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''The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.''

January 2004

The monthly Newsletter brings you News for International Cooperation Professionals. Edited by Karsten Weitzenegger. Please send comments and suggestions by e-mail to


Content
  1. Workshop: Strategic Management for Senior Executives
  2. The State of the World's Children 2004
  3. Population and Natural Resources at the Turn of the Millennium
  4. World Bank Series: Doing Business in 2004
  5. New Africa investment magazine launched
  6. FLACSO publications available online
  7. InWent provides information on Development Studies in Germany
  8. Discussion Tool Kit
  9. Internacional Conference on ICT Solutions for Mediterranean SMEs
  10. Best practice in participatory monitoring and evaluation
  11. Online Reference Library on Peace Research
  12. Between profits and fairness: quality and equitable services for SMEs

1. Workshop: Strategic Management for Senior Executives

Karsten Weitzenegger facilitated a workshop on "Strategic Management for Senior Executives" and a Training of Trainers in December 2003 on behalf of the Guyana Training Agency. The competencies enhanced correspond to the international standards "Manage operational plan" and "Facilitate work teams" in Frontline Management. The purpose of Frontline Management is to provide safe, efficient and effective products and services to customer satisfaction within the organisation's productivity and profitability plans. At executive level, work will normally be carried out within complex and diverse methods and procedures which require the exercise of considerable discretion and judgement, using a range of problem solving and decision making strategies. Learning was done by action and included the fun needed for any learning. The participants studied learners' guides for the two competency fields and received practical summaries. See a report at:
http://weitzenegger.de/gta/index.html


2. The State of the World's Children 2004

UNICEF The State of the World's Children 2004 focuses on girls' education and its relationship to all other development goals and to the promise of Education For All. It presents a multi-layered case for investing in girls' education as a strategic way to ensure the rights of both boys and girls and to advance a country's development agenda. The web summary touches on general points of the main text and presents panel abstracts highlighting successful programmes. The complete report including supporting data and statistics can be accessed in PDF form or purchased from UNICEF.
http://www.unicef.org/sowc04/index.html


3. Population and Natural Resources at the Turn of the Millennium

People in the Balance: Population and Natural Resources at the Turn of the Millennium is the tenth in PAI's series of natural resource studies. With never-before-published data on five of the six resources covered and colorful graphics, the 32-page booklet is intended as a concise resource for environmentalists, scientists, teachers and advocates, as well as policymakers. This Web edition provides an update to People in the Balance, with new data on population and natural resources. The original full report, along with a factsheet are available for download as Adobe PDF files.
http://64.224.182.238/resources/publications/peopleinthebalance/


4. World Bank Series: Doing Business in 2004

Understanding Regulation is the first in a series of annual reports presenting new quantitative indicators on the performance of business regulations which can be compared across more than 130 countries, and over time. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where, and why.
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0821353411/weitzeneggerc-21


5. New Africa investment magazine launched

AfricaPlc.com -- http://www.africaplc.com -- (an AIA Communications Company) has launched Africa investor (Ai) -- http://www.africa-investor.com -- a quarterly magazine for investors and policy makers involved in international investment business decisions. The magazine aims at deepening understanding among international business and governments about Africa's investment opportunities, challenges and potential. (IPAnet). To subscribe or receive a trial subscription, go to
http://www.africa-investor.com/index.html


6. FLACSO publications available online

FLACSO makes some of its publications, such as its Cuaderno de Ciencias Sociales, available for download from its online library at:
http://www.flacso.or.cr/biblioteca.html


7. InWent provides information on Development Studies in Germany on its website

Capacity Building International, Germany, provides a comprehensive directory with a search engine for those interested in development studies in Germany at:
http://www.dse.de/zd/aufbau/studie-i.htm


8. Discussion Tool Kit

The World Bank Institute's Development Forum conducts online discussions, many sponsored and moderated by Bank units but others that are eitherjointly sponsored or run by non-Bank organizations. A tool kit has been developed to explore the requirements for launching a discussion, with guidance about how to organize, market, monitor and measure results of such online exchanges.
http://www.worldbank.org/devforum/toolkit.html


9. Internacional Conference on ICT Solutions for Mediterranean SMEs

In the framework of the Universal Forum of Cultures, to be held in Barcelona from 9th of May to 26th of September 2004, the project ICT Solutions for Mediterranean SMEs, ICTMEDSME, will organise an International Conference in order to discuss the present situation of the Small and Middle-sized Enterprises of the Mediterranean within the Information Society. The programme will include worksops, panels to debate, as well as, plenary sessions with the aim of formulating conclusions and policy-making recommendations. For more information, interested people can contact with the CIREM Foundation
http://cv.uoc.edu/~eumedis_workpac_1_05_v04/Conf_2004/index.htm


10. Best practice in participatory monitoring and evaluation

Guidelines for involving people in monitoring and evaluation for Natural Resource Management and Research. Monitoring and evaluation are key processes, which help ensure that learning and adaptation happen throughout the project/programming cycle. Participatory M&E (PM&E) ensures that these processes are people centred. Full participation of those involved in, or affected by any project/programme will give a fuller and more accurate picture of progress, outcomes and impact. These Best Practice Guidelines on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation provide some background to the evolution and purpose of PM&E, and takes a practical look at turning plans into practice in the area of Natural Resource Management and Research. Find the guidelines on the Livelihoods connect website.
http://www.livelihoods.org/info/tools/PM&E.html


11. Online Reference Library on Peace Research

The Peace Research Information Unit Bonn (PRIUB) has launched a new feature on its website providing access to over 12,000 volumes and some 400 periodicals and information sources.
http://www.priub.org


12. Between profits and fairness: quality and equitable services for SMEs

The paper by Gerry Hofstede, Grupo Intercambio, (Peru), draws on 98 case studies of BDS providers and MFIs that competed in the Gender Best Practices Contests organized by INTERCAMBIO between 2000 and 2002 in the Andean Region and Central America. The paper discusses the main gender best practices that were identified based on these experiences, which include conceptual elements for a framework on measuring the performance of social equity and economic objectives in the context of SME support. The paper seeks to contribute to current debates on impact-related issues of quality, equality, sustainability and fairness in the delivery of business services to SMEs. It argues that the equity issue of gender represents a source of innovation and creativity, giving rise to new perspectives in the field of SME support.
http://www.enterprise-impact.org.uk/conference/Abstracts/Hofstede.shtml


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