The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in collaboration with the Institute for Poverty, Land & Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape (UWC), is offering in-country/in-region scholarships, within the Network of Excellence for Land Governance in Africa (NELGA). This forms part of the Strengthening Advisory Capacities for Land Governance in Africa (SLGA) programme funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation…

La Oficina Regional de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) apoya el diálogo regional sobre políticas en materia de seguridad alimentaria, agricultura y desarrollo rural, facilita la creación de asociaciones regionales y apoya el desarrollo de la capacidad y la movilización de recursos para la seguridad alimentaria, la agricultura y el desarrollo rural en la región. Con este trabajo se pretende…

We are pleased to launch a call for proposals for a Small Scale Local Project (SSLP) for the year 2020 directly managed by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Bangkok.The projects can focus on various sectors - preferably environment, agriculture, health, education, and social services. All projects should be in accordance with the national development strategy and promote gender equality and respect for the environment. A project can be funded…

Take your start-up to the next level! The Next Society launches its 3rd call for applications to join the Start-up Booster Track, the tailor-made support programme for entrepreneurs in the MENA region.Through this call for applications, talented entrepreneurs and innovative businesses will be selected to form the 3rd promotion of start-ups that will benefit from the programme to boost their innovative solutions. The Next Society Start-up Booster…

El Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) es la organización de frontera del conocimiento para el desarrollo sostenible en el Sistema de Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas y sirve como integrador de la acción colectiva para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). El especialista tendrá entre sus funciones: Apoyar y garantizar los servicios de asesoramiento sobre políticas en la región y contribución a la oferta…

The ERA-NET Cofund instrument under Horizon 2020 is designed to support public-public partnerships between Member States (and associated countries) for the implementation and coordination of networking activities in different fields of research. The ERA-NET SUSFOOD2 and CORE Organic Cofunds (SF/CO) launch the Joint Call 2019 for transnational research project proposals based on the funding from participating countries of both networks and…

This innovative three-year LIFE Preparatory project runs from 2018 to 2021. It explores the potential of new approaches and learning methods to improve knowledge and build capacity amongst Natura 2000 site managers in both public and private land, across the EU. The project will examine the competencies required to manage Natura 2000 more effectively. It will support your professional development needs, enable you to connect with your peers and…

Le Programme d’Appui au G5 pour la Sécurité au Sahel (PAGS) Phase II a comme objectif global de contribuer à renforcer la sécurité des cinq Etats membres du G5 Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger et Tchad), dans le cadre du nexus sécurité et développement, d’identifier les défis communs auxquels ils doivent faire face et les moyens d’y répondre dans une optique de coopération régionale. L´expert/e aura la charge d’appuyer la présidence…

The field of action "Forest Protection and Sustainable Forest Management" is assigned to the program "Contribution to the Environmental Goals of Peru", ProAmbiente II. Functionally, the position of the evaluation department of the OSINFOR headquarters in Lima is subordinate to this, most of the work is carried out in collaboration with the decentralized OSINFOR office in Pucallpa at regional and local level. Community forest management gives…

SANDEE is an initiative of ICIMOD under its MKAN Regional Programme. SANDEE is a research capacity-building network that provides research support to South Asian researchers and institutions interested in the connections between economic development, the environment, and the use of natural resources. ICIMOD is a regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge-sharing centre based in Kathmandu. Globalization and climate change increasingly…

The United Nations University (UNU) in association with the Faculty of Environmental Sciences at Technische Universitaet Dresden offers the Joint PhD Programme in Integrated Management of Water, Soil and Waste based in Germany Dresden. The main objective of this PhD programme is to provide graduate students with detailed knowledge, critical understanding, strategies and tools to take an interdisciplinary and integrated approach towards the…

The Stockholm Water Prize is awarded annually for outstanding achievements supporting the availability, conservation, and protection of the world’s water resources. The award is open to individuals and organizations of any nationality whose work contributes broadly to the conservation and protection of water resources. The Stockholm Water Prize consists of an award of US$150 thousand and a crystal sculpture. Eligibility Criteria: The candidate…

P4G offers financial support and targeted assistance to select public-private partnerships that are advancing innovative strategies to achieve the following five UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture; Water and Sanitation; Clean Energy; Sustainable Cities; and Sustainable Consumption .P4G accelerates progress in the SDGs by supporting partnerships that transform key economic systems to drive the green…

El objetivo del congreso es buscar la construccción de condiciones para pensar en las necesarias transformaciones de la educación y la formación en vistas al desarrollo sostenible en el contexto de la sociedad digital y del notable incremento de las migraciones y los desplazamientos poblacionales. La organización del XX Congreso constituye una oportunidad para estrechar los vínculos entre los investigadores de esta región, que pese a los avances…

Desertification, land degradation and drought, along with climate change and the loss of biodiversity, were identified as the greatest challenges to sustainable development during the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Established in 1994, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management. The aim of the GLO is to communicate…

GIZ International Services met en œuvre le programme financé par l`Union Européenne intitulé: Programme jeunesse et stabilisation – PROJES" au Mali. L'objectif général du projet est de favoriser la stabilisation et le relèvement socio-économique du centre du Mali, par un renforcement de l’offre et de l’accès des populations aux services de base prioritaires, par le soutien à la cohésion sociale et communautaire, ainsi que par la création de…

CLICCS is an ambitious research program at Universität Hamburg and its partner institutions. The program aims to understand climate changes, taking into account internal variability, extreme events, and unexpected side effects, addressing the natural and social spheres as well as their interactions. Thus CLICCS’ overarching research question is: which climate futures are possible and which are plausible? CLICCS will investigate how climate…

A front-end web development competition based on the Future Ready ASEAN platform's Digital Citizen track.Sustainability is one of the priorities for Thailand’s chairmanship of ASEAN in 2019.The FutureReady ASEAN Competition invites ASEAN youth to develop a blog site on a pressing challenge in the ASEAN region across one of the four following sub-themes: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Water and describe in your blog a concrete and…

The Land Matrix is an independent global land monitoring initiative that promotes transparency and accountability in decisions over land and investments. It does so by collecting and visualising information about large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) and facilitating an open development community of citizens, researchers, policy-makers, and technology specialists. Regional Focal Points (RFPs) in four different regions around the globe are…