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April 2004The monthly Newsletter brings you News for International Cooperation Professionals. Edited by Karsten Weitzenegger, currently in Kazakhstan. Comments and suggestions: editor @ weitzenegger.deContent
1. Aid Workers Network: Practical advice for aid workers by aid workersHow many times have you reinvented the wheel? When working in relief and
devel-opment projects, we often face situations others have encountered
before us. Sometimes we ask around and consult a few colleagues for
their opinions and advice. Other times we "jump in at the deep end" and
do as best we can under the circum-stances. Aid Workers Network links
relief and development field staff to share support, ideas and best
practice. This web site is being developed by a team of experi-enced aid
workers to provide a comprehensive resource for busy field workers
needing practical advice and proven resources to help with their
current work. 2. Expat Stories on Tales from a Small PlanetTales from a Small Planet's mission is to enrich and share the
experience of living abroad through literature, humour and the arts, as
well as by providing information and education on what it is really like
to live in a foreign country and how to cope with the challenges that
may come along. The Website has links to more information, including
maps, news, country profiles, travel tips, and
dictionaries. 3. TerraViva - The European Edition of the IPS daily newsThe daily online newsletter, TerraViva Europe (TVE) aims to promote a better understanding of European cooperation development by offering news, features and in-depth analysis of development issues and their European and global impact. TerraViva Europe is published by the international news agency Inter Press Service, the world's leading provider of information on global issues. It is a free publication. TerraViva Europe receives financial support from the European Commission. Concord, Euforic and EUROSTEP are members of an NGO Ad Hoc Advisory Group on the publication. 4. Internet Reference SourcesYou'd think someone who writes about Web sites like I do would know
exactly where to go when I need to search for a phone number, or a map,
or a dictionary definition. I blush to admit it, but I don't always
bookmark the sites I find, so I flounder around when I'm looking for
information, just like a beginner. Well, I'm going to bookmark this next
site, because Internet Reference Sources is a one-stop source for any
reference question you may have. It has links to phone and address
finders, almanacs, maps, dictionaries, medical information, stock
quotes, recipe collections, weather reports, and hundreds of other
indispensable sites. 5. Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD)Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD) maintains a website called Participatory Avenues which acts as a focal point for sharing information and technical progress on community-based mapping and Public Participation GIS (PPGIS). The website provides ample documentation on Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM), a tool for merging indigenous technical knowledge and traditional spatial information. P3DM applications include community-based natural resources management, collaborative research and planning, resource use, control and tenure, and related conflict management. For more information on the project, visit http://www.iapad.org 6. LOGOLINK launches a website on participationA trial version of participation.net, a collaborative information
initiative on participatory approaches to citizenship, rights and local
governance, has been launched. participation.net is a global, online
space for sharing ideas about the participation of people in
development, citizenship, governance and rights. We welcome researchers,
practitioners, activists, educators, policy makers and others from
around the world to exchange diverse views and resources. 7. SID/ EADI conference "Europe and the South: A New Era. European Development Cooperation in an Age of Globalisation: towards policy renewal and a new commitment for politics and civil society." September 27-28, The Hague, Netherlands.The aim of this conference is to explore opportunities for policy renewal and lay the foundations for a new commitment from politicians and from civil society. The focus of the conference will be on the nature of the European response towards closely interlinked trends:
The conference will provide the opportunity for parliamentarians and civil society actors to stimulate debate that may move beyond existing development theory and practice in order to enhance the global role and inherent responsibility of the EU. The site will be updated frequently and will keep you informed on the follow-up of the European Programme of the Society for International Development, including the co-operation with EADI and Euforic, the Civil Society Conference in September 2004 and the partnerships with NGO's in the new member states. http://www.euforic.org/sid-europe/ 8. PRSP Monitoring and EvaluationThe PRSP Sourcebook now ha a Chapter on Monitoring and Evaluation. The
objective of this chapter is to assist countries in developing a system
to monitor and evaluate whether a poverty reduction strategy is
effective in reducing poverty. Section 1 of the chapter discusses how to
set up a poverty monitoring system: how to define key indicators, track
them over time, and see what changes have taken place. The chapter can
be downloaded in any of several languages, or may be sent by email.
Appen-dices are also 9. Online Book: Internet and Society in Latin America and The CaribbeanThe book is designed to foster discussion about the policies and actions
that must be promoted for building an Internet culture in Latin America
and the Caribbean, based on the principles of social and cultural
equity. It presents pioneering research designed to show from a
qualitative and ethnographic perspective, how new information and
communication technologies, as applied to the school system and to local
governance initiatives, merely reproduce traditional pedagogical
approaches and the dominant forms by which power is exercised at the
local level. 10. Basic Guidelines for the Elaboration of Strategic Development Programs at the Local LevelStefan Dräger, Marijana Sumpor, Nenad Starc, Žarko Horvat / GTZ 2003 / Eastern Europe, Croatia(URBANET) Since October 2000, the Croatian Ministry for Public Works,
Reconstruction and Construction (MPWRC) and the GTZ in co-operation with
the Ekonomski Institut Zagreb (EIZ) implement a project of consultancies
in regional development planning. Targeted are governmental and civil
society institutions at the different administrative levels as well as
civil-society organisations (CSOs). A key element of the consultancies
is the promotion and spreading of strategic development planning
procedures and competence, which stands for a comprehensive approach for
the elaboration of a strategic development program for any territorial
unit, sector or even an organisation, and the implementation of the
necessary measures and projects to achieve the identified objectives and
goals of the further development. The document presents basic guidelines
to start the process of strategic development planning. The monthly Newsletter is a free service provided by Services for International Cooperation [sic!] and is circulated via Yahoo! Groups. Edited by Karsten Weitzenegger. Subscribers are encouraged to share the newsletter with others who do not subscribe. Please send comments and suggestions by e- mailto:karsten @ weitzenegger.de. For more information, or to subscribe or unsubscribe this newsletter, visit the website http://www.weitzenegger.de |
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