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Weitzenegger & Kons.Content October 2003 This monthly Newsletter contains latest information on International Development Cooperation. Edited by Karsten Weitzenegger. Please send comments and suggestions by e-mail toContent
1. FIDIC Guidelines for the Selection of ConsultantsThe purpose of these guidelines is to present the commonly used methods of consultant selection, to explain the respective procedures and to combine all in one compact document, as well as to emphasize and explain FIDIC 's policies on the subject. Methods of selection should therefore seek to develop mutual confidence and trust. Available online:http://www1.fidic.org/resources/selection/fidic_cons_sel_1.pdf 2. Toolkit: Proposal Writing and FundraisingThis toolkit provides tips and practical suggestions for applying for funding and proposal writing. It is based on interviews with experienced research fundraisers. Obtaining funding for your research is a difficult achievement, so we hope this guide will help give your proposal the best possible chance of success. (Global Development Network)http://www.gdnet.org/online_services/toolkits/proposal_writing/ 3. Poverty and Social Impact Assessments (PSIAs)In 2000, the IMF and World Bank agreed to work together to carry out Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) of major macroeconomic and structural policies in PRSP countries. EURODAD has compiled this resource tool as a selection of documents on the usage of PSIA to date, and analytical and evaluative research papers. On their website you will find a compilation of papers and briefings on the features of PSIAs.http://www.eurodad.org/articles/default.aspx?id=462 4. The Business Model Handbook for Developing CountriesAlexander Osterwalder, Mathias Rossi, Minyue Dong , Ecole des HEC University of Lausanne, 2001 The Business Model Handbook (BMH) for Developing Countries is a proposition for a tool that has for goal to help Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) and local entrepreneurs to design business models that use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and particularly the Internet in the context of developing economies. It shall help to develop the urgently needed critical mass of knowledge workers, technology users, and motivated entrepreneurs in order to deploy ICT in businesses of developing countries. Never before the Internet has it been as easy to share and transfer knowledge in such an efficient and global way.http://inforge.unil.ch/aosterwa/Documents/InternetInEmergingMarkets/Publications/BMH4DC.pdf 5. Strategic Approaches to Science and Technology in DevelopmentProduced by: Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank (2003), Author(s): Watson, R.; Crawford, M.; Farley, S. This paper examines the ways in which science and technology (S&T) support poverty alleviation and economic development and how these themes have been given emphasis or short shrift in various areas of the World Bank's work. Central to the paper's thesis is the now the well- established argument that development will increasingly depend on a country's ability to understand, interpret, select, adapt, use, transmit, diffuse, produce and commercialize scientific and technological knowledge in ways appropriate to its culture, aspirations and level of development. Available online at:http://econ.worldbank.org/files/25709_wps3026.pdf 6. Organizational Assessment - A Framework for Improving PerformanceBy Charles Lusthaus, Marie-Hélène Adrien, Gary Anderson, Fred Carden and George Plinio Montalván. The inability of development agencies to understand and improve the performance of the organizations they support continues to impede progress in the developing world. Strengthening the institutions that receive those grants and loans has become the key to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of development assistance. Organizational Assessment offers a clear-cut methodology to diagnose organizational strengths and weakness at the onset of development activities. Paperback 19.95 USD.http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0889369984/weitzeneggerc-21 7. Legal frameworks for citizen participation: a synthesis reportMcGee, R. et al LogoLink 2003Experience suggests that national and local laws and policies mandating citizen participation are important enabling conditions for participation in local governance. This research project aimed to conduct a comprehensive, comparative study of legal and policy frameworks for citizen participation in selected countries in East Africa, Latin America, South Asia and South East Asia, to synthesise existing knowledge about how these work in practice and to draw lessons about their effectiveness. Selected countries in the North were included for purposes of comparison. http://www.ids.ac.uk/logolink/resources/downloads/SynthesisRep-Web.pdf 8. Industrial Information Network (IIN), PakistanThe Industrial Information Network (IIN) is a joint project of UNIDO, COMSATS, SMEDA and SME Bank. The project entails establishment of a sustainable web-based industrial information network designed to become the largest source of information generation, its exchange and dissemination, towards providing value-added support and services to SMEs in Pakistan. Those SMEs that cannot use the Internet will have access to the Business Information Centers. (ICT-WebNewsletter)http://www.iin.org.pk/ 9. mapsarea.com - Gateway to World Maps and AtlasesThis gateway presents links to world maps and atlases in a very clear overview. There are maps of continents, oceans, outer space, planets, weather systems, and roads, to name just a few. There are also atlases of information, like a historical atlas of the 20th century or the Atlas of Cyberspace. It also help to find place names.http://www.mapsarea.com/World.shtml Sponsor message: Free Business CardsStop scratching your phone number on a dirty napkin! Get a personal business card FREE! Take control of your business card and get better results. With VistaPrint's pre-designed templates, you can create a professional, attractive business card online in seconds. No more haggling with a designer! Right now get 250 full-color business cards FREE with this special offer. Click here: http://www.sic-europe.com/vistaprint.html The monthly Newsletter "sic! Services for International Cooperation" is a totally free service provided by Karsten Weitzenegger and is circulated via Yahoo! Groups. Subscribers are encouraged to share the newsletter with others who do not subscribe. Please send comments and suggestions by to karsten @ weitzenegger.de For more information, or to subscribe or unsubscribe this newsletter, visit the Yahoo! Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weitzenegger |
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