SHERPA

opening access to research

Award winning SHERPA is investigating issues in the future of scholarly communication. It is developing open-access institutional repositories in universities to facilitate the rapid and efficient worldwide dissemination of research … (full text Homepage).

Guidance; Repositories; Projects; Links;
Address: Stephen Pinfield or Christopher Pressler, Information Services, King’s Meadow Campus, University of Nottingham, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2NR, UK;
Contact and Partner Institutions.

About /Mission: The original SHERPA partnership was formed for the SHERPA project (2002-2006) and drew from research-led universities with an active interest in establishing an example of a then-new concept – an open access institutional repository. After a year, the original 7 development partners were joined by 6 more partners to form a partnership of 21 individual institutions. We now have 33 partners and affiliates overall, consisting of 32 HE institutions, and the British Library.  Continuer la lecture de « SHERPA »

Immersion Africa

  • Immersion SA is about Community, Connection, Change and our mission is to CLICk – we want to connect people through Cultural and Language Immersion in Communities.
  • To CLICk means to relate to, to connect with or to realize. We believe that through a cultural and language experience, and an immersion in a community, people from all worlds can relate and connect with one another. The connection is mutually beneficial and develops into a sustainable relationship, through which all people are encouraged to realize truths about themselves and the world and by doing so grow as people and agents of change.
  • … (full text Mission).

Homepage;
Projects; Costs; FAQs; Testimonials; Apply; Immages; Videos;
Address /Contact. Office 25, Oxford Gate, Hyde Park Lane, Hyde Park, South Africa,
Tel: +27 11 280 6643, Fax: +27 11 280 6619, e-mail.

About /program: Arrival and orientation: Arrive in Umtata under your own steam, either by road, rail or air and you will be picked up and transported to Tshani village in our prearranged transport. Here your local hosts will welcome you as you arrive in Tshani Village. Continuer la lecture de « Immersion Africa »

Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières AVSF

Centre international de coopération pour le développement agricole

  • AVSF travaille pour que les familles paysannes puissent se nourrir et vivre de leurs terres. Mais sans la générosité de nos donateurs, nous ne pourrions pas agir !
  • Votre soutien nous aide à monter des projets dans les régions où les populations sont les plus pauvres. Votre don fait toute la différence pour la vie quotidienne de ces paysans démunis … (Espace Donateurs).

Accueil;
Actions; Soutenez-nous; Rejoignez; Publications; Presse; Entreprises;
Addresse (1 sur 2): Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières, Association Reconnue d’Utilité Publique, 18, Rue de Gerland 69007, LYON, FRANCE;

Contacts.

Plaidoyer: Face aux nombreux facteurs liés aux politiques publiques qui fragilisent les éleveurs et les agriculteurs du Sud, nous mènons une action de Plaidoyer au Nord pour influer sur les politiques et pratiques de développement et de coopération. Continuer la lecture de « Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières AVSF »

Jubilee Zambia

total debt cancellation for poverty reduction

  • HUMAN-NEEDS BASED DEBT SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS:  A MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR ZAMBIA – August 2005; With the attainment of the HIPC Completion point in April this year, Zambia is now faced with a great challenge of comprehending the meaning of debt sustainability.  The country’s 5 years’ experience of implementing the HIPC initiative continues to show the dangers of basing debt sustainability on a narrow economic and financial definition.
  • The Meaning of the HIPC Completion Point to Zambia is it Worthwhile? – The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC) was initially introduced by the international creditor community in 1996 and was “enhanced” in 1999.  The IMF and World Bank assumed the role of “gate keepers” in this initiative- to ensure that this initiative was to be accompanied by “sound” macro-economic policy … (full text HIPC Centre, see also on IMF).

Homepage;
Publications; Press; Networking; News page;
Third public opinion pool launched; National conference on HIPC; World Bank HIV/AIDS Loans;
Contact.

About /Background and FAQs: Jubilee-Zambia is a national movement campaigning for the total cancellation of all Zambia’s foreign debt and that of other poor countries. Continuer la lecture de « Jubilee Zambia »

Economic Justice Network Lesotho EJNL

The Economic Justice Network Lesotho [EJNL] is an alliance of diverse independent and voluntary organizations (Non-Governmental Organizations, Community Based Organizations, Trade Unions and their Networks, Faith-Based Organizations, representatives of media which have activities in the field of economic governance etc). It unites civil society in the common pursuit of the right to economic justice for all, with emphasis on advocacy of socio-economic, environmental and cultural rights of all Basotho, SADC, Africa and Global Citizens. (Homepage /Introduction).

Programmes; Macroeconomic Policies; Members; Publications; SASF; Links; events: right column;
Address: Head Office EJNL, Maseru, Moshoeshoe Road P.O. Box 0523, Maseru West 105, Lesoto;
Contacts.

About: MISSION: The Mission of the Economic Justice Network Lesotho may be expressed through various means including:   Continuer la lecture de « Economic Justice Network Lesotho EJNL »