High-Level Meeting "Towards Country-led Knowledge Hubs"
Co-organized by the Government of Indonesia, the World Bank, JICA and UNDP, this meeting to be held from 10-12 July in Bali, Indonesia will provide a forum for 200 policy makers and practitioners from 40 countries engaged in South-South Knowledge Exchange (SSKE) to learn about Knowledge Hubs and how to strengthen their institutional capacity for SSKE. Participants will be given the opportunity to present their experiences in structuring institutional arrangements for sharing knowledge, collectively discuss the challenges they are facing, and learn about the existing tools and services to foster knowledge sharing.
Participation is by invitation only. If you represent a country or institution that seeks to develop or has already implemented a knowledge hub function, please send an expression of interest no later than 30 May. Please see the South-South Opportunity web site for details.
LenCD coordinator post re-advertised
LenCD seeks a coordinator to move the LenCD agenda forward in a multi-partner network and to facilitate the implementation of the work streams agreed by the steering group, as reflected in the LenCD work plan. The LenCD coordinator will be working closely with the LenCD knowledge manager as well as with network partners in implementing jointly agreed initiatives. Please see the UNDP jobs web site for details - applications close 24 May.
LenCD progress report 2011: From Kigali to Busan
Throughout 2011, LenCD played a critical role in connecting the capacity development community, facilitating learning and dialogue around capacity development, and informing policies and practice on the ground. At the LenCD meeting in Kigali in February 2011, LenCD partners agreed to align the network’s resources and energies behind the promotion of capacity development at the HLF4 in Busan. Leading up to Busan, LenCD and partners organised a workshop in Cairo with followup activities coming from the resulting Cairo Consensus, regional meetings in Bangkok and Bogotá, and a joint statement on results and capacity development. At the Busan forum, LenCD and partners organised a very successful thematic session on capacity development and launched a new publication Capacity → Results. Other outputs in 2011 included the publication of the Learning Package on Capacity Development, expansion of LenCD's online resources such as the case story library, and increased collaboration with partners in managing knowledge on capacity development. An executive summary and complete progress report of LenCD's activities in 2011 are now available.
Train4Dev 10th Annual Meeting, Learning together for development
Train4Dev's 10th annual meeting will be held from 5 to 7 June 2012 at the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO) in Turin, Italy. The meeting will be hosted jointly by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and the International Training Centre of the ILO. This year the meeting will focus on enhancing the networks operational strategies, activities, and partnerships in view of the changing development cooperation environment. Through a participatory agenda, the meeting will seek to stimulate reflection about future developments of the network and foster innovation in the way joint learning programmes are designed and implemented, with a view towards increasing their inclusiveness and sustainability. For more details, please visit the Train4Dev web site.
Sustainable Development Learning
One of the elements of the Rio+20 conference will be SD-Learning, a capacity building event consisting of multiple courses on crucial aspects of sustainable development. The courses aim at providing participants with practical knowledge and hands-on training from experts around the world. The organisers are now inviting interested parties around the world to review the proposed courses and vote on your favourites!
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Access to safe drinking water is a key factor in the economic and social development of any country. Zambia has a population of 13.5 million people and an urbanization rate of 39 percent, but as...
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