Do you want to find out why promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment can help deliver better environmental outcomes, and to figure out how you can do it? The course will help you better understand the linkages between gender and the environment. It will provide you with the knowledge and tools to mainstream gender, and to be an effective change-maker for sustainable development. It will also give you facts and figures, and a better…

The British Council in partnership with Bangor University is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Professional Development Training for professionals and researchers specialising in developmental disabilities in South Asia. WISA is a five-year project (2018-2023) promoting science and research partnerships between the countries in South Asia and the UK. The initiative brings together key experts including researchers…

The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with 17 active partner countries to support their economic development and social welfare, and to develop their research and innovation capacity for long-term sustainable growth. It has a total UK Government investment of £735 million up until 2021, with matched resources from the partner countries. The Newton Mosharafa PhD Programme supports Egyptian researchers to undertake PhD studies…

World Water Challenge is an international contest for water solutions. As a follow up activity of the 7th World Water Forum in 2015, it has been annually held in conjunction with the Korea International Water Week(KIWW), aiming to discover imminent water problems that the world is facing and to find feasible solutions to them. World Water Challenge 2019 will be held as one of the signature programs.This 5th edition of World Water Challenge is…

Korea Water Forum is a corporation which was established by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Korea Meteorological Administration and the National Emergency Management in 2005 to expand by enhancing global network, providing solutions to the global water issues, suggesting future water vision and offering sustainable polices. The first…

GlobeDrought aims to develop a web-based information system for comprehensively characterizing drought events. The project will produce a spatially explicit description of drought risks by considering three components: drought hazard, exposure and vulnerability. It will investigate how droughts impact water resources, crop productivity, trade in food products and the need for international food aid. In terms of methodology, the project aims to…

CRS Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) Program is a USAID funded 5-year program (July 2018 – June 2023) that will provide technical assistance from United States (U.S) volunteers to farmers, farmer groups (cooperatives and associations), agribusinesses and other agriculture sector institutions. The program objectives are to facilitate economic growth within targeted agriculture sub-sectors, enhance subsector inclusiveness to expand participation to a broader…

As weather, climate and the water cycle know no national boundaries, international cooperation at a global scale is essential for the development of meteorology, climatology and operational hydrology as well as to reap the benefits from their application. WMO provides the framework for such international cooperation. WMO is committed to achieving diversity and a balanced workforce. Applications are welcome from qualified women and men, including…

As weather, climate and the water cycle know no national boundaries, international cooperation at a global scale is essential for the development of meteorology, climatology and operational hydrology as well as to reap the benefits from their application. World Meteorology Organisation (WMO) provides the framework for such international cooperation. The WMO Strategic Plan establishes the purpose and direction of the Organization. It is the result…

The Foundation looks to bring solutions for the conservation and sustainable use of water, meeting the needs of the communities and ecosystems not only for the present but also for future generations thus making grants available for sustainable development of water resources in Latin America. Grant recipients for community water projects include government agencies, development NGOs, foundations and institutes, and other nonprofit organizations…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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 Ernest du Bois Fund aims to encourage students who are involved in the academic world to engage with problems surrounding water availability in Belgium and in the world. Since 2012 the Fund awards the Ernest du Bois Prize (which amounts to 20.000 euro) to highlight the work of young researchers around the theme of water (resources, availability and management) and give them greater visibility. This call is intended for all young students who…

The Humboldt-University is offering a four-week long summer school on urban planning, ecological, environmental, cultural and agricultural topics based in Berlin, Germany. The course will be focused on topics related to how can greenery and gardens fit into today´s concept of smart, clean, compact, and global cities in the age of climate change and mega urbanization, urban agriculture or how cities can be sustainably developed to be greener and…