Full Coverage: Capacity building

31.08.2004

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Psychologists for Social Responsibility, a U.S.-based organization that encourages peace, re-conciliation, solidarity, and non-violence has awarded its 2004 recognition for distinguished contribution to a culture of peace to the Gaza Community Mental Health Program in Palestine.

26.08.2004 There may be no magic wand for getting young people engaged in their communities, however, according to members of a non-governmental organization, giving them basic information on How-to is the first of five golden rules for promoting youth participation in communities.

26.08.2004 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grants US$ 5 million to WHO for training future health leaders in technical, management, strategic and communications skills.

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25.08.2004 Participants at a Unesco workshop have supported the need for more community multimedia centres in South Asia. The four-day workshop held in Bangalore and Budhikote, India, focused on local content, people’s participation and sustainability of community media projects.

24.08.2004 An Indian NGO is conducting audience research as the first step towards launching a community radio project in the country’s Jharkhand state. The World Bank-funded initiative will give rural communities a chance to raise issues that concern them through programmes broadcast from the government-run radio station.

24.08.2004 As Afghans prepare to vote for their first democratically elected president in October, an international non-profit media organization is training local journalists to cover the elections in five regions of the country.

20.08.2004 As most of the citizens in Africa use mobile phones, information dissemination using portable handheld devices is easy. International Development Research Centre, Canada is exploring the way to provide health information using such devices.

19.08.2004 Eleven Afghan journalists learnt to make radio programmes more listener-friendly at a month-long course in Kabul. The “My Life is Afghanistan” programme was meant to arm the journalists with radio skills by which they could highlight the lives and experiences of ordinary Afghans.

19.08.2004 The country’s National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has launched a compact disc comprising information on 30 viable projects on agriculture and related activities to help banks, farmers and government agencies in designing agricultural projects.

19.08.2004 Radio professionals can challenge the limits of creativity at a workshop in
Ontario, Canada, in September 2004. The programme organised by the
Association of Independents in Radio will show producers new ways of
capturing and manipulating sound and creating original work.

17.08.2004 ICT is a threat to developing countries because it can increase the digital divide, but at the same time also an opportunity because it allows technical leapfrogging, says the joint declaration of ACP-EU drafted at WSIS in Geneva.

13.08.2004 The New Delhi-based, PRAXIS – Institute for Participatory Practices is inviting applications for a PRA Training Workshop to be held between October 25 – November 4, 2004.

13.08.2004

Community Web

Designing a web site can be easy and fun. A U.S.-based group has put together a step-by-step manual that will help non-profit organizations create basic websites.

12.08.2004 INTRAC's well-regarded training programme for NGOs runs through to March 2005 in Oxford and London. Courses concentrate on issues around strengthening civil society, organisational capacity building, and programme development. A strong belief in values of social justice, empowerment and the participation of poor people in their own development is reflected in INTRAC's approach to training and learning.

12.08.2004 Before you write your next proposal, take a look at the six-part toolkit developed by a U.S.-based global development organization. Based on interviews with experienced research fundraisers, the toolkit touches on everything from conception through writing to networking.

11.08.2004 Charities Aid Foundation is unveiling a comprehensive programme of training to help charities increase their resources. Tailored to different charity audiences, the workshop series will run throughout the UK on issues ranging from understanding tax-effective giving, to online fundraising and an introduction to investments. CAF is also offering bespoke in-house training to meet the needs of individual charitable organisations.

10.08.2004 A community phone programme is giving Malawi’s rural communities easy access to mobile phones. The project initiated by Telecom Networks Malawi aims to improve the livelihood of rural people and help them reach a phone within minutes.

10.08.2004 An NGO will help thousands of Liberian refugees living mostly in the Buduburam refugee camp of Ghana get trained in ICTs as part of a reconstruction project for the war-torn country. This is in addition to an estimated 1,000 refugees who are expected to enroll in universities and polytechnics throughout Ghana.

06.08.2004 Jiva, a research and development organization based in the north Indian state of Haryana, held a business training programme for women artisans working in Bhuj, in the west Indian state of Gujarat. The artisans are working to preserve and promote traditional arts and craft.