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

June 2004

The monthly Newsletter brings you News for International Cooperation Professionals.
Edited by Karsten Weitzenegger, on mission in Guyana.
Comments and suggestions: editor @ weitzenegger.de

Content
  1. International Grants and Funding Opportunities for Development
  2. ACP Consultants Network launched
  3. Launch of the EU trade helpdesk database
  4. Renewables 2004 has fully fulfilled all expectations
  5. World Bank: FDI to developing countries declined in 2003
  6. Conference: Governance, Democracy and Evaluation in Berlin
  7. Challenges for the European Development Agenda
  8. The Chronic Poverty Report 2004-2005
  9. Civicus Civil Society Toolkits
  10. New and Improved dgMarket Website
  11. FIDIC's Business Practice Series
  12. Best Practices Database
  13. DATEDEX has date-specific information
  14. Travel with your medical history at PersonalMD.com
  15. Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World

1. International Grants and Funding Opportunities for Development Activities

I was contacted by so many NGOs and organisations around the world about grants and funding for their development projects. I just give advice, not money. Now there is relief: I started to list information about available funding from major donors to small foundations. This Website is made to be a starting point for NGOs and others seeking funds for projects.
http://www.weitzenegger.de/en/funds.html


2. ACP Consultants Network launched

This new network for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Consultants is managed by the Centre for Development of Enterprise. Here you will be able to get information about local consultants and consultancy firms active in the ACP-Regions. You can also send an application to CDE if you would like to register yourselves or your Consultancy Firm in the Consultant Database. On this site you will get updated information about ongoing CDE-programs in the ACP-regions as well as information about CDE-tenders . In October 2003 CDE initiated a process of creating an internet based Database of local consultants for the ACP countries. The overall objective with the Database is to create awareness about local consultants so that companies as well as organisations like CDE can get access to their knowledge over the internet and then be in a position to involve them in different projects managed by CDE and others. The site is now registered under the name www.acpconsultants.net and its basic functions are in place even if there are issues that remain to be improved. CDE has therefore started the process of reviewing and approving potential Consultants/Consultancy Firms for the site.
http://www.acpconsultants.net

Remember: You can always register your company in the DOCON Directory of Consulting Firms active in International Development Cooperation
http://www.weitzenegger.de/co/acp.html


3. Launch of the EU trade helpdesk database

The Expanding Exports Helpdesk is an online resource, provided by the European Commission, to facilitate access for developing countries to markets within the European Union. The Expanding Exports Helpdesk provides relevant information required by developing country exporters interested in supplying the EU market. Contact: export-help @ cec.eu.int
http://export-help.cec.eu.int


4. Renewables 2004 has fully fulfilled all expectations

Government delegates from 154 countries adopted the Political Declaration of renewables 2004. The declaration contains definitions of common political objectives for promoting the role of renewable energies. In the International Action Programme, governments, international organisations and stakeholders have committed to a plethora of activities that are geared towards the increased use of renewable energies. So far, 165 of the proposals for voluntary measures have been endorsed while many further submissions for action are being screened at present. The Policy Recommendations give practical advice on how to promote the development of the market for renewable energies in the North and in the South.
http://www.renewables2004.de


5. World Bank: FDI to developing countries declined in 2003

According to the just published Global Development Finance report by the World Bank, FDI flows to developing countries declined for the second consecutive year in 2003 to US$135 billion, down by 24 percent from its 2001 peak of US$175 billion in 2002. The decline was primarily on account of Latin America and the Caribbean, especially Brazil and Argentina, where flows fell by 8 billion USD in 2003. The decline in FDI took place in the backdrop of an overall increase in private capital flows to developing countries, from 155 billion USD in 2002 to 200 billion USD in 2003. The report also analyzes the shifting composition of FDI toward services, as well as the composition of FDI financing and its determinants.
http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/gdfhome.htm


6. Conference: Governance, Democracy and Evaluation in Berlin

30 September 2004 - 02 October 2004, Berlin
6th European Evaluation Society (EES) Conference in Collaboration with the German Evaluation Society (DeGEval). The need for evaluation is widely acknowledged inside governments that are seeking to 'modernize' and introduce new approaches to governance, at the national and international level. In this context, there is a real need to deepen our understanding of the contribution that evaluation can bring to democratic and transparent modes of governance.
http://www.europeanevaluation.org


7. Constructing Democracy? Challenges for the European Development Agenda

is the title of the second EADI International Summer School which will be taking place from 29 August - 8 September 2004 in Enschede at the University of Twente in The Netherlands. Detailed information is available at: http://www.eadi.org/detail_page.phtml?page=ess2004 or http://www.utwente.nl/tdg


8. The Chronic Poverty Report 2004-2005

Published in May 2004 by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, this report is about people living in chronic poverty - people who remain poor for much or all of their lives, many of whom will pass on their poverty to their children and all too often die easily preventable deaths. People in chronic poverty are those who have benefited least from economic growth and development. They, and their children, will make up the majority of the 900 million people still in poverty in 2015 even if the Millennium Development Goals are met.
http://www.devinit.org/cprcblank.htm


9. Civicus Civil Society Toolkits

CIVICUS aims to help civil society organisations to build their capacity and achieve their goals. Based on requests from members, CIVICUS has produced several toolkits to enable organisations to improve their capacity in a number of areas. From communications and planning skills to writing funding proposals, we hope that you will be able to get many useful tips, tools, and ideas to help strengthen your organisation. These toolkits are available in English, French and Spanish in MS Word and PDF formats.
http://www.civicus.org/new/civicus_toolkit_project.asp?c=036FB9


10. New and Improved dgMarket Website

The dgMarket website has been redesigned. The new design improves usability for members and allows for easier localization of national dgMarket implementations. Visit dgMarket at:
http://www.dgmarket.com


11. FIDIC's Business Practice Series

Several new documents to complement recently published policy resources on the quality of construction and HIV-AIDS are being prepared by FIDIC. They include guidelines for reviewing the work of others, for scoping engineering services, and for the consulting engineer in the design-build projects.
http://www.fidic.org


12. Best Practices Database

This searchable database contains proven solutions to common social, economic and environmental problems of an urbanising and globalising world. Over 1600 practices from 140 countries demonstrate practical ways in which public, private and civil society sectors are working together to improve governance, eradicate poverty, provide housing, land and basic services, protect the environment and support economic development.
http://www.bestpractices.org


13. DATEDEX has date-specific information

If you want to know when the Buddha's birthday is celebrated in South Korea, or when the Royal Windsor Horse Show is, or even when the next Sundance Film Festival is, there are many places online where you can find that information. Now, however, there's one site that has all that information and more. DateDex has calendars that list worldwide religious and public holidays, festivals, sporting events, trade shows, cultural events, economic summits, human rights conferences.
http://www.datedex.com

Remember: You can access world calendars and more online tools for business at http://www.weitzenegger.de/en/tools.html#bus


14. Travel with your medical history at PersonalMD.com

It can be a scary thing to have a medical emergency when you're travelling. You could be thousands of miles away from your primary physician, specialists who are familiar with you, and even the local pharmacy that fills your prescriptions. Now, there's a Web site that can take a lot of the risk and guesswork out of this situation. It's called PersonalMD.com and with it you can set up an account so that medical personnel can access your medical history. This site also lets you store medical records, immunization records and important legal documents like wills and health proxies. Another neat service is ReminderRx, which will remind subscribers to take medications, attend appointments, etc. The reminder can be sent to your pager, cell phone, PDA and e-mail.
http://www.personalmd.com


15. Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World

Legal systems vary the world over, and it's important for anyone doing international business to be aware of legal issues that may affect them. You'll find a useful portal to international law at the Law Library of Congress Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World. This site has everything you need in a simple, streamlined format. Just click on the name of a country, and you'll come to a page with: links to the country's constitution; information about its executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government; legal guides; country profiles; human rights information; statistics; diplomatic contacts; and much more.
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html


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