic Associations for 2005.” The discussion took place at the Hotel “Bristol” in Mostar.

20.07.2004 After battling nearly two decades of severe illnesses, 20,000 residents of six islands in northern Sri Lanka will finally get access to medical help courtesy a United Nations initiative to resume an ambulance boat service to the mainland.

19.07.2004 It has been a busy summer for the Capacity Building Facility (CBF) project, a program developed by UNDP Kosovo, the Kosovo Foundation for Open Society (KFOS), and the Office of the Prime Minister of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) to strengthen democratic institutions, facilitate implementation of the “Standards for Kosovo,” and improve public sector leadership and management in order to create a professional civil service.

15.07.2004 Under its Open Institutions Programme, MOST civic association will prepare a Directory of Civic Organizations interested to cooperate with the Macedonian Parliament and the other institutions of the state.

14.07.2004 The Asian Development Bank will be supporting an ICT project in Mongolia to bring information resources within the reach of rural schools. The ICT for Innovating Rural Education project, which is also being backed by the Japan Fund for Information and Communication Technology, aims to boost creativity in classrooms, build an efficient school management system and create non-formal learning opportunities. About 10,000 students in 36 schools are going to benefit from the initiative.

12.07.2004 A project will soon make the Macao Special Administrative Region's government information online. The initiative, with help from the International Institute for Software Technology of United Nations University, is also aimed at building an e-governance infrastructure and capacity-building of government employees.

12.07.2004 The Jerwood Charity and the Sheffield International Documentary Festival are proud to announce the launch of the Jerwood First Cuts Documentary Award. The new award will recognise achievement and excellence in documentary film making amongst students of the UK’s film and television schools. It will be presented during the Sheffield International Documentary Festival, 8 – 14 November 2004. The last date of submission of the entries is July 16.

05.07.2004 The 2004 Oxfam International Youth Parliament opened in Australia this week with more than 300 young leaders from communities around the world in attendance. The theme for this year's parliamnet is “Youth Building an Equitable, Sustainable and Peaceful World,” it will run from July 5-12.

02.07.2004 Tom Fox and Dave Prescott explore, in this IIED report, how bilateral and multilateral donors can support business activity that contributes to sustainable development, particularly in developing countries. The report argues that, by helping to create an 'enabling environment' for responsible business practices, donors can enhance the effectiveness of their aid and increase the contribution of business to poverty eradication.

02.07.2004 The Country-level Development Marketplace programme of the World Bank has honoured 20 Indians for coming up with novel ideas that have the potential of transforming the lives of rural communities.

02.07.2004 Good policing requires communication channels that bring together the public and the police in developing working solutions and good practices.

02.07.2004 Sabala, the disability initiative of ActionAid India, is organising a training workshop on CBR from July 20-30, 2004, at Lucknow, India.