Full Coverage: Capacity building

31.05.2005 Près du dixième de la population mondiale consommerait des aliments produits en utilisant des eaux usées. Étant donné la croissance démographique et le fait que davantage d’eau douce est détournée vers les villes pour la consommation domestique — dont 70 % repart en eaux usées —, le recours aux eaux usées est appelé à augmenter, tant en volumes qu’en superficies irriguées.

31.05.2005 The Second Annual Meeting of National Alliance on Mission 2007, ‘Every Village a Knowledge Partner,’ is scheduled for July 12 and 13, 2005 in New Delhi. For details of the event, contact Mission 2007 Secretariat, One World South Asia, or write to geeta.sharma@oneworld.net

31.05.2005 Connecting Sub-Saharan Africa proposes a strategy for the development of ICT in Sub-Saharan Africa.

30.05.2005 Delhi Police chief Dr K K Paul and Prasar Bharati CEO K S Sarma today inaugurated an audio studio in the OneWorld South Asia (OWSA) office that will provide free facilities to NGOs and local communities to produce their programmes on development-related issues.

30.05.2005 PRAXIS is conducting the ninth edition of the annual International Thematic PRA Training Workshop for senior and mid level development workers from 18th September to 29th September 2005 in New Delhi.

30.05.2005 Delhi Police chief Dr KK Paul and Prasar Bharati CEO KS Sarma today inaugurated an audio studio OneWorld South Asia (OWSA) office that will provide free facilities to NGOs and local communities to produce their programmes on development-related issues.

30.05.2005 In Lakhimpur Khare, a small village in the heart of Uttar Pradesh, a resident enquired about the prices of LG washing machines and TVs displayed on a website.

27.05.2005 Former US president Bill Clinton's foundation will help train 150,000 doctors along with India's National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) to quickly spread anti-HIV/AIDS drugs to the maximum number among the country's estimated 5.1 million patients.

27.05.2005 The 2nd National Conference on Pulses and Related Industries – 2005 is taking place on August 21 in New Delhi. The theme for this year's event will be the Indian Pulses Industry – Key Issues and Future Challenges.

27.05.2005 "The private sector is playing a major role in the financing of ICT infrastructure and development of banking and financial services," said Prof. Wiseman Nkuhlu, Chief Executive of the NEPAD Secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria at an African Development Bank seminar recently.

27.05.2005 Uzbekistan's Ferghana Valley, home to more than seven million Uzbeks, has seen it's fair share of ethnic violence and unrest. Mercy Corps programs in this volatile region are facilitating dialogue between local governments and communities, and helping the vulnerable gain life skills and achieve economic independence. Find out about three Uzbek women who are transforming their lives and their communities.

26.05.2005 The Times Foundation and the Schumacher Centre are organising a workshop on Human Resource & Organisational Development on 17th & 18th June, 2005. The workshop will give a refresher course to participants on challenges in the human resource and organisational development of the development sector.

26.05.2005 UNESCO Member States nationals or institutions engaged in fostering the use of media in rural settings are encouraged to submit nominations for US $ 20000 IPDC-UNESCO Prize for Rural Communications.

24.05.2005 Ekgaon technologies and CEFI are holding a training programme on "ICTs for Communities: Learning Workshop Series" aims at making ICTs to work for communities by enabling development processes. The workshop "MIS for Community Based Financial Institutions: Innovations & Experiences" is part of 'Learning Workshop Series I, 2005' and attempts to enable learning and experiences of practitioners. The workshop invites MFIs, NGOs, other stakeholders such as banks, Government Agencies, development agencies, micro finance professionals etc.

24.05.2005 Ekgaon technologies and CEFI are holding a training programme on "ICTs for Communities: Learning Workshop Series" aims at making ICTs to work for communities by enabling development processes. The workshop "MIS for Community Based Financial Institutions: Innovations & Experiences" is part of 'Learning Workshop Series I, 2005' and attempts to enable learning and experiences of practitioners. The workshop invites MFIs, NGOs, other stakeholders such as banks, Government Agencies, development agencies, micro finance professionals etc.

20.05.2005 The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is holding a training programme on 'Urban Rainwater Harvesting,' which will be conducted between June 13 - 16, 2005.

19.05.2005 South India based development organisation - MSSRF - held a workshop on Resources on Post-Disaster Management and Prevention at Chennai on May 13-14, 2005. Browse through the resources and presentations made at the workshop.

17.05.2005 En septembre 2005, lors du Sommet du millénaire, cinq ans après des Nations Unies, à New York, les leaders mondiaux se réuniront afin d'évaluer les progrès réalisés pour atteindre les Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement (OMD) fixés en septembre 2000. Compte tenu de l'attention internationale qui sera portée au Sommet et la nécessité pour le Canada de s'affirmer comme un leader mondial en matière de protection des droits de la personne et d'aide internationale, Droits et Démocratie tient une conférence afin de mobiliser tous les acteurs en faveur d'une approche centrée sur les droits humains dans la mise en œuvre des OMD. C'est donc une invitation à venir échanger sur les défis que posent les OMD et à explorer avec nous les possibilités de concrétiser ceux-ci en plaçant les droits humains au cœur de la stratégie d'action mondiale.

16.05.2005 The New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has announced a training programme - Research and Development Reporting - to be held at its office from June 27-30, 2005.

13.05.2005 The relations Ethiopia has forged with India in the area of information and communication technology (ICT) is helpful to the ongoing capacity building activities, held Tefera Waluwa, Minister of Capacity Buildingof Ethiopia.