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Innovation, sustainability, development: A new manifesto
The STEPS Centre (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability Centre), at University of Sussex, is creating a manifesto to recommend ways of linking science to development for a sustainable future. The document is intended as an update to 'The Sussex Manifesto' published in...
LINK | 16 November 2009 | EN
University Network for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa (UNEDRA)
UNEDRA promotes collaboration among African universities in disaster risk reduction using remote sensing and geoinformation. It publishes online training courses, runs regional workshops and provides advice on curricula development, among other activities. Information on its activities and...
LINK | 11 November 2009 | EN
Health and Climate Partnership
This partnership of government and non-government organisations, researchers, international bodies and the private sector has a much-called for goal: to increase cooperation between organisations involved different sectors such as health, climate, humanitarian assistance, ecosystems, research and...
LINK | 9 September 2009 | EN
Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED)
COHRED is a nongovernmental organisation that supports developing countries' use of health research to improve their health systems and advance development. It does this through advocacy, technical support, research and knowledge sharing. The COHRED website lists current programmes and...
LINK | 17 August 2009 | EN
Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED)
COHRED is a nongovernmental organisation that supports developing countries' use of health research to improve their health systems and advance development. It does this through advocacy, technical support, research and knowledge sharing. The COHRED website lists current programmes and...
LINK | 13 August 2009 | EN
Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF)
The Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF) was established in June 2008 to provide accessible funding for projects that avoid deforestation and contribute to poverty alleviation in the Congo Basin. This multi-donor fund is run by a governing council supported by a secretariat based at the African...
LINK | 8 July 2009 | EN
UN-REDD Programme
The UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD Programme) was established in July 2008, to help establish a REDD programme within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This website provides...
LINK | 19 June 2009 | EN
Partnerships for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA)
The PHEA -- a joint project between seven private US foundations -- supports higher education development in Africa. It works in four specific areas: developing and retaining new academics; information and communication technologies for higher education; regional institutional capacity building;...
LINK | 11 March 2009 | EN
USAID: Education and universities
This website publishes information on the Higher Education for Development (HED) Program, run by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which supports partnerships between US and developing country universities. It includes information on individual country initiatives and...
LINK | 11 March 2009 | EN
Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)
The ADEA website provides a forum for policymakers, educators and researchers to discuss education policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. It encourages dialogue and links between African education ministries and external partners through the ADEA secretariat and working group meetings -- all activities,...
LINK | 11 March 2009 | EN
The World Bank – Education
The World Bank's education gateway summarises the bank's activities in all areas of education, including higher education (HE). It publishes information on the key issues that influence how it supports HE in developing countries, as well as ongoing projects, speeches, events and recent...
LINK | 11 March 2009 | EN
International Network for Higher Education in Africa (INHEA)
The INHEA, supported by the Ford Foundation and housed at the Boston College Center for International Higher Eduation, is a network of academics, practitioners and policymakers working in higher education (HE) in Africa. It publishes news, commentaries and research on key HE issues. It also...
LINK | 11 March 2009 | EN
International Association of Universities (IAU)
The IAU, established by UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), brings together higher education institutions and organisations from 150 countries worldwide. It publishes information on past conferences and links to key publications, research and policy statements. Its...
LINK | 11 March 2009 | EN
International Development Statistics (IDS)
The IDS, a statistics service from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), is an online database of the volume, origin and types of aid and resource flows to over 150 developing countries. The data are collected from official statistical reports submitted to the OECD...
LINK | 11 March 2009 | EN
EdStats (Education Statistics)
EdStats, developed by the World Bank, collects data on education from national reports, UNESCO (UN Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development to provide educational statistics for over 200 countries and regions. It also...
LINK | 11 March 2009 | EN
Academic Ranking of World Universities
The Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities provides rankings compiled each year from 2003 onwards. Universities are ranked using a combination of indicators of academic and research performance such as Nobel Prize winners, highly cited researchers and number of articles published...
LINK | 11 March 2009 | EN
UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge
This online forum, hosted by the UNESCO (UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization), provides a platform for researchers and policymakers to share knowledge on higher education. It focuses on research systems in low- and middle-income countries, with an emphasis on how agricultural...
LINK | 11 March 2009 | EN
infoDev
The Information for Development Program (infoDev), run by the World Bank, coordinates action between multilateral and bilateral donors and forms partnerships with public and private organisations to maximise the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in achieving the Millennium...
LINK | 18 February 2009 | EN
Entrepreneurship
This website hosts information and research data on entrepreneurial activity as part of the World Bank's Development Research Program on finance and private sector research. It links to research and reports on entrepreneurship as well as presentations and upcoming conferences. The website also...
LINK | 27 November 2008 | EN
Technology Transfer Clearing House (TT:CLEAR)
TT:CLEAR, launched in 2002 by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), publishes information on technology transfer. It links to needs assessment reports for individual countries and hosts a database that users can search to find relevant documents, projects, organisations,...
LINK | 16 October 2008 | EN
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Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels
