The U.S. Embassy Hanoi invites YSEALI members in Vietnam to submit proposals for the 2019 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Micro-Grant Program. This competitive program offers grants of up to $1,000 (or more in exceptional cases) to individuals and not-forprofit groups of Vietnamese young people aged between 18 and 35 to conduct programs and activities on topics of Civic Engagement, Education, Economic Development, and…

Con base en las prioridades nacionales y regionales de los países, de las iniciativas regionales de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), y de los acuerdos y diálogos internacionales en materia forestal, el mandato de la Comisión Forestal para América Latina y el Caribe es asesorar a la FAO sobre el programa forestal a ser desarrollado en la Región. Esto incluye la formulación de políticas para el…

In this course you will become familiar with the ideas of the water-energy-food nexus and transdisciplinary thinking. You will learn to see your community or country as a complex social-ecological system and to describe its water, energy and food metabolism in the form of a pattern, as well as to map the categories of social actors. We will provide you with the tools to measure the nexus elements and to analyze them in a coherent way across…

The World Wide Fund (WWF) works to reconnect people to our most valuable and vulnerable landscapes, namely the Grasslands, Succulent Karoo and Fynbos. We also assist with expanding protected areas for the benefit of people and the environment. Our work is strongly guided by national, regional and provincial conservation priorities and most of the land acquired by WWF is managed through agreements with conservation partners such as CapeNature and…

The post is located in the Economic and Policy Analysis of Climate Change (EPIC) team. The team is engaged in different areas of work including: (i) country and donor support work, such as greenhouse (GHG) appraisal, projects design, projects implementation and MRV, EX-ACT suite of tools (EX-ACT, EX-ACT Value Chain and EX-ACT Monitoring, Reporting and Verifying (EX-ACT MRV) designed for NDBs, (ii) training and capacity building to partners (NGOs…

The International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR) is a multilateral development organisation that promotes environmentally sustainable development using bamboo and rattan. It has 45 Member States. In addition to its Secretariat headquarters in China, INBAR has Regional Offices in Cameroon, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana and India. Since its founding in 1997, it has been making a real difference to the lives of millions of people and environments…

El Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo busca jefe de equipo encargado sobre medio ambiente, energía y clima, con sede en el Centro Regional de Panamá. Su trabajo será orientar y dirigir la prestación de servicios de asesoramiento a las oficinas en los países y los programas regionales en América Latina y el Caribe, en materia de políticas y programas en esferas técnicas multidisciplinarias que abarcan el medio ambiente, el capital…

Hoy en día uno de los desafíos más importantes consiste en lograr un aumento de la producción para satisfacer la creciente demanda de alimentos, piensos y bioenergía, conservando al mismo tiempo la biodiversidad y reduciendo la presión sobre los recursos naturales y los ecosistemas. La biodiversidad es un recurso clave en los esfuerzos para aumentar la producción de manera sostenible. Este seminario forma parte del seguimiento de las…

Le/la Chargé de Programme GIRE travaille en étroite collaboration avec le Chargé de Programme Eau Potable, Hygiène et Assainissement, et la Représentante Résidente de Join For Water en Haïti. Il/elle assure le pilotage de l’approche GIRE en ce qui concerne la conception de méthodologies et le développement d’outils appropriés, appuie le développement de programmes/projets, coordonne la recherche-action, et soutient le renforcement institutionnel…

El propósito de este curso es promover la reflexión sobre las distintas políticas, leyes, programa e instrumentos que buscan la inclusión de la agricultura familiar en los sistemas de cadenas de valor con base en estudios realizados a nivel global sobre el tema y presentando evidencia y ejemplos prácticos de la región. Al final del curso los participantes tendrán una visión integral de los distintos tipos de políticas y herramientas que permitan…

The African Young Women Fellowship Programme is a partnership between the African Unoin Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP).This exciting partnership aims to build a new generation of young African women leaders and experts to serve Africa and the world in designing and implementing development programmes in the context of the SDGs and Agenda 2063. The African Young Women Fellowship Programme offers an interesting…

Earthship is a project run by our partner Center for Ecological Learning Luxembourg.The activity is a group volunteering which expects to gather together 10-15 volunteers from the so-called Greater Region. They will have the opportunity to contribute to the construction of the first autonomous and environmentally sustainable building in Luxembourg: Äerdschëff (Earth Ship). This building responds to 5 principles: autonomy in water supply…

The British Council supports research workshops under the programs 'Researcher Links and the Newton Fund' to assist early-career researchers to interact and explore research collaborations. The British Council invites early-career researchers from the UK and São Paulo (Brazil) to apply to attend the workshop “Environment and Development: Shared 21st Century Sustainability Challenges”. The costs of travel, accommodation and meals during the…

Depuis mars 2017, le ROPPA mettent en œuvre un programme financé par l’Union Européenne intitulé : « Gouvernance des chaines de valeur et Inclusion des filières niébé, lait, et produits forestiers non ligneux au Burkina. Intervenant dans Onze région (le Centre, le Centre-Nord, le Nord, l’Est, le Centre-Est, les Hauts Bassins, les Cascades, la Boucle du Mouhoun..) sur les treize au Burkina-Faso, le projet a pour objectif général de renforcer l…

El Programa Mundial de Alimentos en Colombia, pretende fortalecer las capacidades locales en los departamentos de La Guajira, Norte de Santander y Arauca para brindar asistencia alimentaria y nutricional adecuada y eficaz en caso de emergencia, y tiene como uno de sus fines caracterizar la población migrante venezolana y colombiana que retorna al país desde Venezuela en condición de vulnerabilidad, ubicada en las zonas urbanas y periurbanas de…

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a network of 114 Universities in 38 African Countries, is pleased to announce the 2019 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition (RUYAEC). The overall purpose of the RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition (RUYAEC) is to catalyze entrepreneurship through promotion of business innovation and provision of seed funding to young entrepreneurs with creative…

The Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), the Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI) and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) have partnered to nurture cooperation between students and scientists from both countries. The Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship Program – a dynamic and transformative program has thus been developed to foster long term Indo…

The Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), the Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI) and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) have partnered to nurture cooperation between students and scientists from both countries. The Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Program – a dynamic and transformative program has thus been developed to foster long term Indo-American…

Como consumidor, seguro conoces muy bien el costo de todos los alimentos que ingieres a diario. Pero, ¿sabes por qué tus alimentos tienen ese precio y por qué éste es diferente al de otros países? Pues son las políticas públicas agropecuarias, entre otros factores, los que los determinan. ¿Y sabías, además, que estas políticas también inciden de manera muy importante en la seguridad alimentaria y el cambio climático? Este curso brinda la…

UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls worldwide. It works globally to make the vision of the Sustainable development goals, a reality for women and girls and stands behind women’s equal participation…

The Direct Aid Program (DAP) is a small grants program managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade that works directly with communities in developing countries. It focuses on supporting small-scale aid activities that deliver practical and tangible results. DAP supports local community efforts towards poverty reduction and engages a wide range of partners including non-government organisations, community groups, educational…

The Acumen Fellowship program is an intensive leadership development program cultivating a pipeline of tomorrow’s social changemakers. Over the course of a year, Fellows remain in their jobs while participating in five, multi-day immersive seminars and engaging in online content between seminars. Currently operating in Malaysia, Bangladesh, Colombia, East Africa, India, and West Africa, the Fellows Program equips leaders from across the country…

Les TAAF, vont se charger de la mise en œuvre d’un programme dans les Terres australes françaises et les iles Eparses impliquant des partenariats régionaux (Mayotte, Seychelles). Ce programme intitulé « Restauration des écosystèmes insulaires de l’océan Indien » (RECI), vise à atteindre 3 résultats, à savoir : le renforcement des réseaux régionaux de surveillance et d’observation des écosystèmes ; la réalisation de projets collaboratifs et…

The diversity of life that sustains humanity is being severely degraded by human action. This is leading to a deterioration in land, air and water quality, loss of natural ecosystems and widespread declines in populations of wild species. These changes are well documented and of existential significance to human societies, yet significant knowledge about the problem has not catalysed effective broad-based action. We encourage you to critically…

Global trade with agricultural and food products offers a huge potential for contributing to food security, for example by enabling the provision of diverse food sources. On the other hand, trade may also jeopardize local and regional agricultural markets and producers, especially in developing countries. Further, the carbon footprint of food products and, thus, the impact on climate change, but also food scandals have increased the awareness to…